Water tractor with floating tracks
OwnerVilson Da Silvainventor
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Abstract
The present patent consists of a vehicle equipped with a series of floating caterpillars that circulate on an ovoid rail, forming a continuous track; the male-female couplings between the traction caterpillars, their hydrodynamic locks and their direction system operate with the braking of one of the sides of the track and the slipping of the opposite track, being able to rotate through 360°. Said vehicle has the purpose of towing load barges on rivers or lakes. Due the absence of displacement, since the vehicle moves on the water, the performance is distinctly improved and the fuel consumption is considerably reduced in comparison with watercraft having an equivalent load-carrying capacity.
Claims2
Water tractor with floating tracks, wherein is composed by a vehicle equipped with floating tracks (1), an anti-turbulence (2) system, water locks (3), floating caterpillars (7), which circulate through a set of ovoid rails, through a set of polyethylene pulleys with internal shielded bearing, said caterpillars are connected to each other like a chain and moved by traction of a rack, which is connected to the differential through an independent axis tip moved by conventional motor and transmission of land vehicles, and still by a locking system of caterpillars, working as multiple oars, giving more power of traction on the water.
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