US1086184A - Buffer for vessels. - Google Patents

Description

J. KRALIK.

BUFFER POR VESSELS.

ArPLIoATIoN FILED APR. 15, 191s.

1,086, 1 84, atented Feb. 3, 191.4.

- INVENTOR ATTORNEY'.

JOSEPH KRLIK, 0F BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

BUFFER FOR 'VESSELS Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 15, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3,1914. serial No. 761,401.

To all 'whom t may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KRLIK, a subject of the King of I-Iungary, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buffers for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buffers for vessels, and the primary object of my invention is to provide the bow of various kinds of vessels and boats with novel buffers that will prevent the bow of a boat from being crushed or injured by contacting with icebergs, floating debris, wharves and vessels.

Another object of this invention is to provide the bow of a vessel with a plow or deflector that wards 0E ice-bergs and floating debris to that extent as not to retard progress of a vessel.

A further object of this invention is to provide simple, inexpensive and durable buffers for the bow of a vessel that occupy a comparatively small space and do not in-. terfere with the general operating mechanism of the vessel.

lith the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a vessel provided with the buffers, and Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view of the same.

Further describing my invention in detail with reference to the drawing, wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout: l denotes the hull of a vessel having the bow 2 thereof provided with a plurality of vertical parallel uprights or bearings 3 and slidably mounted in these uprights are buier rods 4. The rods l eX- tend through bearings 5, secured, as at 6, to the bow of the vessel. The buffer rods 4 have the inner ends thereof provided with collars 7 and the outer ends with buffer heads S that are made of a yieldable material, as hard rubber. The hard rubber is preferably set in the outer ends of the rods 4 and in lieu of hard rubber I can use wood or a material softer than the bow of the vessel.

The buffer rods e between the uprights 3 are provided with collars 9 and encircling said rods, between the uprights 3 and the collars 9 are coiled compression springs 10. The tension of these springs is suliicient to hold the collars in engagement with the uprights, butwhen the buffer heads 8 encounter an obstruction the buffer rods yield and further compress the springs 10 In practice it is preferable to arrange the buffers one above the other with the uppermost buffer of greater length than the lower buffer, whereby the upper buffer will be brought into action first.

Associated with the buffers is a plow or defiector l1 that is riveted or otherwise connected, as at l2 to the bow of a vessel below the lowermost buffer, this plow or deflector warding off such floating matter that cannot be controlled by the buffers.

t is obvious that additional buffers can be located on the sides of the vessel, at the'- bow thereof or at such places throughout the vessel that are liable to be injured by collision.

What I claim is l. The combination with the hull of a vessel, of a series of vertically disposed parallel uprights arranged in and centrally of the bow thereof, a pair of vertically alining bearings secured to the outer side of the bow centrally thereof, superposed buffer rods slidably mounted in said bearings and uprights and having their outer ends provided with heads, the head of the upper rod being normally projecting beyond the head of the lower rod, spaced collars secured to said buffer rods capable of engaging said uprights to arrest outward movement of said rods, and independent coiled compression springsencircling said buffer rods between said collars and uprights for normally maintaining the buffer rods projected.

2. The combination with the hull of a vessel, of a series of vertically disposed parallel uprights arranged in and centrally of the bow thereof, a pair of vertically alining bearings secured to the outer side of the .fbew centrally thereof, superposed buffer rods slidably mounted in said bearings and uprights and having their outer ends provided with heads, the head of the upper rod being normally projecting beyond the head of the lower rod, spaced collars secured to said buffer rods capable of engaging said uprights to arrest outward movement of said rods, independent coiled compression In testimony whereof I afix my signature springs encirolng sailcl blier rods between in presence of two Witnesses.

said collars an u ri ts ornormall Inainw f taining the buffr ods projeeted,yand a JOSEPH KhALk' .5 downwardly inclined plow arranged below Witnesses:

the lower of said rods and projecting for- FRANK GERENCZIE,

wardly from said bow. OSCAR WEIDEMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Coinmissioner of Patente. Washington, D. C.

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