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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Miki, JP;
Kenichi Nakagawa, Kobe, JP;
Tomohiro Kanazawa, Amagasaki, JP;
Masafumi Ikeyama, Kobe, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
It is an object to provide a reverser for a watercraft which has a high go astern efficiency and also functions as a side thruster while holding planing performance. In a reverser (,) for a watercraft in which a deflector (,A) is movably provided behind a pump nozzle of a water jet pump (P) to change the direction of water flow ejected rearward from the pump nozzle, thereby allowing the body (A) to go in reverse, a discharge port (,) which directs the water flow in a transverse direction is provided on both side portions of the deflector (,A), thereby feeding the water flow from the discharge port (,) along a transom (T) of the body (A).