Marine engine mount

Claim 2

A flexible mounting comprising: a rigid inner member, an intermediate flexible layer formed in at least one part and positioned around the inner member, an outer member surrounding the flexible layer, a support member which has mounting surfaces which, when the mounting is in use, contact the surface to which the mounting is mounted, the support member also having opposed parallel walls which extend generally at right angles to the mounting surfaces of the support member, and between which the outer member is located, and clamping means for clamping the outer member to the support member at any selected one of various positions which are spaced apart along the parallel walls in the direction at right angles to the mounting surfaces of the support member, the rigid inner member having a bore which extends generally parallel to the parallel walls and to the mounting surfaces, for receiving a member which is to be supported while allowing rotational adjustment of the member within the bore.

Claim 3

A mounting as claimed in claim 1 in which the clamping means includes a pair of clamping devices one on each of the parallel walls and a third clamping device on a further wall which bridges the parallel walls and which extends perpendicular thereto.

Claim 4

A mounting as claimed in claim 2, in which each clamping device comprises a threaded stud secured to the outer member and passing through a slot in the support and carrying a nut engaging the support.

Claim 5

A marine installation comprising a boat having at least one engine bearer and an engine mounted on the bearer by means of a number of spaced flexible mountings each of which includes a rigid support including a pair of spaced substantially vertical walls connected by lower integral portions thereof to the engine bearer, upper parts of the vertical walls being interconnected by an integral substantially horizontal wall, each of the vertical and horizontal walls having a hole therein and each of the vertical and horizontal walls having an outer and an inner face around the margin of said hole, a rigid outer sleeve disposed in abutting relation to said inner faces of the vertical walls, said outer sleeve having an inner contact surface, three threaded studs being carried by the rigid outer sleeve and extending one through each of said holes, a nut carried by each of the studs and bearing against said outer faces of said walls, an intermediate flexible layer in contact with said inner contact surface of the rigid outer sleeve, and a rigid inner member connected to the engine and located within said intermediate flexible layer.

Claim 6

A marine installation comprising a boat having at least one engine bearer and an engine mounted on the bearer by means of a number of spaced flexible mountings each of which includes a rigid support including a pair of spaced substantially vertical walls connected by lower integral portions thereof to the engine bearer, upper parts of the vertical walls being interconnected by an integral substantially horizontal wall, each of the vertical and horizontal walls having a hole therein and each of the vertical and horizontal walls having an outer and an inner face around the margin of said hole, a rigid outer sleeve disposed in abutting relation to said inner faces of the vertical walls, said outer sleeve having an inner contact surface, three threaded studs being carried by the rigid outer sleeve and extending one through each of said holes, a nut carried by each of the studs and bearing against said outer faces of said walls, an intermediate flexible layer in contact with said inner contact surface of the rigid outer sleeve, and a rigid inner member connected to the engine and located within said intermediate flexible layer.

Claim 7

A marine installation comprising: a boat having at least one engine bearer, and an engine mounted on the bearer by means of number of spaced flexible mountings, each of said mountings having a rigid inner member with a generally horizontal bore which extends generally at right angles to the length of the bearer, and which receives a member connected to the engine to support part of the weight of the engine through the member, while allowing rotational adjustment of the member within the bore, an intermediate flexible layer formed in at least one part and positioned around the inner member, an outer member surrounding the flexible layer, a support having opposed substantially vertical parallel walls which extend generally at right angles to the length of the bearer, and between which walls the outer member is received, the support also having mounting surfaces by which it is mounted to the upper surface of the bearer, and clamping means for clamping the outer member to the support in any selected one of various positions spaced apart in the generally vertical direction along the parallel walls.

Claim 8

A marine installation comprising: a boat having at least one engine bearer, and an engine mounted on the bearer by means of number of spaced flexible mountings, each of said mountings having a rigid inner member with a generally horizontal bore which extends generally at right angles to the length of the bearer, and which receives a member connected to the engine to support part of the weight of the engine through the member, while allowing rotational adjustment of the member within the bore, an intermediate flexible layer formed in at least one part and positioned around the inner member, an outer member surrounding the flexible layer, a support having opposed substantially vertical parallel walls which extend generally at right angles to the length of the bearer, and between which walls the outer member is received, the support also having mounting surfaces by which it is mounted to the upper surface of the bearer, and clamping means for clamping the outer member to the support in any selected one of various positions spaced apart in the generally vertical direction along the parallel walls.