Ships – Hull or hull adjunct employing fluid dynamic forces to... – Having hydrofoil
Patent
1980-08-21
1982-03-02
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Hull or hull adjunct employing fluid dynamic forces to...
Having hydrofoil
440 12, 440 30, B60F 300
Patent
active
043174221
ABSTRACT:
It is an assembly, when attached to a bike, renders it possible todrive it on water as on land. To buoy the bike and make it float on water, floaters which have the shape of convex lenses, or half of a ball, were used. Each one of those floaters was made to spin around a shaft which is specially designed so as not to slide, when fixed by brackets to the frame of the bike. The powered wheel carries cylindroid, fastened to the spokes in it, to do the rowing action. Another type of floaters which may be used, are of the shape of the letter U, and each one partially surrounds a wheel, and is supported to the frame of the bike, at its wheel's axle level. Also a disc that carries a number of half hyperboloid section, may do the rowing action, once they are put inside the powered wheel. The foot pedals are equipped with platens, to assist the rowing action.
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