Improvements in connection with Steering-gear for Boats and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Steering-gear for Boats and
the like.
We, FREDERICK EDWARD WYATT, and WILLIAM HENRY WYATT, of No. 4, Nile
Street, St. John's, London, S.E., Grocers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:―
Our invention relates to improvements in connection with steering-gear for
boats and the like. In carrying our invention into effect, we proceed in or in
about the following manner. The rudder is attached to a vertical shaft running
upwards to above the deck. At the upper end of the shaft is a bevel pinion, and
below the pinion is a quadrant extending aft. Gearing into the pinion is another
pinion attached to one end of a horizontal shaft, at the other end of which is the
steering wheel. To each end of the quadrant, is attached one end of a cord,
chain, or equivalent, the cords or the like running through guide pullies. On
rotating the steering wheel, the bevel pinions will operate the rudder. The
same result would be obtained by drawing on the cords or the like attached to
the end of the quadrant. The wheel and quadrant may if necessary be used
together. By drawing the pinion at the end of the steering wheel shaft out of
gear with the pinion at the end of the rudder shaft, the latter can be raised for
the purpose of repairing the rudder, a suitable housing or shroud being provided
to retain it; when above water level.
Improvements in connection with Steering-gear for Boats and
the like.
We, FREDERICK EDWARD WYATT, and WILLIAM HENRY WYATT, of No. 4, Nile
Street, St. John's, London, S.E., Grocers, 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: -
Our invention relates to improvements in connection with steering-gear for
boats and the like, and in carrying it into effect we proceed in or in about the
following manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which, Fig. 1, is a plan, and Fig. 2, a-part sectional side view.
The rudder a is attached to a vertical shaft b. At the upper end of 6 is a
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page_text: bevel pinion or wheel c, and below c is a quadrant or equivalent arrangement d
extending aft of b. Gearing into c is another pinion or wheel e attached to one
end of a shaft f, carrying at the other end the steering wheel 9. To each end
of d is attached one end of a cord, chain or equivalent h, running through guide
pullies i. The cords or equivalents h may be attached to the centre of the arc of d
or crossed so as to operate on opposite ends of d in order to gain more leverage.
On more or less rotating the wheel g, the pinions cand e will move the rudder a
to the required extent. The same result may be obtained by drawing on the
cords or the like h connected with d, and g, and d may be used simultaneously
if desired. The bevel pinion arrangement or the quadrant arrangement may
alone be provided for if desired, instead of combining the two arrangements as
shown in the drawings. By drawing e out of gear with c, the rudder can be raised
for repair or other purposes. A suitable housing or shroud į may be provided
in which to retain a when above water line, or there may be a slotted opening at j
to allow of the entire withdrawal of a. The operative parts of the gear may be
covered in by any suitable means.
We do not confine ourselves to precisely what is shown on the drawings, as
considerable variation is possible in the arrangement of parts without departure
from the essential features of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
CLAIMS.
1. Improvements in connection with steering gear for boats and the like, the
said improvements consisting essentially in providing the upper end of the rudder
shaft with a bevel pinion or equivalent which can be rotated to the required
extent for steering the boat or like, by means of a pinion or equivalent provided
at one end of a shaft having at its opposite end the steering wheel, the whole
substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the accom-
panying drawings.
2. Improvements in connection with steering gear for boats and the like, the
said improvements consisting essentially in providing the upper end of the rudder
shaft with a rearward extending quadrant or other portion of a circle, to the
opposite ends or other suitable part of which quadrant or portion of a circle are
attached the ends of cords, chains, or equivalents running over guide pullies, the
steering being effected by drawing on that cord, chain or equivalent which will
operate the end of the quadrant or the like necessary to be moved to put the
rudder in the required position, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification, and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
3. Improvements in connection with steering gear for boats and the like, the
said improvements consisting essentially in the combination in one and the same
gear of (a) the bevel pinion arrangement which is the subject matter of the above
Claim 1, and (b) the cord (or the like) and quadrant (or equivalent) arrangement
which is the subject matter of the above Claim 2, the whole substantially as
described in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination of parts substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings, and together forming our improve-
ments in connection with steering gear for boats and the like.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicants.