Ground effect machine

• US 3,174,573 A
• Filed: 05/13/1963
• Issued: 03/23/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bradley Chaplin John
• Original Assignee: Bradley Chaplin John
• Inventors: BRADLEY CHAPLIN JOHN
• Application Number:
  US04/279,900
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• US Class Current: 180/121
• CPC Class Codes: B60V 1/04 wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60V 1/115 by ground or water engaging means, e.g. rudders or wheels

Claims

4. A GROUND EFFECT MACHINE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BODY HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED INLET WELL HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM, A PLURALITY OF CELL MEMBERS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID BODY BY SUPERATMOSPHERIC AIR CUSHIONS FORMED IN SAID CELL MEMBERS, EACH CELL MEMBER HAVING A TOP, AND SAID CELL MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION, THE OPEN BOTTOM OF SAID WELL BEING POSITIONED TO OVERLIE ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SAID TOPS OF THE CELL MEMBERS AND SUCH PORTIONS OF SAID TOPS BEING OPEN SO THAT SAID WELL LEADS DIRECTLY DOWNWARDLY INTO EACH CELL MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR FORCING AIR DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID WELL AND INTO SAID CELL MEMBERS TO FORM SUPERATMOSPHERIC AIR CUSHIONS THEREIN.