US1675607A

US1675607A - Self-dumping barge

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Publication number: US1675607A
Application number: US165556A
Authority: US
Inventors: Francis M Henry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-02-03
Filing date: 1927-02-03
Publication date: 1928-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1945-07-03

Description

July 3, V1921s.

F. M. HENRY SELF DUMPING BARGE -July 3, 192s. 1,675,607 F. M. HENRY SELF DUMPING BARGE Filed Feb. 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented July 3, 1928.

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My-present invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple and highly efficient self-dumping barge, and to thislend it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. p

The improved barge `is especially `welladapted for handling materials 'for wet storage such as coal and iron ore.l "Inthis use of the barge the materials will behauled from mines or docks and dumped into deep channels or ponds where they ma bereadily removed by, for instance, clam s elllbuckets mounted on bridge cranes or otherwise, when needed. Said barge is also welladaptedfor use in `connection with a dredging outfit' to carry excavated materials to a distant point and dump the same into afbody `ofwwater for `the purposeof making `a fill `or tojsimply wastethe material.` ylrlie barge may? alsobe used for. various other dilerent purposes such as hauling refuse from cities and dumping the same indeep water.` d A Inthe accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like partis throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: i

Fig.` 1 `-s a view partlyinelevatienand lpartlyin section showing twoof the improved barges and apparatusfor removing the coal from wet storage and delivering the same to a pile or into cars;

-Fi 2 is avfragmentary plan view, with certain of the parts shown in Fig. .1; y

Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe `improved bargeloaded withccal; l

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same. 'With-the coal removed;V Y

' Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; l

Fig. 6 is a view corresponding to Fig, 5

with the exception that the bar e hasibeen dumped and the4v coal discharge d therefrom.`

into the water, as indicated bylbroken lines; and Fig. 7 is a view corresponding to Fig. 6

with the exception that the barge has been-1` V floated to a dock and its air conduitconnected to a compressor hose for expelling the water from the barge.

many uses for which the improved barge may be used, to wit: thetransportation of coal `from amine or dockand deposit of the -w .l Referring now in detail same in a channel, pond or the like, there is illustrated in the drawings a body of `water 8 whichm'ay be a lake,river, streamer pond and that is excavatedto such a depth as to ali'ord a `relatively large basin 9 Aand a relatively-small basin 10. On the land side of the basinl9 is a `coal yard or dock 11.` y d For removing the coal `from the `basins 9 and `1() and depositing the same in a pileon the dock 1l or'in4 cars 12, there is provided a clam shell bucket `13 carried'b `a carriage 14 mounted to travel on-the bri ge cranel. Thisbridge crane 15 ismounted to run on three parallel tracks 16, the outer of which is onpiers 17 and the intermediate track 16 is on a wall or pierslpatthe outer endof the dock or yardgllr `A house 19 for `the operator of the clam@` shell `bucket 13 and :crane 15 is mounted oni the bridge crane 15.

the "outer'ltrack 16 and transversely.under` Athe projecting inner` .end portion of` `the bridge crane 15. l n

to the improved barge, `the numeral 21 indicates the'` hull thereofconstructedof sheet steel, the plates Y of which. are preferably connected by ,welding.. Extending longitudinally `through the `hull 21 :at the transverse `center thereof isa vertical partition 22 which `divides said hull into twov equal air-

tight compartments

23 and 24.

Thesecompartments

23 and 24. give Y the `barge the requiredbuoyancysothat said Within thecompartment 24 `at the outer side ofthe `hull 21, and at the longitudinal Center thereof'isfa `scuttle valve 25 which nominally closes a portin the `bottom of the :hull 21. Theupright stem 26 of the scuttle valve 25 Yis mounted in` a fbearing 2 7` on `the `adjacent sidey of the hu1121, and keyed to fthe upper end ofsaid slem'is a bevel` gear f 28. I A bevelgear129 meshing with the bevel .gear `28 is keyed te` a` horizontal shaft` 30 `which extends longitudinally` through the `compartments24and`iis connected by a air 4 y y lof bevelgears 31 tothe lower `endzo `an` For fthe purpose `of showing -oneof the provided with `a hand wheel-34. By :the

valve is an air conduit 35, `the outer end portion of which is bent upright and projected through the deck 33 and thereabove. i

A screw cap 36 is applied to theupper end of the air conduit 35 and normally closes the same. This cap 36 is secured to the hull 21 by a chain37 to prevent said cap from being droppled overboard. The lnner end portion of t e air conduit 35 extends into the compartment 24 through the artition 22 and is bent vertically downwar and terminates considerably above the bottom of the 11111121. The top of the deck 33 is flat and secured thereto in rectangular arrangement are side and end boards 38. .One of the sido boards 38, to wit: the one on the same side of the barge as the scuttle valve 25, has its lower longitudinal edge hinged at 39 to the deck 33 for outward swinging movement onto said deck. This hinged side board 38 is held upright by a plurality of oblique stakes 40. The deck 33 outward of the hinged side portion, is countersunk at 41 to receive said side board and hold the same with its upper face flush with the top of the deck 33.

Secured to the deck at each end of the barge isa pair of cleats 42 for use in tying the barge to another barge or to a dock.

To dumpy the load of coal w from the barge, said barge is towed to the lace where the coal is to vbe Vstored in the bo y of water l8. The operator first removes the stakes 40 to let down the hinged side board 24. Next, he removes the cap 36 from lthe air conduit 35 and then operates the hand wheel l34 to open the scuttle valve 25. After these operations, the operator steps onto an adjacent 'barge Aor. tow-boat so as to be out of the wai during the dumping action of the barge.

s the water enters the compartment 24 through the `scuttle valve 25, the air in said compartment escapes through the air conduit 35Vto the atmosphere. Under the weight of l the water in' the compartment 24, the respective side of the barge is overbalanced and settles into the Vwater and thus starts the sliding of the coal a: from thev deck 33. This shifting ofthe load of coal on the Vdeck 33 greatly accelerates the dumping or tilting action of the barge. As the inclination of the barge increases, the water in the compartment 24is shifted outward and the added weight thereof further assists in tilting the barge until the inclination thereof is n such that the coal will Vslide therefrom, as

r`shown in Figs. 1 and 6. After the coal w has been ldischarged from the barge, the

bouyancy of said barge will cause the same to shoot to the surface of the water and rescuttle valve 25. It will thus be seen that only enough water is taken into the compartment 24 to produce-the necessary dump ingr action.

he empty barge is then towed to a dock 42, or in some instances a tow-boat, andsecured b a cable 43. The upper 'end of the air con uit 35 is then connected by a hose, 44 to the hydrant 45 of an air com ressor, not shown. l,Air is then forced into t ie compart-A ment 24 to expel the water therefrom through the scuttle valve v25. After the water has been expelled from the compart# ment 24 the scuttle valve 25 is closed and the cap 36Y applied to the air conduit 35. i-

While the improved barge is shown constructed of steel, it may be made from wood or other suitable material. I tvisfalso understood that the barge may have a multiplicity of air compartments. In the drawings, a hydrant for an air compressor islshown onV a dock, but in all probability thefmost convenient place for the same togetherfwith an air compressor or compression tank will been a tow-boat handling the barges. i i

What I claim is: n l r 1. A self-dumping barge 'having a flat deck Ywith side boards, one of which is hinged to kthe deck at its lower longitudinalzedge ,for

outward swinging movement ontoY the .deck said deck outward of its hinged sideboar being countersunk to receive saidv side board with its u per face substantially flush with thetopo thedeck. s

2. A self-dumping bargevhavinga closed hull, a scuttle valve for the hull and a normally closed air conduit leading from the hull, said barge having means for confining hull and automatically stop'further intake of water `through the scuttle valve, means for dlscharging the water from` the hull `through the scuttle Vvalira-and means for closing the scuttle valve..-

3. self-dumping barge havi g aclosed hull, a scuttle valve for the hull, a normally closed air conduit leading from the hull, said arranged to be sealed b the water inAv barge having means for confinin water taken into its hull through the scutt e valve to overbalance and tilt said barge, said con.

duit, when open, permitting the escape of air from the hull during the intake of water through the scuttle valve, said conduit being arranved to be sealed by the water in the hull ater a predetermined intake thereof to prevent further escape of air from the hull and automatically stop further intake of water through the scuttle valve, and means for forcing air into the hull through the air conduit to expel the water from the hull throu h the scuttle valve.

4. A sel -dumping barge having two closed air compartments, a scuttley valve for one of the air compartments, a normally closed air conduit leading from the compartment having the scuttle valve, said conduit, when open, permitting the escape off air through said connected compartment during the intake of Water through the scuttle valve, and

meansfor forcing air into said compartment to expel the water therefrom through the y scuttle valve.

5. .A self-dumping barge havin two closed air compartments, a scuttle va ve for one of the air compartments, a normally closed air conduit leading from the compartment having the scuttle valve, said conduit, when open, permitting the escape of air from said connected compartment during the intake of water through the scuttle valve, said conduit being arranged to be sealed by water in said compartment after a predetermined intake thereof to prevent further escape of air from said compartment and automatically stop further intake of water through the scuttle valve, and means for forcing air into said compartment through said conduit to expel the water from said compartment through 'the scuttle valve.

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