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US 5,288,208 AGranted
Marine propeller block apparatus
OwnerRichard L. Cummins, Fred W. Devaneyinventors
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Abstract
A block structure of a generally trapezoidal configuration is interposed between a cavitation plate and propeller of a marine engine's lower unit to effect abutment of the propeller permitting loosening and removal of the associated propeller retaining nut member.
Claims6
A marine propeller block apparatus arranged for mounting to a cavitation plate of a marine engine lower unit, wherein the apparatus comprises,
- a wedge member of rigid construction, having a top wall arranged to engage the cavitation plate, and a bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall is oriented at an oblique angulation relative to the top wall and coextensive with the top wall, with the wedge member including a first end wall spaced from a second end wall, and spaced side walls, wherein clamp means is mounted to the top wall in adjacency to the first end wall for securing the cavitation plate between the clamp means and the top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.