Flat-bottomed fluvial transport boat comprising inflatable buoyancy tanks
AssigneeBk Trading
InventorBruno Kenner
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Abstract
A flat-bottom fluvial transport boat comprising inflatable buoyancy tanks consisting of at least one pair of port side and starboard inflatable volumes. The paired inflatable volumes are connected to each other by means of one or more pressure balancing means.
Claims7
A fluvial boat for transporting goods comprising inflatable buoyancy tanks composed of at least one pair of port and starboard inflatable volumes, wherein the paired inflatable volumes are connected by one or more pressure balancing means, and in that the boat comprises a means for modifying he a W/D ratio where W denotes a maximum width of the boat, and D denotes a draft of the boat, the modifying means controlling an inflation of the buoyancy tanks to reduce the draft and the inflation of the buoyancy tanks to reduce a lateral size of the boat.
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