GB292377A - Combined land and water motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

292,377. Chßvez, F. Aug. 2, 1927. Steering.-The body 1' of an amphibious vehicle is fitted with a motor, a propeller, front steering wheals 3 and driven rear wheels, the wheels being adapted to be raised, the former by swivelling about the axle 21, the latter by lifting in vertical guides, on passing from land to water. The front wheels are mounted on stub axles 22, Fig. 8, which swivel on shafts 18 depending from the axle 21, which axle may be turned, to raise the wheels, by means of friction wheels, a belt, a shaft and worm gears. Steering is effected by means of a wheel S, Fig. 36, pinion P, rack R and cables 35, 36 connected to the front-wheel steering mechanism, or cables 35<1>, 36<1> connected to the rudder. The cables 35, 36 are secured to a bar 46 pivoted at 51 to the body and engaging a device q connected to the stub axles 22. A yoke 47 engages pins 64 on members 60 embracing the axle 21, Fig. 21, and engaging by means of slots projections 63 on blocks sliding in grooves 19 in the axle. The members 60 are enclosed by members 61 carrying friction rollers 45. Links 16, Fig. 18, are secured to the blocks and are connected by rods 15 pivoted at 17 to the shafts 18 which are formed with yokes 23, Fig. 30. At the lower ends of the rods 15 are sliding balls 55<a> in grooves in slotted arms 55. Lateral movements of the blocks therefore cause the stub axles 22 to oscillate about the shafts 18.