Submarine tanker |
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| 申请号 | US3704678D | 申请日 | 1971-04-26 | 公开(公告)号 | US3704678A | 公开(公告)日 | 1972-12-05 |
| 申请人 | WALTER A KELLY; | 发明人 | KELLY WALTER A; | ||||
| 摘要 | A submarine tanker for petroleum products having a substantially rigid T-shaped frame in longitudinal vertical section and constituted of an inner cylindrical operative center carrying the bridge and crew deck quarters extending fore and aft from the operations and bridge sections. The parts constituting such frame are enclosed in pressure resistant steel. Extending fore and aft from the operations center are two series of cargo tanks made of ordinary ship plate. Enclosing the bow and stern of the vessel are ballast tanks. The lower portions of the two series of cargo tanks are also formed to provide two bottom, longitudinally extending ballast tanks. The exterior portions of the vessel may also be enclosed in a layer or layers of a material known as ''''tough glass.'''' The cargo tanks are loaded and unloaded from the top of the vessel by a system of conduits which include flexible hose wound on reels secured to the top of the vessel and secured to floats provided with pumps. Means are provided to open holes in pack ice overlying the vessel to permit the aforesaid floats to rise to the surface of the sea. Escape bells are carried by the vessel in the event that the vessel must be abandoned and such bells are capable of functioning to affect this result even when the vessel is submerged under an ice pack. | ||||||
| 权利要求 | 1. A submarine tanker for petroleum products, comprising an elongated streamlined hull having an inner cylindrical operative center surmounted by a bridge section, a first series of cylindrical cargo tanks extending forward from said operative center, a second series of cylindrical cargo tanks extending aft from said operative center, a first crew deck section extending from said bridge section and over said first series of cargo tanks, a second crew deck section extending from said bridge section and over said second series of cargo tank, and means providing communication between the inteRiors of said crew deck sections, bridge section and operative center, said operative center, bridge section and crew deck sections being rigidly connected together to form a rigid T-shaped frame in longitudinal vertical section for supporting said two series of cargo tanks, and a plurality of the cargo tanks in each series thereof being formed by and separated from the body of sea water surrounding the submersible vessel by wall portions of said hull to expose the liquids in said tanks to the pressure of such sea water. 2. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, in which said rigid frame constituted of said operative center, bridge section and crew deck sections is constructed of pressure resistant steel plate, and in which the wall portions of said cargo tanks exposed to the pressure of the surrounding sea water, are constructed of ship tanker steel plate. 3. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, in which the outermost cargo tanks in the two series thereof are enclosed by annular ballast tanks, and means operative in said operative center for controlling said tanks. 4. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 3, in which an elongated ballast tank is located beneath each series of cargo tanks and extends from said operative center to the inner end of the annular ballast tank associated with such series, and means in said operative center for controlling said tanks. 5. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, in which said operative center is composed of a series of superposed compartments disposed at right angles to said series of cargo tanks. 6. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, in which said bridge section is composed of a lower compartment connected at its ends to the inner ends of said crew deck sections, and an upper navigation compartment superposed on said lower compartment, a closed circuit television system located in said upper compartment and including a plurality of television cameras mounted on said hull exteriorly of said bridge section, and a plurality of flood lights associated with said cameras. 7. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, in which portions at least of the exterior surface of said vessel are coated with a tough glass capable of increasing the strength of said coated portions, said tough glass being provided on said tanker using such tanker portions as a mold and then being density hardened by submerging the tanker. 8. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, including means connected to said operative center for controlling the supply and discharge of each of said cargo tanks, said supply and discharge means including an automatic valve controlling each tank, a flexible hose connected at one end to a plurality of said valves, a first float carrying a pump connected to the other end of said flexible hose, and a winch secured to said tanker and connected to said float. 9. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, including a second float carrying an explosive material associated with said first float, means releasably connecting said second float to said tanker, and means connected to said operative center for controlling said releasable means and the discharge of said explosive material. 10. A submarine tanker as defined in claim 1, including an escape bell connected to said tanker and in liquid-tight communication with said crew deck sections, and means releasably connecting said escape bell to the tanker and operative from within the latter. |
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