IMPROVEMENTS IN, AND APPLIANCES FOR OARS FOR BOATSs
Year: 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM DOWNIE of 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in the County
of Middlesex Managing Director and WILLIAM JOHN SAGE of 77 Lorrimore Road
in the County of Surrey Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of our Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN, AND APPLIANCES FOR OARS FOR BOATS'
to be as
follows:-
"
This Invention is an addition to the invention secured to the said William John
Sage by Letters Patent No 5563 November 22nd 1882.
In order that this invention may be better and more easily understood we refer
to the accompanying drawings in which, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation of a
boat fitted with the appliances hereinafter described. Figure 2. Is a plan thereof.
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a plan and elevation of the bracket a on which
the scull is fitted so as to oscillate freely on the plate or bar hereinafter mentioned.
Figures 5 & 6 are respectively sections at C D and E F through the tube and end
pieces figure 2 hereinafter mentioned.
Like letters designate like parts throughout the several views.
For the purpose of carrying our said invention into practice we attach to the
gunwale A figure 2 at each side of the boat two brackets of brass or other suitable
material figures 1. 2. 5 & 6 which carry between them a rod of iron or other
suitable material 61 figure 5 which is encased in a slotted tubular jacket of brass
or other suitable material c figures 1. 2, 5 & 6 We also attach to the gunwale A
at each side of the boat by screws and nuts or other convenient means two
brackets or clamps of iron or other suitable material a figures 1. & 2. which carry
between them a plate or bar of iron or other suitable material a figure 3 which
freely oscillates. To the plate or bar a figure 3 we attach by screws and nuts or
other convenient means one end (which is slotted to receive said plate or bar) of
the scull b figures 1 and 2. Upon the rod b¹ figure 5 we mount a sliding socket
of brass or other suitable material upon which is mounted another socket of brass
or other suitable material d figures 1, 5 and 6 which with the first mentioned
sliding socket oscillates or partially revolves round the rod b' figure 5 upon which
it freely travels. The handles figure 1 is inserted through the socket d figures 1,
5 and 6 and is attached thereto by screws or other convenient means. We attach
to the outer end of said handle e figure 1 a bracket of iron or other suitable
material f, figures 1 and 2, to which bracket f we fix by screws and nuts or other
suitable means a piece or slab of wood or other suitable material. The last

page_text: mentioned screws are so formed and arranged that they hold immediately under
said piece or slab of wood two small wooden reels one of which freely revolves
round each of said screws. The bottom ends of said screws are connected to a bar
of iron or other suitable material extending between them, and upon which bar a
wooden reel, and two pieces of brass or other suitable tubing (one of said pieces
being at each side of said last mentioned reel) freely revolve. The scull b figures 1
and 2 passes under the aforesaid piece or slab of wood, between the two first
mentioned wooden reels, and over the last mentioned wooden reel g figure 1 and is
thereby held in position. The blade of the scull can be reversed at pleasure By
the means hereinbefore respectively described a full sweep is obtained for the scull
when actuated by the rower, and the boat is propelled so that the rower always
sees the forward course of the boat thus enabling him to avoid collision with other
boats or objects, and greatly reducing the liability to accident.

page_text: We WILLIAM DOWNIE of 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex Managing Director and WILLIAM JOHN SAGE of 77 Lorrimore
Road in the County of Surrey Mechanician do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "IMPROVED MEANS AND APPLIANCES FOR THE PROPULSION OF ROW-
BOATS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention is an addition to the invention secured to us by Letters Patent
No 5563 November 22nd 1882.
To the brackets x. x of brass, or other suitable metal attached to the gunwales
of the boat as described by the specification of said Letters Patent we attach a flat
bar of iron or other suitable material of an elliptical section. Through the centre
of this bar a screw is inserted and passes through the top end of the oar or scull
which is fixed by screws between two iron plates underneath said elipse. We
attach to the oar handle an arm or bar of iron of convenient length shaped like
a T at one end, and fixed by screws and nuts on a piece of wood, or other suitable
material. These last mentioned screws are so formed and arranged that they hold
immediately underneath said piece of wood two small wooden reels which freely
revolve round them, and also a larger wooden reel and two small pieces of brass
or other tubing which last mentioned reel and pieces of tubing revolve freely on a
bar extending between the bottom ends of the screws which pass through the
piece of wood hereinbefore mentioned. The oar or blade passes immediately under
the aforesaid piece of wood and is held in position by means of the three rollers
already referred to. By these means and attachments a full sweep is obtained for
the oar or scull. The invention described in the foregoing part of this specification
is fully delineated in and by the drawings filed with the provisional specification
of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1-The several appliances herein before described for obtaining a full sweep of
the blade or scull, and which appliances when actuated propel the boat in a
forward direction.
Dated this 19th day of January 1885.
WILLIAM DOWNIE.
WILLIAM JOHN SAGE.
P. O'Halloran, Patent Agent,
28, Southampton Buildings, W.C.