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US 2012/0055392 A1Published application
Air lubrication device of ship
OwnerMakoto KAWABUCHI, Chiharu Kawakita +1inventors
InventorsMakoto KAWABUCHI, Chiharu Kawakita, Shinichi Takano
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Abstract
An air lubrication apparatus of a ship includes an air ejecting unit and a restraining section. The air ejecting unit ejects air from the ship bottom. The restraining section restrains relative reduction of a thickness of an air layer which covers a center line region of the ship bottom.
Claims8
An air lubrication device of a ship, comprising:
- an air ejecting unit configured to eject air from a ship bottom of said ship;
- and
- a restraining section configured to restrain a thickness of a layer of the air which covers a center line region of said ship bottom from being relatively reduced.
An air lubrication method of a ship, comprising:
- ejecting air from a ship bottom of said ship;
- and
- restraining a thickness of an air layer which covers a center line region of said ship bottom of ship, from being relatively reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.