Method of protecting hulls of marine vessels from fouling

Details Method of protecting hulls of marine vessels from fouling Method of protecting hulls of marine vessels from fouling

1989-09-19

1991-07-30

Weston, Caleb

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

156 71, 156212, 156281, 156360, 114 67R, 114222, 114356, 114361, 422 6, 422 8, 428907, B29C 5304, G01B 312, G01B 520

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050357590

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an improved method of protecting the hulls of marine vessels from fouling. The inventive method involves the application of thin metallic films to the hull of a boat. The inventive method includes the use of various techniques for application of the film, techniques for preventing the touching of dissimilar metals, techniques for insuring that dissimilar metals are insulated and isolated from one another, insuring that active or passive cathodic protection systems are not on the same surface plane as the attached films and other techniques. The specific materials which are applied to the vessel hull as well as their various parameters in the environment of the present invention are disclosed. Specific treatments to the thin metallic film to improve the adherence of these thin film hulls and adjacent films are disclosed. Furthermore, improved methods for insulating dissimilar metals from one another as well as improved materials for achieving and assuring insulation are included as part of the present invention.

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