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E. J. J. LEELOND. LIFE BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1912.

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LIFE-BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1912. Serial No. 708,492.

To all whom it may concern Be it. known that I, EUGENE J. J. Lennon 1), a citizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of few York, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lite-Boats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of boats or vessels which will not sink or capsize when in the water.

My invention has for its object primarily employed for saving the lives'o'f persons in event of emergent'rv on board of ships, or at water resorts, but which may be used to permit boa ting to be enjoyed with absolute safety, and wherein is employed safety devices or tloats adapted to prevent the boat from sinking or capsizing when in the water. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide means which serve to permit each. of the safety devices to be disposed so as to overlap the boat when'not in use, so that it may occupy as limited. a space as possible when carried by steainships, sailing vessels, or the like.

Still another object of the invention is to provide forms of oars whereby the boat when in the water may be propelled by persons unskilled in rowing; and a turt her object of the invention is to provide forms of safety devices which may be applied to boats of various shapes.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the appended claims.

p In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan, partly broken away, of one form of life boat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse view of the boat. showing the hull thereof in section. Fig. 3 is a trans verse section through the boat. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation, partly broken away, of two of the collapsible oars used in conjunction with the boat, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of oneof the ends of the hull of the boat. The life boat 10 may have a hull 11 of Patented Mar. 4 1913.

any suitable shape or size, and which is adapted to be propelled by'mannally operated collapsible oars, l2, 13, 1 though the boat may be propelled by any desired motive a ent and to n'cvcnt the hull from so a v two of the floats 15 are employed, will be understood that any pretei'reo number of the floats may be used as required by the form and size of lhe hull of the boat to which they 2 be applied. 7

Disposed laterally with relation to each side of the hull of the boat and at a suit-able dlstanre theretrvm is one oi the floats 15 so as to balance the boat when in the water, as 7 shown in Fig". it of the floats 15 are alike in formation, each having preferably v a substantially clong att-al triangular hollow body 16 and tapered ends 17 and 18, so as to offer practically no resistance when the boat is rowed in the water The hodv 16 of each of the floats may be made. of sheet metal, wood, or the like wlna'eby it will be airtight and llll]lti'\ ions to water as well as being light in weights in order to prevent one or all of the floats from sinking in event of the wall of the bodvbeing acci- 86 deutallv punctured the. interior thereof is divided into separate \vater-tight'and airtight chambers 17 h spacd partitions 18 which are arranged transversely of the bodv.

Each of the hull 1]. by brack '-,.as t), and it) one end of each of which irigidlf held in proximity to the extreme. outer longitudinal edge of each body of the floats, and the opposite end of each of said brackets is hinged, at 3 erably upon the top of the edge oi? the bull, in order to permit the floats to be adjusted so as to overlap, or be disposed within'the hull, as illustrated in Fig. 3, whereby the. 1 boat when not in use inay occupy as limited 1 0 a space as possible, especially when carried upon steamships, or other vessels. By pro-v viding hinged brackets in this manner the floats 15 are swung outwardly from the sides of the hull when it is desired to use the boat,

and each of the floats will then take the water similarly to the hull. The floats being air-tight and Water-tight will necessarily float nearly upon the surface or the Water,-

and serving as a. means to limit the upward 119 floats l5 connected to the 0.- pref- 5 movement of the floats for balancing the hullflof the boat particularly in comparaof the boat. and the other end of each chain is detachably connected by a h ok. catch. or

each of said blades also has a number of.

I apertured lugs which are spaced apart in a manner so that the lugs will interfit with each other as well as tit: between the lugs 3 1 and 35 of the head 33, as illustrated. Upon the head and between the lugs 31 and ithereof is a short projecting arm 38 also therwise to an apertured plate. as 22. which 1 is provided upon each of the. brackets 19 and 19. Also for the purpose of adjusting 1 the hull of the boat and maintaining its bal tionally clinging together when said blades ance when in the water, to each of the floats; 15 is pivoted the corresponding ends of rods, or bars, 23 and 23. Each of the adjusting rods 23 and 23" is of suiiicient length to extend nearly across the boat when the floats are swung into the water, and the free end of each of said rods may be held against movement by a rope, or cable 24 and 24 which is fastened to each rod and to any suitable form of catch, as 25 and 25" pro vided upon the interior of the hull of theboat. In order. to swing the floats 15 upon,

" or into the hull of the boat, the ropes 24 and 24? are detached from the catches 25 and"25, and by forcing the free end of each of the adjusting rods 23 and 23 downwardly toward the bottom of the interior of the boat the floats will be guided upwardly and upon the hull. Each of the rods 23 and 23 may then be moved so as to overlap in a longitudinal direction the float to which it is pivoted and is removably held in this position by being guided under the free end of the arm of a substantially L-shaped bracket 26 and 26 secured upon the top-of each of the floats.

In order to permit the life boat to be manually propelled when in the water by either a'novice, or an expert, I preferably employ forms of the collapsible oars, 12, 13, 14 Figs. 1 and 4. In the top edge of the hull of the boat, andin proximity to the stern and bow thereof are a number of spaced notches, or grooves, 28 and 29, which serve as oarlocks, for reception of the collapsible oars. In the bow of the boat I prefer to use a pair of connected oars, and at the stern of the boat; I prefer to employ two single oars so as to be adapted to guide the boatwhen the hull is not provided with a rudder. Each of the collapsible oars 12, 13, 14 has an angular handle bar 30 which is substantially the shape of an inverted U, and extending laterally in opposite directions from the end of each arm of the handle bar is a supporting arm or shaft 31 which is adapted to rest in one of the oarlocks 28 and 29 when the oars are applied to the hull. Extending downwardly from the supporting arm, or shaft 31 is a rod or bar 32 upon the free end of which is a head 33 having corre' sponding apertured spaced lugs 34 and 35. Between the lugs 34 and 35 are arranged the blades 36 and 37 of each of the oars, and

having an aperture therethrough, and which serves as a stop to prevent the blades 30 and 37 of each of the oars from contacting whereby they may be prevented from sue collapse during the reverse movement of the oars when the boat is rowed. When the blades 36 and 37 are assembled upon the head 33 the parts are pivotally held together by a pin, as 39, which is passed through the apertures of the lugs and the stop of the head as well as through the lugs of said blades, and to limit the inoven'ient of the blades when expanded in taking the water when the oars are pulled, upon the opposite side surface of the head 33 of each oar is a laterally projecting stop, as 4-0 and 4-0.

In the foregoing description I have em bodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do inot wish to be lllltitlHlOUd as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without de 'iarting from the principle. or sacrificing any of the advantages of this ii'lvention. therefore Ireservc to myself the right to make such cl'iangcs as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a life-boat having a plurality of air-tight and-water-tight floats adjustably hinged to its sides and supported upon suit able brackets, a plurality of cables each having one end permanently secured to the underside of the boatand the opposite end thereof detachably secured to the bracket supporting the float whereby the upward movement of the float may be limited, and means for securing the ends of said cables to the sides of the boat when they are detached from the said bracket whereby the floats may be elevated and folded in the boat, a plurality of bars each having one end piv otally secured to one end of one of the floats on the top side thereof, said bars being of such a length that the opposite end of each of the bars extends across the boat to a point contiguous to the side of the boat, suitable catch provided inside of the boat near the. bottom thereof for securing the end of each bar thereto. and means for securing the said bars to said catches whereby the downward movement of the floats may be adjustably limited, and brackets provided upon the top of the floats adapted for securing the said bars in a position longitudinally of the said v floats as required for folding the floats 2. In a life boat having a plurality of 5 brackets hinged to the sides thereof and having aplurality of air-tightand watertight floats secured to said brackets, a plurality of cables, each having one end permanently secured to the underside of the boat and the opposite end detachably secured to one of the arms of said brackets, a plurality of spaced partitions disposed transversely Within the said floats whereby air-tight and water-tight compartments are provided, a plurality of bars each having one end pivotally secured to the to of one of said floats and its opposite en extending across the boat, a plurality of catches provided inside the boat, means for securing the end of one of each of said bars to one of said catches whereby the downward movement of the floats may be ad]ustably limited, said bars serving as means whereby the floats may be elevated from the wvater as required to fold them in the boat, and brackets provided upon the toppf each ,of the floats for securing the bars in a po-- "sition longitudinally of the float when the H 6 floats are to be folded in the boat-, substan- 2 :tially as shown and described;

' as'In a life boat having'aplurality of airtight and water-tight floats adjustably se cured to the boat by hinged brackets, said floats having tapered ends and in cross-section conforming to a homologous circular triangle, having a plurality of spaced partitions transversely disposed therein where by a plurality of air-tight and, Water-tight compartments are provided Within the floats, in combination, a plurality of cables each having one end detachably securedto the underside of the boat and its opposite end adapted to be detachably secured to the arm of the hinged bracket, a plate pro- .vided upon said bracket and having a plurality of spaced apertures adapted for engagement by said cables whereby the cables may be secured thereto so as to adjustably limit theupivard movement of the float, means also provided upon the sides of the boat for detachably securing the cables when they are detached from the said brackets, a plurality of bars, each having one end pivotally secured to the top of one of the floats at a suitable position the opposite end of each of said bars extending across the boat in proximity to the side thereof, a plurality of catches adapted for securing the ends of the bars thereto, means for securing the ends of said bars to thesaid catches \vherebythe downward movement of the floats may be adjustably limited, said bars also serving to elevate the floats from the water as required to fold them in the boat, and brackets provided upon the top of the floats adapted for securing the bars in a position longitudinally of the floats when the floatsare folded, substantially as shown and described.

This specification signed and witnessed this eighth day of July A. D. 1912.

EUGENE J. J. LEBLOND.

\Vitnesses i i M. DERMODY,

Rom. B. Anno'r'r.

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