Year: 1897

page_text: I, CLAUDIUS AULAGNIER, of 10, Rue Gauvin, in Angers, in the Republic of
France, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved water cycle to which I have given the
name of canocycle.
An ordinary cycle travels owing to the rolling of its wheels on the solid resist-
ing road, and the speed attained is therefore exactly equal to the circumferential
speed of the wheels in contact with the road.
The various water cycles hitherto invented and constructed on similar lines.to
the ordinary land cycles have met, in practice with an apparently unsurmount-
able obstacle-the excessive mobility of the liquid element on which it could roll
only when deeply immersed the greater part of the driving power being conse-
quently expended in useless friction.
The roller boats or vessels are based on this principle as their floating wheels
are immersed deeply in the water, and the power of the motors is to a large extent
wasted in friction useless for the purposes of propulsion.
In my water cycle this great drawback is avoided.
The principle of propulsion of my water cycle differs entirely from those in
which floating wheels are used the circular motion of which is only partly con-
verted into advance movement on the water, and may be described as follows:-
Assuming that the wheels of a cycle constructed for this purpose roll on a
floating track on which they can roll without sliding or slipping the speed of
advance attained will be obviously exactly equal to the circumferential velocity
of these wheels.
This floating track owing to its participating in the advance movement of
the whole, will thus become a rolling or moving track and will expend for its
own speed a certain fraction of the driving power; but-and it is specially in
this that it is superior to floating wheels-it will as it were form by its construc-
tion part of the rim of a floating wheel of infinite diameter, as this portion is
straight for any desired length; the differences or reduction in speed referred
to above being therefore avoided and non-existent.
The practical application of this principle comprises a floating and rolling track
constituted by four endless chains or cables supported by pneumatic floats pre-
ferably of spherical shape immersed to about half of their diameter in the water,
said chains or cables thus forming as it were, rails on which roll the wheels of
the cycle cabined in pairs in front and at the back of the machine, one pair
being on each side of the machine. Moreover, as will be explained, these chief
essential arrangements are supplemented by a device enabling the drawback
resulting from the unavoidable flexibility of the chains or cables to be remedied,
by applying between the front and back-wheels intermediate stays, the chief
function of which is to resist the pressure of water on the immersed floats, com.
prised between the two outer or end floats.

page_text: The principle of my apparatus being thus explained, I will now describe the
details of its construction and indicate different purposes for which it may be
employed.
The apparatus may be considered as a combination of three distinct parts:
1. A so called fixed part that is to say having an advance movement only.
2. A movable part comprising the parts producing or transmitting the driving
power.
3. A floating and rolling track on which the two above parts move.
The fixed part comprises: two frames of wood or of any other light and strong
material, strengthened by means of thin steel-tubes or ties so as to form a rigid
strong horizontal frame supporting the whole of the parts of the apparatus.
Two of these transverse stays are continued outside in a horizontal direction to
support two lateral parallel rests of wood or any other light and strong material,
adapted to offer to the upper surfaces of the immersed floats a resting or contact
surface of as great a length as possible.
An ordinary frame of a bicycle is slightly modified to be secured at the back
to one of the cross ties and in front to a similar cross tie so as to form two fixed
points, the saddle and the centre of the handle bar being substantially equidistant
from the points of support.
The steering tube instead of terminating at the point where it comes out from
the tube, in a fork is continued by a straight tube of the same diameter as far
as a screw-threaded union-piece which secures it to a tube carrying a blade pre-
ferably of sheet-metal, which rounded angles or edges in which acts as the rubber.
Two light wheels of suitable diameter provided respectively with forks are
mounted so that they can be brought under the main frame and a little forward:
of the centre in order to support the whole apparatus and to enable it to be
wheeled when on land (see full lines Figs. 1 and 3) these wheels
may be
turned up completely when the apparatus is in water, so as not to impede its
movement.
The handle bar can be detached and fixed on the hindmost cross-piece to enable
the machine to be guided on the road, when the wheels are turned down.
The weight on the hands of the person wheeling the vehicle is very small
owing to the position of the wheels which are almost central.
The movable part comprises the hereinafter described mechanism mounted on
the frame or fixed part just described. A pedalling mechanism drives an
ordinary toothed wheel provided with a steel chain driving a second wheel the
size of which depends on the gear desired the second wheel being keyed on the
rear main spindle.
The rear spindle the position of which is adjustable so as to enable the tension
of the chain to be adjusted is preferably of welded steel and iron and rotates in
ball-bearings having a ball-joint secured to the side-frames of the machine.
The front axle consists of a steel tube of suitable thickness, having ball bear-
ings, with a ball-joint and device enabling said axle to be adjusted longitudinally
in the framing, in order to regulate the tension of the chains or cables of the
wheels carried by these axles.
The two axles each carry at both their ends a drum on which the chain track
rolls.
Each drum consists of two sides of wood or any other light and strong material
connected by a central hub and stays; on the inner face of each side is secured a
toothed crown of aluminium, bronze or other strong metal not oxidised by water,
engaging with a corresponding chain connecting the two drums on the same side
of the machine.
The chains can be placed by cables, in such case the toothed crowns would be
replaced by rims with grooves of suitable shape with which the transmission cable
would engage.
The floating track comprises the chains connecting the drum on the same side;
these chains are preferably very light, of brass or aluminium bronze, as the

page_text: maximum traction effort to be withstood by each of them is comparatively very
small (about 15 kg. for a water-cycle for one rider).
The pitch of said chains may be increased or reduced within wide limits it being
only necessary that the number of teeth of the toothed crowns should be so chosen
as to obtain an equilibrium in the rise and descent of the floats.
The total length of each chain is divided into a number of equal parts corre-
sponding exactly to the number of floats on the same side say twelve for instance
by means of links forming bridges and receiving respectively the ends of the
horizontal spindle of each float.
The floats are constituted by balls of rubber or air and water tight material
preferably covered with rubber and capable of being inflated by means of ordinary
valves such as used for pneumatic tyres. Said floats may consist of a single
envelope or thickness or comprise an inner air chamber of skin or thin rubber;
the pressure upon which need not exceed 0.500 kg. per cm³.
Each float is horizontally traversed by a rubber-tube closed at both ends and
containing an internal aluminium tube, its ends projecting on each side of the
ball; pins, say, of aluminium bronze, being secured at these ends and held so as
to enable them to turn in the links of the chains. These pins form at the same
time stays between the two chains and maintain them at a distance apart exactly
equal to that between the toothed crowns of drums.
The floats of the same side are thus secured to and between the chains on the
same side, being at the same time free to rotate on their pins in the links-bearings.
The total weight of the apparatus having twelve floats on each side, for one
person calculated with a high co-efficient of safety is about 70 kg.
The pressure of the water always acts on ten floats of an external volume of
about 40 cubic decimetres.
These floats if completely immersed would give a buoyancy of 400 kgs.; if half
immersed about 200 kgs.
Taking the average weight of a rider at 70 kgs. the total weight will be about
140 kg. There remain therefore 60 kg. available for luggage, provisions, dress,
etc. which can be placed into a receptacle arranged as low as possible. The water-
line coincides approximately when the load is normal, with the line passing
through the centres of the bottom row of floats, that is to say, it is below the
chains connecting said floats.
In order to work under favourable conditions it is better not to exceed this
limit.
If the water cycle is destined exclusively for turning or for transporting light
articles, its body may be packed very closely and it can be propelled on both sides
like an ordinary boat, just touching the surface of the water and, in case of an
extra load or of some serious accident an auxiliary float can be used.
The water-cycle for pleasure or racing must on the contrary, be as light as
possible and have nothing that is not strictly necessary.
The stability of the canocycle is much greater than that of a boat of the same
width owing to the fact that it cannot capsize except when the floats on one side
are completely submerged, that is to say, by an accidental load or by a movement
of the centre of gravity, causing in a machine such as described, on one side a
strain equal to or greater than the total weight of the whole apparatus plus
60 kgs.
It must be also pointed out that owing to the presence of non-submerged end-
floats, capsizing cannot take place under that load, but only under a considerably
greater load.
The canocycle with one seat forms a practical nautical cycle which can be
driven as easily as an ordinary cycle but has an additional stability independent
of speed. The machine is operated in the following manner.
The pedals through the intermediary of the pedal chain drive the rear axle
and cause the two drums wheels to roll on the endless floating track constituted
by their chains which track is always out of contact with the water.

page_text: The lateral supports are in contact with intermediate submerged floats in order
to take up the pressure of each of them and against which the rollers rotate, this
moving contact is quite smooth as it takes place on elastic surfaces inflated with air
and no shocks or vibration is transmitted to the user whose saddie may thus be
without springs.
The steering does not differ from that of an ordinary cycle, the rudder being in
front instead of at the back as in ordinary boats.
By simply holding the pedals still or when the canocycle moves constitutes a
sufficiently strong braking action to slacken the speed very quickly; by back-
pedalling the braking action is still more increased.
The dimensions of the rudder are preferably such that in case of necessity, it
may be turned laterally completely across the frame, by turning the handle bar
through a quarter of a revolution in one or in the other direction; thus a very
powerful brake is obtained in cases of immediate danger.
Launching may be effected even down a steep incline, and still more con-
veniently down a gradual incline; in the latter case the rider can mount without
danger and let the machine run down to the landing place or water.
In order to draw the canocycle out of the water it is steered against the bank
with a moderate but sufficient speed to bring it partly out of the water; then the
rider dismounts and pulls the machine up by means of a chain or cord. One man
can easily do this unaided.
The movement on the surface of the water is equal to that of the floating track;
if therefore there were no obstacle to the movement of the latter, the speed
attained would be equal to the circumferential speed of the wheels on the chains.
The only obstacle to this movement is the resistance of the submerged portion
of the rudder, which resistance is very slight if the area of the submerged section
of the rudder is compared to that of an ordinary boat and if it is considered that
the speed of a boat is, ceteris paribus, in inverse proportion to the cube of said
section.
Similarly to the ordinary cycle, the canocycle may be constructed with two,
three or more seats without departing from the spirit of the invention.
The only differences would be as follows:-
1. The frame and fittings of a bicycle would have to be replaced by those
of a tandem, triplet or quadruplet &c. modified in the same manner at the back
and in front.
2. The number of floats would be increased as desired according to the number
of seats, and in case the number of seats, became very important, it would be
preferable to increase the diameter of the floats without unduly increasing the
length of the machine which would otherwise become too unwieldy for turning
on say a small or crowded river.
The canocycle thus made wider would be more stable without its speed being
effected.
In the same way as for ordinary cycles, the canocycle may be constructed as a
motor-canocycle, without departing from the spirit of the invention. The motor
can be easily fitted up on the body of the cycle and may be used as the sole
motor or it may be combined with or assisted by pedal mechanism.
Various details in the construction of mechanically propelled canocycles may
differ substantially from those of a pedal driver or manually propelled canocycle.
The adoption of a comparatively heavy motor will require for instance a very
different arrangement of saddles or seats which could be placed lower down or
more comfortably. The stability of the apparatus will be certainly increased
by lowering its centre of gravity; the diameter and number of floats would
have to be greater, but the principle of the machine would remain the same.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1897.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: accom
drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of the vehicle,
Fig. 2 a plan, and
Fig. 3 a back view.
An ordinary cycle travels owing to the rolling of its wheels on the solid and resist-
ing road, and the speed attained is therefore exactly equal to the circumferential
speed of the wheel in contact with the road.
The various water cycles hitherto invented and constructed on similar lines to
the ordinary land cycles have met, in practice, with an apparently unsurmount-
able obstacle-the excessive mobility of the liquid element on which it could roll
only when deeply immersed, the greater part of the driving power being conse-
quently expended in useless friction.
The roller boats or vessels are based on this principle as their floating wheels
are immersed deeply in the water, and the power of the motors is to a large extent
wasted in friction useless for the purposes of propulsion.
In my water cycle this great drawback is avoided.
The principle of propulsion of my water cycle differs entirely from those in
which floating wheels are used, the circular motion of which is only partly con-
verted into advance movement on the water, and may be described as follows:
Assuming that the wheels of a cycle constructed for this purpose roll on a
floating track, on which they can roll without sliding or slipping, the speed of
advance attained will be obviously exactly equal to the circumferential velocity
of these wheels.
This floating track, owing to its participating in the advance movement of
the whole, will this become a rolling or moving track and will expend, for its
own speed a certain fraction of the driving power; but-and it is specially in
this that it is superior to floating wheels it will as it were form by its construc-
tion part of the rim of a floating wheel of infinite diameter, as this portion is
straight for any desired length; the differences or reduction in speed referred
to above being therefore avoided and non-existent.
The practical application of this principle comprises a floating and rolling track
constituted by four endless chains, belts or cables supported by pneumatic floats
preferably of spherical shape immersed to about half of their diameter in the
water, said chains, belts or cables thus forming, as it were, rails on which roll
the wheels of the cycle combined in pairs in front and at the back of the machine,
one pair being on each side of the machine. Moreover as will be explained, these
chief essential arrangements are supplemented by a device enabling the drawback
resulting from the unavoidable flexibility of the chains, belts or cables to be
remedied, by applying between the front and back-wheels intermediate stays,
the chief function of which is to resist the pressure of water on the immersed floats
comprised between the two outer or end floats, and also the strain produced by
the tension of the floating track on the drums constituting the wheels of the
apparatus.

page_text: The principle of my apparatus being thus explained, I will now describe the
details of its construction and indicate different purposes for which it may be
employed.
The apparatus may be considered as a combination of three distinct parts:
1. A so called fixed part that is to say having an advance movement only.
2. A movable part comprising the parts producing or transmitting the driving
power.
3. A floating and rolling track on which the two above parts move.
The fixed part constitutes the framework of the apparatus and is made as light
as possible without affecting its strength of steel tubes A B C D connected two
and two together and strengthened by transverse tubes or ties a a a so as to form
a rigid strong horizontal frame supporting the whole of the parts of the apparatus.
Two of these transverse stays at and a² are continued outside in a horizontal
direction to support two lateral parallel rests A¹ B and C D¹ of wood or any
other light and strong material adapted to offer to the upper surfaces of the
immersed floats a resting or contact surface of as great a length as possible.
An ordinary frame F of a bicycle is slightly modified to be secured at the back
to one of the cross ties a³ and in front to a similar cross tie a so as to form two
fixed points, the saddle G and the centre of the handle-bar G¹ being substantially
equidistant from the points of support.
2"
The steering tube H instead of terminating at the point where it comes out
from the frame in a fork is continued by a straight tube H¹ as far as a screw-
threaded union-piece which secures it to a tube H2 carrying a double connecting
rod H³, the ends of which are connected by rods H4 to the corresponding ends of
the pivotted rod H operating the rudder K arranged at the back and formed by a
piece of sheet metal rounded at the edges.
Two light wheels R R¹ of suitable diameter provided respectively with forks S S¹
are mounted so that they can be brought under the main frame A B and C D
and a little forward of the centre in order to support the whole apparatus and to
enable it to be wheeled when on land (see full lines Figs. 1 and 3) these
wheels R R¹ inay be turned up completely so as to come into and be maintained in
the position shown in dotted lines Fig. 1 when the apparatus is in water so as not
to impede its movement.
The handle bar G¹ can be detached and fixed in the back-socket supporting the
rudder and continued for this purpose upwards so as to enable the machine to be
guided on the road when the wheels R R¹ are in the position shown in full lines
in Figs. 1 and 3.
The weight on the hands of the person wheeling the vehicle is very small owing
to the position of the wheels which are almost central.
The movable part comprises the hereinafter described mechanism mounted on
the frame or fixed part just described. pedalling mechanism P drives an
ordinary toothed wheel P¹ provided with a steel-chain P2 driving a second wheel P³
the size of which depends on the gear desired the second wheel P³ being keyed on
the rear main spindle E.
The rear spindle E¹ the position of which is adjustable so as to enable the tension
of the chain to be adjusted is preferably of welded steel and iron and rotates in
ball-bearings Q having a ball joint and secured to the rear extensions of the
parallel side-supports A¹ B C D¹.
The front axle E² consists of a steel tube of suitable thickness having ball bear-
ings Qwith a ball joint and device enabling said axle to be adjusted longi-
tudinally in the framing in order to regulate the tension of the chains belts or
cables of the wheels carried by these axles E1 E2. Said bearings Q are secured
to the front extensions of the parallel side-supports A B C D
The two axles E¹ E each carry at both their ends a skeleton drum T on which
the chain track rolls.
Each drum T consists of two very light wheels t t connected together on the
spindles E¹ E and having a rim forming a pulley with an outer cheek for receiving

page_text: according to circumstances, a toothed wheel for a chain a cable or a belt the belt
being preferably used for water cycles on account of lightness. The rims of these
wheels are connected to the corresponding hubs by spokes of nickel plated or
galvanized steel wire..
The chains toto shown in the drawing can be replaced by cables or belts, in such
case the toothed crowns of the wheels would be replaced by rims with
grooves or sides of suitable shape with which the transmission cable or belt would
engage.
The floating track comprises the chains cables or belts to 6 connecting the
drums T T on the same side; in case of chains being used they are preferably
very light, of brass or aluminium bronze as the maximum traction effort to be
withstood by each of them must be comparatively very small.
The pitch of said chains may be increased or reduced within wide limits it being
only necessary that the number of teeth of the toothed crowns t t should be so
chosen as to obtain an equilibrium in the rise and descent of the floats M.
The total length of each chain cable or belt is divided into a number of equal
parts corresponding exactly to the number of floats M on the same side (say twelve
for instance in the example illustrated) by means of links N forming bridges and
receiving respectively the ends of the horizontal spindle N¹ of each float M.
The bearings Q Q₁ of the spindles E¹ E2 arranged as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the drawings, on the corresponding front and back ends of the
lateral supports A B C D¹, are situated between the wheels t t¹ constituting the
drums, so that said lateral supports take up all the strain produced by the
tension of the floating track on said drums T, which are thus supported by their
bearings QQ in the middle, without any overhanging.
Each float M is constituted by a ball of inflated rubber through which passes
diametrically an aluminium tube, to the ends of which the rubber is secured in an -
air-tight manner; a cover of inextensible canvas encloses the rubber ball, so that
said aluminium tube passes also through the cover. This cover has an opening
at the side for the valve, and another adapted to be laced up for enabling the
rubber ball when deflated to be introduced or removed.
The aluminium tube strengthened at both ends by two small rings thus forms
a hub for the ball shaped float rotating about a copper, brass or aluminium rod
which is secured to the belts, cables or chains in order to keep them parallel and
at the proper distance apart with regard to the distance between the wheels t t¹
constituting the drums T.
This arrangement is better than having journals soldered to the aluminium
tube as these joints are seldom satisfactory, owing to the small thickness of the
Moreover it ensures in a
tube and to the difficulty of soldering aluminium.
better manner the proper distance between the chains cables or belts and their
parallel motion without sliding, which is very important, and, further, all chance
of jamming is avoided.
The floats M of the same side are thus secured to and between the chains to 16
on the same side, being at the same time free to rotate on their pins in the
bearings N.
The total weight of the apparatus having 12 floats on each side for one person
calculated with a high co-efficient of safety is about 70 kilograms.
The pressure of the water always acts on ten floats of the outer volume of about
40 cubic decimetres.
These floats if completely immersed would give a buoyancy of 400 kilograms;
if half immersed about 200 kilograms.
Taking the average weight of a rider at 70 kilograms the total weight will be
about 140 kilograms. There remain therefore 60 kilograms available for luggage,
provisions, dress, etc., which can be placed into a receptacle arranged as low as
possible. The water-line X Y coincides approximately, when the load is normal,
with the line passing through the centres of the bottom row of floats M, that is
to say it is below the chains to to connecting said floats,

page_text: In order to work under favourable conditions it is better not to exceed this limit.
If the watercycle is destined exclusively for touring or for transporting light
articles, its body may be packed very closely, and it can be propelled on both sides
like an ordinary boat just touching the surface of the water, and in case of an
extra load, or of some serious accident, an auxiliary float can be used.
The watercycle for pleasure or racing must on the contrary be as light as
possible, and have nothing that is not strictly necessary, as indicated in the
drawing.
The stability of the water cycle is much greater than that of a boat of the
same width owing to the fact that it cannot capsize except when the floats on one
side are completely submerged that is to say by an accidental load or by a move-
ment of the centre of gravity causing, in a machine such as described, on one side
a strain equal to or greater than the total weight of the whole apparatus plus
60 kilograms.
It must be also pointed out that owing to the presence of non-submerged end-
floats capsizing cannot take place under that load, but only under a considerably
greater load.
A watercycle with one seat as illustrated in the drawing forms a practical
nautical cycle which can be driven as easily as an ordinary cycle but has an
additional stability independent of speed. The machine is operated in the
following manner.
The pedals, through the intermediary of the pedal chain, drive the rear-axle E¹
and cause the drum wheels to rotate on the endless floating track constituted by
their chains to t6, which track is always out of contact with the water.
The lateral supports A¹ B¹, C¹¹ D¹ are in contact with intermediate submerged
floats M and take up the pressure of each of them, as they roll against them;
this moving contact is quite smooth, as it takes place on elastic surfaces inflated
with air and no shock or vibration is transmitted to the user, whose saddle may
thus be without springs.
The steering does not differ from that of ordinary boats and does not require
any special practice or instruction.
Simply holding the pedals still, when the canocycle moves, constitutes a
sufficiently strong braking action to slacken the speed very quickly; by back-
pedalling, the braking action is still more increased.
The dimensions and the arrangement of the rudder are preferably such that
in case of necessity it may be turned laterally completely across the frame, by
turning the handle bar through a quarter of a revolution in one or in the other
direction; thus a very powerful brake is obtained in cases of immediate danger.
Launching may be effected even down a steep incline, and still more con-
veniently down a gradual incline; in the latter case the rider can mount without
danger and let the machine run down to the landing place or water.
In order to draw the water cycle out of the water, it is steered against the bank
with a moderate but sufficient speed to drive it partly out of the water; then the
rider dismounts and pulls the machine up by means of a chain or cord s. One
man can easily do this unaided.
The movement on the surface of the water is equal to that of the floating track;
if therefore there were no obstacles to the movement of the latter, the speed
attained would be equal to the circumferential speed of the wheels on the chains.
The only obstacle to this movement is the resistance of the submerged portion of
the rudder which resistance is very slight if the area of the submerged section
of the rudder is compared to that of an ordinary boat and if it is considered that
the speed of a boat is, ceteris paribus, in inverse proportion to the cube of said
section.
Similarly to an ordinary cycle the cano-cycle may be constructed with two,
three or more seats without departing from the spirit of the invention.
The only differences would be as follows:-
·
1. The frame and fittings of a bicycle would have to be replaced by those of a

page_text: tandem, triplet or quadruplet etc. modified, in the manner described, at the back
and in front.
2. The number of floats would be increased as desired according to the number
of seats, and in case the number of seats became very important, it would be
preferable to increase the diameter of the floats without unduly increasing the
length of the machine which would otherwise become too unwieldy for turning
on say a small or crowded river.
The watercycle thus made wider would be more stable without its speed being
affected.
In the same way as for ordinary cycles, the canocycle may be constructed as a
motor-canocycle, without departing from the spirit of the invention. The motor
can be easily fitted up on the body of the cycle and it may be used as the sole
motor or it may be combined with or assisted by pedal mechanism.
Various details in the construction of mechanically propelled canocycles may
differ substantially from those of a pedal driven or manually propelled canocycle.
The adoption of a comparatively heavy motor will require for instance a very
different arrangement of saddles or seats which could be placed lower down or
more comfortably. The stability of the apparatus will be certainly increased by
lowering its centre of gravity; the diameter and number of floats would have to
be greater, but the principle of the machine would remain the same.
In canocycles provided with motors or having such dimensions as to enable
sails to be used to assist in propulsion the floats may be of aluminium, their
function remaining exactly the same as of the pneumatic rubber-floats.
The metallic floats are especially suitable for cano-cycles destined to remain
in the water for a long time, while the canocycle with pedals, being very light, is
constructed with the view of taking it out of the water and storing it when not
in use.
Generally speaking the canocycle must be made as light and easy to manipulate
as possible. For this reason it is advisable that the floats be submerged only to
a third of their volume. This is also the best limit for obtaining the maximum
speed with a given motive power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A water cycle comprising a floating and rolling track constituted by endless
chains, cables or belts carried on drums and supporting ball shaped pneumatic
floats, said floats rotating, when submerged, about their horizontal axes so as
to act as rollers on which the framework of the apparatus rests by means of two
lateral supports A B C D¹ secured to said frame work between the drums, the
spindles of which are supported by said lateral supports, the drums receiving
their motion from a crank mechanism or other driving device and transmission
gear and serving to rotate the floating track constituted by the chains cables or belts
connecting the floats, and a rudder or equivalent steering mechanism substan-
tially as described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete water
cycle substantially as described or illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of Anril 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.