US1026977A - Buoy. - Google Patents

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R. W. EARLE.

BUOY. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1909.

1,026,977. Patented May 21, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REGINALD W. EARLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR TO NELSON GOODYEAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REGINALD WV. EAnLn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buoys, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to gas buoys, of the type in which solid gas generating material, as car-bid, and water, are brought together to generate gas, and in which whistling means are also provided on the buoy connected to be operated by variations in air pressure due to the surging of the sea water in a whistling tube or compartment open at its lower end.

The objects of the invention are to improve ,upon the construction and arrangement of such buoys and suitable apparatus for carrying out the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a buoy embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the ine 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking from above; Fig. 3 is an elevation partly in section of a modification; Fig. 4: is a horizontal sectional View on the line 4.-4 of Fig. 3, looking from above.

Referring to the drawings A represents a float and B is a lantern suitably supported from Dthe float by the frame-work G and cas- 1n T is a whistle and G is a hopper provided with suitable feeding mechanism inclosed within the casing H.

J is a carbid feeding valve of any suitable construction.

In both forms of the invention illustrated in the drawings the gas generating chamber or compartment K and the air compressing means in the form of a whistling tube or compartment L are symmetrically arranged with respect toeach other.

In the preferred form of the invention shown in Fig. 1 the gas generating chamber K in which the gas generating material and the water are brought together, is preferably arranged centrally of the float A, while the whistling tube or compartment L is arranged eccentrically in the float. In order to counterbalance the weight of the whistling tube a suitable adjustable weight 0 is provided connected to the buoy by the frame P. Buffers Q, preferably of wood, are provided for preventing the chafing of the mooring chains against the sides of the buoy. The gas generated in the enerating chamber K is conducted to the lantern B through suitable piping running along the framework C. The gas generating chamber K is preferably provided with a plurality of baflle plates S pivoted on the rods T and provided with fastening devices at U, so that these plates may be moved into an upright positlon, if desired for cleaning purposes. The lower end V of the generating chamber opens inside the whistling compartment L, as shown, and is preferably restricted to prevent surging of the sea water. The whistling tube L is connected to the whistle by means of the pipes W W which may be disconnected at the joint Y. The

lower pipe W passes through the sealed sleeve Z and is removably connected at a to the top of the float. Suitable man-holes b are provided in the buoy and an eye a for elevating the buoy from the water.

Fig. 3 is like Fig. 1 except that the whistling tube or compartment L is arranged with the center of curvature of its outer wall concentric with the float, while the gas generating chamber K is arranged eccentrically. The adjustable weight 0 in this instance counterbalances the weight of the gas generating chamber.

According to this invention it will be seen that a large cross sectional area is provided for the whistling tube or compartment, thus obtaining great pressure of air for operating the whistle F, due to the surging of a large body of water in the whistling tube.

Furthermore, the whistling compartment is of sufficient size to enable a workman to enter said compartment when it is necessary to clean the buoy. The workman may also enter the gas generating chamber by pushing up the deflectors or battle plates S to enable him to pass between the baffle plates and the walls of the chamber after detachin the inclined plate forming the lower end I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent the following 1. A gas buoy having a hopper and a enerating chamber for making gas, a whist ing tube or com artment, and a float therefor, and in whic the generating chamber and whistling compartment are constructed together and are eccentric, the said generating chamber terminating at its lower end in a restricted mouth within the whistling compartment.

2. A gas buoy having a hopper and a gencrating chamber for making gas, a whistling tube or compartment, and a float therefor, and in which the generating chamber and whistling compartment are constructed together and are eccentric, the said generating v chamber terminating above and within the hopper placed substantially centrally of the float and contained therein, and a whistling compartment lying close 'to the said generating chamber, the generating chamber and whistling compartment being eccentric to each other and one of them eccentric to the 5. In a gas buoy, the combination with the float, of generating and whistling compartments constructed together and eccentrically disposed to each other, and means chamber, an eccentrically arranged whistling tube constructed together with said generating chamber, and means for counterbalancing the eccentric disposition of the weight of said tube. V

7 A gas buoy having a float and a hopper and generating chamber placed substantially centrally of the float and having a whistling tube constructed to ether with and close to the generating cham er'on one side thereof eccentric to the float and means for counterbalancing the distribution of the weight of said chamber and tube.

8. A gas buoy having a float, a hopper, a generating chamber supplied from the hopper, a whistling compartment lying close to said generating chamber, the generating chamber and whistling compartment being eccentric to each other and one of them eccentric to the float, and means for counterbalancing the distribution of the weight of said chamber and compartment.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses, Aug. 3rd 1909.

REGINALD WV. EARLE.

' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1).- 0;

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,026,977, granted May 21, 1912,

upon the application of Reginald W. Earle, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Buoys, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 13, for the word symmetrically read asymmetrically;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 11th day of June, A. D., 1912.

C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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