The drive module buoyancy body is either made as a solid material, inflatable or as a hollow body with inflatable air chambers inside, which includes a seat and a shaft mounted in a front portion and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the buoyancy body. Paddle wheels are mounted at the ends of the shaft. A profile is articulated to the shaft in its center so as to be able to pivot about its lower end region, which profile extends upwards from the shaft and in which a crankshaft with a drive wheel is mounted at the upper end region of the profile. The cranks of the crankshaft can be optionally equipped with pedals for a foot drive or crank handles for a hand drive. By driving the cranks, the paddle wheels are driven by a roller chain or a toothed belt, the profile (7) being able to be engaged in a pivoted position for foot drive and being able to be engaged in a position different therefrom for manual drive.
DRIVE MODULE FOR A BOAT-LIKE BUOYANCY BODY, AND BUOYANCY BODY EQUIPPED THEREWITH
2020-12-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Boat with reinforced buoyancy body and foam filling method of buoyancy body
European Patent Office | 2020
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