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N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

F. A. MORLEY, OF SODUS POINT, NEW YORK.

STEERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,780, dated July 9, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Franklin A. Morley, of Sodus Point, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented a new 5 and useful Steering Apparatus for Operating the Rudders of Vessels: and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the let10 ters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists of a longitudinal moving screw, and single nut, attached to opposite sides of rudder head, by suitable connections, so as to make a very 15 simple and efficient apparatus.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing A, is the 20 hand wheel,—B, the shaft of same, combined with the screw;—E, is the nut;—D, connecting piece, which communicates the longitudinal motion of the screw to the rudder head, and is formed in two parts so as to 25 fit on over a shoulder formed on the shaft, and is screwed together at K. K, K.

C, is the rudder head, connection being made between it and nut E, on one side, and connecting piece D, on the other, by the 30 bolts F, F, which are formed with a flat surface on their lower ends, which work in the grooves or slots I, I, in the rudder head, or cap.

G, G, are boxes arranged so as to slide up on guides, when the apparatus and rudder 35 are raised.

H, represents the box or covering.

I believe I have described and represented the apparatus which I have invented for operating the rudders of vessels, so as to en- 40 able any person skilled in the art to make and use it; I will now state what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, to wit,

I do not claim the slotted rudder cap C, and. bolts F, F, as these have been known 45 and used heretofore, but—