Adaptable flush attachment for marine engines having side cooling water ports
OwnerJohn Vincent Maloneyinventor
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Abstract
This application discloses a device universally adaptable for use in flushing outboard and inboard/outboard marine engines; this being possible due to the unique design of the strap and the shape of the cups allowing for the device to attach flush against the motor shaft housing on motors having shaft housings of different dimensions and contours, something not accomplished by any previously known means.
Claims6
A fresh water flushing device for small boat marine engines having side cooling water ports in the drive unit housing, consisting of a flexible strap, a flexibly resilient non-metallic generally rectangular cup shaped device having an aperture in the bottom center of such an internal diameter to tightly engage a common garden hose male fitting, the rim of the cup shaped device being substantially rigid and extending outwardly from the housing at substantially right angles to the cooling water ports and being of such size as to surround the cooling water inlet ports on one side of the unit, this cup shaped device being attached in a lengthwise fixed position on the strap, a second generally rectangular cup shaped device similar in size and material to the first cup adjustably fixed to the strap at a lengthwise location thereon as to cover the cooling water ports on the opposite side of the unit, the strap extending beyond both cup shaped devices and of a length to be wrapped around the motor shaft drive unit with a quick detachable fastener at the end of the strap to perform the function of attaching the ends of the strap at whatever length required to hold the device in place on the motor shaft drive unit thereby providing a flushing attachment adaptable to all types and sizes of outboard and inboard/outboard marine engines with side cooling water ports.
A fresh water flushing device for adaptably attaching to a variety of makes and models of small boat marine engines having side cooling water ports in the drive unit housing the device consisting of a strap, a substantially rectangular cup shaped device attached to the strap and having a through aperture of such diameter to tightly engage a common garden hose fitting, the outer edges of the device being substantially rigid and extending outwardly from the housing at substantially right angles to the cooling water ports and being of such size as to surround the cooling water inlet ports on one side of the unit, a second such rectangular cup shaped device attached to the strap at whatever location necessary to cover the cooling water inlet ports on the opposite side of the unit, the strap to extend beyond the attached devices and to be of such length as to wrap around the motor shaft drive unit with a quick detachable fastener at the ends of the strap to attach the ends at whatever length required to hold the device in place on the motor shaft drive unit thereby providing a flushingattachment adaptable to all types and sizes of outboard and inboard/outboard marine engines having side cooling water ports.
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