US1260842A

US1260842A - Submarine spar-net shield.

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Publication number: US1260842A
Application number: US1766??17A
Authority: US
Inventors: Samuel B Willis; William G Willis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Publication date: 1918-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1935-03-26

Description

S. B. W. WlLLlS. SUBMARNE SPAR NET SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED )UNI-223, 1917.

l 5,260,842'. n Patented Mar. 2G, 1918.

.To all fwwm may concern:

in known met me, @Mmm B. WILLIS unal WILLMM En "W ooth citizens of the Unierl and residents' or" the city of New Yok, honour/:hl of Monhnmn, in the county and Smic of New York, have nvent ed a and rnproved Submarine Spar- 'Net Shclrl, of which the following is a full, clear, exact. description..

Among; the principal objects which the pesen', invention has in vew -ance: to pro-I vde obsrucons which may be placed. in *bhe palh ei" ,an attacking' submmne; to prevent ille submarine following in che Wake ol' an escaping vensel; to protect the vessel from torpedo attack; to provide means for pfcvenng torpedoes strkin the hull of a. vessel when' 'ne attack is dxrectef against the brouflsde of scifi vessel; and to provide safety devices which :Liter being used for the attainment. of the prmay obgects, may be need trapo for Submarines.

Demo/ings.

`1Figure l. is a clagra'mmatic View employe fol showing the method of operatng'wsh shields constructed in accordance Will the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a. side View of-n shield constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 3 is n top plan View of the same.

'ncce to the ple-ico 8 and is constructed; of 'any @unable material such as llghi; metal fonce 11i. The bem 14 are united at the bois tom 53o a spreader l5, which han pivotally nsmclxccl Hnefeto series of .weghn l1'. As ndicn'efl, @le Weights 11 are gagged to regnlate inc submerslon of the spor 9. Ylhe nel;

is nmnnneol in zs ombspread relation by curve shel platee i6. The plates 3.6 are curved as shown bes; in Fig. 3 of the draw inge, anzi one lexbly held' by lines l17', 18 and 363. The lines l@ me attached to fthe enne ci? @ne 9 nnd in En snpl einladend.

por?, the n best in @y f if sgoms nn: to may be carafe@ When the the sparc om @usp the oroodsiileol the on by Suitable lince a: l

In the event f mede ngninsl; if qu leasen?. 'mi of the oncoxn ln predice. V meclntely cin dotted line teun soon ,y spew and. net Y Should izlnc nu le or in o. zigzag com. having nifnfel submarine., :1. secr is dropped. @one second com in o the ship? and. end of the ship. The Sinin in running now lyez'nn beve been lm l proviefl on which lle t he we @alla o un "mnnefl en im come.. No einem., 'iaf'nc'n @hind s@ in im weefsel, fzrfinn v placed so cned. @me m enemigo?. x-lzo n. an ennemis W l lh of U opposze eide. 'J @more e 1 amine in compelle n? on 'Widening a iff ammo@ nnc'l spare Wllxsx 10E Munchen in As nach shield plantes if spare "io enlend v net camcil 'h to the coman o..

If the attack is suspended Iand the Spar nets be undisturbed, it is evident that the nets l() hangingvr below the Surface et the Water t0 a deeired depth otler nn entanglement to submarines which may be operating in the vicinity where Suid nets have been placed.

Claim.

A shield :is elmi'aeterizei'l euml-)rising u Spar lient; ilnlmet members suspended therefrom; means im' n'mintnining .said men'ihez's \'er-ticnll diepof'eil. Smid means embodying :t

taining the spread relation 0f said net, said means embodying il'xelilried shield platesflexihly connected with the lower edge ni said net and Supported by said. spar lient. SAIVUEL B. WILLS. WILLIA. M G. WILLTS.