Ships – Sail or control means therefor – Specific sail structure or arrangement
Patent
1983-04-29
1985-03-19
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Sail or control means therefor
Specific sail structure or arrangement
114 39, 74106, 74520, B63H 906
Patent
active
045052174
ABSTRACT:
A rigid marine sail comprises a vertical mast secured onto a deck of a ship; at least one pivot shaft provided substantially in parallel with the mast; a left sail portion and a right sail portion pivotally secured respectively to the left side and the right side of the mast in parallel therewith through the at least one pivot shaft; and at least one drive mechanism for symmetrically pivoting the left sail portion and the right sail portion relative to the mast around the pivot shaft between a deployed position and a folded position. Each of the drive mechanisms include a set of a cylinder and a piston rod secured horizontally to the mast; a pair of L-shaped first levers, each of the first levers horizontally engaging at an end thereof with an end of the piston rod, the pair of first levers being bilaterally arranged symmetrically relative to a vertical plane which passes through the vertical axis of the mast and is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the ship, the pair of first levers being symmetrically pivotable around respective fulcrums thereof; and a pair of second levers, each of the second levers horizontally engaging at an end thereof with the other end of each of the pair of first levers, and the pair of second levers engaging at the other ends thereof respectively with the left sail portion and the right sail portion.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3024605 (1962-03-01), Nash
patent: 3035411 (1962-05-01), Porowski
patent: 3654811 (1972-04-01), Peterson
European Patent Application; 1/27/1982, Akira, SN 0044724.
European Patent Application; 11/10/1982, Yoshimi, SN 0064107.
Doi Terukazu
Endo Yoichi
Kusumoto Katsunori
Nagai Shigeru
Nakanishi Kazuo
Blix Trygve M.
Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
Swinehart Edwin L.
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