A New or Improved Vehicle or Boat, adapted for Propulsion on either Land or Water.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Vehicle or Boat, adapted for Propulsion on
either Land or Water.
I, ROBERT WILLIAM RAY, of Osborne Street, Grimsby, Carver, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means whereby passengers or goods
may be conveyed by land or water without the necessity of trans-shipment, and
my invention is specially applicable for use at sea-side resorts, or in the neighbour-
hood of lakes or winding rivers.
The invention consists of a vehicle or boat of suitable construction, and preferably
of shallow draft. It is provided at or about midships with two wheels, one on
either side, which wheels are preferably hollow and are furnished with paddles at
their sides in such a manner that when the vehicle or boat is on the water the
said paddles serve to propel the vessel, and when on land the said vessel rests on
the circumferences of the said wheels which then form road or traction wheels.
One or more hollow wheels are also provided under, or recessed into, the bottoin
of the vessel towards the fore part thereof suitably mounted and adapted for the
purpose of steering the vehicle or boat when on land. The vehicle or boat is
steered by a rudder at the stern in the usual manner when on the water, and it may
be fitted with any suitable motive power engine, and be adapted to be propelled by
hand or pedal power.
Dated this 31st day of January 1896.
K. W. NAI,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Vehicle or Boat, adapted for Propulsion on
either Land or Water.
1, ROBERT WILLIAM RAY, of Osborne Street, Grimsby, in the County of
Lincoln, Carver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide meaus whereby passengers or goods may
be conveyed by land or water without the necessity of trans-shipment, and the
invention is specially applicable for use at sea-side resorts, or in the neighbourhood
of lakes or winding rivers.
And in order that the said invention may be fully understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with the aid of the accompanying three sheets of drawings in
which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle or boat constructed in accordance
with my invention, Figure 2 a half front elevation, Figure 3 a half back elevation,
Figure 4 a half complete plan, and Figure 5 a half sectional plan of same.

page_text: The invention consists of a structure A so shaped and adapted that it may be
used as a vehicle on land, or as a boat on water and is preferably made so as
to be of comparatively shallow draft when floating in the water. The structure A
is provided at a suitable point in its length with two wheels B, B, one on either
side. These wheels are preferably hollow so that they add to the buoyancy of the
boat when in the water, and they are furnished with paddles C at their sides, so
arranged that when the vehicle or boat is floating in the water the said paddles
serve to propel it. When the vehicle or boat is on land part of its weight is
supported by the said wheels B B which then form road or traction wheels. The
rest of the weight of the vehicle or boat is carried on one or more wheels D
preferably hollow and arranged under, or recessed into, the bottom of the vehicle
or boat towards the fore-part thereof. This wheel, or these wheels D, is or are
mounted on a horizontal axis, or on horizontal axes, as the case may be, connected
to a vertical axis E whereby the said wheel or wheels D can be set to any required
angle, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 5, for the purpose of steering the vehicle
or boat when the same is on land.
The vehicle or boat is steered by a rudder F at the stern in the usual manner,
when in the water, or it may be provided with a rudder G connected with the
vertical steering axis E, or with both rudders F and G if preferred, and it may be
fitted with any suitable motive power engines adapted to rotate the propelling
wheels B, B, whether the vehicle or boat is floating in water or resting on land.
In some cases the wheels B, B may be rotated by hand or by pedal power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The new or improved vehicle or boat provided with wheels and paddles adapted
to propel the same whether on land or water, substantially as described.
CHIPO HUIS AUKAS UVCHAUGE LUNAA
R. W. RAY,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.