Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Floatable matter containment
Patent
1997-03-21
1999-07-27
Graysay, Tamara L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Floatable matter containment
2102421, 2102423, 405 70, 405 72, E02B 1510
Patent
active
059278994
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an arrangement for a floating body consisting of containers made from a flexible material positioned laterally in relation to one another and capable of being filled with air or other gas.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Previously disclosed floating bodies consist of a buoyant material which is bulky during storage of the floating bodies in question, or are subject to the risk of sinking if one or more of the containers capable of being filled with air, etc., are punctured. The manufacture of such floating bodies has also been complicated by the number of process stages to be performed and by the large number of components of varying complexity to be joined together. Furthermore, the handling of such previously disclosed floating bodies has been difficult and heavy.
The principal object of the present invention is thus, in the first instance, to make available an arrangement of the kind indicated in accordance with the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The aforementioned object is achieved by means of an arrangement in accordance with the present invention, which is characterized essentially in that containers communicate with one another via a duct extending outside the aforementioned containers and along the floating body, which duct is situated at a level below the surface of the water in which the floating body is adapted to float in its inflated state.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention is described below as a number of preferred illustrative embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention in the form of booms, where:
FIG. 1 shows a boom in its extended position viewed in the direction of one long side of the boom;
FIG. 1A shows an example of the deployment of the boom;
FIG. 2 shows an end section of the boom;
FIG. 3 shows the central section of the boom, with its cross-section marked;
FIG. 4 shows a cross-section of a part of the boom which exhibits an air valve;
FIG. 5 shows a further example of an air valve;
FIG. 6 shows an example of a boom illustrating its constituent component parts;
FIG. 7 shows a further example of a boom viewed from the side;
FIG. 7A shows an edge view of this boom in two different marked positions;
FIG. 8 shows a further illustrative embodiment of a boom;
FIG. 9 shows a sectional view along the line IX--IX marked in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a sectional view along the line X--X marked in FIG. 8;
FIG. 11 is a side view of a variant of a boom with a valve tube attached; and
FIG. 12 is an end view of the boom with a valve tube attached.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
For the sake of simplicity, the invention is described and illustrated below only in conjunction with a so-called boom, although the invention can naturally also be applied to other kinds of floating bodies which are subject to the risk of puncturing of containers intended to hold a gas, for example life-saving equipment and boats, etc. The invention can be applied, for example, in conjunction with ships as a buoyancy aid for the ship, for instance where there is a risk of the ship sinking.
Other areas of application are as a buoyancy jacket for people or as a means of protecting boats against ice when the boats are laid up f or the winter in water enclosed by the invention in the form of inflatable containers.
The present invention relates to an arrangement 1 for a floating body 2 comprising a desired number of containers 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E . . . 3n made of a flexible material and capable of being filled with air L or other gas, which containers are arranged laterally offset in relation to one another and communicate with one another. More specifically, the aforementioned containers 3-3n communicate with one another via a duct 4 which extends outside said containers 3-3n and along the aforementioned floating body 2. The duct 4 is situated at a level 5 below the surface 6 of the water 7 in which the aforementioned floating body 2 is adapted to float in its infl
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Graysay Tamara L.
Mayo Tara L.
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