Patents Assigned to Wartsila Meriteollisuus Oy
  • Patent number: 4959933
    Abstract: Cabin unit arrangement for ships or the like comprising a number of cabin units located side by side on an even base, for instance on a ships deck. Said cabin units are separately mountable, whereby the self-supporting and box-like cabin unit comprises at least walls and a roof and is arranged for transport to the cabin mounting site at least mainly as a unique transport unit. Said transport unit is produced from at least two basic elements, whereby at least one external dimension of the transport unit is considerably smaller than the corresponding extension of the mounted cabin unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Wartsila Meriteollisuus Oy
    Inventor: Erkki Lappi
  • Patent number: 4776755
    Abstract: A shrouded propeller for operation in ice-filled waters, which arrangement comprises a propeller and a nozzle encirculating the propeller, which propeller arrangement comprises an ice crusher annulus. The propeller arrangement is provided by at least one first flow path for the water flow entering the nozzle, which first path is directed via the interspace between said annulus and the actual nozzle. The first path is further directed to and through the nozzle interior. The arrangement is provided by a flow path for the water main flow through the central portion bordered by said annulus. If the central flow path is obstructed by ice chunks, said first path is available for the water flow inside the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Wartsila Meriteollisuus Oy
    Inventors: Hans Bjorkestam, Sauli Immonen, Heikki Tulkki, Harry Lindroos