COLLAPSIBLE FERRY BOAT Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: ferrying facilities. SUBSTANCE: collapsible ferry boat consists of collapsible displacement-type folding riverward pontoon sections assembled in one row and connected with shoreward section in the fore extremity of the ferry boat and motorization facilities in the aft extremity of the ferry boat. Motorization facilities are made in form of motor sections euipped with propulsion-steering systems. Motor sections are interconnected by means of sides with opposite arrangement of propulsion-steering complexes relative to longitudinal axis of the ferry boat which are secured to the transom of the last riverward section. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 4 dwg