US1216530A

US1216530A - Purse-net-hauling machine.

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Publication number: US1216530A
Application number: US12557316A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Williams
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-10-14
Filing date: 1916-10-14
Publication date: 1917-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1934-02-20

Description

C. A. WILLIAMS.

PURSE NET HAULING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I4. I9I6.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2f), 1917.

Application led. Gotober 14, 1916. Serial No. 125,573.

a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus employed in fishing and consists of a drum and mechanism for operating and handling said drum for the purpose of, hauling large seines.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which may be used for rapidly and conveniently handling large purse seines whereby the casting or hauling in of the same may be accomplished more rapidly and therefore the catch may be often increased.

The particular features of my invention, which I deem to be novel and patentable, will be hereinafter described and particularly defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my inventionin the form of construction which is now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device, lthe boat and part of the operating mechanism being shown in transverse section.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken lengthwise of the boat, the turntable, however, not being in section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the friction driving mechanism used to operate the device.

Fig. 4E shows, in plan view, the bevel gear and shaft mechanism which is mounted at the corners of the turntable and through which the drum is turned.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the telescopic shafts used for driving the mechanism mounted 0n the turntable. f

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section,

of one of the telescopic levers used for controlling the clutch mechanisms. p

Fig. 7 shows one of the journal boxes and the manner in which the cap thereof is pivoted to free its shaft.

Fig. 8 is a section through the lower or tubular portion of one of the telescopic shafts.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of my device, a portion of the deck being cut away to show apparatus below deck.

Purse seines are some times made of very large size and, therefore, the labor of casting these seines and of taking them up is very heavy. Where this must be done by hand it is not only very laborious but very slow. It often happens that through bad judgment or otherwise, the seine is put out in a location which is not the best and the school of fish is discovered to be mostly or entirely outside of the area inclosed by the seine. It would, therefore, be very desirable to have means for rapidly taking in the net and recasting it. This work has been most generally done by hand and it is, therefore, relatively slow.

In carrying out my invention I mount a turntable l at the stern of the boat. This turntable usually is the width of theV boat hull and extends entirely to or very near the eXtreme stern of the boat. The turntable is supported on wheels 19, or in any other suit* able way. Upon this I mount a drum 2, this being journaled in standards 10 carried by the turntable. This drum is of such size that the body of the seine may be secured thereto and stored between the flanges of the drum. Itis, therefore, possible, by providing a power connection for turning this drum, to take in the seine quite rapidly. The turntable is provided with a roller 11 on one edge over which the seine is drawn, whereby the friction of the seine upon the turntable is much reduced.

Upon each head of the drum I secure a large bevel gear 20 through which means the drum is turned. I also journal a shaft 8 outside of each head of the drum and upon this is secured a bevel pinion 30 which meshes with the bevel gear 20 carried by the drum. Shaft 3 extends to the edge of the turntable and is provided with a bevel pinion 31 at its lower end, which is adapted to mesh with a complemental bevel pinion cai ried by a drive shaft which is journaled upon the boat. This connection is made of such character that it may be broken when it is ldesired to shift the turntable so as to face in another direction. It is designed to have the net-hauling device operate to haul in the seine, either over the stern or over each Vside of the boat.V Provision is, therefore,

- made for turning and lockingv the turntable upon which the drum is mounted, so as toV face the drum in'either of these directions, `and to connect 'it with thejdriving mechanism so that it may be turned by power in any one of these positions. Y v

To secure this result I provide a bevel gear 20 and the'shaft 3 with its connected bevel pinionsBO and -31 at each end of the drum. I also further provide a comple- 'mental shaft 4Vcarrying bevel gears 40 and Y eachother.

I ed upon the upper end ofthe driving shaft.

41, of which the bevel gear 40 meshes with a bevel gearV 32 carried on shaft 8, and the bevelgear 41 is placed in afposition vcorresponding Vwith thatof the bevel gear 31,

. except that the shafts 3 and 4 extend'in verticalplanes which are at right angles to The bevel gears 41 are positioned to engage with thebevel gear mount- I provide two lockbolts on each Yof three sidesof the turntable. The turntable, in-

' stead of being circular in outline is rectangular. The locking bolts 5 are bars' working vertically in guides carried by the turntable Vand adapted to enter keepersV 51 c mounted upon the hull of the boat. VIn

j either of the three positions mentioned for the turntable', when'it is in operation, two

Y of these locking bars V5 will be placed so as to enter the keepers 51 'o n thehull, and thus holdithe turntable firmly against turning.

VTwo drive shafts 6 are provided, one located ytoward each ofopposite vsides of the boat and extending-upward to a position such that the bevel gear 62 carried thereby may be vbrought into Vmesh with one or the n other of :the bevel gearsl or 41 carried 40 by the turntable, when theV turntable is locked .in one'or the other of its positions.

. The-drive shaft 6 is made of two telescopieV parts, the lower section 60 being tubular, and the upper section' 61 slidingY Y therein.y

Y vThe lower end of this shaft is journaled in theV member 63 whiehis itself journaled by its `ends in bearing 64 so that Y the shaft may have a slight rockingV move- 65. VVThis upper bearing 65 is ment Ysufficient to enable its upper end to be moved outward soas to disengage fromY by the turntable,

" mitting the shaft to be moved outward.

The swinging end of the cap may be se# cured in any suitable manner, as by pro. viding the cap with a slot through which an ear`68 passes,` the Vwhole being secured by a key 69.

YThe deck of the boat is provided with an YYopeningl-lthrough, which projects the shaft 6. lhen the driving connection between one of the shafts 6 and the mechanism on the turntable is broken, the upper section 61 Vof the shaft is freed from its bearing and is then telescoped downward into the lower section, thus getting this shaft out of the way so that it will not interfere with the swinging of the turntable. The turntable may then be freely swung into the desired position, and one or the other of the drive shafts 6 connected with whichever of the bevel gears 31 or 40 is in position to connect therewith.

The lower end of the shaft 60 has a bevel gear 72 connected therewith, this meshing with a bevel gear 71 carried by a short shaft which extends fore-and-aft of the boat. The forward end of this shaft is provided with a bevel gear 70, which meshes with the bevel gear 7 3 carried by a shaft 7, which extends transverse of the boat. The other endV of the shaft 7 carries a bevel gear 74, which meshes with a gear 75 carried by the main power or drive shaft 76, which shaft extends in a fore-and-aft direction. This latter shaft is driven from an engine in any suitable manner.v

A short shaft which is alined with shaft 7, carries two

bevel gears

77 and 78 on its opposite ends, the former gear 77 meshing with the large gear 75 and the latter gear 78l meshing with a gear 70 carried upon fore-and-aft shaft similar to the one found at the opposite side of the boat. This short shaft also carries a gear 71 which meshes with gear 72 carried by the lower end of the outer section 60 of the vertical telescopic shaft 6.

The gear 475 on the main driving shaft 76 is not fixed directly to said shaft. It is free to turn on. the shaft and is turned y through the medium of a friction clutch 8.

This clutch is operated through a lever 8O which is secured to a shaft 81 which extends athwart ship and is provided at each end withv a telescopic operating lever 82. The upper section 83 of this lever is adapted to telescope with the lower tubular section. This upper section projects through the same opening A as does the driving shaft 6.

The upper section 83 is provided with a key 85 which may slide within a slot 84 formed in one side of the lower tubular section. The upper end of this lower tubular section is provided with a notch 86 into which the key 85 may be placed after the upper section 83 has been raised whereby the same will be held in raised position until it is desired to lower it. The drum may thus be operated through the `friction clutch 8 from either side of the boat.

At each end of the drum I provide a braking surface or disk upon which is llO placed a brake band 9, this being operated by lever 90. The brake may, therefore, be applied from either side yof the boat.

On the deck of the boat just forward of the turntable I provide one or more gypsy heads or Winches 12 on a horizontal shaft which is turned through a sprocket chain 13, or other suitable means, from the shaft GG below deck. The sprocket wheel upon the shaft 14 is loosely mounted upon the shaft, and it turns this shaft through the medium of a jaw clutch 15, which is controlled by a hand lever 16. These Winches would be used for pursing the seine, and then after the seine has been pursed, the seine itself is placed upon the drum and drawn in.

1 prefer to provide a second friction device, shown in Fig. 3, for controlling the rotation of the shaft 76. This device consists of two friction disks 94, 95, one mounted on the shaft 7 6 and the other upon a shaft 96 which is alongside thereof, and from which it is turned. This friction device is controlled by a lever 97, and means may be provided by which this may be controlled from above deck.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting said drum, a fixedly positioned driving shaft adjacent the edge of the drum and a plurality of driving means for said drum mounted on the turntable to interchangeably engage with said driving shaft as the turntable is shifted to different positions.

2. A net hauling apparatus comprising adrum, a turntable supporting said drum, a fixedly positioned driving shaft adjacent the edge of the drum, driving shafts for the drum mounted on the turntable and extending, each to a different position about its edge and adapted to be individually connected with said first named driving shaft as the turntable is turned to diEerent positions.

3. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turn-table supporting said drum, bevel gears secured to each end of said drum, a plurality of stub shafts carried by said turn-table and terminating at each end in bevel gears, the gear at one end of each shaft meshing with the gear at an end of the drum, a fixedly positioned driving shaft and a gear at one end of said shaft adapted to engage the second gears upon said stub shafts.

4. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turn-table supporting said drum, bevel gears secured to each end of said drum, a plurality of stub shafts carried by said turn-table, a gear upon one end of each of said stub shafts meshing with a gear at an end of the drum, and means for driving said without the turntable,

drum through any one of said stub shafts from a fixed point without the turn-table.

5. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting the drum, a bevel gear and shaft drive for-each end of the drum carried by and extending to the edge of the turntable, `a fixedly positioned driving shaft having-an adjustable upper end and a bevel gear thereon adapted to be engaged with the bevel gear of either of the shafts carried by the turntable.

'6. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting the drum, a brake on the drum, a power driving means for said drum having a plurality of like sections carried by the turntable and a plurality of sections removed from the turntable, and means for connecting said sections to drive the drum from different positions of the turntable.

7. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting the drum, a shaft and bevel gear drive for the drum mounted upon the turntable and having a bevel gear at the edge of the turntable, a vertical driving shaft having a telescopic upper section and a bevel gear thereon adapted to engage the bevel gear at the edge of the turntable.

8. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable upon which said drum is mounted, a plurality of drum driving shafts mounted upon the turntable and extending to the edge of the turntable and carrying a bevel gear upon this end, a plurality of vertical shafts having bevel gears adapted to be put in mesh with one or another of the bevel gears carried by the turntable, said vertical shafts being mounted to permit lateral movement of their upper ends to engage and disengage them from their bearin s.

(9. A net hauling apparatus comprising a drum, a turntable supporting the drum, means for locking said drum in a plurality of positions, and means for driving said drum comprising parts fixedly positioned and a plurality of parts carried by the turntable and adapted to be in turn engaged with said fixedly positioned parts as the turntable is turned.

10. A net hauling apparatus comprising a square platform mounted upon the stern of a boat to turn about a vertical axis, means for locking said platform in a plurality of positions, a drum mounted upon said platform, drum driving mechanism extending to a plurality of positions symmetrically placed about the platform, and driving means without the platform positioned to be connected with one of a plurality of the driving means carried by the drum.

11. A `net hauling apparatus comprising a drum adapted to receive the net thereon, a

ioo l axis'as a turntable and having the drum mounted thereon, means for looking the v turntable in av plurality orpositions, a plu- V ralityof drum driving mechanisms mounted 't uponl and'extending tovpositions symmetrically vplaced at the edges of the turntable, a

j plurality ofV drum driving mechanisms dis- Y Vposed in like symmetrical positions Without the turntable and at opposite sides of the 10 boat and adapted to be actuatively connected with the. complemental mechanisms upon the turntable and means for controlling said driving mechanisms similarly located at 0pposite sides of the boat. 15

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 7th day of October, 1916.

CHARLES A. WILLIAMS.

Cpiesfof'this patent may be robtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Y Washington', D. C.