Jet propulsion device for water vehicle

Claim 1

A PROPULSIVE DIVICE FOR A WATER VEHICLE COMPRISING IMPELLER MEANS POSITIONED AT THE STERN AND ABOVE THE WATERLINE OF SAID VEHICLE, ROTARY POWER MEANS IN SAID VEHICLE CONNECTED BY SHAFT MEANS TO SAID IMPELLER MEANS, CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID IMPELLER MEANS TO SUBSTANTIALLY THE WATERLINE, SAID CONDUIT MEANS RECEIVING SAID SHAFT MEANS AND ANGLED NEAR THE POINT OF RECEPTION TO FORM A DIRECT FLOW PATH THEREFROM TO SAID IMPELLER MEANS, INDUCER MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID SHAFT MEANS INTERMEDIATE SAID IMPELLER MEANS AND SAID POINT OF RECEPTION, VANE MEANS POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE SAID INDUCER MEANS AND SAID IMPELLER MEANS FOR STRAIGHTENING FLOW INTO THE IMPELLER MEANS, TURNING VANE MEANS POSITIONED ACROSS THE ANGLED PORTION OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR DIRECTING FLOW TOWARD SAID INDUCER MEANS, INTAKE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND HAVING AN INLET POSITIONED BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, SAID INTAKE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF VANE MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS THE INLET TO INTERCEPT DEBRIS AND DIRECT WATER INTO SAID CONDUIT MEANS, SAID INTAKE MEANS HAVING FLANGE MEANS SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID VEHICLE TO BYPASS AIR AND DEBRIS, AND SAID IMPELLER MEANS HAVING RESTRICTED OUTLET MEANS ADJACENT THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF.