US1434402A

US1434402A - Life raft

Info

Publication number: US1434402A
Application number: US483289A
Authority: US
Inventors: Loring W Myers
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-07-08
Filing date: 1921-07-08
Publication date: 1922-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 1939-11-07

Description

L. w. MYERS.

LIFE RAFT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, I9ZI- 1,4:845102. atented Nov. 7, 1922.

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LORING MYERS, F LUBEC, MAINE.

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To all 1 tom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LORING W. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lubec, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Life Raft, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to life rafts, or boats, the primary object of the invention being to provide a device of this character of novel construction wherein means will be provided to float the raft. should one side thereof become punctured or wrecked.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for admitting air to the interior of the raft for the convenience of the occupant.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a life raft which will provide a complete housing for the occupants, thereby guarding against water flowing into the raft,

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings 2- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a raft constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through the raft.

Figure 4- is a sectional. view taken on line 4-4t of Figure 2. a

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the raft hull is indicated by the reference character 5 and is provided with ribs 6 formed intermediate the upper and lower edges of the raft, which ribs reinforce the hull against lateral strains.

Ribs 7 also form a part of the hull and are provided with suitable openings to accommodate the flexible members 8 which have connection with the loop members 9 that extend through suitable openings in RAFT.

1921 Serial No. 483,289

the ribs 0, thereby providing means to be gripped by persons so that they may be held above the surface of the water.

The hull also includes an inner wall indicated at 10. which wall. is held in spaced relation with the outer wall of the hull as by means of the partitioning members 11, which partition the space between the outer wall of the hull and the wall 10 into a plurality of compartments 12, to the end that should one of the compartments become punctured, the water would be confined within the punctured compartment, the air in the remaining compartments holding the raft upright.

Compartments 13 and 14: are formed within the raft and having air chambers 15 positioned at the inner ends thereof, to lend buoyancy to the central portion of the raft. Extending through each compartment is a pipe indicated at 16, which pipes have their upper ends open to the atmosphere and are provided with openings providing communication with the interior of the pipes and the compartments 13 and 14:, suitable closures 1? being provided to cut off communication with the atmosphere at the will of theoccupants of the raft.

From the foregoing it will be seen that if it is desired to admit fresh air to the compartments, the closures 17 would be opened. Suitable openings are provided in each of the upper and lower surfaces of the rafts" which openings are closed by means of the door 18 that swing inwardly and are locked in such position as by means of the securing members 19, suitable means being provided between the doors and the walls of their openings to insure a water-tight connection therebetween.

A rudder indicated at 20 forms a part of the liferaft equipment and is constructed so that the same will be attached to either end of the raft to guide the same, it being understood that a mast carrying a sail as indicated by the reference character 21, and which also forms a part of the raft equipment, may be inserted in one of the pipes 16, whereby the raft may be forced through the water.

In the use of the device, should the ship, carrying a life raft of this construction become wrecked, it is obvious that the persons on the ship could enter the

compartments

13 and 14, the closures or doors 18 being closed, and the raft moved into the Water by any suitable means.

What is claimed as new is A life raft comprising a body portion including an outer Wall and an inner Wall, partitioning members between the walls and providing a plurality of compartments, central compartments formed Within the life raft, said central compartments being in communication with the upper and lower surfaces of the life raft and closures for closing, communication between the compartments and upper and lower surfaces of the life raft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses. I

LORING W. MYERS" lVitnesses:

LINCOLN H. NEWCOMB MARGARET PQWHALEN.