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Pontoon Platform and Arrangement Having the Pontoon Platform

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-03-24
VALTANEN JARKKO
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The invention offers a fast and efficient method for developing a pontoon platform over water or unstable areas, allowing for the construction of buildings and infrastructure. It eliminates the need for expensive and specialized pre-fabricated containers and can be used in disastrous areas to provide temporary or permanent structures. This invention allows for standardization of construction methods and aid work, making it easier to build essential constructions and arrangements quickly. The invention has applications in various fields, such as construction of residences, apartments, military or social infrastructure, and is especially useful in areas with limited land availability.

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For example the earthquakes may destroy roads, bridges, buildings, harbours, airfields or other infrastructure completely.
In addition after the natural catastrophe there is a great need for building new constructions, which might be a very demanding task, because often even boats are not able to docking and transport building material due to destroyed harbours.
However, there are still problems related to the known prior art, namely the floating modules utilized to provide the floating pontoons should be first transported or shipped to the construction area and if the infrastructure in the area has been destroyed or there are no streets or other solid groundwork in the area, the rapid transportation is very challenging or even impossible and thus also rapid construction is not possible.

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[0030]FIGS. 1A-1C illustrate a principle of an exemplary containers 100 for a pontoon platform or arrangement according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention and described e.g. in connection with the FIGS. 3-12, where said containers 100 are advantageously shipping or standard freight containers consistent with the ISO standards. At least some of the containers utilized in said pontoon platform or arrangement are waterproof containers or comprises a float arrangement 101a-101f. The waterproof containers are containers, which are advantageously converted into the waterproof containers, such as where the joint, seals or doors 102 and other leaky portions are welded so that to be waterproof, or the doors 102 are replaced by a fixed plate or the like already before utilizing. The sealing may also be implemented with a mechanical and / or chemical means, for example by sizing, curing, coating with an adhesive tape or a watertight protective bag to cover the container with.

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Abstract

A pontoon platform is constructed from at least one container or plurality of interconnected containers, such as shipping or standard freight containers, especially consistent with ISO standard. At least some of the containers are adapted to float on water, either they are waterproof containers or they comprise a float arrangement. The intra-container water-displacing volume, such as an inflatable bag, can be used for displacing water from the container when the inflatable bag is filled or for letting more water entering into the container when the inflatable bag is emptied, and thereby manipulating the buoyancy or draft of the container and thus also the same of the pontoon platform comprising said container(s).

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PRIORITY[0001]This application is a continuation application of international application number PCT / F12013 / 050601 filed on Jun. 3 2013, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates to a pontoon platform having at least one container or advantageously a plurality of interconnected containers as well as to an arrangement comprising the pontoon platform.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]There is a clear need for temporary, semi-permanent or permanent constructions all over the world, e.g. due to very rapid reconstructions or for building new constructions for substituting constructions lost or destroyed for example by earthquakes, natural catastrophe or the like. For example the earthquakes may destroy roads, bridges, buildings, harbours, airfields or other infrastructure completely. In addition after the natural catastrophe there is a great need for building new constructions, which might be a very...

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IPC IPC(8): B63B35/34
CPCB63B35/34B63B25/006B63B35/44B63B35/53B63B2035/4426B63B2035/4486B63B2035/4493Y02A30/00
Inventor VALTANEN, JARKKO
Owner VALTANEN JARKKO
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