GB1183332A – Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
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GB1183332A – Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
– Google Patents
Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
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Publication number
GB1183332A
GB1183332A
GB9050/66A
GB905066A
GB1183332A
GB 1183332 A
GB1183332 A
GB 1183332A
GB 9050/66 A
GB9050/66 A
GB 9050/66A
GB 905066 A
GB905066 A
GB 905066A
GB 1183332 A
GB1183332 A
GB 1183332A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
propulsion
fan
ducts
air cushion
vehicle
Prior art date
1966-03-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB9050/66A
Inventor
Peter Heron Winter
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Britten Norman Ltd
Original Assignee
Britten Norman Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1966-03-01
Filing date
1966-03-01
Publication date
1970-03-04
1966-03-01
Application filed by Britten Norman Ltd
filed
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Britten Norman Ltd
1966-03-01
Priority to GB9050/66A
priority
Critical
patent/GB1183332A/en
1967-02-28
Priority to US619425A
priority
patent/US3468394A/en
1970-03-04
Publication of GB1183332A
publication
Critical
patent/GB1183332A/en
Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
Current
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Classifications
F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04—POSITIVE – DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
F04D29/40—Casings; Connections of working fluid
F04D29/42—Casings; Connections of working fluid for radial or helico-centrifugal pumps
F04D29/44—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers
F04D29/441—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
B60V1/00—Air-cushion
B60V1/14—Propulsion; Control thereof
Abstract
1,183,332. Air cushion vehicles. BRITTEN-NORMAN Ltd. 1 March, 1967 [1 March, 1966], No. 9050/66. Heading B7K. [Also in Division F1] An air cushion vehicle comprises at least one propulsion fan having a volute with a substantially tangential outlet directed generally rearwardly of the vehicle and arranged to provide thrust for forward propulsion and a circumferential extension of the volute terminating in a second outlet directed generally forwardly of the vehicle and arranged to provide reverse thrust, and control means for shutting off either the tangential outlet or the circumferential extension. The air cushion vehicle comprises centrifugal fans 42, 43 supplying air through downwardly directed ducts such as 44 communicating directly with a plenum chamber 39 enclosed by a skirt 41. Propulsion fans 45, 46 have rearwardly directed propulsive ducts 47, 48 for forward propulsion and upwardly and forwardly directed ducts 57, 57a for rearward propulsion. The ducts are controlled by pivoted vanes 28 operated through Bowden cables 53 by respective pedals 54, 64. Fan 45 is shown as having its control vane 28 in the position in which it obturates the duct 48 and permits flow through the duct 57a. A door 60 is shown as opened against the action of a spring 62 by the air flowing through the duct 57a. When the two control vanes 28 are in opposite positions as shown, the forward thrust exerted by one fan and the rearward thrust exerted by the other fan cause the vehicle to turn.
GB9050/66A
1966-03-01
1966-03-01
Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
Expired
GB1183332A
(en)
Priority Applications (2)
Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title
GB9050/66A
GB1183332A
(en)
1966-03-01
1966-03-01
Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
US619425A
US3468394A
(en)
1966-03-01
1967-02-28
Centrifugal fans and air cushion vehicles incorporating such fans
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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Priority Date
Filing Date
Title
GB9050/66A
GB1183332A
(en)
1966-03-01
1966-03-01
Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
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GB1183332A
(en)
1970-03-04
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GB1183332A
(en)
1966-03-01
1966-03-01
Improvements in or relating to Air Cushion Vehicles
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*
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*
1988-11-23
1990-06-20
Eberspaecher J
Fan assembly comprising valved air outlets
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(en)
*
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Title
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(en)
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(en)
*
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Conveyor and cleaning blower for grain
US3162260A
(en)
*
1959-06-10
1964-12-22
Hovercraft Dev Ltd
Vehicle for travelling over land and/or water
1966
1966-03-01
GB
GB9050/66A
patent/GB1183332A/en
not_active
Expired
1967
1967-02-28
US
US619425A
patent/US3468394A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime
Cited By (4)
* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title
GB2200691A
(en)
*
1987-01-23
1988-08-10
Degussa
Apparatus for uniformly subjecting a flow-traversable heatable mass to a fluid flow
GB2226083A
(en)
*
1988-11-23
1990-06-20
Eberspaecher J
Fan assembly comprising valved air outlets
GB2226083B
(en)
*
1988-11-23
1992-08-12
Eberspaecher J
Fan assembly
GB2292187A
(en)
*
1994-08-11
1996-02-14
John Peter Rayner
Propulsive mechanism
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(en)
1969-09-23
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Legal Events
Date
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Title
Description
1970-11-04
CSNS
Application of which complete specification have been accepted and published, but patent is not sealed
