Flexible vessel
AssigneeInbar-Water Distribution Company Ltd
InventorAaharon Yaffe
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Abstract
Apparatus and a method for sea transport of liquids including a first enclosure, an at least partially flexible second enclosure disposed within the first enclosure and being adapted when filled, to generally fill the first enclosure, one of the first and second enclosures being a light liquid enclosure and the other of the first and second enclosures being a sea water enclosure, a light liquid port coupled to the light liquid enclosure for selectably filling it with a liquid lighter than sea water and a sea water port coupled to the sea water enclosure for selectably allowing sea water to fill it, thereby causing light liquid to be expelled against the force of gravity from the light liquid enclosure.
Claims58
Apparatus for sea transport of liquids comprising:
- a first enclosure;
- an at least partially flexible second enclosure disposed within said first enclosure and being adapted when filled, to generally fill said first enclosure;
- one of the first and second enclosures being a light liquid enclosure and the other of the first and second enclosures being a sea water enclosure,
- a light liquid port coupled to said light liquid enclosure for selectably filling it with a liquid lighter than sea water;
- and
- a sea water port coupled to said sea water enclosure for selectably allowing sea water to fill it, thereby causing light liquid to be expelled against the force of gravity from said light liquid enclosure.
Apparatus for transport of liquids comprising:
- a flexible enclosure including a plurality of spaced, relatively rigid enclosure cross-section defining elements each pair of which are joined by a tube of flexible material.
A method for transport of liquids over seas comprising:
- providing a vessel including a first enclosure and an at least partially flexible second enclosure disposed within said first enclosure and being adapted when filled, to generally fill said first enclosure, one of the first and second enclosures being a light liquid enclosure and the other of the first and second enclosures being an sea water enclosure;
- loading said vessel by selectably filling said light liquid enclosure with a liquid lighter than sea water;
- and
- unloading said vessel by selectably allowing sea water to fill said sea water enclosure, thereby causing light liquid to be expelled against the force of grant from said light liquid enclosure.
A method for water transport of fluids comprising:
- providing a vessel including a flexible enclosure including a plurality of spaced, relatively rigid enclosure cross-section defining elements which are joined by a tube of flexible material said flexible enclosure being formed to define therewithin first and second fluid enclosures, each of which may be filled to generally fill the flexible enclosure and thus empty the other;
- loading said vessel by selectably filling said first fluid enclosure of a first fluid;
- and
- unloading said vessel by selectably allowing fluid to fill said second enclosure, thereby causing said second fluid to be expelled against the force of gravity from said first enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.