US1322828A - George saiaiau - Google Patents

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v G. SA LAMAN. DEVICE FOR USE IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA. APPLIQATION FILE D FEB. 10. 19l9.

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1,322,828., Patented Nov. .25, 1919.

(5. SALAMAN.

DEVICE run USE IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I0, 1919.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- GEORGE SALAMAN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR UsE IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

To all whom'z't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SALAMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, late of N o. 4 Circus street, ,Marylebone Road, London, England, now residing at No. 1.

Victoria avenue, Bishopsgate, in the city and county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Devices for Use in Saving'Life at- Sea, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices for use in saving life at seat and its main object is to provide means for preserving the kit or clothing of or for the persons using the devices so that after rescue the persons saved have at hand proper clothing for wear and at the same time to provide means for the said purpose which shall be more re liable and economical'than those heretofore known. The said invention is therefore mainly and particularly applicable for use by members of His Majestys forces on the sea.

According to the said invention there is provided a bag, container or 'inclosure the ody of which is of flexible waterproof material and may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food, furnished with provisions by means of which it may be opened and closed for placing the kit or clothing within it and removing the same.

' There may also be provided means for applying the device in proper position to the body of the user. The said inclosure when so filled and closed in a watertight manner is buoyant and therefore constitutes a life buoy, and acts similarly to an ordinary life buoy, while at the same time the kit or clothing of the person using the device 1s preserved for use after rescue. The said invention also consists in constructing an in closure'as hereinbefore described in a tubular form with means for connecting the ends together so that after the clothing has been placed within it, and the ends so secured, it is in suitable form for encircling the body. The said invention further consists in certain' other features hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readily used in prac- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25,1919.

Application filed rebruar o, 1919. Serial No. 276,048.

tice, it is hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying'drawings, which illustrate a convenient said invention.

Figure l of the said drawings is a view of the device when ready for use showing that side which is uppermost when on the body.

v 'Fig. 2 isa'view of the device when on the body looking toward the front.

Fig. 3 is a view of the device when on the body looking at one side thereof.

Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional view of the part of the device where the ends of the inclosure are detachably secured together and [showing them so secured.

Fig. 5 is a view looking from above, of one of the fastening devices, by use ofwhich th ends of the inclosure are detachably: se cured'together. I

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are somewhat diagrammatic and Figs. 4c and 5 are drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In the following description the parts of i the said drawings are referred to by the letters and numerals marked thereon, the same letters and numerals indicating the same parts in all the said figures.

a is the inclosure which is of tubular form constituting a receptacle of sufficient size to contain the kit or clothing of the person for which the device is designed and when so filled andits ends connected together of suflicient size to encircle the body justbelow the arms, preferably with a free space between the inner part of the device and the body. The inclosure is made of waterproof, or waterproofed, fabric and preferably of two layers of fine canvas secured together face to face by a solution of india-rubber between them. In some cases where it is desirable that the outer layer of canvas shall be rendered non-absorbent, its outer face may be rendered waterproof by application thereto of asuitable waterproofing material. The two ends of the tubular inclosure a are provided respectively with metal collars a and a in order that'the said ends may be detachably secured to gether in a convenient manner. lars a and a? are of suitable metal such as brass, and are providediwith devices by embodiment of the These colwhich they may be readily secured together face toface, or released one from the other. The said fastening devices consist of studsb, b on the collar (1 'and'toggle levers and links 7), 12 mounted on the other collara There are preferably three of the said fas- To .the toggle levers, links 12 are pivoted,

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body of the tubular inclosure a is constiwhichlinks-are provided attheir outer ends with openings by which the said ends maybe passed over the studs 6, which studs are re; cessed on their far side. When the toggle levers b are turned up asindicated in broken linesin Fig. 4, the ends of the links 72 may be readily passed over the studs '6 and when the said toggle levers are turned down, the links'b are drawn to bear tightly against the recessed parts ofthe studs 1) thus drawing the two collars together. The end of the tubular .inclosure a to which the collar. a is secured is permanently sealed by a, metal diaphragm a secured within. the The other end of the tubular collar a inclosure a is that through which it is filled with the kit or clothing and is provided with. a flexible tubular appendage a? of waterproof material the mouth of which may be closed by a rubber ring a passed over .thefree end of the said appendage. In order that the mouth of the said appendage may be tightly closed in practically a watertight manner, the india-rubber ring a may conveniently be doubled over the mouth of the saidappendage as shown in Fig. 4, and in order that the said ring may not be misplaced when not in use it may be conveniently connected by a tape to the inner end party of the said appendage a As the appendage ais of waterproof material and may be readily closed in practically a watertight manner, it is not essential that the junction between the collars a, and a? should be absolutely water-tight, although it is preferable that it should be, in order to avoiddecreasing the buoyancy of the de vice by entry of water through the said j unction. A resilient packing ring 0 is therefore preferably provided as shown in Fig. 4 in an annular recess in the collar a against which ring an annular projection or rib on the collara bears with some pressure when the toggle lever fastening devices are in op- The flexible fabric of which the tuted isconnected tothe collars at and a by providing the said collars with annular extensions somewhat thinner than, the" parts of the collars abutting against each other, and thin metal rings d, d. ITherespective' ends of thefiexible body of the inclosure a are placed Within the extensions of the collars a,a, and the rings (Z, cl are then placed rollers as is well known for such purposes. 'In-the case of the collar a the appendage a issecured in place by its innerend be ing turned aroundfand disposed against the inner side of the'endof flexible material of which the body of the inclosure a is made before insertion of the ring 03 so that when the ring and extension are forced together within the ends of the flexible material and and corrugated, boththe end part of the said flexible material and the innerend part of theappendage (a are gripped-together'in' practically a water-tight manner between the said extension andring. When the device is in use it is convenient that the ends of theinclosure a secured together by the rings a, a and the fastening devices "carried by them, should be between the arm of the user" of the device and the frontpart of his body, as indicated inFig. 1. The device is applied to or supported onthe person by means of the flexible. part having an opening 6 which may be passed over the head'so that the portionson each side of the said open-. 1ng rest upon the shoulders. This part '6.

may be conveniently made of strong textile material such as canvas preferably rendered waterproof inorder to avoid absorption of water by it, and it is convenientlysecured to th tubular inclosure aby a portionof the part 6 being turned and secured around the said inclosure at the part which in. use will be at the back 'of the user. At the front, the said part 6 is provided with a number, say three, of spring snap hooks f, f which may be engagedwith metal loops .on a part 9 secured around that part of the tubular inclosure a which will beat the front of the person when in use. By means of the said spring snap hooks therefore the tubular:

inclosure a; when its ends are connectedtogether, may be Very readily disposed in I I proper position on the body, although the} said hooks are not essential, and the front portion of the. part 6 may be'permanently' secured to that portion of the tubular in-l closure at which will be at the front when in use, as the inner'diameterof the saidytu bular inclosure a When its ends are connected together 1s usually such that it may be passed 'over the shoulders and arms and the arms withdrawn therefrom and disposed on the outer side thereof, so that the device shall be around the" body just beneath the arms, which is the preferable position, as indicated in Fig. 2. The device is provided with a strap h of some little length with a spring snap hookh atits free end, by which the user of the device may secure himself to the device may desire to connect himself.

aaaaeas another person in=the water, or ;to-;any body 0r article in' the Water towhich the user of In order to facilitate the use inthis manner of the said strap J1, and :hook it another strap '2' is provided with a ring 2" at its free end.' I .The said; straps h and 2' are secured to the rear of the part c and are used in conjunction by bringing the strap i around the body to the front and then threading the strap it through the said ring 5 and pulling it taut as indicated in Fig. 2, whereby the device is firmly anchored on the body, so that any pull on the free part of the strap it will not displace it. Two persons connected together by the hooks and straps it, 71, may support a third almost helpless person on the said straps. When the device is not in use, the collars a a are disconnected and the tubular container a may be straightened out whereby the device may be stowed with the said container in a collapsed condition and folded up. When it is expected that the device may have to be used, the tubular container a is filled through the appendage a the mouth of which is opened for the purpose, with the kit or clothing or food that the proposed user thinks it desirable'to preserve, it being understood that it is preferable that so much kit or clothing with or without food be inserted in the tubular inclosure a as will fill it from end to end.

The mouth of the appendage a is then closed and the collars a and a brought together and the fastening devices carried by them manipulated so as to hold the said collars securely together. The part e is then passed over the head and the device dis posed around the body just below the arms and the hooks f, f engaged with the part 9 so as to support the devic in position.

The sealed end ofthe tubular inclosure a may conveniently be utilized to form a reservoir for drinking water for use by the person using the device, as illustrated in the drawings. This reservoir is formed by securing a diaphragm y at the inner end of the ring d within the collar a and providing an outlet between the diaphragms a at the lower part of the said collar a. The said outlet is provided with a cock is and a rubber tube 70' with mouthpiece. At the upper part of the collar a a small cock Z is provided for inlet of air when water is being withdrawn from the'reservoir and a filling nozzle provided with a screw closing cap m is also provided at the upper part of the said collar a What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of a tubular bag or container the body of which is of flexible waterproof material and may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food,

furnished with provisions by means of which it may be opened and closed for placing the kit orclothing within it and removing the same and having means for se curing its two ends together to form an encircling element to surround the body of the user.

3. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of an inclosure the body of which is of flexible waterproof material and may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food, furnished with provisions by means of which it may be opened and closed for placing the kit or clothing within it and removing the same and with provisions for applying the device in proper position to the body of the user, and with a strap or the like with a hook or the like at its free end by which the user'of the device may be secured to another person.

4. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of a tubular bag or containerthe body of which is of flexible waterproof material and may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food, furnished with provisions by means or which it may be opened and closed for placing the kit or clothing within it and removcontainer the body of which is of flexible Waterproof material and may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food, furnished with provisions by means of which it may be opened and closed for placing the kit or clothing within it and removing the same and having means for. securing its two ends together to form an encircling element to surround the body of the user one end of the said container being sealed and formed into a drinking water reservoir.

6. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of a tubular bag or container the body of which is of flexible waterproof material and may be charged f 1 1rn'i shed v vith pievisionehy 'mezilis 6f of theu'ser and fretting bn the shpiildefto which it may be opened and closed for placsupport the said-bag 01f container the 'said ing the kit or clothing Within it and remov attachment having means 7 for detachably' '10 ing the same and havingmeans for sec ur connecting itat" the front of-l-the user to ing its two ends together to form an encir-' the'portionof the bag or co ntainer at that cling'elementtosul roundthebody of theuser pfirtfl and an attachment fer passing over the head

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