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Control and propulsion fluid foil

  • US 3,118,639 A
  • Filed: 12/05/1961
  • Issued: 01/21/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A FOIL CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING:

  • A YIELDABLE COVERING INCLUDING FLEXIBLE WALLS, THE EXTERNAL SURFACES OF WHICH DEFINE THE OPPOSITE SURFACES OF SAID FOIL;

    A SERIES OF ELONGATED TUBULAR SELF-SUSTAINABLE CELLS DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION BETWEEN SAID FLEXIBLE WALLS;

    EACH CELL INCLUDING A DISTORTABLE WALL TENDING IN RESPONSE TO CHANGE IN FLUID PRESSURE TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF SAID CELLS AND THE OPPOSITE FLEXIBLE WALLS OF SAID YIELDABLE COVERING;

    AND PRESSURE FLUID SUPPLYING MEANS TO EFFECT CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OF SAID CELLS THEREBY TO ALTER THE SHAPE OF SAID FOIL.

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