Hydroglider

• US 3,204,596 A
• Filed: 10/12/1960
• Issued: 09/07/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ewan S. Fallon
• Original Assignee: Ewan S. Fallon
• Inventors: Fallon, Ewan S.
• Application Number:
  US04/062,226
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• US Class Current: 114/315
• CPC Class Codes: B63C 11/46 Divers' sleds or like craft, i.e. craft on which man in diving-suit rides

Claims

1. IN A SUBMERSIBLE MARINE CRAFT, MEANS FOR ACCOMPLISHING HYDRODYNAMIC PROPULSIVE MOVEMENT THEREOF, COMPRISING WING-LIKE HYDROFOIL MEANS SPANNING SEVERAL BEAM DIAMETERS OF THE CRAFT, A PRESSURIZBLE BUOYANCY CONTROLLING CHAMBER CONTAINING WATER AND ALSO CONTAINING GAS WITHIN VARIABLE VOLUME ENVELOPE MEANS, SAID BUOYANCY CONTROLLING CHAMBER OPERATIVELY MAINTAINING SAID CRAFT AT A SLIGHTLY POSITIVE NET BUOYANCY WHEN AT MINIMAL PRESSURE, PUMP MEANS FOR PUMPING AMBIENT WATER INTO SAID PRESSURIZABLE CHAMBER AND COMPRESSING THE GAS WITHIN SAID VARIABLE VOLUME ENVELOPE MEANS TO ESTABLISH THE NET BUOYANCY FACTOR OF SDAID CRAFT AS SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE, AND VALVULAR WATER RELEASE MEANS FOR PERMITTING ESCAPE OF PRESSURIZED WATER FROM SAID CHAMBER AND THE EXPANSION OF THE GAS WITHIN SAID VARIABLE VOLUME ENVELOPE MEANS TO ESTABLISH THE NET BUOYANCY OF SAID CRAFT AS SLIGHTLY POSITION.