Improvements in Means for Propelling Boats and other Bodies in Water.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Lelt, 26th June, 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Propelling Boats and other Bodies
in Water.
WILLIAM TURNER LORD Stamford Brook Villa Hammersmith Architect do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
A method of boat propulsion by means of paddles working as nearly as possible
in a direction parallel with the direction of the boat enabling the worker or workers
to face the direction moved in, or otherwise, and to apply the force by draught or
pressure, and to vary the speed of paddles in ratio to movement of hands, feet, or
bands and feet-by means of levers, pullies, gearing, or other suitable mechanical
device.
To make the foregoing more intelligible I will describe one of the ways in which
I work out this invention.
I make a telescopic arrangement of either two rods or light poles, or a tube and
a rod; fitted with pullies and cords, or other suitable gearing; in such a manner
that when it is placed in a rowlock fitted with slides or rollers, and pushed forward,
it elongates, and as the end of the rod is fitted with a paddle blade of the hoe type,
it follows that when this is dipped into the water and the whole arrangement is
pulled back, it shortens, and the tendency is to draw forward the boat or other
body to which it is attached (as in some forms it will be applicable for rafts, or
life saving apparatus). It will be seen that these arrangements can be worked
very close to the sides of a boat, or one of them could be worked at the stern of a
boat, by pushing against the water, also in some cases, instead of pushing or pulling
against the water, the telescopic arrangement could be used to pull or push against
the banks or bottom.
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1905
Improvements in Means for Propelling Boats and other Bodies
in Water.
WILLIAM TURNER LORD Stamford Brook Villa Hammersmith W. Architect
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:—
I form telescopic arrangements of rods or rods and tubes, or other suitable
articles, in such ways that by advancing the main portion, the telescoping part is
advanced to a still greater degree; and then by retiring the main portion, the
telescoping part is in like manner retired still more and, as is set forth in the
Provisional Specification, paddle blades of any suitable kind would be attached to
these telescoping rods or shafts, and the whole apparatus would be connected in
any convenient way to a boat or other body to be moved, it will be seen with the
aid of the drawing and further description, that the alternate advancing and with-
drawing of the apparatus, will move the body attached to it,

page_text: In Figure 1, A is a tube in longitudinal section, having within it, a rod B, at
one end of which is indicated a paddle C, which may be pivotted on the rod to
allow feathering, and, if the rod is increased in length backwards, a paddle could
be fixed at back end. Two pullies are fitted in suitable guides on the tube, and a
slot is formed in the tube between these pullies for the cord E to run in, this cord
is attached to the rod B and also to the piece marked F, which in this case is
supposed to be attached to the edge of a boat, overhanging the side, and contains
a guide roller G, for the tube to run on to and fro. It will be seen that if the
tube A is advanced 1 foot forward, the inner rod will by reason of the pulley and
rope gearing, be advanced 2 feet, and that if the paddle blade then catches the
water, and the main apparatus is then pulled or withdrawn 1 foot, the paddle
must travel 2 feet, causing the cord E to pull upon the boat through F and against
the water, and therefore advance the boat.
The inner rod can be made to move to a greater extent in relation to the tube A
or its equivalent, by extra pullies or other modes of gearing: also rods or other
suitable devices can be used parallel to each other, instead of rods and tubes, as
shewn in Figure 2 where, by the use of the two extra pullies H H attached to the
rowlock F, and by carrying the cord E over them to the points..J J, the movement
of the rod B will be 3 ft. forward or backward to each one of the pole A which
has the pullies D D fitted within it instead of upon it as in Figure 1.
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guides.
These paddles can also be used for life saving or swimming by being attached to
the body, in which case it may be desirable to attach the guides F. G. to a belt,
and have cords from the front of A over G and attached to the feet, so as to utilize
the power in pulling upon the water, and it may be desirable to have the pair of
rods B extended backwards and connected to one back paddle, as shewn in dotted
lines at K.
By life saving, increased swimming power is meant.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. Telescoping and geared up paddles or boat propellers for working as nearly
as possible parallel with the boats length or in the direction of progress.
2. Paddles as herein set forth.
Dated this 25th day of June 1896.
WM. TURNER LORD.