US1730134A - Life-saving device for ships and the like - Google Patents

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LIFE- SAVING DEVICE FOR SHIPS AND THE LIKE Filed June 6, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 -ad0o00co00000o \J: 6 INVENT I Jk CoZa rubz' 6 A TTORNEY3 Oct. 1, 1929. GRABlCH 1,730,134

LIFE SAVING DEVICE FOR SHIPS AND THE LIKE Filed June 6, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 1,1929. N. GRABlCH Q 1,730,134 I LIFE SAVING DEVICE FOR SHIPS AND THE LIKE Filed June 6, 1928 -3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Ufz'aokik'rab zfch A TTORNEYJ Patented Get. 1, 1929 STAES mean in NICOLA GRAIBIGH, OF WEST NEWV YORK, NEW JERSEY LIFE-SAVING DEVICE FOR SHIPS AND THE LIKE Application filed June 6, 1928. "Serial No. 283,335.

A further object of the invention is to provide a life saving device of the above type wherein the floating cabin section is provided with a plurality of compartments with the spaced doors of predetermined compartments having their free swinging edges detachably connected together when in open position to provide partitions within the cabin section.

More specifically, the novelty of the invention resides in the separable connecting means between the floating cabin section and the ship.

l Vith the above and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, showing the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevational-view of a ship equipped with the life saving floating cabin section;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the ship in a listing position with the cabin ready to be disengaged therefrom;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the cabin removed from the ship;

Figure 4 shows the sunken ship and the.

the boat to be separated therefrom for floatof adjacent compartments.

acter S comprises screw devices shown more Figure 9 is a detail sectional view taken on line 99 of Figure 8;

' Figures 10, 11 and 12 show perspective views of a submarine with the invention applied thereto;

Figure 13 is a perspectiveview of a sunken submarine-with the separable compartments floating above the same; and

Figure 1 i is a detail sectional view showing the screw connection between the end walls Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, the invention is illustrated as applied to a surface ship and a submarine, the ship comprising a plurality of cabin sections, one of which is designated by the numeral 1 being detachably connected to the ship body. The detachable cabin section 1 is in the form of a float to carry the passengers and crew of the ship.

The floating cabin comprises top and bottom walls 2 and 3 respectively, side walls 4 merging into'a curved rear wall while the side walls are connected at their forward ends by a crossed forward end wall 5. Port holes or windows 6 are provided in the side walls 4, while entrance doors 7 are provided in the end wall 5. It is to be understood that the doors 7 comprise watertight closures to prevent the entrance of water into the floating cabin.

The connecting devices between the floatmg cabin l and the body of the ship that is generally designated by the reference charclearly in Figure 9. The side and end walls of the floating cabin 1 adjacent the bottom 7 wall 3 thereof are provided with a plurality of aligned openings 8 that register with aligned openings 9 formed in flanges 9 inclosing the deck portion of the ship that sup ports the floating cabin. The screw devices pass through the aligned openings 8 and 9, the openings 9 being of polygonal formation to receive the correspondingly formed heads 11 upon the screws 10 that freely pass through the aligned openings 8 and 9. A retaining nut 12 is threaded on the inner end of each screw'10 and locks the screw in position with the floating cabin retained on the ship body.

In order to render the screw connection between the floating cabin and ship watertight, each screw 10 at the inner side of the cabin is surrounded by a thimble 13 that is bolted as at 14 to the inner Wall of the cabin While the free end of the thimble is open and externally threaded as at 15. The thimble 13 is inclosed by the cap nut 16 that is internally threaded for engagement with the threads 15 ofv the thimble, while a rubber or other gasket 17 is interposed between the cap nut 16 and side Wall of the cabin to provide a watertight connection. When the floating cabin is to be dis connected by the ship S, the cap nuts 16 are re moved and a suitable implement applied to the nuts 12 on the screws 10 to remove them from the screws after which, the screws are forced through the openings into the sea and the cap-nuts 16 replaced to prevent entrance of water through the thimble 13 that surrounds the opening 8. Although quite a large number of attaching screws 10 are provided, the cabin may be quickly detached from the ship body as members of the crew are assigned for the operation of a predetermined number of screws. Similar connecting means attach the bottom wall 3 of the cabin to the deck wall 18 directly beneath the cabin, the deck Wall 18 and the cabin being provided with the desired number of registering openings 19 and 19 through which the attaching screws pass. The bottom wall connection between the floating cabin and ship deck 18 is allowed to remain effective after the side connecting means are separated for holding the cabin in position during listing of the ship while sinking as shown in Figure 2.

The top wall 2 of the floating cabin is provided with ship appurtenances common to that part of the ship occupied by the floating cabin and in the present instance, there are illustrated on the top wall of said floating cabin a Winch 20 and corner anchoring cleats 21. Accommodations are made in the top wall 2 of the floating cabin for the mounting of inlet and exhaust air pipes 22 and 23 respectively, it being understood that the floating cabin may be equipped with oxygen tanks "and air pumps to provide for a circulation of pure air. The top wall of the floating cabin is further designed to support a signal post or mast 24 for flying a signal flag or displaying a signal light.

When the cabin is anchored to the ship, entrance thereto may be gained through the end doors 7 and also through an upwardly opening door 25 in the bottom wall 3 of the cabin that communicates With the downwardly opening door 26 in the deck 18 of the ship, while further entrance to the cabin may be gained through the door 27 in the top wall 2 thereof that swings either upwardly or downwardly. As the top and bottom walls of the floatingcabin comprise flat surfaces or areas, it may happen that the floating cabin may rise to the surface of the water in an inverted condition, and in such cases. the ventilating pipes 22 and 23 and also the signal mast 2aare mounted upon the inverted bottom wall 3, the said bottom wall being constructed to accommodate the mounting of this device. Also, it is intended to carry duplicate equipment within the floating cabin so that in the event of injury to any of the external appurtenances replacement thereof can be accomplished.

The floating cabin 1 is divided by appropriately positioned partitions into the desired number of compartments 28 constituting state rooms and storage rooms for foods, water, accessories and equipment. Several of the compartments are provided with double doors so that the outer doors when opened for purposes now to appear will not permit the escape of the compartment contents such as food, tools and the like. The compartments equipped with double doors have the outer doors 29 opened with the meeting edges thereof bolted together as at 30 to form floor areas or supports when the cabin is in an inclined position as indicated in Figure 2 when the ship is listing or sinking.

in the form of the invention shown in Figures 10 to 14: the same is illustrated as applied to an undersea craft or submarine, the submarine body 31 being formed of detachably connected compartments 32 provided with top and bottom doors 33 as illustrated. The several compartments 32 have openings in the bottom thereof that register with the open ings 341 in the adjacent deck portion of the submarine body 31 with which attaching screws previously described are associated, the upper deck portion of the submarine body as shown in Figure 13 having downwardly opening doors 35 to permit access to the adjacent compartment 32. The adjacent end walls of each compartment are detachably connected together by the form of screw shown in Figure 14 in which the double ended screw 36 passes through registering openings 37 in the end Walls of the compartment 32 with a nut 38 threaded on each end of the screw in the respective compartments. Each screw end is surrounded y a thimble 13 and a cap nut 16 as previously described. In disconnectingthe compartments 32 from the submarine body, the bottom wall fastenings are first disengaged and the end wall fasten-' therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured walls on the ship and cabin, and separable screw fasteners passing through the wall apertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, the floating cabin being clivided into separate compartments closed by hinged doors and certain ones of said doors having their free swinging edges abutting and secured together when in open position to form a cross wall partition.

2. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured walls on the ship and cabin, separable fasteners passing through the wall apertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, and water tight hoods overlying the separable screw fasteners, the floating cabin being divided into separate compartments closed by hinged doors and certain ones of said doors having their free swinging edges abutting and secured together when in open position to form a cross wall partition.

3. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured walls on the ship and cabin, separable screw fasteners passing through the wall apertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, the floating cabin being divided into separate compartments closed by hing-ed doors and certain ones of said doors having their free swinging edges abutting and secured together when in open position to form a cross wall partition, entrance doors in an end wall of the cabin at a point above the adjacent deck part of the ship, and the top and bottom walls of the floating cabin having watertight doors.

at. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured Walls on the ship and cabin, separable fasteners passing through the wall pertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, water tight hoods overlying the separable screw fasteners, the floating cabin being divided into separate compartments closed by hinged doors and certain ones of said doors having their free swinging edges abutting and secured together when in open position to form a cross wall partition, entrance doors in an end wall of the cabin at a point above the adjacent deck part of the ship, and the top and bottom walls of the floating cabin having watertight doors.

5. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured walls on the ship and cabin, separable screw fasteners passing through the wall apertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, an externally threaded thimble surrounding each screw and secured to the ad j acent wall of the cabin, and a cap nut threaded on the thimble overlying the open outer end thereof and having a water tight joint with the adjacent cabin wall.

6. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured walls on the ship cabin, separable screw fasteners passing through the wall apertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, the floating cabin being divided into sep arate compartments closed by hinged doors and certain ones of said doors having their free swinging edges abutting and secured together when in open position to form a cross wall partition, entrance doors in an end wall of the cabin at a point above the adjacent deck part of the ship, the top and bottom walls of the floating cabin having watertight doors, and air ventilating equipment and signal means selectively associated with either side of the cabin.

7. In a life saving device for ships and the like, the combination with a ship body, of a floating cabin section detachably connected to the ship body, the connection comprising mating apertured walls on the ship and cabin, separable fasteners passing through the wall apertures for retaining the cabin on the ship, water tight hoods overlying the separable screw fasteners, the floating cabin being divided into separate compartments closed by hinged doors and certain ones of said doors having their free swinging edges abutting and secured together when in open position to form a cross wall partition, entrance doors in an end wall of the cabin at a point above the adjacent deck part of the ship, the top and bottom walls of the floating cabin having watertight doors, and air ventilating equipment and signal means selectively associated with either side of the cabin.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NICOLA GRABICH.

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