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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Eiichi Ishigaki, Kagawa, JP;
Saburo Tonomura, Tokyo, JP;
Ishigaki Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outboard motor which includes a driving motor, a switching device, an impeller and a blade casing. The switching device switches rotation of a drive shaft of the driving motor between normal and reverse directions. The impeller is rotated with a driven shaft connected to the switching device. The blade casing includes a first duct member and a second duct member. The first duct member has first opening through which water is sucked from the outside when the impeller is rotated in the normal direction. The second duct member connected to the first duct member encloses the impeller, and has a second opening through which water is sucked from the outside when the impeller is rotated in the reverse direction.