Back to results
US 2021/0197635 A1Published application
Amphibious pumping vehicle
AssigneeNuhn Industries Ltd.
InventorIan Nuhn
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An amphibious pumping vehicle has a floatable vehicle body, a ground engaging propulsion structure, a fluid pump, a plurality of fluid nozzles comprising a first fluid nozzle connected by a fluid conduit to the fluid pump and at least one second fluid nozzle connected to the fluid conduit, a valve structure in the fluid conduit, the plurality of fluid nozzles and the valve structure co-operating to provide directional control and motive power for the vehicle when floating, and a power source configured to provide power to both the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid pump.
Claims8
An amphibious vehicle comprising:
- a floatable vehicle body;
- ground engaging propulsion structure comprising a plurality of ground engaging elements powered by a hydraulic motor;
- a hydraulically powered liquid manure mover separate from the ground engaging propulsion structure, the liquid manure mover positioned within liquid manure when the vehicle is floating;
- a power source connected to a hydraulic pump and configured to provide power to both the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid mover;
- and,
- remote control structure configured to control the ground engaging propulsion structure and the fluid mover, wherein the speed and/or direction of the vehicle is remotely controllable by an operator remote from the vehicle when the vehicle is ground engaging and when the vehicle is floating.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.