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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
CALEB G. FORSHEY, OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
IMPROVED STEERING AND TURNING APPARATUS FOR VESSELS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,050, dated May 29, 1-66. .To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CALE G. FORSHEY, of
Washington county, in the State of Texas,
have invented a new and Improved Mode of
Steering Large and Small Vessels; and I do
hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,
and exact description thereof, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, making
a part of this specification, in which-
Figure 1 is a view of the revolving steering-
wheel applied to the stern of a vessel. Fig. 2
is a sectional view of the stern of a vessel
having the hand steering-wheel applied, as in
x Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a vessel
ooking astern, having the rotary steering ap-
>aratus applied to the side thereof. Figs. 4,
and 6 are views showing the particular con-
truction of the side steering apparatus.
Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
s,)onding parts in the several figures.
This invention relates to certain improve-
ments in steering vessels by means of rotary
paddle-wheels the blades of which are ar-
ranged parallel to the keel and operated so
that a vessel can be veered or turned in water
witi out giving it any headway.
The nature of my invention consists in a
steering apparatus operating upon the above
principle which is so constructed that it can
be applied to or removed from the fore or aft
quarters of a vessel at pleasure, and when it
is not in immediate use it can be folded up
into a small compass and stowed away, as will
be hereinafter described.
To enable others skilled in the art to un-
derstand my invention, I will describe its con-
struction and operation.
In the accompanying drawings I have repre-
sented myinvention applied to a small sailing-
boat; but I do not confine my invention to
small boats, as it will be found useful for all
kinds of vessels, and particularly such as are
used on rivers.
Through the stern of the boat A a shaft, a,
passes, which has a number of radial arms,
b b b, secured to its outer end, to which arms
floats or blades e c c are suitably secured,
thus making in some respects a common pad-
dile-wheel, with this difference, that the blades
are arranged in lines parallel to the keel of
the boat A. On the inner end of the shaft a
a crank or hand wheel, d, is secured, by meansof which a person can rotate the wheel while
sitting upon the seat B. In order to prevent
the entrance of water into the vessel around
the shaft a if this shaft should penetrate the
stern below the water-line, I employ a tubular
stuffing-box, e, as shown in Fig. 2.
In Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 I have represented a
steering apparatus which can be applied to or
removed from the larboard or starboard sides
of the vessel at pleasure, and which can be
folded up and stowed away when not in im-
mediate use. This apparatus consists, essen-
tially, of a frame, C, which is curved, as shown
in Figs. 3 and 4, so that it will fit over the gun-
wales and side of the vessel, and thus form a
self-holding frame for supporting the paddle-
wheel over the vessel's side. The lower ends
of the frame C are adapted to serve as bear-
ings for the shaft of a paddle-wheel, which
shaft is in, or nearly in, a line parallel to the
keel of the vessel.
On the extremities of the paddle-wheel
shaft f, outside of the frame C, two pul-
eys, g g, are keyed, which receive over them
belts or chains by which the said wheel is ro-
tated. The upper extremities of the frame C
terminate in bearings for a windlass or a
shaft, h, which carries on its extremities pul-
leys i i, that receive the driving belts or
chains above mentioned. These driving belts
or chains also pass over pulleys j j, which have
their bearings upon the frame C at its short
bend, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5.
Cranks are applied to one or both ends of
the pulley-shaft h, for the purpose of enabling
one or more persons to rotate the paddle-wheel
when it is arranged over the side of a vessel, as
shown in the drawings, Fig. 3.
If the paddle-wheel which is applied to the
frame C is very large, the arms kc k thereof can
be constructed as shown in Fig. 6, and pivoted
to their shaft f between collars which are fixed
on this shaft, as shown in Fig. 5. This ar-
rangement will allow of the arms folding up
in a small compass when the steering appara-
tus is not in use. When it is to be used the
arms are adjusted at a proper distance apart
and secured in this position by means of keys
or pins, which are passed through the collars
on shaft F and through the arms.
If desirable, a clamp may be applied to that
portion of the frame C which fits over the top
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Forshey, Caleb G. Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels., patent, May 29, 1866; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165124/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.