Boat with a foam material filled keel structure

Abstract

A boat with a foam material filled keel structure comprising: a buoyant body, which is a U-shaped tube; a bottom plate, set on the bottom of the buoyant body; a tail plate, set at the rear of the buoyant body and the bottom plate; and a keel structure, set on the bottom of the bottom plate; wherein the keel structure is downward depressed, hence a convex part on the bottom and a groove on the top are formed; wherein in the groove of the keel structure is filled with foam material, Thereby it is achieved that water seepage in the keel structure is avoided.

Claims

1. A boat with a foam material filled keel structure, comprises: a buoyant body, which is a U-shaped tube; a bottom plate, set on a bottom of the buoyant body; a tail plate, set at a rear of the buoyant body and the bottom plate; and a keel structure, set on a bottom of the bottom plate; wherein the keel structure is downward depressed, hence a convex part at the bottom and a groove at a top are formed; wherein the groove of the keel structure is filled with foam material.

2. The boat with a foam material filled keel structure of claim 1, wherein the bottom plate has at least an infusion mouth, to inject the foam material into the groove of the keel structure.

3. The boat with a foam material filled keel structure of claim 1, wherein the keel structure is made of elastic composite material.

4. The boat with a foam material filled keel structure of claim 3, wherein the keel structure is made of polymer fiberboard or fiber reinforced plastic (FRP).

5. The boat with a foam material filled keel structure of claim 3, wherein the foam material is foaming polymer material.

6. The boat with a foam material filled keel structure of claim 5, wherein the foam material is polyurethane or ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1. is an exploded view of the present invention before foam material is injected;

(2) FIG. 2. is a three-dimensional view of the present invention from the bottom, before foam material is injected;

(3) FIG. 3. is a sectional view of the keel structure before foam material is injected;

(4) FIG. 4. is a top view of the present invention before foam material is injected; and

(5) FIG. 5. is sectional view after foam material is injected.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(6) As shown in FIG. 1-5, the present invention a boat with a foam filled keel structure comprises: a buoyant body 1, which is an U-shaped tube; a bottom plate 2, set on the bottom of the buoyant body 1, a tail plate 3, set at the rear of the buoyant body 1 and the bottom plate 2; and a keel structure 4, set on the bottom of the bottom plate 2; wherein the keel structure, having a convex part 41 on the bottom and a groove 42 at the top, is downward depressed; wherein the groove 42 of the structure 4 is filled with foam material 5. Thereby it is achieved that water seepage in the keel structure is avoided.

(7) As shown in FIG. 1-4, the groove 42 of the keel structure 4 is filled with foam material. FIG. 5 shows the groove 42 of the keel structure 4 after the foam material is filled.

(8) The buoyant body 1, the bottom plate 2 and the tail bottom 3 constitute a strong buoyant structure, which can be applied to e.g. carrying people or wares.

(9) As shown in FIG. 2, the keel structure 4 is fixed on the bottom of the bottom plate 2, e.g. by hot melting. The keel structure 4 is made of rubber material, or made of polymer fiberboard or fiber reinforced plastic (FRP), such hard and elastic composite material, for reducing weight and increasing strength.

(10) The keel structure 4 is downward depressed, hence a convex part 41 on the bottom and a groove 42 at the top are formed. The convex part 41 can have various shapes, e.g. the keel structure 4 is downward depressed like a quadrangular pyramid to support the buoyant body 1, whereby bending of the buoyant body 1 is avoided. Hence, it functions like a keel of a boat for supporting. Besides, when a boat is moving forward, the convex part 41 of the keel structure 4 is breaking water to reduce resistance, thereby the function of wave breaking is improved. Furthermore, if waves surge from sides of the boat, the waves are broken through the keel structure, thereby wave impact is reduced and wave adaptivity is improved.

(11) As shown in FIG. 3, as soon as the keel structure 4 is set on the bottom of the bottom plate 2, the groove 42 of the keel structure 4 is closed by the bottom plate 2, thereby a closed space is built up. The main purpose thereof is to support the buoyant body 1 by the keel structure 4, while the purpose of building a groove 42 at the top of the keel structure 4 is to reduce weight.

(12) As shown in FIG. 4-5, on the bottom plate 2 there is an infusion mouth 21, by which foam material is injected into the groove of the keel structure. The foam material 5 is foaming polymer material of low specific gravity, e.g. foaming synthetic resin material like polyurethane or ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA).

(13) When the groove 42 of the keel structure is filled with the foam material 5, not only almost no weight is increased, but the groove 42 of the keel structure is filled also, thereby water seepage in the keel structure 4 is avoided. Even if the keel structure is damaged, trouble with water seepage in the groove 42 of the keel structure is eliminated.

(14) While preferred embodiments of the invention have been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.