Amphibious pumping vehicle
AssigneeNuhn Industries Ltd.
InventorIan Nuhn
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Abstract
An amphibious pumping vehicle has a floatable vehicle body, a ground engaging propulsion structure, a fluid pump, a plurality of fluid nozzles comprising a first fluid nozzle connected by a fluid conduit to the fluid pump and at least one second fluid nozzle connected to the fluid conduit, a valve structure in the fluid conduit, the plurality of fluid nozzles and the valve structure co-operating to provide directional control and motive power for the vehicle when floating, and a power source configured to provide power to both the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid pump.
Claims20
An amphibious pumping vehicle comprising:
- a floatable vehicle body;
- a ground engaging propulsion structure;
- a fluid pump;
- a plurality of fluid nozzles comprising a first fluid nozzle connected by a fluid conduit to the fluid pump and at least one second fluid nozzle connected to the fluid conduit;
- a valve structure in the fluid conduit, the plurality of fluid nozzles and the valve structure co-operating to provide directional control and motive power for the vehicle when floating;
- and,
- a power source configured to provide power to both the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid pump, the power source connected to a hydraulic pump by a mechanical drive and connected to the fluid pump by the mechanical drive.
An amphibious pumping vehicle comprising:
- a floatable vehicle body;
- a ground engaging propulsion structure;
- a fluid pump comprising a pump housing for immersion within the fluid, the pump housing comprising a bottom fluid inlet and at least two tangential fluid outlets;
- a plurality of fluid nozzles comprising a first fluid nozzle connected by a fluid conduit to the fluid pump and at least one second fluid nozzle connected to the fluid conduit;
- a valve structure in the fluid conduit, the plurality of fluid nozzles and the valve structure co-operating to provide directional control and motive power for the vehicle when floating;
- and,
- a power source configured to provide power to both the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.