Vehicular transportation system

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1974-11-07

1976-04-27

Reeves, Robert B.

Railways

Fluid supported car or simulated aerial vehicle

104134, 308DIG1, 308 5R, B61B 1308

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039526666

ABSTRACT:
A transportation system in which a vehicle is adapted for guided longitudinal movement along a prepared track having a transversely curved support surface. In addition to a body and propulsion means the vehicle has at least two support members flexibly connected thereto for limited articulation relative thereto, each support member having an outer surface curved to be complementary with the curved track surface. One of the curved surfaces will be generally concave in cross-section, the other generally convex. The concave surface has a plurality of nozzles therein for projecting pressurized fluid at an angle thereto to form a wedge of pressurized fluid between the mating convex and concave surfaces. The wedge diminishes in thickness in the direction of projection and supports the support members above the track. The wedge forces are balanced and the vehicle does not require additional guiding means. Also the wedge is dynamic and does not require a skirt for containment in its zone of influence.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3174440 (1965-03-01), Cockerell
patent: 3602147 (1971-08-01), Hart
patent: 3799061 (1974-03-01), Bertin

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