GB1002572A - Support means for vehicles and other load carrying devices - Google Patents

Support means for vehicles and other load carrying devices

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Publication number
GB1002572A
GB1002572A GB21275/61A GB2127561A GB1002572A GB 1002572 A GB1002572 A GB 1002572A GB 21275/61 A GB21275/61 A GB 21275/61A GB 2127561 A GB2127561 A GB 2127561A GB 1002572 A GB1002572 A GB 1002572A
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Prior art keywords
permeable material
flexible
attached
pressurized fluid
permeable
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Expired
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GB21275/61A
Inventor
Christopher Sydney Cockerell
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Hovercraft Development Ltd
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Hovercraft Development Ltd
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Priority to GB21275/61A priority Critical patent/GB1002572A/en
Priority to CH708362A priority patent/CH430465A/en
Priority to US202238A priority patent/US3232366A/en
Priority to FR42659A priority patent/FR1326049A/en
Publication of GB1002572A publication Critical patent/GB1002572A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B60V3/04—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles co-operating with rails or other guiding means, e.g. with air cushion between rail and vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/043—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls being flexible
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B60V3/025—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles co-operating with a flat surface, e.g. transporting loads on platforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/08—Aircraft, e.g. air-cushion alighting-gear therefor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)
  • Moulding By Coating Moulds (AREA)
  • Fluid-Damping Devices (AREA)

Abstract

1,002,572. Buoyancy apparatus. HOVERCRAFT DEVELOPMENT Ltd. June 8, 1962 [June 13, 1961], No. 21275/61. Heading B8B. [Also in Divisions B7 and F2] A body is supported out of contact with a surface by means of a member made of permeable material through which is fed pressurized fluid. The permeable material may be flexible, such as sponge rubber, or may have a flexible bearing face. The porosity of the permeable material may allow the pressurized fluid to flow in one or more directions and the peripheral edge thereof may be sealed. In an embodiment, a member 3, which comprises a hollow top portion 4 and a lower portion 5 of permeable material, is attached to a base 2 of a load 1. Pressurized air, supplied to the hollow portion 4 through a pipe 6, passes through the permeable material 5 and forms a clearance 7 between said material 5 and a surface 8. In modifications, pads or ducts of permeable material replace the permeable layer 5; the pads may be inclined for co-operation with inclined tracks; the air flow is decreased by means of fibres mounted beneath the permeable material; the permeable material is mounted on a flexible tube, which may be inflated by the pressurized fluid or from a separate source, the permeable material may be attached to a vehicle body, for example, by springs or pneumatic or hydraulic rams; a separate air chamber may be included which supports part of the load; and the permeable material, when flexible, may be attached to a duct, which is also flexible. The Specification includes several applications such as take-off and landing aids for aircraft, docking of vehicles, supporting and guiding of loads on conveyers, and supporting a human body or parts thereof. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 935,825.
GB21275/61A 1961-06-13 1961-06-13 Support means for vehicles and other load carrying devices Expired GB1002572A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB21275/61A GB1002572A (en) 1961-06-13 1961-06-13 Support means for vehicles and other load carrying devices
CH708362A CH430465A (en) 1961-06-13 1962-06-13 Device for supporting or holding a load out of contact with a surface
US202238A US3232366A (en) 1961-06-13 1962-06-13 Ground effect machine with permeable material support member
FR42659A FR1326049A (en) 1961-06-13 1962-06-13 Support means for vehicles and other load-bearing devices

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GB21275/61A GB1002572A (en) 1961-06-13 1961-06-13 Support means for vehicles and other load carrying devices

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GB1002572A true GB1002572A (en) 1965-08-25

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CH (1) CH430465A (en)
FR (1) FR1326049A (en)
GB (1) GB1002572A (en)

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CH430465A (en) 1967-02-15
FR1326049A (en) 1963-05-03
US3232366A (en) 1966-02-01

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