US1310533A

US1310533A - Means for screening or obscuring ships

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Publication number: US1310533A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 1936-07-22

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KARTON. MEANS FOR SCREENING 0R osscumwe SHIPS APPL ICATION FILED OCT- 18."l9l].

Patented July 22, 1919.

IN VE/V TOR ,4 TTOR/VEY THE cnLuMBm PLANOGRAPH cu, WASHINGTON. n, c

ISIDOB KARTON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MEANS FOR SCREENING OR OBSGURING SHIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919..

Application filed October 18, 1917. Serial N 0. 197,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsrnoR KAR'roN, a citi- Zen of Russia, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Screening or Obscuring Ships, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for screening or obscuring ships, whether in movement or at rest, and has as its special object the provision of means whereby a sea-going vessel may be screened or masked in such manner as to be difiicult to distinguish from the surface of the water except upon a near approach thereto, and is intended more particularly to protect such ships from liability of attack by submarines.

This object is attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vessel at sea completely enshrouded in a mask or screen made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 4 is side elevational view showing a modified form of screening means, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

In the drawings, the numeral 10, is applied to a conventional form of sea-going vessel, the same being provided with the usual smokestacks 11 and masts 12, the vessel in fact having all the usual accoutrements commonly existing.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, a pair of obliquely disposed plates 14 are arranged to extend from the water line to a point encompassing the highest mast, the plates being arranged on both sides of the vessel, and having joined with them end plates 15 so that the vessel will be completely enveloped therein. Suitable openings 18 are arranged at the top so as to permit smoke to escape and also to act in the manner of a ventilator, fresh air being received within the envelop as the lower edges of the plates are raised by the rocking or careening of the ship, and also through openings in the plates for navigation purposes.

These plates are secured by out-board supports 20 and 21, arranged respectively immediately above the water line and at the level of the highest deck, the line of convergence 22 of the side plates being secured to the masts 12 Or other supports specially provided for this purpose, and it is to be understood that these plates are so painted and colored as to represent the water over which the vessel may be sailing.

In the views shown in Figs. 4 and 5, a plurality of mirrors 30 are secured to the hull of the vessel, the same being embodied in waterproof cement so as to be held rigidly in engagement, similar plates 32 encircling the smoke stacks 11 in a manner which will be well understood, and it will be obvious that a vessel incased in mirrors or plates, or the plates of the vessel itself having a reflecting surface, will at a distance reflect the surface of the water so as to deceive an observer, under ordinary conditions.

WVhile I am aware that it is not new to screen or mask articles upon land, it is believed to be novel to completely or partially enshroud a marine vessel with plate mirrors, by which the waves of the water are reflected.

Therefore, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A ship screen comprising a pair of flat plates arranged at the sides of the ship and converging upwardly and inwardly toward one another and entirely inclosing the ships superstructure, a space being left between the upper edges of said plates adjacent the smoke stack of the vessel, said plates being painted in colors representing the water surace.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 18th day of July, 1917.

ISIDOR KARTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.