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Tubular duct for a ship propeller
Assignee: GONZALO PEREZ GOMEZ ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES SA
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Filing: 1980-02-08
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Granted: 1981-09-08
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Expires: 2000-02-08
Abstract
Abstract A tubular duct is provided for ship propellers with blade tips having barrier plates extending transversely therefrom. The tubular ducts are effectively arranged to extend the barrier plates in a manner which, in operation, directs a fluid stream in substantially shock-free contact with such plates.
Inventors
- 👤 Ramon R. Gonzalez
- 👤 Gonzalo P. Gomez
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 23:24
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63H; B63H1/00; B63H1/02; B63H1/12; B63H1/14; B63H1/28; B63H5/00; B63H5/07; B63H5/16; B63H1/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A combination of a ship propeller in juxtaposition with a non-rotating tubular duct, the propeller having an axis, a diameter and a plurality of blades, each blade having (a) a tip radius, (b) a fixed plate and (c) a back or suction side, the tubular duct (d) being coaxial with and displaced from said propeller and on the back or suction side thereof, (e) effectively comprising means to extend a geometric figure generated (by a cross-section of an axial plane, through the tip radius of a blade, with the fixed plate) on rotation of said fixed plate about the axis, (f) having an internal radius at a point adjacent to the fixed plate which is approximately that of the geometric figure at a point which is closest to said duct, (g) providing means to direct fluid toward said back or suction side of said propeller and (h) having a length at its shortest point which is at least 20 percent and at most 2 times that of the diameter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
A combination of a ship propeller in juxtaposition with a non-rotating tubular duct, the propeller having an axis, a diameter and a plurality of blades, each blade having (a) a tip radius, (b) a fixed plate and (c) a back or suction side, the tubular duct (d) being coaxial with and displaced from said propeller and on the back or suction side thereof, (e) effectively comprising means to extend a geometric figure generated (by a cross-section of an axial plane, through the tip radius of a blade, with the fixed plate) on rotation of said fixed plate about the axis, (f) having an internal radius at a point adjacent to the fixed plate which is approximately that of the geometric figure at a point which is closest to said duct, (g) providing means to direct fluid toward said back or suction side of said propeller and (h) having a length at its shortest point which is at least 20 percent and at most 2 times that of the diameter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A propeller/duct combination according to claim 1 wherein the duct comprises means to direct a fluid stream in substantially shock-free contact with each fixed plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A combination according to claim 2 wherein the propeller has finite circulation (or loading) values in its blade tips.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A combination according to claim 3 wherein each fixed plate has a forward end and the duct has an after or downstream side, the forward end of each fixed plate being displaced by at least 5 millimeters from the after side of the duct.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A combination according to claim 4 wherein said forward end is as close as possible to said after side.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A combination according to claim 4 wherein the tubular duct has a streamlined configuration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A combination according to claim 4 wherein the tubular duct has a cross-section which varies in configuration along its axis.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A combination according to claim 4 wherein the tubular duct has a constant length or varies in length around is periphery.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A combination according to claim 1 wherein the tubular duct is mounted on and fixed to a hull of a ship.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
A combination according to claim 9 wherein the tubular duct varies in length along its periphery, its largest dimension, which may be extended forward in the form of fins, being at its highest elevation along the hull, and its shortest dimension being at its lowest elevation along the hull.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
56 words
A ship having a hull, a propeller and a vertically longitudinal plane of symmetry passing through its center, the propeller being in a combination according to claim 1, and the tubular duct being mounted on and fixed to the hull in a manner in which it is symmetrically disposed with regard to the plane of symmetry.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A ship having a hull and two or more propellers, each propeller being in a combination according to claim 1.
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