Combined forward and reverse steering device for jet propelled aquatic vehicles

• US 3,143,857 A
• Filed: 05/02/1960
• Issued: 08/11/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harry J. Eaton
• Original Assignee: Harry J. Eaton
• Inventors: Eaton, Harry J.
• Application Number:
  US04/026,158
• Time in Patent Office: 1,562 Days
• US Class Current: 60/221
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 11/10 having means for deflecting jet or influencing cross-section thereof

Claims

1. IN A SHIP PROPULSION MECHANISM INCLUDING A WATER CONDUIT HAVING AN OUTLET THROUGH THE REAR WALL OF THE SHIP AND AN INLET LOCATED IN THE SHIP FORWARDLY OF THE REAR WALL WITH PUMPING MEANS IN THE CONDUIT FOR PRODUCING A RAPID FLOW OF WATER THERETHROUGH, THE COMBINATION OF A JET-FORMING NOZZLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE REAR WALL OF THE SHIP OVER THE CONDUIT OUTLET, SAID NOZZLE TERMINATING IN A DISCHARGING TIP, A JET-DIRECTING MEMBER, SAID MEMBER HAVING A FORWARD PORTION EXTENDING AROUND AND SPACED FROM THE OUTSIDE OF SAID NOZZLE TIP AND A REAR PORTION HAVING A CHANNEL, THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO SAID CHANNEL SPACED REARWARDLY BEYOND SAID NOZZLE TIP FOR RECEIVING AND DIRECTING THE JET FROM SAID NOZZLE, A SHUTTER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE REAR END OF SAID REAR PORTION OF SAID MEMBER TO SWING UP AND DOWN OVER THE REAR END OF SAID CHANNEL, MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID SHUTTER, THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHANNEL HAVING AN OPENING AT THE REAR DISCHARGING END OF SAID CHANNEL, A NOZZLE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE REAR PORTION OF SAID MEMBER LEADING DOWNWARDLY AND