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US865720A
US865720A US28239505A US1905282395A US865720A US 865720 A US865720 A US 865720A US 28239505 A US28239505 A US 28239505A US 1905282395 A US1905282395 A US 1905282395A US 865720 A US865720 A US 865720A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • Numus psrzns can, wasumaron a c ALEXANDER MCCARTHY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
  • My invention relates to apparatus for generation of power, and particularly for the storage of compressed air.
  • the object of the invention is to provide apparatus which may be inexpensively constructed and operated and which will serve to compress air economically and without complicated mechanism.
  • the apparatus herein shown consists of a great many parts but the principles of the invention are of a simple nature and will be readily understood from the drawings and the following specification.
  • the invention may be said to comprise the employment of a series of tubular air compressors arranged around the sides of a boat and adapted when the boat is rocked in the water to compress air which is conveyed through suitable pipes or conduits to a storage tank or reservoir either on the boat or on land.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boat or vessel with laterally arranged air compressors embodying the improvements of my invention.
  • Fig. 2 is an end view of the boat, with the end compressors removed.
  • Fig. 3 is a view of one of the exterior air compressors.
  • Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section thereof.
  • Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof.
  • Fig. 6 is a plan view of the inlet valve therefor. k
  • FIG. 1 indicates a boat having a suitably shaped hul adapted for the peculiar purposes of this invention. It should be particularly full in the underbody so as to have a very stable equilibrium. It is preferably square in the stem and stern so as to accommodate the series of air compressors all around the sides.
  • FIG. 2 indicates one of the exteriorly arranged air compressors which are tubular in form and preferably round at the top and expanding into' a flattened shape at the bottom.
  • 3 is a step projecting from the side of the boat.
  • FIG. 4 is a notch in the bottom of the compressor tube in which the step 3 fits, when the compressor is in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
  • 13 is a valve on the interior of the compressor provided for the inlets 10.
  • 16 is a flexible member connecting the inlet and outlet valves.
  • valve 14 When no pressure is exerted in the interior of the compressor, the valve 14 is closed by the pressure in the conduit 12 and the inlet valve 13 is suspended therefrom. When pressure is increased in the compressor 2 the inlet valve 13 is closed. When the pres sure is then increased sufliciently the valve 14 is raised from its seat and the air forced from the compressor into the conduit and connected reservoir.
  • Apparatus for the compression or air comprising a floating vessel, :1 series of compressing members arranged around the sides or the vessel, having their open lower ends immersed in the water, inlet and outlet valves for said compressing members, a reservoir and connections to said compressing member for the purpose specified.
  • An air compressing device for the purpose specified, comprising a tubular member adapted to have one end immersed in the water, an outlet tip, a series of air inlets arranged around said tip, a valve on the inner side of said member for said inlets, and an outlet valve for said tip connected to said inlet valve.
  • a device for the compression otair having a series of air inlets and an air outlet, a valve for said air inlets, and a valve for said air outlets, and a flexible connection between said outlet valve and said inlet valve.
  • An apparatus for the compression of air comprising witnesseses: the combination of a boat, a series of compressing mem- ALEXANDER MCCARTHY, .Tr.,

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No. 865,720. PATENTED SEPT, 10, 1907.
A. MOGARTHY.
APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF POWER. APPLICATION FILED 00112. 1905.
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No. 865,720. PATENTED SEPTJO, 1907. A. MOGARTHY.
APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION ()F POWER. APPLICATION FILED 00112. 1905.
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n: Numus psrzns can, wasumaron a c ALEXANDER MCCARTHY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF POWER.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Sept. 10, 1907.
Application filed October 12,1905. Serial No. 282,395.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MCCARTHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for the Generation of Power, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.
My invention relates to apparatus for generation of power, and particularly for the storage of compressed air.
The object of the invention is to provide apparatus which may be inexpensively constructed and operated and which will serve to compress air economically and without complicated mechanism.
The apparatus herein shown consists of a great many parts but the principles of the invention are of a simple nature and will be readily understood from the drawings and the following specification. Briefly, the invention may be said to comprise the employment of a series of tubular air compressors arranged around the sides of a boat and adapted when the boat is rocked in the water to compress air which is conveyed through suitable pipes or conduits to a storage tank or reservoir either on the boat or on land.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boat or vessel with laterally arranged air compressors embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the boat, with the end compressors removed. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the exterior air compressors. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the inlet valve therefor. k
1 indicates a boat having a suitably shaped hul adapted for the peculiar purposes of this invention. It should be particularly full in the underbody so as to have a very stable equilibrium. It is preferably square in the stem and stern so as to accommodate the series of air compressors all around the sides.
2 indicates one of the exteriorly arranged air compressors which are tubular in form and preferably round at the top and expanding into' a flattened shape at the bottom.
3 is a step projecting from the side of the boat.
4 is a notch in the bottom of the compressor tube in which the step 3 fits, when the compressor is in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
5 is a side arm pivoted at its lower end to the step 3.
6 is a rope or chain secured to the arm and passing over the ears 77 on the sides of the compressor tubes 2. The inner end of the rope 6 is attached to a pivoted lever 8 on the interior of the boat, which lever is adapt ed to be caught under one of a series of pins or notches on a cleat 9, so that the lever 8 may be held in place with such tensionas may be desired upon the rope 6, for holding the compressor 2 in position to resist the upward pressure of the water when the boat is rocked or the water rises relatively to it, as for instance in rough weather.
10 represents one of a series of air inlets at the top of the compressor arranged around the outlet tip 11.
12 is a pipe, conduit or tube secured to the outlet tip 11 and leading to a storage reservoir such as R either in the boat or on land.
13 is a valve on the interior of the compressor provided for the inlets 10.
14 is a ball-valve for the outlet tip 11.
15 is a cross piece arranged in the central aperture of the valve 13.
16 is a flexible member connecting the inlet and outlet valves.
When no pressure is exerted in the interior of the compressor, the valve 14 is closed by the pressure in the conduit 12 and the inlet valve 13 is suspended therefrom. When pressure is increased in the compressor 2 the inlet valve 13 is closed. When the pres sure is then increased sufliciently the valve 14 is raised from its seat and the air forced from the compressor into the conduit and connected reservoir.
It will be obvious that many changes may be made in the details of construction and in the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.
What I claim is:
1. Apparatus for the compression or air, comprising a floating vessel, :1 series of compressing members arranged around the sides or the vessel, having their open lower ends immersed in the water, inlet and outlet valves for said compressing members, a reservoir and connections to said compressing member for the purpose specified.
2 An air compressing device for the purpose specified, comprising a tubular member adapted to have one end immersed in the water, an outlet tip, a series of air inlets arranged around said tip, a valve on the inner side of said member for said inlets, and an outlet valve for said tip connected to said inlet valve.
3. A device for the compression otair having a series of air inlets and an air outlet, a valve for said air inlets, and a valve for said air outlets, and a flexible connection between said outlet valve and said inlet valve.
4. In an apparatus for the compression of air, the combinntion of a vessel. a series of air compressing members arranged along the sides thereof having their lower ends immersed and means for mechanically rocking the vessel for the purpose specified.
5. In an apparatus for the compression of air, the comlower ends immersed in the water, means for mechanically 1O bination of a boat, compressing members arranged along rocking the boat, a series of air compressing devices car the outer sides thereof, and havingtheir lower ends imried by said boat arranged to be operated by said rocking mersed in the Water, an oscillating cylinder carried by means a reservoir and connection with said compressing said boat, arranged transversely thereof, and containing members and with said compressing devices.
a fluid, and means for oscillating said cylinder. ALEXANDER MCCARTHY.
6. An apparatus for the compression of air, comprising Witnesses: the combination of a boat, a series of compressing mem- ALEXANDER MCCARTHY, .Tr.,
bers arranged along the sides thereof and having their 1 ROBT. S. ALLYN.
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