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R. PINTSOH. Floating Signal Light.`

Reissued Api- IJ W A PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD PINTSGH, OF BERLIN. GERMANY.

FLOATING SIGNAL-LIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued LettersA Patent No. 9,664, dated April 12, 1881. original No. 190,979, dater' May E12, i877. Application for reissue tiled August 25, recu.

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Be it known that I, RICHARD PrNTscn, of Berlin, Prussia, Germany, have invented an Improvement in Signal-Lights, of which illev following is a complete description.

Thisinvention relates more particularly to improved means and apparatus wherebybuoys moored off the sea-coast, or in other waterways, are rendered available as float-in g lights,

for indicating their position at night or in dark weather, such apparatus being also available for use in light-ships, or for lights generally.

rlhe invention consists, mainly, in employin g yrecipients for illu minatin g-gas under pressure,which is supplied thereto at intervals from a reservoir by means of flexible hose temporarily attachcd'to an inletpipc, rwith' stop-ccck on the recipent. A vertical tube leads from the latter to a lantern in which are one or more gas burners, supplied with gas from the interior of the recipient, a regulator being provided at any convenient point of the supply-pipe, for reducing the pressure of the gas as it passes from the recipient to theordinary pressure of illuminating-gas before it issues from the burner or burners.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 shows'an elevation of the buoy and lantern. Figs. 2 and 3 show an enlarged vertical section, respectively, of the lantern and ofthe casing below. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show cross-sections taken, respectively, ou lines g h,a b, and c d, Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 7 shows a longitudinal section, and Fifr. 8 a cross-section at X X of la device for connecting the charging-hose to the inlet-pipe 'of' the gas-recipient for filling the latter with gas.

The recipient or buoy B, Fig'. 1, is constructed of strong sheet metal, ot' cylindrical or other suitable form, capable of withstanding considerable internal pressure. It is secured at its lower end to any suitable moorings in the usual manner, and has fixed on its upper end a tube, D, strengthened by stays, and carrying at its upper end a casing, A, surmounted by a lantern, C. The tube D serves both to convey the supply of gas under pressure from the charging-reservoir into the buoy or recipient, and to conduct the gas from the buoy to the burner m2 in the lantern. For the first- `phragm, r2, by a rod, 1, so that the pressure the valve, so that when the lantern is made to within the casing A, a side b1'aneh,f, the communication between which and the tube is closed by a screw-valve, F. The branch f has a coned recess at its end, as shown, for receiving the coued end 'v of the nozzle V, Fig'. 7 the branch V'of which is attached to aliexible pipe leading to the chargingreservoir.

For charging the buoy or recipientthe reservoir containing compressed gas is brought close alongside, and a sliding door, A', in the casing heilig opened, the end c ot' the nozzle V is placed inside the socket of the branchf, and is forced gas-tight therein by means of a screw, e', carried by a sleeve, V2, connected to the nozzle, and having a claw embracing a collar on the branch f, as shown. The nozzle having' been securely xed, the screw-valve F is opened, and thecompressed gas is allowed to How from the reservoir into the buoy until the pressure-gage M, fixed on another branch pipe,

f2, indicates that the gas in the buoy has attained the required degree of compression.

Thevalve F is then again closed and the supply-hose detached. The compressed gas now passes from the buoy through the passage f2 and pipe m into the regulator R, which is, by preference, of the saine construction as that described in my previous patent of 4th May, 1875, No. l62,946,in which thegas-tlowing from the pipe m passes through the dus-tv collector r9 and valve r6 into the chamber R,

in which is a lever, 1*?, connected to the valve r6, and also to an impermeable flexible diaot the gas entering the chamber tends to raise the diaphragm, so as to close the inlet-valve morer or less.

` A spring, 1', is connected to and acts upon the lever T5 in such a manner as to hold the valve open in the exact position for admitting suttcient gas to maintain the required pressure in the regulator. A second spring. TB, is also connected to the lever T5 and to the stem of assume an inclined or nearly horizontal position by the action of the waves ou a buoy this spring will replace the action of gravity in pulling the valve open after it has been closed through excess of pressure.

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1 5 just the flame of the burner.

The lautern itself does not constitute part l vof theinveution here to be described, asit is i made the subject of a separate division of re# issue of the Letters Patent of `which lthis isl v1o one division. o l Y It will be readily understood that the above arrangement of a reservoir of compressed illu- V minatiug-gas, in combination with the'iegula.-

- i5 tage oulother i ghts than buoys without further inventionfj v 1. Inan apparatus forconsumingcompressed illuminatng-gas, the combination of the recipient B, having inlet-pipe j?, and valveF and the outlet-pipe m, and `otherwise closed on all sides, with a'lamp'and an interposed regulating apparatus, for reducing the pressure of the gas as it passes from the recipient to the burner, substantial-ly as herein shown and described.

, 2. An .illuminating apparatus consisting of the recipient B, Iwhich is adapted to hold compressed llumnatinggas,and has but one opening" through which itis filled and emptied, in'

combination with pipe D, inlet-pipe f, valve F,

K land outlet-pipe'ni,substantially as described. y torandv lantern, may also be used withl advam, f v

i' RGHARD -PINTscE BANcnorr D, DAvis.

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