Watercraft
a technology for watercraft and water tanks, applied in the field of watercraft, can solve the problems of limiting investment, limiting investment, and limiting investment, so as to prolong the rescue time, reduce purchase and running costs, and limit investment.
Inactive Publication Date: 2009-03-12
HI TECH INT
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[0007]Unfortunately, to limit investment relative to watercraft purchase, the various rescue units are often equipped with a single structure which at any given time is fitted with the means required for the specific rescue operation to be carried out. The actual fitting of the means lengthens the rescue time on the site where they are required.
[0008]An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a watercraft which represents an improvement on the known art by virtue of low purchase and running costs, while ensuring the flexibility required by the emergency rescue patrol and transport operations.
[0009]A further object of the invention is to provide a watercraft by which the time required to fit the necessary equipment onto the watercraft is minimized, hence ensuring more rapid intervention on the site where this is to take place.
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In effect, watercrafts for official tasks, especially those supplied to the forces of order, the fire service or the civil protection service are extremely costly, both to purchase and to maintain.
Consequently many of the available means often remain unused.
Unfortunately, to limit investment relative to watercraft purchase, the various rescue units are often equipped with a single structure which at any given time is fitted with the means required for the specific rescue operation to be carried out.
The actual fitting of the means lengthens the rescue time on the site where they are required.
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[0017]The watercraft 1 comprises a floating hull 2 of U-shape (by way of non-limiting example), well visible in FIG. 2. The hull presents a bow part 3 in which a plurality of sitting positions 4 for possible passengers are provided, together with a very spacious loading surface 5.
[0018]The watercraft is advantageously constructed of composite materials such as glass reinforced plastic, polymers (or metal materials), the whole structure being filled with self-floating foam.
[0019]A seat 7 to house at least part of a sea scooter 8 is provided at the stern 6 of the hull 2.
[0020]The sea scooter 8 is substantially of conventional type, comprising its own propulsion and guide means.
[0021]The seat 7 is of dimensions sufficient to house a large part of the length of the sea scooter and presents a pair of guides 10 associated with it. The guides 10 are fixed to the hull 2 along the seat 7 by screws 11, which make the guides interchangeable. Consequently, the guides 10 associated with the seat...
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A watercraft (1) comprising a hull (2) and retention means (7, 10, 20, 20a, 20b) to connect a sea scooter (8) and said hull (2) together in such a manner that said sea scooter can at least contribute to the propulsion of said watercraft.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a watercraft in accordance with the introduction to the main claim. In particular it relates to a watercraft for use as a rescue, patrol or transport means, but not exclusively so.BACKGROUND AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION[0002]In effect, watercrafts for official tasks, especially those supplied to the forces of order, the fire service or the civil protection service are extremely costly, both to purchase and to maintain. They usually comprise propulsion means and specific equipment for intervention in their various scheduled tasks.[0003]The organizations overseeing these services often possess a fleet of specific watercrafts covering every situation and each necessary intervention.[0004]The fleet hence comprises a fire-fighting watercraft equipped for example with fire-fighting pumps, a watercraft equipped with lighting means, a watercraft equipped with rafts and the like for rescuing survivors, a watercraft for transporting...
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CPCB63B35/731B63B35/665B63B17/00
Inventor PASSONI, MATTEOMANGHI, MATTEO
Owner HI TECH INT