Patent · US Expired

Air cushion vehicle fluid flow system

US3949784A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1973
Grant dateApr 13, 1976
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Expiry dateNov 29, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/87877
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In and for an installation comprising a fluid source and a plurality of fluid-using receivers to be fed with fluid from said source, a device for supplying fluid from said source to said receivers independently of one another, said device comprising a fluid manifold connected with said fluid source and branching out into a plurality of fluid emission nozzles having each an outlet opening, and a plurality of fluid-receiving pipes each of which is connected with a corresponding receiver and has an inlet opening located in line with and spaced by a gap from the outlet opening of a corresponding emission nozzle, the cross-sectional area of said inlet opening of a receiving pipe being at the very most equal to the cross-sectional area of said outlet opening of said corresponding emission nozzle.

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