US1100771A - Life-boat. - Google Patents

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F. PALESGH.

LIFE BOAT. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 21. 1914. 1,100,771. Patented June 23,1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 23, 1914.

Application filed January 21, 1914. Serial No.' 813,422.

To all who m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, F RANK PALEsoH, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Boats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in life boats, the ob- 'ect of the invention bein to rovide a l e lite boat with means for maintaining the equilibrium of the same when afloat.

A further object of the invention is to provide an equilibrator for life boats which may be collapsed and stored in a comparatively small space when not in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a life boat with means for-- renderin the same buoyant when in service.

Another object of my invention is to provide a life boatv with means to protect the occupants thereof from injury by waves or other elements to which the boat-is exposed.

With the aboroand other objects in View, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter more fully described and. then claimed, and in describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and wherein like numerals of reference will be employed to designate like. parts throughout the different views, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a lite boat constructed in accordance with'my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is detached perspective view of the equilibrator, the suspending means therefor being broken away. )3 a. 4 is a top plan view of the same partly broken away. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a part of one of the holding chains within the lite boat, and, Fig. 6is a perspective view partly broken away of one of the hangers for the equilibrator.

The boat proper is designated as 10. Surrounding the boat is a buoyant member 11: preferably of cork, orthe like. On the deck 12 of the boat is mounted a cabin 14, entrance to which is had through door-Ways closed by doors 15.

Within the boat I provide a floor 16 preferably of rubber, so that the occupants of the r boat wil not slip thereon, and on this floor are mounted a plurality of seats 17. A rail 18 extends around the interior of the boat, and cross chains 19 together with straps 20 are also provided, the said chains, straps, and holding rail 18 providing hand holds tor the occupants of the boat. It is preferable to provide a rudder and steering mechanism as 21, and also a suitable alarm or siren as 22.

On each side of the boat exteriorly thereof, I provide a plurality of pairs of sockets these sockets receiving the short arms 24 of l"-heads 25 formed on the upper ends of hangers 26 which arc held against swinging movement in addition to being held by the sockets by brace blocks 27. These hangers are received through keepers 28 near. their lower ends and have inturned lower ends 29 which engage underneath and support the equilibrator body to be hcreinafter more'fully described. The keepers 28 are constructed so as to swing on their securing bolts 30 as a pivot, the other end of the keeper being hook-shaped to engage over the bolts 31. Thus, when the nuts on bolts 31 are loosened, the keepers 28 may be swung on their pivots 30 so as to disengage the hangers. The hangers on each, side are braced together by straps or braces 32, the bolts 33 which secure the lower ends of the braces 32 having nuts which may be removed so that the brace arms may be disconnected at their lower ends to allow the hangers to be separated from each other.

The equilibrator comprises a substantially rectangular box member embodying a top 34, sides 35, and bottom 36. It has pointed 01' V-shaped ends 37 secured at the apex by a pintle 38, and secured as by hinges 39 to the sides 85. The sides are secured by hinges 40 to the top 34, and the bottom 36 is secured by hinges 451 to the sides 35. The pintles 42 of the hinges are made readily removable so that the entire box structurecan be collapsed, and thus will occupy comparatively little space when not setup and in use. Door-ways 43 are provided in the sides 35 to admit water into the box, and openings 4:4 are provided in the top to allow the air to escape as the box is filling. These 1 doors may be operated by rods 45 leading up into the vessel to any convenient point.

With the boat constructed as above described, the equilibrator in practice is designed to be in collapsed form and stored where it can readily be attached to the boat. In case it is desired to use-the boat, the equilibrator is suspended in position thereon and the boat then lowered into the water.

Vhat I" Claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is z- 1. The combination with a boat having pairs of sockets on opposite sides thereof, of hangers having their upper ends provided with T-heads, the dependingarms of which engage said sockets, and their lower ends projected inward, and an equilibrator detachably supported on said inwardly-projecting ends. 1

2. The combination with a boat, of hanger varms dctachably-connected with opposite sides of said boat, a collapsible equilibrator detachably-connected to said hangers and pivotally-secured keepers for said arms.

3. The combination with a bout,ofhangcrs 2o detachably connected at their upper ends with the sides of said boat-and'having ink turned lower ends means for securing said hangers against swinging movement inde-

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