US100021A - Improvement in marine drag - Google Patents

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JOHNFAUNCE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Laim Para: 1v 100,021, daan February 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MARINE DRAG.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama.

i To all whoml 'it may concern:

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Figure 3 represents a back view of the same. Figures 4 and 5 represent vdetached sectional views of portions of thedrag.. Y

Figure (i represents 4an edge view of the drug' when hinged and folded for stowage.

`Figure 7 represents a iiat view of the drag as folded. Figure 8 represents an illustration of the application and ei'ect otl the drag when in actual use.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several separate `figures, 'denote likeparts in all of the A and in which it may be -held by yarns passing through drawings.

l am awa-re that several forms of marine drags have been essayedfbut which, from some defect in4 their construction, .have failed to go into public use.

In a contrivance ofany kind that is only called into use in an emergency at seafand at long intervals, and which, when not required for such sudden emergencies, is stowed away, it is absolutely necessary that all its appliances to put it into instantaneous use should he vsoy connected with, attached to, or made a partoi' the instrument itself, as thatno part can get separated from it, and require to be looked up when the contrivance is to he pnt intdl immediate'use and action.

For this purpose I have so constructed, combined, and arranged the several appliances oi' the drag, as that they necessarily accompany each other; and the iiistrument maybe thus put into working order at a nioinents notice. vAnd this construction, combination, and arrangement of the drag and its operative appliances,.as will be hereinafter described, constitutes the essence oi' my invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference lto the drawings.

A is a disk, which, for the sake of lightness for easy` handling, and strength to resist the strains upon it, I make of wood, suitably bolted together, and bound by a circular rim ot' iron, a, let into the Wood upon the rear side thereof, and' which 'rimserves as a bearingplate for the toggles b, that are pivoted to the guyrods BB, 85e., as at c.

The. guy-rods B, of which there may be any suitatle Figure 2 represents an edge or. side view thereof;

- number, are linked to a ring, d, so as to adj ust themselves thereon; and to this ring the line or cableve is also attached which holds or i'astens the drag at or near the bow of the vessel, as lshown at lig. S, to cause the vessel to come up with its head to the windand thus prevent'it from drifting into the trough cf the sea.

- For the purpose of readily attaching the-guys B to the disk A, holes, j, are made through the disk and through the rim or bearing-plates c on the back of the disk, through which one of the guys and its toggle, as shown in lig. 4, is passed in the position therein shown,

and when so passed `through and the toggle let go, it-

swings on its pivot and stands across the hoie or opening, as seen in tig. 5, and thus holds the guy and disk together'. The several other guys and toggles are simv ilarly united at the several other holes or openings, so I as to distribute as evenly as possible the strain upon the disk and guys, and sustain it in an edgewise vposition in'tne water..

In the edge of the disk a groove, g, may be made, l

into which a rope or cushion of any kind maybe laid,

the holes t i, 85e., and around said rope or cushion.

rlhis is designed for preventing the drag from being.

injured or the vessel chafe'd by their being thrown against each other.

For the purpose of stowage the disk may be made inset-tieni, and 'hinged together as at jj, so thatit may be folded up. and thus occupy less space.` The holes through th wood, to prevent cutting, chafing,

vor wearing, may be lined and capped with metal; and ii' found necessary, collars may be made upon the guys, l

above the toggles, to'prevent them or the. disk from too much mot-ion, one upon or through the other. By this construction and arrangen'ient of parts the drag may be shipped and unshipped at a moments not-ice, and conveniently stowed away for subseqnqnt emergencies, all its necessary appliances being so connect-ed together as to prevent any of them from being misplaced, lost, or disarranged.

Having thus fully described myinvention, and shown lhow it is operated,

.What I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

ln' a marine drag the combinationgofy the guys and their toggles with the disk and its openings, for the ready connecting and 'disconnecting of said guys and disk, the whole' being arranged to operatesnbstantially as and tor the purpose set forth.

JOHN yIELAILINGE. AWitnesses: f

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