MOTOR-VEHICLE TRAILER-AMPHIBIOUS FERRY Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B63B35/00 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: motor-vehicle trailer-amphibious ferry has platform, pontoons and propeller. The pontoons are located along boards, made sectional, compactly piled up in two tiers on motor-vehicle trailer platform to be transported by roads and over ground. Caterpillar rubber-cord propellers are located under the platform at center along its length on parallelogram folding suspension. Rotary-bladed water-jet propellers are located at the rear under platform at aft corners. Rubber-cord caterpillar propellers drive is performed from driving wheels of the vehicle which was towing trailer-ferry via rubber-covered drums mutually synchronised by timing gear, and rotary-bladed water-jet propeller is made with possibility to be driven from timing gear of rear rubber-covered drum.

EFFECT: enhancement of operational capabilities for using the home-made off-road vehicle of UAZ make without vehicle structural rebuilding.

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