RIVER FERRY Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B63B35/54 B63H5/14 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to water transport, namely to transportation of motor vehicles and passengers between river banks with limited navigability. The ferry is made up of two spaced pontoons, a positive floatability deck fastened between with the lower submerged part. The above-water deck surface is arranged in the pontoons centre plane. The ferry is provided with propulsion plant representing two units mounted along the deck boards made up of a pipe, an engine with screw propeller arranged inside the pipe and steering branch pipe linked with the pipe to turn about the ferry lengthwise axis. Both branch pipes are pivoted together, one of them being furnished with a lever crank-rod assembly with the branch pipe turning drive mechanism.

EFFECT: higher transportation capacity and smaller ferry draft.

4 cl, 13 dwg