US680692A - Cargo-steamer. - Google Patents

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No. 680,692. Patented Aug. 20, IQIUI.

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CARGO STEAWIEB.

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HENRY BURRELL, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

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SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,692, dated .August 20, 1901. Application iiled September 6, 1899. Serial No. 729,654.. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BURRELL, ship broker and ship owner, of 4 Devonshire Gardens, in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, have invented Improvements in the Construction of Cargo-Steamers, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 2,770, dated the 7th day of February, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in sea going vessels, particularly freight or cargo Steamers, and is designed to improve the construction of the cargo-holds and the construction in general.

It is one of the objects of this invention to so construct a vessel that a much greater amount of freight or cargo may be carried than is possible with the existing vessels of equal dimensions.

Another object is to so construct the vessel that loading and unloading of the cargoes from the hold may be accomplished in a much shorter time than has been possible heretofore. It will also be obvious that the stability of the vessel and the structural strength and rigidity will be much increased by placing the engines and boilers aft, with the cargo occupying the entire amidships-section of the vessel, as the weight will be well distributed over the whole vessel. This is a great improvement over the method now in vogue of placing the heavy boilers and engines amidships, giving tothe ship a tendency to rock on its transverse axis.

Another object of my said invention is to provide a simple and effective means for dividing the cargo space or hold of the vessel into compartments of different dimensions to suit varying requirements. By my method the girders and struts that run longitudinally of the cargo-spaces of the vessel and support the decks are so equipped that the boards may be easily inserted or` removed from these struts or girde'rs to divide the space into the compartments of any desired size. This is accomplished without providing any special construction,as will be hereinafter more fully described. Then cargo in bulk is to be carried, such as coal and the like, these boards may be removed and stored in a comparatively small space.

In order that my said invention may be more fully described, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

Figure l represents a central longitudinal section of the aft half of a vessel embodying my improvements. Fig. l@ is a similar View of the forward half of the vessel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the aft half of the vessel, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the forward half of the vessel. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section, enlarged, taken amidships of the vessel,showing the cargo-space. Fig. 4 represents-a section taken longitudinally of the vessel, showing the method of employing the cargo-boards to divide up the cargo-space. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged transverse section through one of the vertical struts, parts being broken away; and Fig. 6 represents an enlarged transverse section through the vessel, showing the arrangement of the struts, girders, and deck-beams.

Referring particularly to Figs. l represents the main deck with my improvements.

B represents the trunk with the upper deck B.

O O are hatches provided at regular intervals along the trunk B, these hatches passing from the upper deck B to the base or lowest hold.

O is a hatch through Which coal may be hoisted from the bunker K and lowered through the hatch O2 to the chute K boiler-room.

to 2a, A of a vessel provided or cabin provided A is the lower deck beneath the deck A, and A2 represents the deck-beams for supporting the upper deck A.

D D are compartments between the hatches C C, in which may be located crane-supports or the like provided With power-chamber MO, attached thereto.

F F are a plurality of vertically-disposed struts running from the base of the vessel to the main deck A, being firmly secured in place by the web-plates F2 F2. Above these piliars or struts F are provided framings F3,

adapted to strengthen the trunk B, angleupper corners the trunk to suitable passages being irons F5 being provided in the between the deck and side of reinforce the same,

left for the crew..

F represents also vertical into the IOO struts or pillars placed midway between the pillars or struts F; but instead of extending up to the main deck they stop at the lower deck A. All of these struts are I-shaped girders, preferably made up of two trough or channel irons bolted together, as by the bolt y, Fig. 5. each side of the beam thus formed are the strips of plankingy a a, which are held securely in place by the bolt y. These strips leave a space or recess between their edge and the edge of the beams, in which may be inserted the ends of the cargo-boards L. Upon one of the fiat ends of the beam F are secured the angle-irons L2 L2, so spaced as to allow the ends of the boards L to be inserted.

F4 represents vertically dis-posed struts placed directly in the center of the vessel, midway between the struts F F, starting where the hatchways leave od and dividing the vessel into two compartments, one on each 1 side of the center of the vessel. These struts F4 run from the base of the vessel above the keel tothe main deck A, being secured in place in the manner described in connection with the struts G G are stringers running longitudinally of the vessel at equal distances froml the cene ter thereof and support the inner ends of the lower deck A'wherethey are'cutY i-ntoby the hatchways, both strin gers F and F being se cured thereto.

L represents cargo-boards, which may' be interchangeably inserted between the verte cal struts F L represents cargo-boardsV inserted be tween the vertical struts F and run trans.- versely et thev vessel, forming the ends of the hatch ways.

H represents one of a plurality of port-openings with inwardly-swinging doors H and outwardly-swinging'doors H2, so. that when coal, or other bulk cargois being loaded these two doors. improvise a chute.

Water-tight bulkheads arepreferably piro;- vided along the sides of the vessel throughout .thel cargo-space,` such an arrangement being shown in Figs. 1 to 2a, inclu-sive,A such bulk- 'headsbeingindicated by the partitions W W,

thereby dividing the vessel up into th-e watertight compartments WT WT2 'toy WT, &c.

A space K is generally reserved for thecoal or fuel for the vessel.

bunkers is in easy reach of the boiler-room,

it bein-g simply necessary to hoist the coal l through. the hatch C into the hatch C2,\vhere it will be carried by the chute K directly to .the engine-room.

While I have shown my invention as em- Fitted into the channels left upon l This space for the obvious that the same may be applied to various types of steam or other vessels and that various modifications may be made in the details of the same without departing from the spirit of my said invention.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent oi the United States, is

l. In a vessel of the character described, the combination with the hatches C; of stringers running longitudinally of the vessel, and `spaced at a distance equal to the width of f said hatches, vertical struts or pillars F, F lsupporting said stringere, cargo-boards L', stretching transversely of the vessel between the struts F and cargo-boards L stretching g longitudinally of the vessel beneath and above said strin gers between the struts F, F

substantially as described.

2.4 In a vessel of the character the combination with a plurality of hatchways disposed longitudinally of they vessel; -of stringers G, G, running longitudinally of l the. vessel, and spaced at adistanceequa-l to the width ot said, hatches, Irshaped struts F i forming the four corners of said hatchways, ,cargo-boards L running transversely of the g vessel between said s-tru-tsF forming the ends y of said hatchways, vertically-disposed struts 1 F',l supporting said stringers G, G, and cargot boards L connecting said struts or pillars ;F FQ, forming the sides of said hatchways, t substantially as described. i 3. Ina, vessel of the. character' described, the; combination wi-ththevertically-disposed l2-shaped struts or pillars F, F', mad-e of twochannehbeams bolted together by the bolt y, 3 strips-vot planki-ng z, z, bolted in thechannels. =of saidbeams, and heldin posi-tion by said bolt. y, leavinga recess largeenoughto admit the-end of a board in said; channel, and a pair of angle-irons L2, L2, secured to: one of the i-lat` sides of said stru-ts, forming a recess of a board between them,- said recess bein-g adapted to hold the board at right angles; to saidfrrst-mentionedrecess; of a plurality of 1 removable cargo-boards adapted to have; their Aends inserted in; said recessesthereb y dividing the, vessel up; into cargo-compartments, substantially asd'escri-bed.

JOHN SIDDLE,v i .losEPH HENRY PEARsoN..

Having thus described my invention, what l described,

-jor channel large enough to admit the end,

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturebodied'in the particular form ot vessel, it is 6o IOO IIO

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