US1115670A - Device for raising sunken vessels. - Google Patents

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F. HENGYE. DEVICEPOR RAISNG SUNKEN VESSELS..

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3o, 1914.

Patented Nov, 3, 1914.

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Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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DEVICE Fon BAI'SING SNKEN vEsspELs.

Be it known 'that I,' FLonn'HENGYE, -subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Joliet, inthe county of lill and State of Illinoiss have inventedv certain new and use-' ful Improvements in Devices for Raising Sunken Vessels, of which the following-is a specification.

i This inYention.relates to improvements in devices for raising sunken vessels.

provide 'a means readily attachable to a sunken vessel,and whereby the vessel may be 'raised to -thesurface of the water hy means vof air thereo able and A further object is to provide a plurality pumped from a boat from the surface the entire apparatus belng remove of Hoats including telescopiciioats, all 'of the same being inflatable and adapted to vessel for the purpose ofl encircle a sunken raising the same. A still further object is to arrange a plurality of hollow bodies filledwith; water around a sunken vessel, andto then substitute air for the water within said bodies, and thus buo ing up the sunken vessel` to the water sur ace.

-lVith these general objects in view, and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,'the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims. f

.In the drawings forming a part of this` application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding' parts throughout the several views, Figure l illustrates the entire device in connection with a sunken vessel upon the bottom of the ocean. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional'view taken horizontally through the hull of the sunken vessel. F igt 3 is a front elevation thereof with the connecting tubes broken away. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal s ectional view of'one of the telescoping floats.

Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of aglobular float attached to the vessel,

the latter being broken away., Fig. 6 is a detail sectional -view through the corrugated tubular telescopingfloat at theconnection` between the sections, and 'Fig. 7 1s a detailsectionil view through the pipe-entering portion of oneof-V the globular floats ofservice for repeated operations.

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Application tiled IulyBO, 1914. Serial No. 8154,145Q,

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tion operatively attached thereto. Telescop ing floats 12 are positionedlongitudinally at opposite sides of the vessel each consisting of tubular members 18 telescopically arranged, and whereby the chamber 14 therein may be regulated insizef' .The outermemtion with 'the member'received therein by longitudinally.corrugated vsurface for assisting in 'retainin 'the float against the side ofthe vessel. Fach section- 13 is provided with a side hook 16 adapted to enter a ring 17 which thevdiver who applies thefioatsattaches to4 the adjacenosidelof the vessel. The desired number of.

globe shaped floats 18 are provided which Patented Nov. 3, 1914-.

12 has a watertight connec-` hollow spherical `or Referring more in detail to the drawings Vco ave -arportion oftheir outer surfaces sup plied wlth corruga'tions 19 which have centrally .positionedl hooks 20 adapted to be re` ceived within the rings 21, secured to the side of the vessel 10 at any points thereon desired to attachone of VSaid spherical. floats 18 are provided upon diametrically opposite sideswith rings 22 while similar rin s 23 are positioned at the opposite ends o the telescoping fioats 12, and whereby the fioats may lne-positioned in spaced relations aroundthehull of the vessel and there secured by means ofcon- -necting chains 24h A short chain 25 is 'also connected between the rings 23 of the sections 13 and whereby the length of the floatv 12 isregulated as Well as the side of the.

air chamber 14 therein.v Each ofthe floats liis.provided with an air inlet pipe 26 and whereby airis supplied to the said floatsfrom the air pump 26 mounted upon the' derubber4 or similar 'material and. have open arranged adjacent the gunwale of the boat 27. With this apparatus provided upon the vboat 27 the` boat is moved to a position directly above "the sunken vessel and the'divers thenl position the sphericall lioats 18 at opposite positions adjacent both the Vp'artrnent boat 27 which carries the device 'and the c rew of divers. A similar lair inlet pipe 28'connects the pump 26 with'the telescoping vfloat 1 2, while each ofthe floats 12 and 18 are provided with outlet pipe 29,- which outlet pipes are preferably formed of pipes'are' then connected to all the floats and whereupon an operating of the pump 26 forces air into the floats, thus drlving` out the water contained therein through the pipe ends 30 and subsequently lilling the floats i with ain- The number of floats so secured to the vessel is arranged to be sufficient when filled with air to aord the required buoy-V ancy to lift the vessel to the surface of the water and float the same thereon. Y

While the` forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are .believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood thatl minor changes may be made in the form, proportion and details of construction without dethe hull, it being noted that all of the f parting from the spiritand scope of the claim.

What I claim is1- l. A device of the class described corn- -prising in' combination spherical hollow floats, corrugated portions upon thesurfaces of said i'oats, telesooping floats, nections between all of said floats, an air pump, pipes connecting said pump and Said floats, and outlet pipes leading from said lioats and exhausting adjacent the pump.

2. A device of this class comprising telescoping, tubular sections inclosing a charn- Abei" therein, water tight packings between said sections, terminal rings upon-said sections, and adju'stably positioned chain connecting said rings, ling said sections, the exterior said sections gated. ,l

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLORE HENGYE.

surfaces of Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. KATZ, ANDY CosGARIA.

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