US1059201A - Collier. - Google Patents

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COLLIER.

APPLICATION 111mm JULY 15, 1912*.

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I/VITNESSES: [NVENTOR Attorneys G. PASQUIER. COLLIER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15,1913,

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' COLLIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 15; 1912. Seriallio. 709,370

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHAnLns PASQUIER, a citizen of France, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and .useful Improvements in Colliers, of whichthe follow-- ing is a specification. a

The general object of the invention is to facilitate and expedite the operation of coaling a. ship while at sea and under way, or while in a harbor and, at anchor. 'And to this end the invention consists in a collier arranged so as to receive or surround the ship to be coaled and having coal pockets arranged so as to discharge their contents into the bunkers of the ship. 7.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe device. Fig. 2 is aplan. Fig. 3-is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail ofone of the clamps and a fragment of the buffer. Fig.

5 is a 'detail'section of oneof the conduits.

ship to be coaled in the :manner following that Winch a dry-dock receives [a1 ship to be docked. For this urpose the opposite sides 55 "of thecollier are-{arranged sufficientlyfar apart soia'sfto accommodate ships of relatively great beam,'the said sides 55 are in; the form of huge floats and their upper decks. are suflicient-ly far above-the water line and above the inlets to -the coal bunkers of a ship to admit of the hopper shaped coal pockets,6-6 which-are. arranged on. the upper decks o the sides 5-5, discharg-. ing their contents into the said coal bunkers,

through the pipes or conduits 77 which are ad'ustably connected to tho -lower ends] of the oppers. The pipes or conduits 77 may be of any preferred construction and are preferably formed of sections connected to-' gether for universal movement so as to facilitate the introduction of the said pipes into coal bunkers ofthe ship or to such other 1 part of the ship as is desired to receive the coal.

,The; forward ends of the sides 5-5 are connected, by the angular-shaped bow portion 8 which is constructed so as to be buoyant like the sides 5-5.

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With the structure thus far described it will be observed that the several bunkers on each and on opposite sides of the ship may receive their supply of coal simultaneously, orany particular bunker may receive its supply of coal without introducing the coal into the other bunkers, or the coal may be introduced into any desired' number of bunkers on one or both sides of the ship at the same time. incarryin'g out the above mentioned object It will be understood that thevalves or' gates 10 in the pipes or conduits 7 will be adjusted so as to admit or v I above the Water level and thus prevents the The collier designated generally 'by'a,v 1s by preference constructed so as to receive the cap'sizing of the collier on a relatively high sea.

A buffer in the form ofqi' series of upright planks 11 connected to'horizontal rails 12', 1s arranged on the interior of and con- ;forms to the inner contour of the collier as defined by the inner faces of the sides and bow, a plurality of springsl3 are interposed between the buffer and inner surface of the collier and-operate to project the buffer and hold the same in spacedrelation to the said inner surface. The springs are supported in any suitable manner such as by pins 14, connected to the buffer and passing through the springs and fitting in sockets in the sides '5'5 and bow 8, the said sockets being of such length as to admit of the inward movement of the pins under pressure on the buffer 11." Thus it will be seen that the buffer will act to reduce a strain on the sides lOO the greatest beam, it will be manifest, how-f ever, that when a ship 'of relatively small beam is warped into the collier considerable space will exist between the outer surface of the ship and adjacent surface of thecolliter. Now even with large ships where a very" small space will exist between. the collier and the ship, it is desirable to guard against relative movement of the collier and the ship, which would naturally result if the collier and ship were in a sea-way which would affect their stability, therefore in order .to overcome such relative movement, clamps in theform of strips 15 correspending to the lengthof the sides 5-.5 and screws 16,-16 connected to the-strips and screwed into boxings 17 on thedeck, are

provided for clamping the collier to the ship to be coaled. The lengths of the screws are such as to admit of projecting the' strips" sufficiently far inwardto efiectcontac't with the sidesof a relatively, narrow vessel and although the screws may, if desired, be operated by hand, it is deemed advisable to p r0 vide means for turning the several qscrews simultaneously, such as by worm gearing 18, which includes shafts 19 splin'ed in the worms 18, this gearing being connected to a suitable motor arranged in the 'collier.

Although the oollier is susceptible of being towed like the ordinary barge, yet ifso desired and as shown in the drawings, the

. collier may carry its own motive power in erties had by the device, the construction is such as to admit of the easy loading'of the hoppers when the device is arrange alongside a coal dock, and with the usual loading apparatus now employed in coal doclrs.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A collier comprising spaced side portions arranged so as to receive between them the ship'to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the side portions at one end, and coal pockets superimposed on the side portions.

2. A collier comprising spaced side portions arranged so as to receive between them the ship to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the side portions at one end, and a series of non-communicating coal pockets superimposed on the side portions.

3. A oollier comprising spaced'side portions arranged so as to receive between them the ship to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the side portions at one end, and a series of non-communicatingcoal pockets superimposed on the sides and having .ad-

justable delivery pipes to direct the coal into the ship between the sides. p

4. A colli'er comprising spaced side portions arranged so as .to receive between them the ship to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the side portions at one end, a series ofnoncommunlcating coal pocket-s superimposed on the sides and having adjustable delivery pipes' to direct the coal into the ship between the sides, and a gate or valve in each of such delivery pipes.

5. A collier comprising spaced side members arranged so as to receive between them the vessel to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the said side members at one end, a buffer yieldingly held in spaced relation to the inner faces of the side members and bow portion, and coal pockets superimposed on the side members.

6. In a collier of the class described, the combination of side members arranged to receive between them a vesselto be coaled, clamping strips carried by the side members, and means for projecting said clamping strips into contact with the sides of the vessel arranged between the side members.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES PASQUIER.

Witnesses:

C. JAMES CRONIN,

JOHN A. DONEGHY.

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

Washington, D. G.

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