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US 2014/0196650 A1Published application
Motorized water vehicle adapted for supplying a pressurized fluid and associated delivery system
AssigneeZapata Holding
InventorFrankie ZAPATA
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Abstract
A Motorized Water Vehicle (MWV) adapted to operate as a fluid-compression station in addition to the primary transport function thereof. Such an MWV can supply compressed fluid to a third device. In a preferred and non-exhaustive manner, such an MWV can supply a passenger propulsion device allowing the propulsion device to move through the air or through a fluid. A propulsion system is thereby provided, in which a remote station is a motorized water vehicle adapted to engage with a propulsion device.
Claims13
A motorized water vehicle, comprising:
- a hull,
- a turbine to pressurize a fluid ingested from an intake and expel the pressurized fluid from a fluid outlet at the rear of the vehicle,
- a flange attached to the fluid outlet for collecting at least a part of the pressurized fluid,
- a supply conduit connected to the flange and disposed beneath the hull to transport the pressurized fluid towards the front of the vehicle,
- a first strap surrounding the supply conduit at a location in the vicinity of the front of the vehicle, and
- a second strap connected to the front of the vehicle and to the first strap, so as to support the supply conduit, said second strap having a length that enables the supply conduit to maintain a substantially horizontal orientation along the length of the hull.
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A fluid delivery system for use with a motorized water vehicle, comprising:
- a flange that is attachable to a fluid outlet of a motorized water vehicle, for collecting pressurized fluid expelled through the outlet,
- a supply conduit connected to the flange and configured to be disposed beneath a hull of the vehicle to transport the pressurized fluid towards the front of the vehicle,
- a first strap surrounding the supply conduit at a location in the vicinity of the front of the vehicle, and
- a second strap configured to be connected to the front of the vehicle and to the first strap, so as to support the supply conduit, said second strap having a length that enables the supply conduit to maintain a substantially horizontal orientation along the length of the hull of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.