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Flexible transducer mount

  • US 4,152,690 A
  • Filed: 11/21/1977
  • Issued: 05/01/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for mounting and pivoting an acoustic transducer beneath the water for use with a boat equipped with a trolling motor, which comprises:

  • a. a flexible control cable comprising a wire inside a sheath;

    b. motive means for moving said wire with respect to said sheath fastened to the upper end of said control cable;

    c. a transducer support mount;

    d. conversion means for converting the motion of said wire with respect to said sheath to a pivotal movement of said transducer support mount;

    said conversion means being fastened to the lower end of said control cable and holding said transducer support mount in a pivotal relation such that the motion of said wire with respect to said sheath pivots said transducer support mount; and

    e. means for fastening said conversion means to the shaft of the trolling motor such that said transducer support mount is held beneath the water above and to the side of the trolling motor such that said transducer support mount pivots about an axis transverse to the rotational axis of the trolling motor.

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