US815737A - Navigable vessel. - Google Patents

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N0.315,77. PATENTBD MAR.2O,'1906.

NAVIGABLB' VESSEL.

APPLIGATION FILED s321223, 1904.

PAVIEN'IED MAR. 20, 1906.

No. 815,737. y

J. P. POOL. NAVIGABLE VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED SBP'LZB, 1904.

z SHEETS-'SHEET 2.

3S i 1 weight 4, which is preferably arranged rearsels. Ithas for its lobject to provide improve-v JAMES P." POOL, or YORK, N. Y.

l NAVIGABLE VESSEL. y

Specification of Letters Patent4 Patented March 2o, 190e.

Application 'lledeptember 23,1904. ySerial No.` 225,572.

`To all whom? it may concern:

Be it known that LJAMES P. POOL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the boroughof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and city and State'of New York,l have invented certain new and usefuly Improvements in Navigable Vessels, of which the following isa specification.

This lnventlon -relates lto navigable vesments in vessels of this class 'whereby shall be rvessel. A Y In.. the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva` tion of a sailing vessel constructed according to the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view` of the mast 5 is operatively connectedwith the Vload-carrying member I preferably by two operative connections 7 and 8,- respectively -obtained greater stability in the movement Aofthe vessel4 through the water, and consefquently greater speed'of movement and comort and security to persons carried by the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transversesec- "tional view taken upon the lineX X, Fig. 2

fand Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section view taken upon the 'line Y Y,`Fi

2. y The corresponding parts in al? the figures vare denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring with particularity to the'k drawings, l'designates the load-carryingmember of the improved vessel, and 2 the sail-carryingmember of the samepthe members 1 and -2 being [connected together, as at 3, in such 'manner as to bevcapable of relative and preferably pivotal movement. I The load-carrying member 1 is provided with a counterwardly of the sail-carrying member 2, the

load-carrying member 1 extending in the '-main forwardly of the sail-carrying member 2. The load-carrying member 1 and the counterweight 4 are rigidly connected together, so -that pivotal movement of the vmember 1 is accompanied by pivotal movement of the counterweight 4. The member 1 and the member 2 are formed` and arranged to rest directly upon the water, and thecounterweight 4'is adapted to depend -within the water. y

The sail-carrying member 2 is provided with a mast 5,- which is mounted, as at 6, for oscillation i'na plane transverse to thevessel within predetermined limits,- but is incapable of oscillation in any otherplane'. The

vtion a the former of which operates upon the loadcarrying member 1 forwardly of the points 3 of pivotal connection of the load-carrying member 1 with the sail-carrying member2, and the latter of which operative connections lis connected with the load-carrying member -1 rearwardly of the said points`3 of pivotal connection with the members l and 2.

As the mast 5 oscillates and careens under f lateral'air-pressure upon the sail or sails, of

which latter a' single mainsail-Q is shown in the drawings, by means ofthe operative connections 7 and 8 the load-carrying member 1 l is de ressed in the water and the counterweig t 4 is caused to rise both with respect to the sail-carryin member 2, and-the careening tendency o the entire vvessel is transymuted into -a tendency toward further stability 'of lthe entire vessel by the sinking or submer ing of the load-carryin member 1 forward y of the points of pivota connection I 3. The counterweight 4 is of proper mass to eectually balance the portion of the loadcarrying member 1 forward of the points 3 of pivotal connection. Furthermore, the counterweight 4 as it depends in submerged posiing to balance the same against lateral careening.

A preferred form of construction, arrangeds to the stability of the vessel', tendment, and operative connection ofV parts and members of a vessel constructed according to the invention is as follows: The sail-carrying member 2 consists of `a hull 10 of conventional or other preferred form tapering from its central portion to its bow .portion 11 and its l stern portion 12. withv the customary deck 13, in which, approXimately at the central portion, is formed a laterally-elongated mast-hole 14, through f which the mast 5 projects, such mast-hole being provided at its opposite end portions with opposed spring-buffers 15, against which the mast 5 bears in its oscillations lto and fro laterally of the vessel, such buers 15 yieldingly opposing and terminating the said oscillations of the-masty 5. VThe mounting or stepping of the mast 5, as at 6, so that the mast may be able to rock or oscillate laterally,jis by means of a shaft 16, which extends longitudinally of the hull l0 beneath the deck 13 of the same and towhich .the lower end ofthe mast 5 is directly connected in'upright position, 'as-at 17. Each endlof the shaft 16 is provided with an elongated edged bearing 18 ,A

which rests within a bearing-opening 1.9 a

The 11u11 1011s provided i IOO IIO

separate standard 20, the standards 20 being spaced one from the other and arranged in a line longitudinally of the hull 10. The bearings 18 are free to rock in the bearing-openings 19 to a predetermined extent, equivalent to that permitted by the dimensions of the mast-hole 14. Suitable shoulders 19a on the shaft 16, in contact with and between the standards 20, prevent longitudinal displacement of the bearings 1S in the bearing-openings 19.

The load-carrying member 1 consists of a bowed hull 21a, which extends around and embraces the bow portion 11 of the hull 10 and is pointed at its forward or bow portion 21 similar to the corresponding portion of the conventional sailing vessel. rlhe rearward end portions 22 and 23 taper rearwardly to the points of pivotal connection 3 with and at opposite sides of the hull 10 and approximately in the same transverse section of the hull 10 as that in which the mast 5 is stepped. The counterweight 4 is connected with the hull 21a by means of a bowed frame 24, which extends around and embraces the stern portion 12 of the hull 10 and is rigidly connected at its forward ends with the hull 21a at the points 3 of pivotal connection of the loadcarrying member 1 with the sail-carrying member 2. The counterweight 4 is of bulbous formation, tapering from its lowermost daring portion 25 to its uppermost portion 26, which is directly connected with the frame 24. The counterweight 4 serves as a counterbalance for the hull 21a; but as the latter rests directly upon and within the water the mass of the counterweight 4 is not necessarily proportionate to the mass of the hull 21a, but is only of such weight as to steady the latter.

rl`he operative connection 7 between the mast 5 and the load-carrying member 1 consists of a transverse bar 27 which is connected rigidly with the mass 5 by an arm 28, which projects forwardly from the mast 5, and the opposite end portions 28a and 29 of the bar 27 bear upon the opposite rear end portions 22 and 23 of the hull 21, just forward of the points 3 of pivotal connection of the members 1V and 2. The hull 10 may be chambered or cut away, as at 30, at opposite sides of said hull 10 to permit the operative depression of the ends 28'rl and 29 for their engagement with the hull 21aL in the careening or oscillation of the mast 5.

The operative connection 3 consists of a stay 31 and a stay 32, which stays are connected at their upper ends, as at 33, with the upper portion of the mast 5 and are respectively connected at their lower ends, as at 34 and 35, with the frame 24 at opposite points rearwardly of the points 3 of pivotal connection of the members 1 and 2. The stays 31 and 32 when the mast 5 is in perpendicular position may be normally taut; but as the mast careens in either lateral direction the stay at the side of the vessel from which it swings tends to elevate the frame 24 at the corresponding side of the vessel, the other side being slackened as, the frame 24 being rigid, the elevation of any portion of the same is accompanied by the elevation of the entirety. The traveler 36 of the sheet 37 of the sail 9 is also connected at its ends with the frame 24 adjacent to the 'extreme rearward portion of the latter, so that the pressure ofthe wind upon the sail and the careening of the mast 5 tend also to elevate the traveler 36 and the frame 24 simultaneous with the elevation of the frame 24 by the stays 31 and 32 and the depression of the hull 21u by the transverse bar 27.

Between the hull 1() and the hull 21u at the sides and bottom portion of said hulls an apron or flexible shield 38 may be extended, consisting of oiled canvas or other suitable material, to prevent invasion ofthe space between said hulls by water and objects, such as driftwood floating upon the water, the passage of which obstructions between said hulls operating against free relative movement of the hulls 10 and 21 and serving also to impede the progress of the vessel.

The vessel is steered by a rudder and tillcr 39 or other suitable equivalent means.

The operation and advantages of the improvements herein described will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the following statement. In sailing vessels of the conventional and ordinary type when the same are proceeding in any other course than that dnectly before the wind the pressure of the air upon the sail or sails causes a tendency to lateral current of the vessel, upsetting the stability of the vessel and militating against the comfort of persons aboard the same, as well as causing capsizing under extreme conditions. In the navigation of a vessel embodying the improvements described as the mast 5 within the limits permitted by the construction of the supporting means 6 and the portions of the mast-opening 14 careens or oscillates laterally of the vessel and the air-pressure upon the sail 9 the operative connection 7 between the mast 5 and the hull 21 causes depression of the hull 21a with respect to the hull 10, the obtaining of which result is assisted by the elevation of the frame 24 by the operative connection 8. Instead of the enti-re vessel careening laterally the hull 21a is caused to sink further in the supporting medium, securing increased stability of the entirety. The same effect is produced by the careening of the mast 5 in either lateral direction through the instrumentality of the transverse bars 27 and the stays 31 and` 32, and also the auxiliary lifting capacity ofv the sheet 37 upon the traveler 36 and the frame IOO IIO

. 24. iThe frame; 24'together'with thefcoun-` terweight 4 and the hull 21a are free to` swing pivotally at the points 3 Aof pivotal connection of the load-carrying member 1 5 with the sail-carrying member 2,. .The counterweight 4 opposes the sudden andviolent. relative movement of the hulllO' and 'the' `hull 21a, and also lin its depending sub- .emerged position thecounterweight acts as a ro Yweighted keel to oppose any undue careening of the vessel. It'will be manifest that the degree of submergence ofthe hull 21"* is proportionate to the degree of pressure of the propelling air u 'on the sail 9 and that at all r 5&- timesthe vesse in its entirety instead` of befling careened overand-substantially rolled' A put .ofv the water, asis the `case in vessels of ordinary type, 'is kept upon afsubstaneven keel within the water in a posil2o tion, of satisfactory equilibrium. The mast Y 5 because of its stay connection with the frame ing the im rgvementsjijofvarying 'conditions' 3,5of use wit outdepartingfrom* thes iritzof Vthe inventioiifer the terms of the fo lowing i claims. 5 i i' Having thi-ifs",A described the invention, `I claim and desirefto secure byLetters Patent- 4o 1`; VA vessel fof the'character described, comprising a sail carrying member and a load-carrying member adapted to rest upon the water and ycbnnected togetherfandfoperative connections' extending between: said sailcarrying member and said load-carrying member. v; i 'f .l 'Y

2.1A vessel'f the fcliaracterdescribed,

`comprising a sailcarrying member, a loadcarrying member connected with said sail'- l 5o carrying member and movable with relation thereto, said sailcarrying memberv and said load-'carrying member'being. adapted to rest upon the water, and operativev connections extending between said sail-carrying mem- 5 5 ber and said 'load-carrying member and arranged to transmit pressure from the sail-carrying member, to the loadcarrying member to relatively move saidmembers.

8. A. vessel of the character described,

' 6o comprising a sail-carrying memberprovided with a loosely-mounted sail and mast, a loadcarrying member 'connected with said sailcarrying member and capable of movement relative thereto, and an operative connection' extending between said mast and said load- Ycarrying member, said sail-carrying member and said load-carrying member being adapted .to rest upon the water.

4. A vessel of the character described, comprising a sailcarrying member provided with a loosely-mounted sail and mast, aloadcarrying member pivotally connected with said sail-carrying member, and an operative connection extending between said mast and said load-carrying member, said sail-carrying member and said load-carrying member ing adapted to rest upon the water.

5. A vessel of the. character described, comprising a sail-carrying member provided with a loosely-mounted sail and mast, a loadcarrying member arranged forwardlyof the sail' carrying member and pivotally connected with the same, and an operative con- 4nection extending between said mast and` said load-carrying member, said sail-carryingv -member andY said load-carrying member-'being adapted to rest upon the Water. y .r

6. 'In a vessel ofthe character described, a

vsail-carrying member, and a counterweighted load-carrying member pivotally connected with the s'ail'- carrying member, said meme bers being adapted to rest upon the water.

7. VIna vessel ofthe character described, a

sail -carrying member and a load# carrying member pivotally connected with the sail-carrying member'anjd provided with 'a counter'- "weight, said members being adapted to rest upon'the'water with said' counterweight inv submerged position.

8: In -a vessel of the 'character described, a

sail-carrying member, a loadecarrying member pivotally connected with the sail-carry- 'ing member and `arranged forwardlythereof, .and a counterweight rigidly connected with the load-carrying member and arranged rearwardly of said sail-,carrying member, said members jbeing adapted to rest :upon the water. A I

9. In a vesseliof the character described, a

sail-carrying member, a load-carrying member pivotally connected with 'the sailcarry- A-ing member and arranged forwardly thereof,

and a-counterweight'rigdly connected with theload-carrying member and arranged rearrwardly 'of said sail-carrying member, said 'members being adaptedto rest uponl the water, with said counterweight in submerged I position;

` 10. In avessel of the character described, a

Asail-carrying-member consisting of an elongated hull, and a load-carrying member-consisting of a separatehull pivotally connected with'thehull of the sail-carrying membera'nd arrangedcforwardly of the sail-carrying member. l

11. In a vessel of the character described, a sail-carrying member consisting of an elon- "gated hull, and a counterweighted load-carrying..member consisting of a hull pivotally l connected with the hull of said sail-carrying member and arranged forwardly of said sailcarrying member.

12. A vessel of the character described, comprising a sail-carrying member provided with a mast and sail mounted for oscillation laterally, a load-carrying member arranged forwardly of the sail-carrying member and pivotally connected with the latter, and an operative connection extending between said mast and the load-carrying member whereby oscillation of said mast causes depression of said load-carrying member relative to said sail-carrying member; said members being adapted to resting upon the water.

13. In a vessel of the character described comprising a sail-carrying member consisting of a hull provided with a mast a sail mounted to oscillate laterally, a load carrying member arranged forwardly of the sail-carrying member and consisting of ahull pivotally connected with the hull of the sail-carrying member, and an operative connection between the said mast and said hull of said load-carrying member consisting of a transverse bar iXed to said mast and arranged to bear at its ends upon said hull of said loadcarrying member.

14. A vessel of the character described comprising a sail-carrying member, consisting of a hull, a load-carrying member arranged forwardly of said sail-carrying member and consisting of a hull pivotally connected with the hull of said load-carrying member, said hull of said sail-carrying member being provided with a. mast and sail arranged to oscil-late laterally, andan operative connection extending between said mast and said load-carrying member consisting of a stay connected with said mast and connected with 4ov said sail-carrying member rearwardly of the point of pivotal connection of said sail-carying member and said load-carrying mem- 15. A vessel of the character described, comprising a sail-carrying member consisting of a hull provided with a mast and sail mounted for oscillation laterally, a load-carrying member consisting of a hull arranged forwardly of said sail-carrying member and a frame rigidly connected therewith and eX- tending rearwardly of said sail carrying member, said hull and said frame of said load-carrying member being pivotally connected with the hull of said sail-carrying member in the transverse section of the latter in which said mast is mounted, a transverse bar connected with said mast and arranged to bear at its ends upon said hull of said load-carrying member forwardly of said point of pivotal connection, and a stay connected with said mast and connected with said frame rearwardly of said point of pivotal connection.

16. A vessel of the character described, comprising a sail-carrying member consisting of a hull provided with a mast and sail mounted for oscillation laterally, a load-carrying member consisting of a hull arranged forwardly of said sail-carrying member and a frame rigidly connected therewith and extending rearwardly of said sailcarrying member, said hull and said frame of said load-carrying member being pivotally connected with the hull of said sail-carrying member in the transverse section of the latter in which said mast is mounted, a transverse bar connected with said mast and arranged to bear at its ends upon said hull of said load-carrying member forwardly of said point of pivotal connection, a stay connected with said mast and connected with said frame rearwardly of said point of pivotal connection, and a counterweight connected with said frame rearwardly of said sail-carrying member and depending in submerged position.

17. A vessel of the character described, comprising a sail-carrying member consisting of a hull provided with a mast and sail mounted for oscillation laterally, a load-carrying member consisting of a hull arranged forwardly of said sail-carrying member and a frame rigidly connected therewith and extending rearwardly of said sail-carr yi ng member, said hull and said frame of said load-carrying member being pivotally connected with the hull of said sail-carrying member in the transverse section of the latter in which said mast is mounted, a transverse bar connected with said mast and arranged to bear at its ends upon said hull of said load-carrying member forwardly of said point of pivotal connection, and a stay connected with said mast and connected with said frame rearwardly of said point of pivotal connection, said sail bein@ connected with said frame rearwardly of said point of pivotal connection.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES l. POOL.

Witnesses:

RAYMOND I. BLAKEsLnn, JOHN G. HONEY.

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