US893324A - Safety device for vessels. - Google Patents

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1 No. 893,324., 'PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

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1 JAMNITZ-KY. SAFETY DEVICE FOR VBSSBLS,

APPLIO.A TION FILED APR. 2. i908- avwzukcz To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL JAM ITZKY, or GONEMAUGH,PENNSYLVAN1A.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR- VESSELS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application-filed April 2, 1908. Serial No. 424,723.

Be 'itknown that I, PAUL JAMNITZKY, a

subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Conemaugh, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Safety Devicesfor Vessels, which the following is a specification, reference being had therein "Leading from ll to the accompanyin drawing.

This invention relates to a safety device for vessels, and the primary object of my invention is to utilize air as a propelling medium for a. boat. Another object of this invention is to utiliz'e air as a medium to prevent water from entlizring a vessel that is injured or about to sin a A still further object of this invention is the provision of novel means in connection with a vessel for dispelling a mist or fog that may surround the same. V

With the above and other objects inview which will readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to he presently described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a'large vessel equi' )ed with my safety device, Fig. 2 is a plan o the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a .vessel taken on the line .r-'.r of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a si-milarview taken on the line y-y of Fig. 1. Due to the fact that my invention can be used in connection wit-h various kinds of vessels, l have illustrated the san-ie diagrammatically and reserve the right to construct and arrange the device whereby the 'same can rality ol' compartments 2 and 3 having airs tight partitions 4. In the compartment-2 is arranged a conventional for-m of engine 5 .eou uuonly used for driving the propellers of a vessel. Besides driving the. propellers ol" a vessel, I employ the same. to operate air compressors ,6, these. compressors communicating bypipes 7 with reservoirs S and t). i eservoirs N and E) into the various compar arts of a vessel are pipes 11) having branches ll controlled by valves 12. Should the vesseb'be struck and one of the compartments pierced, the eomparl meut is immediately filled with air to prevent water from entering the same, or should one end of the vessel be injured beyond salvage, the opposite end of the vessel will be filled with air to keep the same afloat, in order that lives and propert can be saved.

The bottom 0 the hull is rovided with two longitudinally disposed rames 13 extending from one end of said vessel to the other, said frames bein braced, as at 14. These frames are adapted to support the hull of a vessel should the same run aground, as illustrated in Fig. 4 and in order that the hull can be easily floated, I arrange a hinged member 15 at the forward end of the hull, and a hinged member 16 atthe rear end thereof, these members when closed provide a com artment beneath the vessel which can be filed with air for floating said vessel. Upon the vessel running ashore divers can close the members 15 and 16 from the outside of a vessel or can enter the compartment 17 'ments-17 through hoods 19 communicating with the reservoirs S and'Q. These hoods are provided with gates 20 'and 21. The air within the reservoirs 8 and 9 can be used for propelling the boat, and when traveling in the direction indicated by the bow in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the gates 21 are closed and the gates 20 opened, allowing the ejected air to force the vessel forward. Should the vessel become fog bound, a supply of air from the .rcservoir 9 is admitted to a frame 22 arranged upon the deck of the vessel, and the.

air ejected from this frame is adapted to disp61 a fog or a heavy mist that surrounds a vessel, thus permitting a vessel proceeding upon its journey. The frames 13 assist in maintaining the equilibrium of a vessel and prevent the same from rocking. The gates 20 and 21 and the, numerousvalves of'my device can be automatically controlled from the bridge or a similar'point upon the vessel. Fresh air is-supp'lied to the interior of a vessel and the numerous compartments thereof by funnels 23. The utilization of compressed:air for the purposes herein s ecilied is adapted to render the vessel salvab '0 when injured or aground.

Having now described n'iy invention \vhat l claim as new, is;---- r 1. The combination of a vessel having compartments formed therein, of air cornpressors, reservoirs for receiving air from said compressors, pipes for supplying air to the numerous com )artments of said vessel, franies arranged longitudinallyupon the bottom of said vessel, members at the ends of said frames for providing a compartment beneath said vessel when aground, hoods arranged in the bottom of said vessel and communicating' with said reservoir, gates arranged in said hoods for controlling the directionof the discharge of air in said hoods, and a frame arranged upon the deck of said vessel for discharging air and dispelling of fog surrounding said vessel.

2. The combination-With a vessel, of air compressors, reservoirs for receiving air from said compressors, pipes for delivering air to the numerous compartments of said vessel,

a frame arranged upon said vessel for discharging air and dispelling fog, and means'

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