US977951A - Device for regulating the submersion of submarine boats and the like. - Google Patents

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M. F. HAY. DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE SUBMBRSION 0F SUBMARINE BOATS AND THRLIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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UNITED srA'rns ,MhRLEY FQTHERINGHAM HAY, or rxuivin,

HEAD & COMPANY, or FIUME, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. A coRPoRA'rIoN or HUNGARY.

To an whom it may comer-n:

- qBe it known that I, MARLEY F OTHERING- HAM HAY, a citizen of Great Britain, resident at Fiumc, Austria-Hungary, hate invented certain new and useful Improvements inand Relating to Devices for Regulating the submersion of Submarine Boats and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention a device" for regulating the submersion of submarine boats and the like by means of a pump con nected to a tank.v

- It has moreparticularly in view to allow the application of a rotary pump turning in one direction only, with the object of subjecting the control of the device to a single distributing cock, thus simplifying the .Working, and obviating errors.

' tank a (Fig. l) is placed in such a way that its center of gravity lies in the'vrertical line passing through the center of volume of the conning tower b; This tank is connected by g .j a..p ipe 0 to the casing cl of a reverser having two outlets, one 6' leading to the sea, and

the-other f being connected to the delivery .offthe pump g of any'suitable construction.

"These plpes are distributed about the peri'phery of the casing symmetrically. The

suction pipe h of the said pump terminates in an annular chamber 11 (Fig. 4)., at the lower part of the casing cl, and communicating -with the interior of said casing by means of openings 9, t, u, of varying suit-able size, distributed over its periphery. \Vithin this'casing (Z is a plug j, divided by means ofa vertical partition 7.: into two independent'compartments m, n. The compartmentm has two openings 0, 7), superposed, and arranged to be capable ofcommunicating with the pipes 0, c f, and the annular chamber a, In the compartment a, inthemplane of the "upper p1p1ng, is an opening 9' having a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 22,

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR T0 WHITE- VICE FOR- BEGULA'TING THE SUBMERSION OF SUBMARINE BOATS AND THE LIKE.

I PatentedDec. 6, 1910. 1910. serial No. 558,398.

width equal to that of the compartment, and

in the plane of the annular chamber 2', is an opening 7-, beneath the 'central'portion of and coaxial with the opening g, and corre sponding in dimension to an opening a through the wall of the casing and communicating with annular chamber 2'.

The working is as follows: When it is desired to fill the ballast tank for diving, the pump is set going, and the controlling member is brought into the position of Figs, 3 and at. The piping 6, leading to the sea, is

by means of the opening 0, put into column-.-

nication with the compartment m, itself connected by opposite openings 1) and u with the annular chamber 2', and consequently with the suction h of the pump. Thedeliv ery f of this pump is directly connected, by

-' means of the opening g of'the compartment a, with the pipe 0 leading to the tank...

.VVhen the ballast tank is sufli cient-ly filled and the submarine begins to dive, the cock ot the controlling member is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow, so as to bring it into the position of Fig. 5. Durin this rotation the suction opening connecte with the sea, is progressively closed, as also is the delivery pipe leading to the tank by means of the edge of opening 9. As soon as the plug begins to turn, the opening 21 (Fig. 4) comes into position opposite the opening a and the water arriving from the delivery of the pump through'the pipe fis divided into two parts, one of which flows to the ballast tank, while'the other returns through the annular chamberz' and the pipe '71. to the suction of the pump. When the controlling member arrives in the position of Fig. 5, the opposite openings t and r (Fig. 4), place the suction 'h of the pump in communication with the compartment m, which is connected by the opening q with' delivery 1. The pump is thus 'short-circuited, its delivery corresponding with its suction, andit can continue to work at the same speed without any increase of resistance in the delivery and consequent increase of load being pro- '6 is embeds 1 zres of Fig-, 6, as ,sltption of 'thg. commun cates OPBQT;

site openings p and s, with the compartment m of the regulator, which is connected by the opening 0 to the pipe 0 communicating with the tank. Again, the delivery t of the pump is directly connected by the opening 9 .of the compartment 11., with the pipe 6 leading to the sea, so that thepump sucks from the ballasttankand expels into the sea, causing the boat to rise.

The advantages'are as follower The in vention allows the quantity of water contained in the ballast tanks of a submarine boat to be varied without afiecting the speed ot'the pump which can thus work constantly at full speed. By this means maneuvering errors are avoided, as well as damage resultpump, in combination with a distributingcock -1nterp0se d an said condults and having passages so arranged that in'one position it 'ing from failure by the pump to pick up the suction when stopped and set going again at .each change 1n direction 0t suctlon. The

arrangement of the regulator makes it pos sible, by means of an incomplete opening of orifices 0, p, g, r, to vary with precision thequantity of water sucked up by the pump without varying its speed and without increasing-the pressure of its delivery. The

'degi'ee of immersion of a submarine may -municating with the ballast tank, the external water,- and the inlet and outlet of the connects'the suction side of the pump to the external water and the discharge side of the pump to the tank, whereby the tank may be filled; in another position it connects the suction side of the pump'to thetank andthe discharge side to the external wate r, whereby thetank may be emptied; and in a third position it'connects the suction side of I' the pumpto the discharge sidethereofl' whereby the pump may be driven constantly in the same direction, and by manipulating the annular'chamber 2'.

the distribution cock, may beshort-circuited or employed to fill or empty the ballast tank.

. 2. In mechanism .for controlling the div- .ingpf submarine boats, a distributing cock having a caslng, three conduits disposed symmetrically about the periphery of the casing and communicating respectivel with the outside Water, with a ballast tan and i with a discharge of a pump, a fourth conduit extending from the casing to the intake of the pump, and a hollow plug within the casing and adapted in one position to con nect the suction side of the pump to the external water andthe discharge side of the pump to the tank, whereby the tank may be filled; in anothir position to connect the suction side of the pump to thetank and the discharge side to the external water,'- whereby the tank maybe emptied; and in.

a third position to connect the suction side of the pump to the discharge side thereof whereby the pump may be driven constantly in the same direction, and by manipulating the distribution cock, maybe short-circuited' or employed to fill or empty the ballast tank.

3. In mechanism for controlling the divingof submarine boats, a distributing cock having a casing, three conduits disposed symmetrically about the periphery of the cas ng and communicating respectivel with the outside water, with a ballast tan r, and with the discharge of a pump, said-casing having also an annular peripheral chamber 011a .difi'erent'plane, a fourth conduit connecting said chamber with the intake ofthe pump, a hollow plug j within the casing, a partition 70 dividing the interior of such plug into two compartments of which one m has an orificep communicating with the annular chamber 2' and an orifice 0 arranged to register with the three symmetrically disposed conduits, and of which the other com'- partm'ent-n has an orifice g situated on the plane of the'first conduits, and of sufiicient extentto connect any two of said conduits, and also an orifice r situated on the plane of In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my handthisseventh day of April, 1910.

MARLEY FO'IHERINGHAM HAY.

' In the presence of two witnesses: WVERNER F. GENER,

Arznon STEINACKEILI

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