US1009800A

US1009800A - Signaling apparatus for submarine boats.

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Publication number: US1009800A
Application number: US60980811A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Francis Shea
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-02-20
Filing date: 1911-02-20
Publication date: 1911-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 1928-11-28

Description

J. P. SHEA.

SIGNALING APPARATUS FOR SUBMARINE BOATS APPLICATION FILED FEB.20,1911.

1,009,800. I Patented Nov. 28,1911.

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SIGNALING APPARATUS FOR SUBMARINE BOATS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 20, 1911 1,009,800. Patented N0v.28, 1911.

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SIGNALING APPARATUS FOR SUBMARINE BOATS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.20.1911.

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SIGNALING- APIE'ARATUF FUItt EJUBMARINE BOATS.

inoaeoo ttpeciflcatlon ot' Letters Patent. Patented Nov, 28, 1911,,

application filed February to, will. Serial No. 609,803.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, dorm FRANoIs Snna, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of llillsboro and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signaling Apparatus for Submarine Boats; and l[ do hereby declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to signaling apparatus for ships, more especially to vessels of the sub-marine type, and proposes a construction whereby such vessels may be e nipped with means for signaling when a oat or submerged; and wherein the apparatus is serviceable to assist in rescuing the vessel in the event 0t its becoming disabled when submerged.

The invention proposes the mounting at a mast on a biioyant support or raft which is carried by, and as a fixed part of, the submarine boat, said mast being equipped with a yard arm designed to carry the transmit ting and receiving wires of a wireless system; and also applicable to serve in place of the mast now used in connection with the visible code system for signaling when the ship is on the surface. The connections between the raft and the vessel are such that when the boat is submerged the raft may, from within the boat, be readily released to allow the raft had to the accompanying drawings, in

which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of the apparatus and a portion of the sub-marine vessel. Fig.2is aside elevation,

partly broken away, of the raft and mast. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view out the deck of the vessel as equipped for carrying the raft. Fig. 5 discloses'the gearing for releasin the raft from the vessel. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the releasable connection em lo ed, and Fig. l is a top plan view, part y in section, of the part shown in Fig. [1". 1

Referring to the several views in further detail and with like reference characters indicating corresponding parts in the difierent figures, 1 designates the upper deck or bulk-head of a sub-marine boat which carries, throu h the medium of a series of cradles 2, a no ant support or raft on which is mounts the signaling apparatus. This apparatus consistent a mast l and a yard arm 1" constructed of tubular aluminum or steel, and to said arm l wires 1 and other parts are connected for wireless signaling. This equipment (1 and 1) is also serviceable in connecting, with its usual signaling service of marine vessels, and it is further adapted for the installation of telephone and telegraph service.

The raft comprises a pair of air tight tanks 3 to which is secured a deck consisting ot a middle plank l, side planks 5, connecting cross planks 6, and a pair of longitudinally extending beams 7 that are secured to the under sides of said cross planks *(see Figs. 1 and At either end the buoying tanks 3 are provided with metal bands or strips 8 connected with the deck and having each an end terminating in a claw 9 through the medium of which the raft is detachably connected with the submarine vessel. There may be for each vessel more than one of these rafts and the accompanying equipment it necessary.

The means for connecting the raft with the vessel and for efiecting the release of the former consists of tour bracketsll) (2 being shown) having web portions 11 which seat against and are secured to the under side of the deck 1 through the medium at bolts 12. The openings in the deck for these connections are made water-tight by suitable packings 13. J ournaled within the web 11- and an arm l4c on each of the brackets is a shaft 15 having'its upper end provided with a half nut 16 adapted to pass through a similar shaped opening 17 in the claw 9, and when turned to engage said claws and secure the raft to the vessel.- On their inner ends the shafts 15 are provided with beveled pinions 18 meshing with similar pinions 19 mounted on a pair of shafts 20, which shafts 20 are adapted to be turned for releasing the raft through the medium of a manually operated gearing comprising a shaft 22, cone gears 2324 and a hand turning wheel 25.

The signaling apparatus carried by the raft is adapted to have signal controlling connection with the vessel through the medium of a suitably insulated conductor cable 26 that extends through the mast 1, and has a joint or coupling 27 where it passes through the deck 1[ A hawser 28 also connects the raft with the boat and is intended to be used for towing purposes.-

The cable 26 and hawser 28 are ordinarily stowed within a housing on the deck 1, which consists of a casing or chest 29 which has a removable cover 30, said cover being normally held closed through the medium of the deck beams 7 seating thereon, as shown in Fig. 1. The chest 29 is provided with a transverse partition 30 forming a chamber within which is swivelly mounted a sheave 31 provided with a hawser pulley 32 and adapted to have universal movement. The purpose of the sheave 31 is to assist in the reeving of the necessary cables, etc., for the purpose of raising the boat in the event of the same becoming disabled while submerged. The structure of the sheave 31 and its manner of operation are disclosed in my co-pending application Ser. No. 592,708, dated November 16, 1910, and no claim thereon is made in the resent case.

For stabilizing the signalln apparatus when the same has been release and floated the raft is provided with an equilibrator comprising two pairs of weighted arms 33 having pivotal connections 34 with the beams 7. The wei hted ends of each pair of said arms are slightly s aced apart and connected by a bolt 35, an on one of said bolts there is pivotally mounted a link 36 adapted to be connected to the other bolt by having a hooked end 37 which engages therewith, when said arms are in functional position. In their normal position the arms of the equilibrator are supported within the deck of the raft through the medium of a chock or block 38 (see Fig. 1) which seats loosely upon the deck 1, and when in posi-v tion serves as a partition for the coils of the cable 26 and hawser 28.

It is evident that the details of construction and the arrangement of parts may be varied by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention and, therefore, I do not wish to be limited to such features, except as maybe requiredby the claims.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a sub-marine boat, of a signaling apparatus therefor including a mast, a raft supporting said mast carried by the boat, a conductor cable and a hawser connecting said apparatus with the boat, a casing in which said cable and hawser are adapted to be coiled, a removable closure for said casing adapted to be held in position by the raft when said raft is submerged and released when the raft is floated, and means for releasing said raft to float when the boat is submerged.

2. The combination with a sub-marine boat, of a signaling apparatus therefor including a mast,.a raftsupporting said mast, said raft comprising air-tight tanks, bands surrounding said tanks provided with claws, means engaging with said claws for holdin the raft tothe boat; a conductor cable an hawser connecting said raft with the boat, and means within the boat for effecting the release of said claws to permit the raft to float when the boat is submerged.

3. The combination with a sub-marine boat, of a signaling apparatus therefor including a mast, a raft supporting said mast and comprising buoyant supports, cradles on said boat supporting said buoyant supports, a conductor cable and a hawser connecting said apparatus with the boat, a casing mounted on the boat intermediate said cradles and adapted to have coiled therein said cableand hawser; a removable closure for said casing adapted to be held in posi tion by the raft when said raft is submerged and released when the raft is floated; and means for releasing said raft to float, when the boat is submerged.

4. The combination with a sub-marine boat, of a'signaling apparatus therefor including a mast, a raft supporting said mast,

means for releasably securing said raft to 'theaboat, an equilibrator for said raft; a

conductor cable and a hawser connecting.

said apparatus with the boat, a casing in which said cable and hawser are adapted to be coiled, a block mounted within said casing and adapted to support the equilibrator in inoperative position; a removable closure for said casing adapted to be held in posiing apparatus including a mast and a raft for floating the same on water, of an equilibrator for saidvraft comprising a pair of pivotally mounted ballast irons.

6. The combination with awireless signal- In testimony whereof, I afix my signaifng apparatufIt including a masfifand a 131% ture, inpresence of lawn Witnesses.

or floatin t 42 same on water; 0 ans i- M lorator for said raft comprising a pa r of JOHN FRANCIS SHEA l5 pivotally mounted ballast irons, and a. link Witnesses:

connecting and holding said irons against H. P. Bum. relative movement. HEDWIGA WALIOKL