SOFT LIFTING PONTOON Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC B63C7/00 B63B35/34 

FIELD: vessels and other watercrafts.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to technical means of ship raising, namely, soft inflatable pontoons. Soft lifting pontoon contains a shell, a braid, consisting of longitudinal and transverse bands, a suspension and purge system, a traverse, lifting and towing units. Braid is provided with a longitudinal tape located in the horizontal plane of the pontoon. Longitudinal bands are made of composite and their ends are fixed in towing nodes; middle part of the longitudinal band, located in the horizontal plane of the pontoon, is equipped with plates and longitudinal slots for the passage of transverse bands, and in the longitudinal band, located in the vertical plane of the pontoon, a beam is built in with slots for the passage of transverse bands and openings for lifting units.

EFFECT: improvement in the operating conditions of a soft lifting pontoon is achieved.

1 cl, 6 dwg