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Title:
LIFEBOAT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH06135381
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To obtain a sufficient restoring property even though a lifeboat is turned over and flooded in a stormy sea, by composing the center axis of a tubular hull eccentric from the center of a float supporter, so as to maintain the hull horizontal by the principle of pendulum.

CONSTITUTION: At the bow and the stern of a hull 1, float supporters 2a and 2b are installed rotatable respectively. Each of the float supporters 2a and 2b is composed of three arms 3 extending radially form the center O, and the center O is made eccentric upward as the amount a from the center axis O' of the hull 1. Furthermore, between the pair of float supporters 2a and 2b, cylindrical rolling floats 4 are installed rotatable. Since the center axis O', of the hull 1 is eccentric from the centers O of the float supporters 2a and 2b, the hull 1 can maintain the horizontal posture constantly by the principle of pendulum.


Inventors:
YAMAKAWA HIDEO
Application Number:
JP29114392A
Publication Date:
May 17, 1994
Filing Date:
October 29, 1992
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MITSUI SHIPBUILDING ENG
International Classes:
B63C9/02; B63B23/00; (IPC1-7): B63C9/02; B63B23/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPS4915193A1974-02-09
JPS6390491A1988-04-21
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinichi Ogawa (2 outside)