Marine propulsion – Screw propeller – Having means to control flow around propeller
Patent
1986-03-10
1987-07-14
Nase, Jeffrey V.
Marine propulsion
Screw propeller
Having means to control flow around propeller
440 71, 440 72, B63H 516
Patent
active
046800174
ABSTRACT:
A propeller guard includes a rigid U-shaped sleeve which has a pair of legs extending on either side of the lower housing in the motor. The cavitation plates on the lower housing are received within a U-shaped channel formed in the sleeve for mounting the guard upon the motor. A cylindrical shield having an open inlet end and an open outlet end is secured to the sleeve and encircles the propeller to protect the propeller from contact with foreign objects. A frame member extends downwardly from the forward edge of the sleeve to the lower portion of the inlet end of the shield and engages the leading edge of the lower housing to provide structural support for the guard. A plurality of horizontally disposed ribs extend from the frame member to the shield to further protect the propeller from contact with foreign objects. A gridwork is pivotally mounted over the open outlet end of the shield to further protect the propeller from contact with foreign objects. The shield is positioned such that the longitudinal axis thereof is co-extensive with the axis of rotation of the propeller. The inlet end of the shield is coplanar with the forward end of the propeller and the inlet end of the shield extends rearwardly beyond the rearward end of the propeller.
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Nase Jeffrey V.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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