US1190933A

US1190933A - Ship.

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Publication number: US1190933A
Application number: US4916515A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Miller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-09-07
Filing date: 1915-09-07
Publication date: 1916-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 1933-07-11

Description

W. MILLER.

SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I. 1915.

1,190,933. Patented July 11,1916.

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Specification 'o I Let'ters Patent.

Application filed September 7, 1915. Serial No. 49,165.

To all w hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ships, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to improvements in sea vessels.

An object is to provide a vessel a portion of which will remain free, or nearly so, from rocking movement and thereby enable passengers to ride therein without sea sickness and without the other inconveniences encountered in a rocking vessel.

Another object is to provide safety for passengers in the event of sinking of the vessel.

A further object is to utilize the rocking movement of the vessel for storing power or for accomplishing other work, such, for example, as pumping water from a leaky vessel.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the ensuing description.

The accompanying drawings show one embodiment of the invention in practical form.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved vessel. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, with a portion broken out to expose interior construction. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig.

41 is a similar view taken on the line H of Fig. 1, but showing the outer hull of the vessel listed to one side.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

The improved vessel includes an outer hull 5, not materially different from that of the ordinary vessel.

In carrying out the objects stated, an inner and smaller hull 6, capable of carrying the passengers and creW in an emergency, is mounted within the outer hull 5; this inner. hull being pivoted to the outer hull on a fore-and-aft axis line. In pivoting the inner hull 6, a pivot-shaft 7 is set rigidly on its rear end, and a similar pivot-shaft 7 on its front end; these pivot-shafts being set rigidly in bearings 8 onthe upper deck 9 of said hull 6. Each pivot-shaft 7 rests revolubly in a bearing 10 which is mounted on the deck 9 of the outer hull 5, and bearings 11 are provided on said deck at the ends of said pivot-shafts to prevent undue end thrust. The bearings 10 are left open for the release of the pivot-shafts 7 and the inner hull 6 in case of sinking of the outer hull 5, and these pivot-shafts are held down in said bearings by rope or other suitable flexible material 12 which may be easily severed when required, the ends of this rope being extended down through the deck 9 and fastened in any suitable manner, as at 13.

With the

hulls

5 and 6 arranged in this way, the inner one 6 is almost entirely free from rocking influence of the outer one.

In further arrangement, means for storing energy are provided. In providing this means a pump 14 may be mounted in the outer hull 5 on a suitable base 15, and the piston-rod 16 of this pump connected to a crank-pin 17 on the hull 6 by a connectingrod 18. A similar pump 19 may be mounted on the base 15 and have its piston-rod 20 connected to a crank-pin 21 on the hull 6 by a connecting-rod 22. One of these

pumps

14 and 19 may be employed to pump out water that may leak into the hull 5, and the other connected to a storage tank 23 by a pipe 24 to store compressed air for any desired purpose. It will be seen that the rocking movement of the outer hull 5 with respect to the inner hull 6 will operate the

pumps

14 and 19; and it will be further seen that by merely anchoring the outer hull 5 where the waves may rock it the vessel may be converted into a temporary power plant.

Patented July 11, 1916. I

Having thus described the invention, I I

scribed, an outer hull, an inner hull mount- Witness my hand this 28 day of August, ed Within the outer hull, the inner hull ha'v- 1915 ing pivot-shafts, open bearings on the outer WILLIAM MILLER.

hull to receive and support the pivot-shafts, 7

and a flexible separable binder overlying Witnesses:

said pivot-shafts, the ends of the binder be- ED T. DUNN, ing anchored in the outer hull. J W. BOUSE.

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

- Washington, I). C.