Barnacle shield

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1995-03-24

1995-11-14

Swinehart, Edwin L.

Ships

Implements

Hull cleaning

114 45, B63B 5900

Patent

active

054656761

ABSTRACT:
A system for discouraging and inhibiting marine growth onto a boat's underwater hull surface comprising a plurality of sections of foam filled PVC pipe tied together to form a flotation frame, an envelope of flexible, polyethylene, bubble wrap material, of a size and shape to enclose the underwater part of a boat's hull, and affixed to and supported by the flotation frame, a sprinkler hose affixed to the flotation frame for injecting fresh water for washing the boat's underwater hull, and a plurality of drain/check valves mounted in the envelope for eliminating the wash down water in the envelope.

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patent: 4026233 (1977-05-01), Cox
patent: 4046094 (1977-09-01), Preiser et al.
patent: 4667352 (1987-05-01), Leister
patent: 4693200 (1987-09-01), Noble
patent: 5138963 (1992-07-01), Eichert
patent: 5152242 (1992-10-01), Bradley
patent: 5279244 (1994-01-01), Perez-Collazo
Table 10.1 from "Engineering Materials and Their Applications" 1975.

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