U.S. patent application number 14/581629 was filed with the patent office on 2016-06-23 for water craft able to offer fast rescue.
The applicant listed for this patent is Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center. Invention is credited to Tsai-Min Chiang, Jung Liao, Chien-Hung Liu, Fan-Bin Tseng.
Application Number | 20160176483 14/581629 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 56128571 |
Filed Date | 2016-06-23 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160176483 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chiang; Tsai-Min ; et
al. |
June 23, 2016 |
WATER CRAFT ABLE TO OFFER FAST RESCUE
Abstract
A water craft able to offer fast rescue includes a water craft
provided with a pressurization pump and a high pressure air
reservoir to have air pressurized and poured into the high pressure
air reservoir and stored therein. The water craft is formed with a
concealed storage space having an uninflated rescue device received
therein. The rescue device communicates with the high pressure air
reservoir so that the rescue device can be inflated via the high
pressure air reservoir. Thus, before inflated, the rescue device
can be entirely received in the concealed storage space, letting
the water craft have good maneuverability and, after inflated, the
rescue device will be ejected out of the concealed storage space
for carrying many persons thereon, thus advantageous to carry out
rescue mission.
Inventors: |
Chiang; Tsai-Min; (New
Taipei City, TW) ; Liu; Chien-Hung; (New Taipei City,
TW) ; Tseng; Fan-Bin; (New Taipei City, TW) ;
Liao; Jung; (New Taipei City, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center |
New Taipei City |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
56128571 |
Appl. No.: |
14/581629 |
Filed: |
December 23, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
114/274 ;
114/345; 440/38 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B63B 2035/005 20130101;
B63B 1/246 20130101; B63B 1/242 20130101; B63C 9/04 20130101; B63C
9/23 20130101; B63B 35/00 20130101; B63C 9/00 20130101; B63C
2009/042 20130101; B63B 1/26 20130101; B63H 11/00 20130101; B63C
9/02 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B63C 9/04 20060101
B63C009/04; B63B 1/26 20060101 B63B001/26; B63B 1/24 20060101
B63B001/24; B63H 11/00 20060101 B63H011/00; B63C 9/02 20060101
B63C009/02; B63C 9/23 20060101 B63C009/23 |
Claims
1. A water craft able to offer fast rescue comprising: a water
craft provided with at least one driving member, said water craft
formed with a concealed storage space, said concealed storage space
provided with at least one air inflation device, said air inflation
device containing at least one pressurization pump; and a rescue
device received in said concealed storage space, said rescue device
connected with said air inflation device so that said rescue device
can be inflated by said air inflation device, said rescue device
ejected out of said concealed storage space when said rescue device
is being inflated, said rescue device provided with a deflation
member, said rescue device received in said concealed storage space
anew after said rescue device is deflated; said air inflation
device contains a high pressure air reservoir, said pressurization
pump connected with said high pressure air reservoir, air
pressurized and poured into said high pressure air reservoir and
stored therein by said pressurization pump; said water craft has
two sides respectively disposed with at least one hydrofoil for
elevating moving speed in water of said water craft; said driving
members are symmetrically fixed at two sides of said water craft,
and said driving member is a jet engine; said water craft has
peripheral sides provided with at least one ladder frame; said
concealed storage space is positioned below waterline of said water
craft and formed with an opening at a rear side, said concealed
storage space communicating with the outside via said opening, said
rescue device ejected out of said concealed storage space through
said opening when said rescue device is being inflated; and said
rescue device is an inflatable rubber boat.
2-8. (canceled)
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a water craft, particularly to one
able to offer fast rescue.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Recently, water leisure and recreation activities have been
flourishing and consequently, various types of water crafts
matching their characteristics and functions have developed
different types for different uses. But along with increase of
water leisure and recreation activities, opportunities of water
rescue needed also increase greatly. To take a sweeping look, the
water rescue crafts commonly seen on the market are mainly
inflatable rubber boats. Although inflatable rubber boats can carry
many persons for executing rescue mission, yet inflatable rubber
boats are slow in speed and poor in wave resistance and hence
incompetent to carry out emergent and fast rescue mission and thus
may miss the opportunity of "golden window" for survivors. On the
other hand, although water scooters are good in maneuverability,
easy in operation, small in size and able to move quickly on water
surface, yet water scooters are unable to carry many persons and
incompetent to carry out rescue mission. In view of the situations
mentioned above, the inventor of this invention has been devoted to
doing research for improving water rescue crafts and hence devises
this invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The objective of this invention is to offer a water craft
able to offer fast rescue, which has high maneuverability and is
able to move quickly to seize the opportunity of "golden window"
for survivors and also able to carry many persons, really attaining
the objective of quickly executing water rescue mission.
[0006] The water craft able to offer fast rescue in the present
invention includes a water craft provided with at least one driving
member, a pressurization pump and a high pressure air reservoir.
The pressurization pump is connected with the high pressure air
reservoir so that air can be pressurized to get into the high
pressure air reservoir and stored therein by the pressurization
pump. The water craft is further formed with a concealed storage
space received therein with an uninflated rescue device. The rescue
device communicates with the high pressure air reservoir so that
the rescue device can be inflated by high pressure gas stored in
the high pressure air reservoir. The rescue device is further
provided with a deflation member for deflating the rescue device
and, after deflated, the rescue device is received in the concealed
storage space.
[0007] Thus, when the rescue device is not yet inflated, the rescue
device can be received in the concealed storage space to let the
water craft has good maneuverability and able to move quickly for
seizing the opportunity of "golden window" for survivors. When
inflated, the rescue device can be quickly ejected out of the
concealed storage space to form a rescue device for carrying many
persons, thus attaining an objective of quickly carrying out water
rescue mission.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0008] This invention will be better understood by referring to the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pattern of a water craft
able to offer fast rescue in the present invention; and
[0010] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another pattern of the water
craft that is provided with an inflatable rubber boat for carrying
out fast rescue in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0011] A preferred embodiment of a water craft able to offer fast
rescue in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,
includes a water craft 10 and a rescue device 20 as main components
combined together.
[0012] The water craft 10 has a left side and a right side
respectively provided with a hydrofoil 11 stretching far away from
the water craft 10 for elevating moving speed in water of the water
craft 10. In this invention, the hydrofoils 11 are stretched toward
the underside and the outer side of the water craft 10 and have
their ends respectively installed with a driving member 12, which
is a jet engine, and further have their topsides respectively
provided with a ladder frame 13 having one end fixed at a
peripheral side of the water craft 10 and another end positioned at
the end of the hydrofoil 11. In addition, the water craft 10 is
formed with a concealed storage space 14 at a rear lower side and
positioned below the water line of the water craft 10. The
concealed storage space 14 has a rear side bored with an opening
141 by which the concealed storage space communicates with the
outside. Moreover, the concealed storage space 14 of the water
craft 10 is provided with at least one air inflation device 15 that
consists of a pressurization Pump 151 and a high pressure air
reservoir 152, with the pressurization Pump 151 connected with the
high pressure air reservoir 152 so that air can be pressurized to
get into the high pressure air reservoir 152 and stored therein by
the pressurization pump 151.
[0013] The rescue device 20 is received in the concealed storage
space 14 when the rescue device 20 is not yet inflated. The rescue
device 20 communicates with the high pressure air reservoir 152 so
that the rescue device 20 can be inflated with high pressure gas
stored in the high pressure air reservoir 152. The rescue device 20
is further disposed with a deflation member 21 for the rescue
device 20 to carry out deflation, and after being deflated, the
rescue device 20 is received in the concealed storage space 14
anew, in this invention, the rescue device 20 being an inflatable
rubber boat. Before inflated, the rescue device can be entirely
stored in the concealed storage space 14, and when rescue device 20
is being inflated, the rescue device 20 will be quickly ejected out
of the concealed storage space 14 through the opening 141 to make
up the rescue device at the rear side of the water craft 10 for
carrying many persons.
[0014] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in normal times, the water craft
able to offer fast rescue in the present invention has the rescue
device 20 received in the concealed storage space 14, letting the
water craft 10 form a fast rescue pattern and thus, the water craft
able to offer fast rescue of this invention has the advantages of a
water scooter: nimble and handy, easy in operation, small in size,
able to move quickly on water surface and excellent in
maneuverability. Therefore, the executors of water rescue can
quickly get to the scene of rescue to seize the opportunity of
"golden window" for survivors, and when the water craft able to
offer fast rescue moves quickly, the two hydrofoils 11 will be
helpful to enhance the moving velocity of the water craft 10,
letting the water craft able to offer fast rescue has the
advantages of being nimble and agile of a water scooter and the
advantages of being quick, energy-saving and high efficiency of a
hydrofoil craft. After the water craft able to offer fast rescue
gets to the scene of rescue, the rescue device 20 can instantly and
quickly be inflated within five seconds by high pressure gas stored
in the high pressure air reservoir 152, letting the water craft
able to offer fast rescue become a power rubber boat to form a
rubber boat rescue pattern, able to carry many persons and
advantageous to execute rescue mission. Further, the air inflation
device 15 can be optionally provided with no high pressure air
reservoir 152 and in this case, the rescue device 20 can be
directly inflated by means of the pressurization pump 151.
[0015] A first special feature of this invention is that the water
craft able to offer fast rescue has two opposite rear sides
respectively disposed with the ladder frame 13 at the location of
the hydrofoil 11 for facilitating personnel to get on and get off
the rescue device 20 and the water craft 10.
[0016] A second special feature of this invention is that the water
craft able to offer fast rescue uses jet engines as power sources
of the driving members 12, thus able to prevent exposed oars of a
conventional outboard engine from injuring people around and also
advantageous to carry out rescue mission. Furthermore, the two
driving members 12 are respectively mounted at the left side and
the right side of the water craft 10 via the two hydrofoils 11 so
as to keep away from the rescue device 20 at the rear side of the
water craft 10 for avoiding the rescue device 20 being disturbed by
water current and causing jolt, able to elevate stability and the
degree of stability of the water craft able to offer fast
rescue.
[0017] The water craft able to offer fast rescue of this invention
has all the advantages of a nimble and handy water scooter, of a
quick and energy-saving hydrofoil craft and of a fast inflatable
rubber boat with space resilience. Therefore, the water craft able
to offer fast rescue of this invention has become a new generation
of fast rescue water crafts, not only having good mobility and able
to move quickly for seizing the opportunity of "golden window" for
survivors, but also able to make up a rescue device for carrying
many persons if necessary, thus attaining an objective of quickly
carrying out water rescue mission.
[0018] To sum up, this invention has the following advantages and
efficacies:
[0019] 1. The water craft able to offer fast rescue of this
invention has good maneuverability and can move quickly for seizing
the opportunity of "golden window" to carry out rescue mission when
the rescue device is not yet inflated and received in the concealed
storage space.
[0020] 2. If necessary, in the process of executing rescue mission,
the rescue device can be quickly inflated to let the rescue device
rapidly ejected out of the concealed storage space to make up a
rescue device for carrying many persons thereon, thus advantageous
to carry out rescue work and able to attain an objective of quickly
executing water rescue mission.
[0021] While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been
described above, it will be recognized and understood that various
modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are
intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the
spirit and scope of the invention.
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