Apparatus and method to make a sail and relative sail made
AssigneeAlberto Fiorenzi
InventorsAlberto Fiorenzi, Gian Mauro Maneia
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Abstract
A sail having at least three tops and three corresponding edges opposite the tops and comprising a plurality of panels each of which in turn comprises two outer covering layers, between which a plurality of reinforcement elements are positioned which define, in their entirety, a multi-directional main reinforcement structure. The plurality of reinforcement elements are disposed in a pre-determined manner with respect to three generatrix lines, which have in common a determinate reference point, disposed in a substantially central position of the sail and each one passing through, or near, one of the three tops.
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A sail having at least three tops and three corresponding edges opposite said tops and comprising a plurality of panels each of which in turn comprises two outer covering layers, between which a plurality of reinforcement elements are positioned which define, in their entirety, a multi-directional main reinforcement structure, wherein said plurality of reinforcement elements are disposed in a pre-determined manner with respect to three generatrix lines, respectively first, second and third, which have in common a determinate reference point, disposed in a substantially central position of said sail, and each one passing through, or near, one of said three tops, and wherein said generatrix lines are divided into a same number n of intermediate points, through which said reinforcement elements pass.
A method to make a sail having three tops and three corresponding edges opposite said tops and comprising a plurality of panels each of which in turn comprises two outer covering layers, between which a plurality of reinforcement elements are positioned which define, in their entirety, a main reinforcement structure, wherein said method comprises in sequence the following steps:
- a step of virtual definition of the geometry of said main reinforcement structure, by arranging said plurality of reinforcement elements in a predetermined manner with respect to three generatrix lines, respectively first, second and third which have in common a determinate reference point, disposed in a substantially central position of said sail, and each one passing through one of said three tops,
- a second step of depositing said reinforcement elements on each of said panels according to said geometry of said main reinforcement structure;
- a third step of joining said panels together, in order to confer on said sail a determinate aerodynamic profile and in such a manner that said reinforcement elements, disposed between said covering layers of said panels achieve, in their entirety, said main reinforcement structure, wherein said virtual definition step comprises in sequence the following sub-steps:
- a first sub-step of determining said reference point;
- a second sub-step of plotting said three generatrix lines;
- a third sub-step of virtual realization of the geometry of said main reinforcement structure, and wherein in said third sub-step of virtual definition, all three of said generatrix lines are divided into the same number n of intermediate points, suitably distanced from each other.
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