US37232A - Improved floating batteries for ships and other navigable vessels - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES JANTES HYDE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS ICEECH.

PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVED FLOATING BATTERIES FOR SHIPS AND OTHER NAVIGABLE VESSELS.

tion forming;l part ot- Lettera Patent No. 37.2232, dated lleccmher 33, lotil.

.Tn all whom, it m/rll/ concer/1,:

lle it. known thatI .1, Jamas lIvnE, of New 5 York, iu tht` eounty ot' New York, in the Stato of New York` havc invented certain new uml nset'ul lmprovements in Floating Batteries; und l do hert-hy declarev that the following is 'i n full and exact description thereof, reference lieinglnnltotlnr. accompanyingdrawings,|uakincr part. ot' thia application.

My invention relates lo that kind of tloating,r hattcry in which the enna are arranged within a revolving: or rotating tui-ret" or ease, which ia made ahot.-proot', and with ports, through which the guns` are discharged. lu the various hatteries 0f this cla-ss heretofore made it has heen necessary to employau immense amount ot' power to operate the revolvin,r turret, and the amount of requisite nunzhinery has been so great aa to render it, impractical to have the craft. seagoingand possessany very great comparative. speed. And another rreatl practical ditlicnlty in making: a` suceesstul hatteryot' this kind has heen the impossibility otkeepiugi the. guns nearly level and workin,"r them rapidly and easily. I

These und other minor ditliculties itv is the objectot' my present invention to overcome. in the production ot` asea-going: eratt which may l he. made. to possess: tht` requisite degrees ot' strength and speed, while at thesalne time the. revolvingr turret is so constructed and eo|n` hiued u'ith the hotly ot' the. ship as to he readily turned and adjusted hy a tcw nien, und romains nearly level whihl tlnguns ure hcng' yvnrlzml illy invention consists in the employment, in combination with any kind of shipshull or i hotly of a tloatiug' turret.1 so arranged as to tloat. in water contained within theahip's hull (or in a. compartment. formed therein) and ho readily rota-ted by machineryv in the turret, as hereinafter more fully explained; and my invention further consists in foi-mim,r a continunication hetween thc inside ot' the ship and the inside ot' thc turret. by a anitahle passageway through hollow frames which Sustain the. ccntral shaft. und through thesaidslnift1,usl1ero inatter more fully described; and my invention further consists lu a novel arrangementI ot L the guns on curved railways in a manner which will be presently explained.

To enable those `skilled in the art to make and uso my invention, 'I will descrihe one of my improved tloatimgr batteries, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, forming partl of this applica-tion.

Figure l isusideelevation. l-igfl is avertical longitudinal section. ]"i;,r..i is ahoriznntal section at the linoa: .1', Fie. 2; and Fig. t is a plan view of the. gun-deck or Iloor ol' turret.

lu the. lQeveral figuri-s the. sama letter of reference indicates the santo part ot' the appai ratus.

A represents the hull or hotly of aship with its diti'ereut decks Il M N, and constructed in* any desired model. about; tho center of which" is formed a reservoir or comlmrtment, G. This reservoir C is nearly tilted with water, as shown i in hlue tint in the drawings, in which tlonts the turret or gnirllousc l). This turret D should he vmade in the usual way, of' plates of iron sutliciently strong to withstand allot, and

somewhat dome-shapcd, (where itY protect` ahove thchull A), todetleetshot. tired againstit. P isahollow arch-like frame, extending: from l the hull A o ver the turret. ll, and from which projects downward the hollow shaft. l`, in the the lower oud of which is titted, so as to slide, freely up and down, a. stud or shaft, a. Said Shaft. a is connected to the Itoor or deck S of the turret, l) hy two cross pivots, l and .E, forming: a universal joint. l\ronnd tln` lower part, 0f shut't, l", at, the solid part l` is arranged and Secured a frame, It, on which is hung n system of gearing for turning the. spuugear c, which is keyed onto shaft. u, and couserpteutly turns the turret iu the reservoir. lu one-halt' ot the hollow frame l there is formed a staircase., 1:, over which, t'rom the steps I, persons an pass from the interior of' hull A to the winding; stairway n in hollow shaft l", and thence down through the doorway I into the turret. On the upper deck, ll., ot' the turret; is constructed the railway for the. guns K. The arrangement ot'sa-id railway s and the. ,frunazarrages will be liest understood hy reference. to Fig. et, which is u plan of deck 1t.. '.lhe four guus 1( travel on t'our railways, a, cach about. in the sha-pe ota. quarter ot' a. circle. the ear- '.riagea being,r ctmstrueted with sector-franus l, which are hung at ono end on pivots around which the carriages travel.

In Figa/1 I have drawn the carriages in their normal position, and lQhown one in red lilies run ont to itu port ready iur .fiction or l when the heavy turret is not. tlouted :lud iu itl-ing'. The ports t. ure unido ill the nsuul luunuer, with closing iroll doors.

ll nre elevutors or dumlrwuters, through i wlliell nnnnnnition is pusaed up i`rolu the lower deelt@ of the tui-retto lilo gunner-u, un required. lt. will he seen thutJ by turning: the crunk-huudles o o the geuru h Il will ilnpurt', lllotiull t0 the gonraff. (in the ullui'tn oi genre ff uro two bevel-trennt, l' i, whleh lueelh into nlld drive the genre q g, ou the uhutt et' wlllell lutter ure l-wo upnrplllions, d d, which drive the lurge geur e, Beenled to uhuft u. (Seo Fig. 2.) Il'.

will he ulnlerutood, then, tllutI hy 'turning the hunllleu n n the tll'rletI l) iu lotuted` its ulnllt. u tnrninler ill the uoeltet foruled ill the. lowel` und, l, ofthe. ulu'li't l". ulld ohio sliding up und down in uuid uoell'et to unit tile vuriuhle poultionu of the. turret l) ill itu reservoir. While the turret is free to rotuto on the rdlut't u, it is uluot'ree to tip in no v direetion lo' virtlle. ot' the universali joint i'urlned h v pivots l lllld 2, hv which the ldlntt a iu eonpled to the. deelt S ut. the pointj. (See Flint. .2 ulld 3.) To udlnit. ot`thiu tipping or eureening. (euused hy thel lnotinns ol the uhip or h v the tllrretl lnlviug more weight oft-nunon ouvoue Hide tilull the other und ut the uzllne linie niwll'vu llnvo the topot'theturret,throln1ilwhiehthe utntionury almlt. l` prinsen, elosed light. i urrunge u eollur, (dinllmhnped.) J. nlound the. upper end of uhuft, l", lolilieelltiy lul'ge to ulwuyu keep eovl`red the opening lnullo in top ol' il, to udnlit. utlieient ploy oi' the. tnrlet.

i llnve shown one-hnlfol' tile hollow trulne divided *oil hy n pllrtitiou` r, to lol'lu n unieke-stuck. In the other portion, used nu the puxsngewvny, xnlull holen m muy ho londe through the inlurund outer sides for venti-l lutioll.

lt will-he uudernlood thnt, ily huvillt.' till` turret l) lioutini.Y ill u reuervoir. uu nhown llnd lleuerliwd, ull flietlon i`loln the nuunl uupportillu luechunienl devieeu le nvoided, und the turret euu he reudlly turned h v innld-lmwer in lien of nteuln-power now oued. with itu net-ele nur v nccotupunhnentx of unlehlnory.

ily thus dispensing with uli the lnuehiuery und engines nowxuxed to opernto the turret iu this clutut oiiiuiterlex, i unl ennhled to eotlutrnct luy hull with the uduptntlonu to grenier upeed nud uenworthiuexx tllllll ellll he uttuined operuted ill the lualunel heretofore pluetieed.

lt will he understood that by lluving the turret to tlout, sul described, the eureeniui,r ef the ship will not. uileet uuid turret so nlueh, the tendent-.v ot' the witter ill the reservoir hoiup; to luuintuiu itu level` wllerelly the turret, i) iu euuuell to tlollt, in u. level condition while the hull A tips, nu illnstrnted ill red lilies ut. ["ig. l, where-h v n grenier degree ot neellruey eun iw uttuinell in tiring.: the. guns thun eun he ulrived nt ill the present. luodu ot construe-tion.

The unnlil red eirele. in Fig. l indieutes the eeuter ol ulotion ot' the ship uround the turret. 'lhere ure uuilullle lrupu or openings t'or emulnnnieution lil-tween tlollill'ereut. eonlpurt.- lnelltuordeeltsof tluturret, nxseen :lt ti, Vig. .'i, ill the deehh',

When the. tllll'rl irl not ill use t'ol \\:lll purpnuex, iL luu \l he used with groot eolut'ort. nel n euhin, heilig l'ree troni the nnpleusnut. nloliou- 0l' ille. hull or ship.

it. iu obvious tlnltl in v invention iu suhieet. to uluny luodith-.ntious without depurtint,r t'rnul itu upilit, ullll i desire to ho lieellred h v lietteru lutent uguinut ull infringements in nluehilleu or uppurutnx involvingr tn v invention, though dtl'el'ently eonutrlleted in deizlil.

il'it ile l'olllni lleeesrtnly ill pruetiee, l propose lo pnt, rdenllviner rolls or guides uronnd the turretv or reservoir lnur lop otlutter, to prevent roelling`r otturret ill tln-v reservoir.

liuving desel'ilwd the eonntrllrtion nlld operntion oi' nl v inlploved iioutillt: inutil-ry, so thllt ont` uitilled in thlllrt eollhi llllllte und use the. annie, winll. i elninl nu lll-w, illnl desire to net-.ure by lletteru l'ulollt` itt- I. The eluplovun-ut ot' n tioutint,r turret, ln eonlhinutiou with u llouting luuk orxhipu huil, uulmtuntiuily ill the luuuner und t'ol' the purpoxeu hereinlntore deserilled.

.3. Forming u vontlnllnieution llelween the interior ol' rdlip A und inside ol` tloutinir turret, Il, through the |`rnlnl` li und hollow ulllltt l", xllhutuutiully ns und for the purpose. `wel. forth.

lu textiulony whereoll lnlvl` henunto set. uly hulld und ul-ul this Iid dn v ol- August, 18H2.

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