Dry storage, raw water system for marine vehicles
AssigneeSummit Marine Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Boettcher, Jeffrey Poole
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Abstract
A system for providing raw water for cooling Auxiliary Systems of a Luxury Boat in Temporary Dry Storage involves a pump coupled to a Dry Storage Lift capable of moving the Luxury Boat between an in-water position and a dry storage position, a raw water inlet of the pump is movable between a first position out of a source of the raw water and a second position in the raw water source, and wherein, when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the in-water position, the raw water inlet will be in the first position and when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the dry storage position, the raw water inlet will be in the second position.
Claims21
A system for providing raw water for cooling of one or more Auxiliary Systems of a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage, the system comprising:
- a pump coupled to a Dry Storage Lift, the Dry Storage Lift being capable of moving the Luxury Boat between an in-water position and a dry storage position, the pump being rated for pumping raw water at a fixed rate of at least 1,900 liters per hour, the pump having an associated raw water inlet and a raw water outlet;
- a hose having a first end being coupled to the raw water outlet and a second end configured to matingly couple to a connector on the Luxury Boat that is coupled to at least one Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat;
- a controller, coupled to a boat-based pump controller on the Luxury Boat that controls pumping of raw water to the at least one Auxiliary System on the Luxury Boat;
- wherein the raw water inlet is movable between a first position and a second position, the first position being out of a source of the raw water and the second position being in the raw water source;
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- wherein, (i) when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the in-water position, the raw water inlet will be in the first position and (ii) when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the dry storage position, the raw water inlet will be in the second position.
A system comprising:
- A system comprising:
- a Dry Storage Lift capable of moving Luxury Boats between an in-water position and a dry storage position;
- a pump, external to the Luxury Boat, the pump being movable between a first position in a source of raw water and a second position out of the source of raw water, opposite the Dry Storage Lift such that the first position of the pump corresponds to the dry storage position and the second position of the pump corresponds to the in-water position, the pump having an associated raw water inlet and a raw water outlet;
- wherein the raw water outlet is configured to matingly couple, via a connector, to a corresponding connector on a through-hull fitting of a Luxury Boat;
- a controller, to communicatively coupled to a boat-based pump controller (i) when the Luxury Boat is on the Dry Storage Lift in the dry storage position, (ii) the raw water inlet is in the source of raw water, and (iii) the raw water outlet is coupled to the corresponding connector of the Luxury Boat, the controller being configured such that when the boat-based pump controller signals for raw water to be sent to at least one Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat,
- the controller will cause the pump to deliver raw water to the Luxury Boat, for use by the at least one Auxiliary System, via the raw water outlet.
A system for providing raw water for cooling of one or more Auxiliary Systems of a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage, the system comprising:
- a pump, having a power connector, the pump being coupled to a Dry Storage Lift, the Dry Storage Lift being capable of moving the Luxury Boat between an in-water position and a dry storage position, the pump being rated for pumping raw water at a fixed rate of at least 1,900 liters per hour, the pump having an associated raw water inlet and a raw water outlet;
- a hose having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the raw water outlet and having a second end configured to matingly couple to a water connector on the Luxury Boat that is coupled to at least one Auxiliary System of the Luxury Boat;
- wherein the raw water inlet is movable between a first position and a second position, the first position being out of a source of the raw water and the second position being in the raw water source;
- wherein, (i) when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the in-water position, the raw water inlet will be in the first position and (ii) when the Dry Storage Lift has the Luxury Boat in the dry storage position, the raw water inlet will be in the second position;
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- wherein the power connector is coupled to a power source on the Luxury Boat and a boat-based pump controller on the Luxury Boat that controls pumping of raw water to the at least one Auxiliary System on the Luxury Boat, such that, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage and the raw water inlet is in the second position, and the boat-based pump controller is triggered to cause pumping of raw water to the at least one Auxiliary System on the Luxury Boat, power will be supplied from the power source to the pump and raw water will be provided by the pump to the Luxury Boat via the water connector.
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