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EP0553064A1 - Semi-submersed water vehicle - Google Patents

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EP0553064A1
EP0553064A1 EP93830014A EP93830014A EP0553064A1 EP 0553064 A1 EP0553064 A1 EP 0553064A1 EP 93830014 A EP93830014 A EP 93830014A EP 93830014 A EP93830014 A EP 93830014A EP 0553064 A1 EP0553064 A1 EP 0553064A1
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water vehicle
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Mauro Sordi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/48—Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/49—Floating structures with underwater viewing devices, e.g. with windows ; Arrangements on floating structures of underwater viewing devices, e.g. on boats

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  • the present invention concerns boats or watercrafts in general and more in particular a human-propelled water veicle, especially by pedals, for one passenger or more.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle in the form of boat or watercraft which is desinged so as to float on the water surface and allow at the same time the navigation and underwater vision for one passenger or more.
  • the vehicle according to this invention includes a floating hull and, below said hull, a transparent cabin for one passenger or more to be entered by means of a hatchway at the hull-level, the cabin being immersed and allowing underwater observation and vision in all directions, including the downwards one.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show respectively a side view and a top plan view of a vehicle according to the invention and pedal-propelled; and Fig. 3 and 4 show two similar views of a motor-propelled boat.
  • the boat includes a floating hull 10 and below the hull, in order to result immersed, a cabin 11 defined by partially or totally transparent walls.
  • the hull 10 will be appropriately ballasted and sized as well as provided with a hatchway 12 to enter the cabin below.
  • the cabin 11 is suitably settled to the hull, careened and sized so as to house at least a sitting passenger, preferably two passenger or more placed in side by side or tandem position - see Fig. 3 -.
  • the vehicle can also be provided with a screw propeller or else, with a control shaft 13 which can be driven by at least a passenger placed in the immersed cabin as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the vehicle could be provided with an outboard propelling motor 14 as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the passenger placed in the immersed cabin can float and make underwater observations either for controls and plottings or entertainment. Nevertheless, other passengers could be placed on the floating hull as it is in a common boat.
  • wheels 15 can be applied to the hull or the cabin - see Fig. 1 - as a support or prop on the ground in order to make out of water shiftings of the boat easier.

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Abstract

The invention provides a boat for one passenger or more provided with a floating hull (10) and, below said hull, an immersed cabin (11) for passenger(s) and to be entered by a hatchway (12) at the hull-level. The boat can be provided with a pedal propulsion.

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  • The present invention concerns boats or watercrafts in general and more in particular a human-propelled water veicle, especially by pedals, for one passenger or more.
  • Various kinds of watercrafts with screw propeller, paddle-wheel or the like propulsion driven by an engine or pedal transmission are already known in the art and normally used. Said boats float on the water surface and the passengers get on it while it always and in all cases keeps the emerged position, without the possibility of underwater observation.
  • On the contrary the object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle in the form of boat or watercraft which is desinged so as to float on the water surface and allow at the same time the navigation and underwater vision for one passenger or more.
  • For this end, the vehicle according to this invention includes a floating hull and, below said hull, a transparent cabin for one passenger or more to be entered by means of a hatchway at the hull-level, the cabin being immersed and allowing underwater observation and vision in all directions, including the downwards one.
  • However, more details of the invention will result from the course description which is made by referring to the attached drawings, indicative and not limitative, wherein:
  • Figures 1 and 2 show respectively a side view and a top plan view of a vehicle according to the invention and pedal-propelled; and Fig. 3 and 4 show two similar views of a motor-propelled boat.
  • In both the illustrated embodiments, the boat includes a floating hull 10 and below the hull, in order to result immersed, a cabin 11 defined by partially or totally transparent walls. The hull 10 will be appropriately ballasted and sized as well as provided with a hatchway 12 to enter the cabin below.
  • The cabin 11 is suitably settled to the hull, careened and sized so as to house at least a sitting passenger, preferably two passenger or more placed in side by side or tandem position - see Fig. 3 -.
  • Besides a direction helm the vehicle can also be provided with a screw propeller or else, with a control shaft 13 which can be driven by at least a passenger placed in the immersed cabin as shown in Fig. 1. As an alternative the vehicle could be provided with an outboard propelling motor 14 as shown in Fig. 3.
  • In all cases the passenger placed in the immersed cabin can float and make underwater observations either for controls and plottings or entertainment. Nevertheless, other passengers could be placed on the floating hull as it is in a common boat.
  • Finally it is to be noticed that some wheels 15 can be applied to the hull or the cabin - see Fig. 1 - as a support or prop on the ground in order to make out of water shiftings of the boat easier.

Claims (4)

1.) A water vehicle for one passenger or more characterized in that it includes a floating hull (10) and, below said hull, an immersed cabin (11) for passenger(s) and to be entered by means of a hatchway (12) at the hull-level.
2.) Water vehicle as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the immersed cabin (11) is tied up to the floating hull and defined by partially or totally transparent walls for underwater observation and vision.
3.) Water vehicle as claimed in claims 1 and 2, characterized by steering means and by a pedal propelling system driven by at least a passenger placed in the immersed cabin.
4.) Boat as claimed in any of the previous claims characterized in that the floating hull is also provided with seats for one passenger or more.
EP93830014A 1992-01-21 1993-01-20 Semi-submersed water vehicle Ceased EP0553064A1 (en)

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ITBS920005 1992-01-21
IT92BS000005A ITBS920005A1 (en) 1992-01-21 1992-01-21 VESSEL WITH A TRANSPARENT CABIN FOR UNDERWATER NAVIGATION AND VISION

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EP0553064A1 true EP0553064A1 (en) 1993-07-28

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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE9402187U1 (en) * 1994-02-11 1994-04-14 Langenberg, Jürgen, 92256 Hahnbach Watercraft
DE9407816U1 (en) * 1994-05-11 1995-09-14 Koch, Peter H., 76228 Karlsruhe Bathing island
WO1999007597A1 (en) * 1997-08-08 1999-02-18 Gerhard Wippermann Discovery boat

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR883317A (en) * 1942-01-15 1943-07-01 Raft for underwater observation and harpooning of fish
EP0165192A1 (en) * 1984-05-29 1985-12-18 André Gass Semi-under-water vehicle
EP0277068A1 (en) * 1987-01-27 1988-08-03 Marcel Ramond Pleasure boat for observing the bottom of the sea
GB2227468A (en) * 1988-12-02 1990-08-01 Mitsui Shipbuilding Eng Semi-submerged observation boat

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR883317A (en) * 1942-01-15 1943-07-01 Raft for underwater observation and harpooning of fish
EP0165192A1 (en) * 1984-05-29 1985-12-18 André Gass Semi-under-water vehicle
EP0277068A1 (en) * 1987-01-27 1988-08-03 Marcel Ramond Pleasure boat for observing the bottom of the sea
GB2227468A (en) * 1988-12-02 1990-08-01 Mitsui Shipbuilding Eng Semi-submerged observation boat

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE9402187U1 (en) * 1994-02-11 1994-04-14 Langenberg, Jürgen, 92256 Hahnbach Watercraft
DE9407816U1 (en) * 1994-05-11 1995-09-14 Koch, Peter H., 76228 Karlsruhe Bathing island
WO1999007597A1 (en) * 1997-08-08 1999-02-18 Gerhard Wippermann Discovery boat

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