Blow back rudder for a water craft
AssigneeMurray Industries
InventorRobert W. Murray
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Abstract
A blow back rudder consisting of a rudder blade, rudder shaft and a plate assembly that is pivotally mounted to the nozzle of a jet nozzle of a personal water craft is spring biased in the steering mode and is positioned out of the water by the impingement force of the jet stream discharging from the nozzle acting on the plate. This provides off throttle steering. The plate is contoured to allow the plate to remain in the jet stream at low thrust and water craft speeds for rudder steering. In another embodiment, these features are contained and the plate is contoured with a concave face and its position relative to the discharge port of the jet nozzle is controlled in order to obtain reversing of the water craft.
Claims12
An auxiliary rudder assembly for a personal water craft powered by an engine having a pivotal nozzle for producing a water stream for obtaining thrust for propelling and steering of the water craft, said nozzle having an exhaust port said rudder assembly including a rudder shaft pivotally mounted to the nozzle and movable therewith, a rudder blade attached to one end of said rudder shaft and movable therewith, a plate attached to said rudder shaft and disposed adjacent to said exhaust port when in the deployed position and pivoting said rudder shaft and rudder blade away from said exhaust port and out of said water stream in the non-deployed position such that said rudder blade is out of the water, and a spring attached to said rudder assembly and said water craft for positioning said rudder blade into the water when the velocity of said water stream ceases or decays whereby said rudder blade is deployed in the steering mode.
An auxiliary rudder assembly for a personal water craft powered by an engine having a pivotal nozzle for producing a water stream for obtaining thrust for propelling and steering of the water craft, said nozzle having an exhaust port, said rudder assembly including a support bracket affixed to the top of said nozzle and having one end attached thereto and extending above and beyond said exhaust port, a rudder shaft affixed to said one end of said support bracket for being moved into and out of the water, said rudder shaft bisecting said exhaust port so as to be aligned with the central axis of said exhaust port, a rudder blade attached to one end of said rudder shaft and movable therewith, a plate attached to said rudder shaft and disposed adjacent to said exhaust port when in the deployed position and forcing said rudder shaft and rudder blade away from said exhaust port by the jet stream impinging thereon and out of said water stream in the non-deployed position such that said rudder blade is out of the water, a spring operatively connected to said rudder assembly for positioning said rudder blade into the water when the velocity of said water stream ceases or decays whereby said rudder blade is deployed in the steering mode, and a guide attached to said nozzle and movable therewith for supporting said rudder when in the deployed position.
An auxiliary rudder assembly for a personal water craft powered by an engine having a pivotal nozzle for producing a water stream for obtaining thrust for propelling and steering of the water craft, said nozzle having an exhaust port, said rudder assembly having reversing capablilities and including a rudder shaft pivotally mounted to the nozzle and movable therewith, a rudder blade attached to one end of said rudder shaft and movable therewith, a plate attached to said rudder shaft and disposed adjacent to said exhaust port when in the deployed position and pivoting said rudder shaft and rudder blade away from said exhaust port and out of said water stream in the non-deployed position such that said rudder blade is out of the water, and a spring attached to said rudder assembly and said water craft for positioning said rudder blade into the water when the velocity of said water stream ceases or decays whereby said rudder blade is deployed in the steering mode, said plate having a covex face substantially contiguous with said exhaust port for reversing the flow of the jet stream to cause said water craft to reverse, a lever available to the operator and a cable attached to said lever and said rudder assembly to move said plate in a spaced relationship to said exhaust port to permit said jet stream to impinge on said concave face and discharge away from said exhaust port said rudder assembly moveable relative to said cable when said reverseing mode is deactivated.
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