Drive and mounting for cycloidal propeller

Claim 1

CYCLOIDAL DRIVING AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR BOAT PROPELLING PADDLES COMPRISING: (A) A SUPPORT MEMBER, (B) A NORMALLY STATIONARY VERTICALLY EXTENDING CENTER SHAFT HAVING AN UPPER PORTION, (C) MEANS MOUNTING SAID UPPER PORTION OF THE CENTER SHAFT ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER WITH SAID SHAFT DEPENDING THEREFROM IN SUSPENDED CONDITION, (D) A HOUSING INCLUDING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL PORTION, SAID HOUSING HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN PARTIALLY DEFINED BY SAID CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL PORTION, (E) SAID CENTER SHAFT EXTENDING CO-AXIALLY OF SAID SIDE WALL PORTION AND DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID CHAMBER, (F) MEANS FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID HOUSING WITH RESPECT TO SAID CENTER SHAFT AND IN SUSPENDED RELATION RELATIVE THERETO, (G) A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER WITH EACH OF SAID ROLLERS ROTATABLE ON SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXES AND HAVING PERIPHERIES ENGAGING THE PERIPHERY OF THE SIDE WALL OF THE HOUSING AT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED POINTS AND SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE SUSPENDING MOUNTING OF SAID CENTER SHAFT FOR RESISTING LATERAL FORCES AND COOPERATING WITH THE SUSPENDING MOUNTING OF THE HOUSING FOR ROTATION ON THE AXIS OF THE CENTER SHAFT, (H) A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING DRIVE SHAFTS IN SAID CHAMBER AND SPACED ABOUT SAID CENTER SHAFT,