Floating pontoon structure with adjustable draft

Details Floating pontoon structure with adjustable draft Floating pontoon structure with adjustable draft

1998-11-24

2000-05-09

Avila, Stephen

Ships

Ballasting

Water tanks

114263, B63B 3903

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active

060588691

ABSTRACT:
A floating pontoon structure with adjustable draft includes a lower section with an enclosed hollow hull and a lower deck connected thereto, a supporting framework extending upwardly from the lower deck, an upper deck connected to the supporting framework in parallel spaced apart relation to the lower deck, a ballast tank disposed in the hollow hull of the lower section, a valved passageway between the ballast tank and the exterior of the hull for filling and emptying the ballast tank, and one or more flotation tanks disposed between the lower deck and the upper deck to provide positive buoyancy when the ballast tank is filled. A method of connecting a plurality of pontoon structures to form a larger composite structure and a method of adjusting the draft of the larger composite structure are also provided.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1412852 (1922-04-01), Engstrand
patent: 3024753 (1962-03-01), Benson, Jr.
patent: 4479450 (1984-10-01), Lundberg
patent: 4615289 (1986-10-01), Bloxham

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