Improvements in Boats and in Means for Propelling the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boats and in Means for Propelling the same.
We, STEPHEN PRICE of 33 Union Road Newington Causeway Chemist and
CHARLES AUGUST SODERBERG Licensed Victualler 199 Southwark Bridge Road,
London S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a single double or triple boat with hollow paddle wheels of
any number, either outside the hulls or betwixt the hulls, or both, to take the dis-
placement off the hull or hulls on to the wheels to be propelled by machinery driven
by steam hot air electricity or other motive power.
Dated thin Ch
EM 1000
STEPHEN PRICE,
CHARLES AUGUST SODERBERG,
Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boats and in Means for Propelling the same.
We, STEPHEN PRICE, of 33 Union Road, Newington Causeway, "Chemist," and
CHARLES AUGUST SODERBERG, of 199 Southwark Bridge Road, "Licensed Victualler,"
both in the County of Middlesex, 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 boats and means for propelling the
same, and consists of single, double, or triple boats, with hollow paddle wheels of
any number either outside the hulls or betwixt the hulls or both, to take the displace-
ment off the hull or bulls on to the wheels, to be propelled by ordinary machinery
driven by steam, hot air, electricity or other motive power.
And in order that our Invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon
Figure 1, represents a plan of a single boat A, fitted with a double crank shaft C,
to be fitted to the usual marine engines, to work the paddle-wheels D, and the
paddles E beneath the paddle-box B.
Figure 2, is a plan of a double boat A, A. with the front paddle-wheels D, D,
working on the shaft F, and a paddle-wheel in between each boat fixed on the
cranked shaft G; to this said shaft we place the marine engines to work the same.
Both shafts are connected together by one or more connecting rods H.
Figure 3, denotes the side elevation of figure 1 with a portion of the paddle-box
broken away to disclose the paddle-wheel D.
Figure 4, represents the side view of the water tight paddle-wheel D on the
shaft C, and the paddles E.
Figure 5, is the front elevation of figure 4, both of these figures being drawn to
an enlarged scale.
Figure 6, denotes the plan of three boats connected together with four hollow
paddle wheels D which is worked in a similar manner to figure 2.
The object of our invention is to provide two or more hollow paddle wheels of
great buoyancy for the purpose of supporting the hull of a ship, and to buoy up
the same should the said hull be damaged and become full of water; and to enable
a vessel to run in shallow water. The hollow paddle wheel may be constructed of
any suitable size, and fitted to a single, double, or triple boats, as illustrated in
figures 1, 2, and 6.

page_text: On the circumference of the paddle wheel D we fix any suitable number of paddles
or float boards E, either of wood, or of metallic substance, to propel the ship when
the said paddle wheel D is in motion.
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 19:
First The combination of a hollow water tight paddle wheel D with any number
of paddles or float boards E and fixed on a crank worked by a marine engine for
propelling a ship, with two or more of the hollow water tight paddle wheels fitted to
the ship, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawings.
Secondly To attach to a single, double, or triple boats, any number of these said
paddle wheels substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawings
:
Thirdly The great buoyancy of the paddle wheels to prevent a ship sinking when
the hull is damaged, or to enable a vessel to run in shallow water, substantially as
herein described.
Fourthly: We claim the combination of the paddle wheels and single, double, or
triple boats, to be made as a toy for the amusement of children substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of January 1890
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.