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Title:
LIFE BOAT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/042246
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An airtight life boat (1) configured of a bottom structure (11) in which a space for accommodating passengers is formed, and a top structure (12) covering the top of the bottom structure (11), a shock absorber (2) being positioned around the outer periphery of the bottom structure (11) and the top structure (12) near the waterline. The bottom structure (11) has fenders (3) positioned on the left-hand side and the right-hand side of the bottom surface. The life boat (1) may also have a reinforcing material made of gold along a joint (13), the reinforcing material covering the entire periphery of the joint (13). With this life boat, damage to the hull can be minimized even when the ship is drifting due to an uprushing tsunami or an undercurrent.

Inventors:
SHIMAMURA KAZUO (JP)
SHIMADA TAKAHIRO (JP)
SHIONAGA RYOSUKE (JP)
YUI TAKAMASA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/074858
Publication Date:
March 20, 2014
Filing Date:
September 13, 2013
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Assignee:
IHI CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B63C9/02; B63B59/02
Foreign References:
US1801480A1931-04-21
US4413583A1983-11-08
JPH0659870B21994-08-10
JPS6154996U1986-04-12
US3295151A1967-01-03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TERAMOTO Mitsuo et al. (JP)
Mitsuo Teramoto (JP)
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