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GB1140563A - Air-cushion vehicles and rotary compressors therefor - Google Patents

Air-cushion vehicles and rotary compressors therefor

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Publication number
GB1140563A
GB1140563A GB1605465A GB1605465A GB1140563A GB 1140563 A GB1140563 A GB 1140563A GB 1605465 A GB1605465 A GB 1605465A GB 1605465 A GB1605465 A GB 1605465A GB 1140563 A GB1140563 A GB 1140563A
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Prior art keywords
compressor
air cushion
propeller
vehicle
april
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Expired
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GB1605465A
Inventor
John Gilbert Russell
Robert Mehew Bass
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Dowty Rotol Ltd
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Dowty Rotol Ltd
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Priority to GB1605465A priority Critical patent/GB1140563A/en
Priority to DE19661481925 priority patent/DE1481925A1/en
Publication of GB1140563A publication Critical patent/GB1140563A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/043—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls being flexible
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/26—Rotors specially for elastic fluids
    • F04D29/28—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/287—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps with adjusting means

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)

Abstract

1,140,563. Air cushion vehicles. DOWTY ROTOL Ltd. 4 April, 1966 [14 April, 1965], No. 16054/65. Heading B7K. [Also in Divisions F1 and G3] An air cushion vehicle has at least one compressor of rotodynamic type suitable for providing the air cushion and/or propulsive thrust for the vehicle, and the rotor of the or each compressor includes adjustable blading, adjustment of which during operation affords variation in delivery pressure and mass flow without the need to change the rotational speed. The air cushion vehicle shown in Fig. 1 has at least one centrifugal or axial-flow compressor 14 to provide the air cushion and driven through a bevel gear-box 20 by a gas turbine engine 15 which also drives a propeller 16. The compressor 14 has variable-pitch impeller blading (see Division F1) and the propeller 16 may also be of variablepitch type, whereby the thrust of the compressor and of the propeller can be varied independently without alteration of rotational speed. Two or more compressors may be provided so that slight changes of attitude of the vehicle can be made by differential adjustment of their blade pitch. The propeller may be replaced by a further ducted compressor or by using the aircushion compressor for propulsion also.
GB1605465A 1965-04-14 1965-04-14 Air-cushion vehicles and rotary compressors therefor Expired GB1140563A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1605465A GB1140563A (en) 1965-04-14 1965-04-14 Air-cushion vehicles and rotary compressors therefor
DE19661481925 DE1481925A1 (en) 1965-04-14 1966-04-14 Hovercraft and rotary compressor usable for this

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GB1605465A GB1140563A (en) 1965-04-14 1965-04-14 Air-cushion vehicles and rotary compressors therefor

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GB1140563A true GB1140563A (en) 1969-01-22

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GB (1) GB1140563A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3701968A (en) * 1970-03-09 1972-10-31 Seismograph Service Corp Air cushion seismic vibrator
US3776360A (en) * 1972-07-07 1973-12-04 Global Marine Inc Air cushion vehicle with retractable skirt assembly
US4141506A (en) * 1977-07-15 1979-02-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Combined radial diffuser and control valve for high-pressure fans
FR2597166A1 (en) * 1986-04-10 1987-10-16 American Standard Inc CENTRIFUGAL FAN, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VARYING THE PITCH OF ITS BLADES

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2009143518A2 (en) * 2008-05-23 2009-11-26 David Birkenstock Boundary layer control system and methods thereof

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3701968A (en) * 1970-03-09 1972-10-31 Seismograph Service Corp Air cushion seismic vibrator
US3776360A (en) * 1972-07-07 1973-12-04 Global Marine Inc Air cushion vehicle with retractable skirt assembly
US4141506A (en) * 1977-07-15 1979-02-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Combined radial diffuser and control valve for high-pressure fans
FR2597166A1 (en) * 1986-04-10 1987-10-16 American Standard Inc CENTRIFUGAL FAN, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VARYING THE PITCH OF ITS BLADES

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DE1481925A1 (en) 1969-08-21

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