Ships – Ballasting – Shifting weights
Patent
1987-09-11
1989-02-07
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Ships
Ballasting
Shifting weights
B63B 3902
Patent
active
048024295
ABSTRACT:
A vessel such as a ship, a boat and the like, comprises a main part having a hull with an inner hollow and a substantially vertical fixed support fixedly connected with the hull, and a stabilizing element located in the inner hollow and cooperating with the fixed support so that when the main part turns about a horizontal axis in a first direction under the action of waves, wind and the like, the stabilizing element urges to turn the main part back about the same horizontal axis in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction so as to stabilize the ship.
REFERENCES:
patent: 80884 (1868-08-01), Stevens et al.
patent: 559983 (1896-05-01), McLean
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Striker Michael J.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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