AN APPARATUS FOR PROPELLING AND STEERING STEAM VESSELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JONATHAN TOPLING of Thornhill Gardens in the Borough of Sunderland in
the County of Durham Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for AN APPARATUS FOR PROPELLING AND STEERING STEAM VESSELS to be aś:
follows:-
RE,
This improvement consists in having 2 fan wheels A and B with say 16 fans on
each. The wheels revolve in opposite directions and are placed in one case C. the
one above the other the case is partly cone shaped and between the fan wheels
is a disc or partition D which divides the case equally top and bottom. This also
is open in the centre E. The water enters the case through central inlets top and
bottom F and is then driven out by the fans through 2 projecting outlets G one on
each side of the case and also through openings at the circumference of the case H
the other half of which is closed in. The currents of water from those outlets
may be driven in any direction by moving the case which is under the control of
the steersman. The method employed to make the fan wheels revolve in opposite
directions is by having the Shaft I of one wheel working within the hollow shaft
of the other J and may be driven by bevelled wheels fixed on their upper ends or
by other means as may be desired. The propelling power is derived from the
strong current of water which the fans eject through the openings in the Case and
the steering power is obtained by turning the case round so as to alter the direction.
of the current by these means a Ships motion may be altered at any moment
without touching the Engines.
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HICKIN & GRAHAM,
11, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I JONATHAN JOPLING of 5 Thornhill Gardens Bishopwearmouth in the County
of Durham. do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN APPARATUS FOR
PROPELLING AND STEERING STEAM VESSELS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The improvements consist in having two fan wheels A and B. with say sixteen
fans on each. The wheels revolve in opposite directions and are placed in one
case C. the one above the other the case C is cone shaped top and bottom and
between the fan wheels is a disc on partition D which divides the case equally this
also is open in the centre E. the water enters the case through central inlets top
and bottom F and is then driven out by the fans through two projecting outlets G.
one on each side of the case and also through openings at the circumference of
the case which extend a little beyond the centre of where three deflecting plates H
are fixed to cause the current of water to pass away radially astern the other
portion of the circumference being closed the water issuing from those outlets may
be driven in any direction by moving the case which is under the control of the
Steersman. The method employed to make the fan wheels revolve in opposite
directions is by having the shaft I of one wheel working within the hollow shaft
of the other and may be driven by bevel wheels fixed on their upper ends or by
other means as may be desired The propelling. power is derived from the strong
current of water which the fans eject through the openings in the case and the
steering power. is obtained by turning the case round .so as to alter the direction
of the current by these means. a ships motion may be altered at any moment
--without-touching-the-engine.-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Tawandian and in what manner the cama is to be nerformed I declare that what