US445910A - Elastic fender for vessels - Google Patents
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- the object of my invention is to avoid the disastrous results that usually follow collisions at sea; and to this end it consists in providing the bow or cut-Water of the vessel with one or more vertical rollers hung in a frame which is supported by arms projecting hori zontally beyond the cut-water of the boat, which rollers are designed to be canted and tilted in one direction or the other and roll along the sides of any vessel against which they may strike without doing any serious damage thereto.
- Figure 1 is a side view of the bow of a vessel equipped with three of my bumpers
- Figs. 2 and S are views showing how these bumpers are canted in one direction or the other, according to Whether struck above or below their centers.
- A is the bow of the vessel, and 1) its waterline. On the level of its several decks a a a are firmly fixed upon'opposite sides of the cut-Water pairs of strong arms 0 c, in the outer ends of which is hung a iectangular frame 6, disposed so as to swing about a horizontal axis. Within each of these frames is pivoted a roller (I, made of metal or strong material and covered with a jacket of soft rubber or other yielding material.
- the bumper-rollers yield and the struck vessel slides easily past the rollers and away from the dangerous impact of an otherwise unyielding cut-water. If the bumper-roller is struck above its middle, it cants in the direction shown by Fig. 2, and if struck below the center it cants in the opposite direction, as shown in Fig. 3.
- rollers R At the bottom of the boat and along the double keel K there are arranged a series of rollers R, about two feet apart, which serve to facilitate the coming off from sand-banks or reefs in case the vessel should strike the same.
- a vessel having upon opposite sides of its cut-water horizontal arms projecting in front of the cut-water and bearing a horizontallypivoted frame containing a vertically-pivoted roller, substantially as shown and described.
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G. O. STEIN. ELASTIC FENDER FOR VESSELS.
No. 445,910. Patented Feb. 3, 1891.
WITNESSES:
A TTOH/VEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GUSTAVE O. STEIN, OF PIOCIIE, NEVADA.
ELASTIC FENDER FOR VESSELS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,910, dated February 3, 1891.
Application filed June 7, 1890. $eriel No. 354,667. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, GUSTAVE O. STEIN, of Pioche, in the county of Lincoln and State of Nevada, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bumpers for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.
The object of my invention is to avoid the disastrous results that usually follow collisions at sea; and to this end it consists in providing the bow or cut-Water of the vessel with one or more vertical rollers hung in a frame which is supported by arms projecting hori zontally beyond the cut-water of the boat, which rollers are designed to be canted and tilted in one direction or the other and roll along the sides of any vessel against which they may strike without doing any serious damage thereto.
Figure 1 is a side view of the bow of a vessel equipped with three of my bumpers, and Figs. 2 and S are views showing how these bumpers are canted in one direction or the other, according to Whether struck above or below their centers.
A is the bow of the vessel, and 1) its waterline. On the level of its several decks a a a are firmly fixed upon'opposite sides of the cut-Water pairs of strong arms 0 c, in the outer ends of which is hung a iectangular frame 6, disposed so as to swing about a horizontal axis. Within each of these frames is pivoted a roller (I, made of metal or strong material and covered with a jacket of soft rubber or other yielding material. Now when the bow A of the vessel equipped with my bumpers strikes against the side of another vessel in collision, instead of cutting through the same and involving great loss of life and property, the bumper-rollers yield and the struck vessel slides easily past the rollers and away from the dangerous impact of an otherwise unyielding cut-water. If the bumper-roller is struck above its middle, it cants in the direction shown by Fig. 2, and if struck below the center it cants in the opposite direction, as shown in Fig. 3.
At the bottom of the boat and along the double keel K there are arranged a series of rollers R, about two feet apart, which serve to facilitate the coming off from sand-banks or reefs in case the vessel should strike the same.
Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is A vessel having upon opposite sides of its cut-water horizontal arms projecting in front of the cut-water and bearing a horizontallypivoted frame containing a vertically-pivoted roller, substantially as shown and described.
GUSTAVE O. STEIN.
Witnesses: it
JOHN SHIER, JOHN RoEDER.
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3326171A (en) * | 1965-07-09 | 1967-06-20 | Zade Ellen Louise | Device for minimizing damages arising from ship collisions |
| US6406221B1 (en) * | 1999-03-04 | 2002-06-18 | Forest Michael Collier | Bridge pillar debris deflection apparatus |
| EP3715239A1 (en) | 2019-03-25 | 2020-09-30 | Offshore Windservice A/S | Vessel with tiltable bow fender |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3326171A (en) * | 1965-07-09 | 1967-06-20 | Zade Ellen Louise | Device for minimizing damages arising from ship collisions |
| US6406221B1 (en) * | 1999-03-04 | 2002-06-18 | Forest Michael Collier | Bridge pillar debris deflection apparatus |
| EP3715239A1 (en) | 2019-03-25 | 2020-09-30 | Offshore Windservice A/S | Vessel with tiltable bow fender |
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