| IPC 7 English version |
| B60V-B60V00308 |
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| SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING |
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| B 60 | VEHICLES IN GENERAL |
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| B 60 V | AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (devices for short-distance movement of heavy loads by providing a high-pressure fluid cushion, supplied from an independent source, between load and ground B65G 7/06) |
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| Note |
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| In this subclass, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated: |
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| – | "air-cushion vehicles" includes all vehicles which are wholly or partly supported on land or water by air or other gaseous cushions. |
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1/ | 00 | Air-cushion vehicles (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions B60V 3/00) |
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1/ | 02 | . | wherein the cushion is generated and contained by at least one peripheral fluid curtain |
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1/ | 04 | . | wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls |
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1/ | 06 | . | wherein the cushion is formed within plenum chamber |
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1/ | 08 | . | wherein the cushion is created during forward movement of the vehicle by ram effect |
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1/ | 10 | . | in which the curtain-forming nozzle or the vehicle base is shaped to create a vortex curtain |
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1/ | 11 | . | Stability or attitude control [2] |
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1/ | 12 | . | . | by dividing the cushion [2] |
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1/ | 14 | . | Propulsion; Control thereof (B60V 1/11 takes precedence) [2] |
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1/ | 15 | . | . | using part of the cushion-forming fluid [2] |
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1/ | 16 | . | Flexible skirts |
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1/ | 18 | . | Body structure |
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1/ | 20 | . | Spray deflectors |
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1/ | 22 | . | provided with hydrofoils (hydrofoils per se B63B 1/24) |
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3/ | 00 | Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions |
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3/ | 02 | . | Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles |
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3/ | 04 | . | . | co-operating with rails or other guiding means, e.g. with air cushion between rail and vehicle |
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3/ | 06 | . | Waterborne vessels |
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3/ | 08 | . | Aircraft, e.g. air-cushion alighting-gear therefor |
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