B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – F
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
F
104/32.11
B60F 3/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1191740
ABSTRACT An amphibian vehicle for use in ice-forming water areas comprising a vehicle body, a pair of front and rear struts, a floater located on each side of said vehicle body and rotatably supported between a pair of struts, each of said floaters comprising a bouyant cylindrical body with a tapered forward end and a helical blade fixed to the outer circumferential surface of said cylindrical body, and driving means for rotating each floater, said vehicle characterized in that the water line of said vehicle at the front end of each of said floaters is not higher than the centre line thereof, and the water line at the rear of each of said floaters is not higher than 30% of the floater diameter above the centre line of each of said floaters so that when said vehicle is afloat, it is in an inclined position raised at its front end.
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Komoto Mikihisa
Nakamura Masatoshi
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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