US1532990A - Boat - Google Patents

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f April 7, 1925.

G. CSENGERY BOAT Filed Sept. 24 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR WITNESS:

April 7, 19;:5. 1,532,990

I G. CSENG ERY BOAT Filed Sept. 24. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY PJI''NESS:

Patented dl'lpr. 7, 1925.

STATES lsezeee 'r carica.

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GEORGE csnivcnnr, or SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

BOAT.

Application led Septemberifl, 1924. Serial No. 739,673.

To ZZ rtv/10m t may concern: l

Be it known that Grenen CsnNGnRY, a citizen of the Republic of Hungary, residing at South Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful n'iprovements in Boats, of which the following is a specilication.

lily present invention pertains to boats of,

.in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a boat equipped with the preferred embodiment of my invention. Y

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the saine.

Figure 3 is a detail longitudinal vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

liigure 4 is a detail perspective of the pedal lever employed in the steering of the boat.

Figure 5 is a rear end elevation of the boat. i

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The hull 1 of the boat may be and preferably7 is of the Ordinary well known type such generally employed in row boats.

Journaled in suitable bearings 2 at the stern of the boat is a substantially upright shaft 3, equipped on its lower portion' with a rudder 4 and on its upper end with a T" head Pivotally connected at 6 to the T-head 5 Open links 'T with which are interloclred forwardly extending rods 8. rllhese rods 8 extend under and forwardly beyond the rear 4intermediate seat 9 of the boatA and are interloclred at their forward ends with the apertured end portions of a pedal lever 10. The said pedal lever 10 is disposed on the bottom of the hull and slightly in advance of the seat 9 and in addition to the apertured end portions alluded to the lever 10 is provided with rearwardly deeoted end portions 11, the said end portions 11 being designed to prevent the feet of an Operator from slipping olf the lever. As best shown in Figure 4 the lever 10 is riveted at 12 or is o'tht-irwisefixedV to Va body 13 formed like Y the lever of appropriate metal and provided with low r and upper apertured flanges 14. These latter receive an upright shaft 15 on the bottom of the hull so as to enable the body 13 .and the lever 1() to freely swing about the shaft, and the body is secured on said shaft 15 by a Cotter pin 16 and washer 17 or other appropriate means in the discre tion of the manufacturer.

Manifestly when disposed on the seat 9 an operator is enabled with his feet to conveniently steer the boat and this without requiring any action whatever with his or her hands. Y

Fixedly secured on the gunwales of the hull 1 are holders'20 and fixedly secured on the bottom of the hull and spaced inwardly from said gunwales are standards 21 on the upper ends of which are holders 22 in co-l y incidence with the holders 20. The saidr holders are arranged in transverse aline-l ment and each pair of holders 2O and 22 receives a sleeve 23 which is held against turning in the holders by the clamping action of the holders or otherwise in the discretion of the manufacturer.

Journaled in the sleeves 23 are transverse shafts' 24, and fixed to the shafts 24 outwardly beyond the sleeves 23 are rods 26 which are equipped with propelling blades at 27. In the attachment of the said rods 26 according to the'preferred embodiment of my invention, the said rods are passed diametrically through the shafts 24 and also through collars 28 on the end portions of the'shafts, and are fixed to the shaft by said screws 29 which bear in the ends of lthe shafts 24 as illustrated.

i' the vertical planeet theyv sha-its Qetiwith ret-` The adjustable connection of the handle to the shafts is particularly advantageous inasmuch as it permits of the transverse portion ot the handle 3.0 being conveniently arranged relative to the sea-t 9 and'also to'v seat 9 arranged atthe oppositeside of erence toL the seat 9. y

'roller 33, preferably of Wood, tiber or the like, is mounted on thetransversef' pore*V tion ot the handle SO so als to 'reely'turn about tine said 'transverse portion; VThe saidY roller 33 which constitutes a. hand graspl is p of considerable lengthjso thet- -the occupants otboth" ot the seats 9 and 9L may'.partici-V pate" in the rota ion of the shafts 2d and-the propellers through grasp or roller (5j and the4 handle'f. will also be readily apparent that the boat in ber propelled 4vperson' irrespective ot whether such person is on theseat 9 and is facing forward or is on the seet- 9 and is facing-rearward. l would have it understood, however, that the general arrange-nient disclosed is provided in order that tivo personsnseated Aon the tivo seats` 9 and '91T inay participate in the l,pro-

'pulsion oitthe boatV while the person on the seat@ and lacing forwardly hestor'his' or her province to steer the boat through the .niediun'i vot' the pedal lever IOL ent of iny invention in order to iniunderstanding of 'said einbodinient. I do not desii;e,rhon'ever, "to be' iny invention isV detine'd 'b5 understood es confining" myself 'to the foonstru,ctifonY and relative arrangement ol" the parts as; disclosed inasmuch as the scope:` or iny appended niodiica-4 cljainisV Within which Ychanges or l tions'rnay be :niade Without dep'avirture.' trol-nv iny invention. Having described iny invention', Whlat l claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

'ingY connected the in 'ediunr of thev iand steered a. single` dence with the :lirst-naf'rned holders,

specifically describedt'he preferred*- in the outer Y endsY ot l. rl"he coinbination of aboat hull, ashaft Journaled in bearings on the stern ot' the hull; and having a rudder end'also having e T-head, a. horizontally swinging pedal lleve-r mounted on the bottoinot1 the hull; ot' the and rods connected W ith the T-head rudder and Vthe end portions ot the said pedal Y lever; tured Yend portions, and' the said rods bevvith the T-he'ad' by open linlis the said T-head having aperint-rloeleti' vvith the rods' and having Vporl tionsjournaled inthe ends of the a-head.

2l 'lllie'coinbination oit aai boat hull, a shalt journaled in' bearings ot the stern ot' the hull andL having aI rudder and also having a- T-head, a horizontally swinging pedal leverniounted on the bottoni of the hull; and rods' connected with the T-head of the rudder and' theV end portions ,of the seid pedall lever, the saidV pedal lever having rearwardly deflected end portions, and be- Ving tired to tine intermediate*portion ot a body having upper and lower apertured l'z'zng'es, and the said flanges ot' lthe body be# ing .mounted on and adapted 'to swing, about a? sh'attli.y d to end rising troni the bottoni ot' the hul l'.

3. The coinbin ation or' a boat hull having gunufalcs, standards" lined on the hull bottoni and spaced inwardly lronithe guniva-les, holders on said standards and arrangedy in coinci- I the said standards being spaced a ,considerable dis- 'tance apart, slee-ves secured in the said holdersy and'spa'ced apa-rt, shaltts journeled in saidsleeves and speced spa-rt, propellers having rods-estending diainetrically through the outer portions ot said shafts and also having blades on- -the rods, set screws bean the. 'shaft andv against said rods, a` U-shaped handle hevin'g a transversel portion and also having end portions extending diainetrically through the inner end portions of the shafts, set screwsy bearingl :in seid :sh-arts and:V adjustably fixing the handle thereto, and a roller inountedgon the transverse portion ot the hond-le; Y I

ln testimony whereof I affix iny signature. i GEORGE CSENGERY.

holders tired on said gunwales,

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