US363039A - recording compass and marine indicator - Google Patents

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- RECORDING COMPASS ANN MARINE INDIGATOR.

| PeL'eAIl'm May 17, 1887.

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R. W. F. ABBE. RECORDING COMPASS AND MAPJNE INDICATOR.

Patented May 17, l1887.

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W. F. ABBE. 33003131313301533333 AND'MARINE INDICATOR. M No. 333,039.` Patented May 17.21337.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

' RIC/HAND V. F. ABBE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECORDING-COMPASS AND MARINE "INDICATOR SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No3-63,039l dated May 17, 1887'.

r Application 1filed December 2G, ISES. Serial No.`16,748. (No model.)

' to furnish a complete and reliable record of such speed,directiou of sailing, c oursc of the vessel, duc. Y

The invention consists in parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and then pointed ont in the claims.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a cross-sectional elevation of my .improved indicator on the line w as, Fig. 2, parts being broken out. Fig. .2 is a sectional view of the same on the line y y, Fig. 1, parts vbeing broken ont. Fig. Sfisa longitudinal sectional elevation oi' partof a vessel, showing the manner in which Iny improved marine indicator and the devices for operating the same are placed iu the vessel. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the driving mechanism of my improved marine indicator, parts being broken ont. Fig.- is an enlarged detail sectional-view of thebeItshifter. Fig. 6 is adiagram illustrating the operation of my improved indicator. Fig. 7 isa.A detail View of the parts on the lower end of the tube.

The cup-shaped vessel A, preferably made of sheet metal, is provided with a rim, A", which is'Y suspended by means of hangers Al from a ring,

A, pivoted' at points at right angles to those tvo at which 'the rim A' is suspended from said ring to a box, B, which is pivoted by pivots B B'l to a box, C,v the pivots B lB'being dia metrically opposite the pivotsA, by which the rim A3'is pivoted in the box B. The said cup- 'shaped vessel A is provided Withatop plate, D, secured in the rim A and provided at its middle with an upwardly-projecting neck, D', through which the stem D2 projects from the center of a card, D, which is in the 'vessel'A t of steel wires bunchcd together.

"below the top plate, D, and is mounted to r'evolve on the pointed pivot.l)projecting up.- ward from the bottom of the vessel A, the card being provided at its center with a recess or cavity in the underside for receiving the point of the pivot D4. The card D carries the permanent magnet D, which may be composed of a single U-shapcd piece of steel, or a series l The vessel A is filled with glycerine or a like liqnid,which extends almost to the top of the neck Don the plate D.

' On the top of the stein D'l on the card D3 a circular plate, E, is secured above the-neck D', and on'the said plate a series of typele vers, E', rare pivoted to project radially fromv the same, each lever carrying `on its outer end and upper edge. a type-block, E2, there being `as many type-levers as there are points of the compass, the several type-levers being marked with letters corresponding to the letters on the compasscard D, above which they ,are lofcated. An'endless'inked band, E3, such as is used in type-writers or hand-stamps, is passed over two pulleys, E, uIoIInt-ed on shafts F5, operated byjaclock-.worle The ends of the type-levers E can pass under the upper part of said inking-band. The clock-work F is held on the ring Ai, connected with the vesselv A by the hangers A2, and operates a hammer, F', which is located below the upper part of the inking-band in such a manner that it can strike upward and against the under side ofthe type-levers E' and press the type-blocks lon vthe same against the band, thereby pressing the inked band againsta strip of paperG,

. which is unwonnd from a coil, G', mounted on a'spindle', G2, resting on the bottoms of the slots G3 in standards G4 on crosspieces A7 of the ring A. From the said coil G- the paper` 1s passed over the roller F2, directly above the inkiug--band E3, and then half-way around the yroller F3, then over a roller, Ff, onarms G5 ofy Qthe'staudards G4, and is finally wound on the reel or drum Gi", and forms the paper-roll G7, said drum or reel G6 having pivots which are passed into the slots G3 of the standards Gt The roll Gioi' paper rests upon lthe roll G', and is .revolved froml the same by frictional contact. .l

The pulley F3 is mounted on the same shaft,

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, the longitudinal grooves H, with the cone-pulley H', over which a driv-V ing belt or cord, H2, passes, whichalso passes over the sliding forks H, mounted to slide in H in the cone-pulley H5, which is the reverse oi' the coneApulley H. The forks H3 have their inner ends made T- shaped or dovetailed, so that they cannot be moved out of their grooves in thecone-pulley, and are connected with the rods Il", which in turn are pivoted to the nut H7, mounted to turn on' the screw-th readed part IIB ofthe shaft l, on which the cone-pulley H5 is rigidly mounted, said nut HT being providedwith a handle, H, whereby by turning said handle the nut is turned and moved toward or from the base end of the cone-pailley H5, and thus the forks H, over which the cord or belt Il2 is passed, are moved toward o: from the base of the cone-pulley H5, whereby the speed with which `the cone-pulley H' is revolved from the pulley H" can be increased or decreased. The other pulley is provided with a like belt-shifting device. I

On the shaft I a grooved pulley, l', is mounted, over which the driving cord or belt I2 is passed, which is also passed overy the grooved driving-pulley l. on one end f the shaft J, journaled in the standards J' iu the bottom ofthe box B.

The shaft J is provided at its opposite end with a rigidly-mounted worm-wheel, J2, en-

- gaging with a worin, J3, formed on the shaft J,

journaled in the lower part of the box B, and provided on the end outside of the boxwith the grooved pulley J 5, over which the endless driving cord or chain J is passed, which is also passed over a pulley', J l, mountedloosely on the pivot B2 of the box B, and connected with the grooved pulley J8, over which a driving cord or chain, IQ passes, which is also passed over the grooved pulley K' on the end ofa shaft, K2, journaled in the box C and in the standard K3 on the upper surface of the bottom of the box G, said shaft K? carrying the beveled' cog-wheel K, engaging with thev beveled cogwheel K5 on the upper end of a vertical shaft, K, that ispassed dow n through the bottom of the box C.

To the underside of the box C the tube C' is secured, which extends downward through a vertical tube, L, in the vessel to below the keel, said tube C' being formed of sections which can be screwed together. The tube C' is provided at its top with a ange,on prongs of which rollers C? are pivoted to run 011 the platform or table C.

llhrough the tube C the shaft M passes, which is provided atl its upper end with a square aperture for receiving the lower squared or pointed end of the shaftl", above mentioned, which shaft K is provided with a transverse piece, Klcarryi n g rollers li", which run on the top ofthe flattened head or flange of thetube C'. The tube C' is providedat suit able intervals-that is, at the screw-joints` with necks Chin which the'shaftlllcan revolve. `On the lower end f )fthctube C a collar, ll', 'is

fixed, in which rollers L2 are pivoted, which lrun on the inner surface of the tube L. On the lower end of the tube C' the forked piece N" is secured, between the prongs of which a. metal box, N, is pivotedr" To the said forked piece N a vane-rod, N', is pivoted, which is formed of a series of rods jointed by joints N2, which are so constyuctcd as to permit the vane-rod to be folded very com about thirty. feet long.

From the opposite end of the box N a shaft projects, on which a screw or other watermotor, P, is mounted, said propeller P heilig mounted in a frame, O, the in ner ends ofwhich abut against the front edges of the forked piece Ni, and to the said frame() a hanger, O', is pivoted, which is secured to the lower end of a rope or chain, O2, passed over a pulley, O, in the lower part of the collar L', through the aperture O in said collar, and up through the tube L to a hook, 0, to which the upper end of said rope or chain O2 can be fastened.

The screw P revolves the shaft P', passed through the/front of the box N and provided on its end,r with a worm, P'", engaging with a. worm-wheel, P3, ou a shaft, P", journaled inthe box N, which shaft carries thc pinion Q, engaging with the cog-wheel Q', mounted on the vertical shaft Qiu the box N and carrying the pinion Q3, engagiug with a ratchetwheel, R, on a vertical shaft, It', provided at its upper end with a squared socket or recess, SR2, for receiving the lower squared or pointed end, M', ofthe vertical shaftM. The diameter of the tube L must be greater than the dialne- ,ter of the propeller P, the forked piece N, or the box N so that the same can be drawn up or down through the said tube.

T represents the marine vessel, and S the keel of the same.

-F is so constructed that it moves the fingen or hammerF' upward at regular intervalsfor example, every minnie or every two minutes, or, if desired, every live minutes, as the ease may be. Every time the finger or ham mer F moves upward it presses the type block E'z on that end of the type-lever E' above the hammer against the paper G, passed over the roller F", 4and thus the impression is made. The cornpass-card D turns on the pivot D', and thus different type-'levers E' will be above the hammer or finger l", according to the direction in which the shipA sails, whereby the direction of sailing at the time may be printed on the paper strip. If' the same character is printed on the paper strip successively for amumbcr of times, it shows that the ships course has not been changed. lVhenever a change ofcharacter takes place on the strip, it shows that the direction ofthe ships course has been changed, and the character shows to what direction it` has been changed.

In order that the speed of the vessel may be shown on the the speed with which the paper strip is passed paper strip, it is necessary that pactly. Said rod must he IOO The operation is as follows: The clock-work IIO over therrollcr F2 corresponds with the speed with which' the vessel glides through thewater. According as the speed of the vessel increases or decreases, the screw l? revolves with greater or less rapidity, and by means ofl the gearing in the' box N revolves the shaft M,;

which in turn revolves the shaft'K, provided with thebeveled cog-wheel K5, bywhich the beveled cog-wheel K* and the shaft K2 are re- Y is on the same shaft with the cone-pulley H.

By the revolution of the pulley F3 the paper G is unwou'nd from the roll G', which is revolved in the direction indicated, by its arrow, andas the roll G7 rests upon the roll G and is in frictional contact with the same, the rollA G7 will `be'revelved in the direction of its arrow, Fig. 1, and the printed part of the paperI is wound on the roll G7, the diameter ofwhich increases as the diameter of the roll G decreases. As the pivots of the rolls G and G7 are 'in the vertical slots of the'sl'andards G4, said pivots can slide up and down, as is necessary to keep the-rolls in contact.

i/Vhen the ship is sailing due north, as shown in Fig. 6, and the vessel is carried by the current in the direction of the dotted arrow, Fig.

G, the vane-rod N. will project from the side ofthe vessel, as indicated in Fig. 6, and will Y vessel, the box C is tirstremoved fromrthe upbe on line with the directionin which the ship is carried by the current, which is indicated Aby the, dotted arrow. As the vanerod swings in said direction it turns the tube C', vwhereby therbox C is turned on its table, and thus the leeway of the vessel is shown.

When the indicatoris not to be used on the per end of the tube l', and then the upper end of the rope or chain Ot is disengaged from the hook O5 topermit the frame O, invwhieh the 'propeller P is .journaled, to swing down. As'v soon as the Avessel stops the pointed vane-rod N also swings down, and then the box-N and the parts on the lower end of thetube C can be drawn up through the-tube L.

The indieater can thus be`adj usted for use orremoved very easily and rapidly whenever this is nee .essary. v

I do not limit myself to the exact construetion of the parts herein shown -and described for driving the mechanism for winding the strip of paper, as the'- same may be variedmore or less, as circumstances may require.' ,As the impressions on the paper strip will bea greater distance apart when the'ship sails rapidly than when it sails slowly, the' speed of the vessel is clear] y indicated on the strip.' A true rceord of the entirel voyageof the vessel is thusA kept by the marine indicatoxg-j as it shows every variation in t-he course and the speed during the entire trip. This is of the greatest importance, especially in ease of collision' or -when vessels run out of their course,as the record kept by the apparatus cannot be changed, is absolutely reliable, and is more valuable for establishing facts than the testimony of oiicers, crew, or passengers. Having thus fully described my invention` I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent--` 1. A ships compass provided with an automatic recording device,arranged to print characters or signs indicating the course of the vessel at intervals corresponding to the speed of the same, substantially as set forth.

. 2. A shi ps compass provided with a recording device operated from on board and a pa- 'per-shiftin g mechanism operated from deviges in the water, substantially as shown and described. Y

3. A ships compass provided with a recording device operated by cloek-work and a paper-shifting mechanism actuated by the niotion of the vessel, substantially as shown and described. 1

L 4. A ships compass provided with typeleversl corresponding in number to the point-s of the compasseard and a mechanism operated by lclock -work and arranged to press againsta strip of paper that typedever eorresponding to the course of the Ivessel,substan tially as shown and described.l

5. A ships compass provided with type,- levers corresponding in number to the points of the compass-card, clock-work, and a ringer or hammer operated bythe clock-work for the purpose of pressing against a strip of paper that'typedever corresponding tothe course ot' the vessel, substantially as shown andde scribed.

' 6. A ships compass having the compass` card steadied byimmersion in mercury or a similar tluid and provided with au automatic recording device indicating the positions ot' said card with respect to the compass box, l

substantially as herein shown and described.

7.1 A ships compasshaving type-levers corresponding in number and denotation to the points of the compass-card, pivoted tol a. part` vconnected with said card,and provided with a hammer operated by clock-work and arranged to strikcat intervals that type-lever corresponding tothe course of the vessel, substan' tially as shown and described.

8. Ashi s com )ass ha'vine its card' ro l z: p

vvided with an upward projection, on which typedevers corresponding lin number to the points of the compass-cardare pivoted, sub- A stantially as shown and described.

- 9. .The combination, willi a ships compass l, `having pivoted type-levers, of a clock-work yforoperating'the type-levers, an inking-ba nd, :anda paper-shifting mechanism actuated by the motion of the vcssehsubstanlially as shown and described.

[10." The combnatiomwith the vessel A, having a topi), provided with the neck D', of the compass-card D3, mounted on a .pivot within the vessel A and below the cover, which card is provided with an upwardly-projecting stern passed through the neck ofthe cover, a magnet on the compasscard, `type-levers pivote/d on the top ofthe stem, and mechanism for operating thc.typelevers, substantially :ts-herein shown and described. p

11. The combinatiomwith thevessel A, provided with the cover D, having the neck D', ofthe compass-card D, pivoted on a pivot in the vessel and provided with a stem, D, passed up through iheneck D', a magnet on said card, type-levers pivoted on the upper end of the stem, an hiking-band, mechanism for operating the type-levers, and rollers over which the strip of paper can be passed,which rollers are above the inking-band,substantially as herein shown and described.

-12. The combination, with the vessel A, of a compass-card mounted on a pivot in the same, type-levers, corresponding in number to t-he points ofthe compass-card, on said card, mechanism for operating that type-lever corresponding to the course of the vessel at any time, a paper-carrier, and a frame on the vessel, in which frame the mechanism for operating the type-levers and the paper-carrier are secured, substantially as herein shown and described.

13. The combination, with the pivoted box B, ofthe vessel Afpivoted in the same, a compass-card mounted on a pivot in the vessel A, pivoted type-levers on the compasscard corresponding in number to the points ofthesame, clock-work mechanism for pressing at intervals against a strip of paper that type-lever corresponding to the course of the ship or vessel, and paper-shifting mechanism actuated by and in accordance with the vessels motion, substantially as herein shown and described.

14. The combination, with a box, of a tube projecting downward from said box through the hull of the vessel and mounted to revolve on its longitudinal axis, a vane on the lower end of said tube below the marine vessel, and a compass in the said box, substantially as herein shown and described.

15. The combination, with a box, of a tube projecti ug downward from the said box through the hull ol'the lvessel, a vane in the water, meeh-l ansm for moving the box l'rom said vane, and a ships compass in said box, substantially as vherein shown and described.

16. The combination, with'a table, of a box mounted to turn on thc same in the plane of the top of the table, a tube projecting downward from the said box through the hull of the vessel, a vane on the lower end of the said tube, and a ships compass in said box, substantially as herein shown and described.

17. The combination, with avane mounted 'to turn at the bottom ol' a vessel, ot' acompassbox turning coincidently with the vane and of a recording device arranged to make impressions indieating the positions of the card in the compassbox with respect to the same, substantially as set lorth.

18. The combination, with a tube passed vertically through a vessel, which tube is .mounted to turn, of a vane on the lower projecting end of the tube, a box on the upper end of t-he same, a compass in the boX, and printing mechanism arranged to produce characters indicating the positions of the compasscard with respect to the box, substantially as specified.

19. The combination, with fa tube passed through a 4marine vessel and projecting from thebottom of the same, ot'a jointed vane hinged at the lower end ot' the tube and a ships compass on the upper end of the tube, substantially as herein shown and'described.

20. The combination, witha marine vessel, ofthe tube L, passed through and projecting from the bottoni ot the same, the tube C', mounted to revolve in the tube L, a vane on 'the lower end of the tube C', and a ships compass ou the upper end of the tube C', substantially as herein shown and described.

21. The combiuation,with the tube L,passed through a marine vessel to the bottom, of the tu-be G', mounted to revolve in the tube L and provided at its lower end with a collar, L',

which revolves iu the tube L, a vane on the' lower end of the tube U', anda ships compass on the upper end,substantially ashereinshowu and described.

22..'lhe combination, with a. tube passed through a marine vessel to the bottom ofthe same, ofl a water-motor on the lower end of the said tube, a shaft in the tube operated by the motor, a paper-windiiig and a recording device in a box on the upper end of the tube, and mechanism for operating the paper-winding device from the shaft passed through the tube, substantially as herein shown and de scribed.

23. The combination, with a tube passed through-a marine vessel to the bottom of the same. of a water-motor provided at the lower' end ofthe tube, a shaft in the tube operated by said motor, a papershifting and a record ing device in-a box on the upper end of the tube, which paper-shil`ting device is operated by ashaft passed through the tube, substantially as herein shown and described.

24.. The combination, with a tube passed through a marine vessel to the bottom, of a water-motor hinged at the lower end of said tube, a rope or chain connected with the said water motorfor the purpose of raising the same and holding it raised, a shaft within't-he" tube operated by the motor, and mechanismV 'driven from-the said shaft, substantially as herein shown and described.

25. The combination, with a tube passed through a marine vessel to the bottom ot' the same, ol' a water-motor and a vane composed ot' hinged sections ou the lower end of said tube, substantially as herein shown and described.

2G. rlhe combination, with a tube passed through a mari ne vessel to the bottom of the same, oi'a water-motor and a vane hinged at IIO hereinshown and described.

the lower end of said tube, substantially as '27. The ,.veombination, with a tube, passed I through a marine vessel to theA4 bottom of the same, of 'a water-motor and a vane hinged at the lowerend of the same and a chain or rope for raising the motorand holding` it raised,

substantially as ,herein shown yand described.

28. The combination, .with a tube ypassed through aymariue vessel to the 'bottom ofthe same, of a frame-hinged on the..lower` end of the tube, aewater-'motor in said frame, a shaft4 vin the tube operated' from the water-motor,

and mechanism on the tube driven from said shaft; substantially.- as' herein; shown and def scribed. y

29. The combination, with atube' passed y through a marine yessel vto the bottom ofthe same, of va box` on I the lower end of the tube, gearing insaid box, a water-motor pivpted" lon the box and operating said gearing, ashaft passed through'thetube and operated by the gearing in the box, and mechanism operated. by said; tube, substantially .as herein shown' and described. l

30. The combinati'omwiih the tube L,passed through a marine'vesselto the bottom of thev same, of 4the tube G,passed th rough-and mounted to revolve in the tube L, the collar L on the lower end of the-tube C and provided with the aperture .04, the rope or chain O2, passed through the said aperture and extending up throughthe tube L, thev frame O, ,pivoted on .the lower end of the tubeC and connected with the said rope or chain, a water-motor in said frame, a shaft passed through the tube C andI operated from the water-motor. and mechl anism operated from the said shaft in the tube, substantially as hereinshown and described.v

- 31 The combination, with a marine vessel, of a tube passed through and projecting from the bottom of the same, a vane secured on the lower end of the tube for the purpose of turn-l ing it on its longitudinal axis, a motor on the lower endof the said tube, which motor oper ates the shaftpassed through the tube, a ships compass on the upper end of the tube, typelevers on the card of the said compass, mechscribed.

anism for operating the type-levers, and av paper-shifting device, which paper-shifting device is operated by motion-transmittlng devices from the shaft passed through the above-` mentioned tube operated by the water-motor,

Asubstantially as herein shown and described.

32. yThe combination, with a-tube passed throughfa marine'vessel to the bottom of the same and mounted to turn on its longitudinal -.,axis, of a vane on the lower end of said tube,

awateifmotor on the lower endofsaidtube, a' shaft passedthrough the tube and operated by the water-motor, a-box on theupper end of the tube, a ships compass in the box, typelevers pivoted on the card of said compass, mechanism for operating the type-levers, and a paper-carrier, which paper-carrier is operated by motion-transmitting devices from the lshaft passed through the said tube and operated by the water-motor, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

-pass on the upperlend of the tube C', a print- Iingdevice on the compass, and a paper-shift,-

ing device operated by ashaft passed through 4thetube C', the said box N, the forked piece NB, the motor, and the vanefail being ot' less diameter than the tubeL, soy that they can be.

moved up or down through the same, sub` stantially as herein shown and described.

. 34. The combination, with a tube passed through a vessel to the bottom of the sameand having a forked piece (on its lower end; of a held on` said box, and a vane held on the forked piece, substantially as herein shown andde` lWitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, EDGAR TATE.

RICHARD W. F. ABBE.

vbox pivoted on the forked piece,.a Water-motor'

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