Year: 1886

page_text: I, EDWIN MARTIN Lamp Manufacturer &c of 68 West India Dock Road, Lime-
house, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This improvement in Fog Horns is as follows, It is a means of giving a long or
a short blast as required by the rule of the road at sea and is constructed as stated
below.
Fig. A A/ is a case made of wood, or metal, paper mache, or any substance.
A is a frame to allow a compass to gimbol or fit in-B. is a space to allow any
size compass if required or can be made without if required C. are springs to
compress the air chamber together or any weight might be adapted instead of
springs. P. is a connecting rod from I to Q to work the bellows. I is a crank
worked with handle marked H but this crank can be reversed to the bottom &
worked by the foot if required. DE/ is an air chamber D is the bellows. Q F/ is
the wood or metal part of the bellows, this bellows can be made of leather, India-
rubber or any material, G is a pipe to allow the air to pass from one part of the
bellows to the other. K are rods to keep apart the bellows for the working part
to pass each other. L is the telescope horn made any size or length having an
ordinary tongue or reed fixed in same. J is the cock to allow the air to pass into
the horn. O is the rod to touch for making the sound after allowing the bellows
& air chamber to be filled with air & by working handle H or if by foot, you can
get a blast any length of time you require, thus entitleing my invention to greater
consideration for the better navigation of vessels at sea.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1stly A better means of signaling at sea in a fog or on a dark night.
2ndly By the adoption of this fog horn & compass combined ships may pass each
other in a fog or on a dark night without a collision, thus preventing loss of life
& property at sea, which too often occurs through the want of a long & continuous
blast fog horn.

page_text: 3rdly This fog horn is a fixture on deck or on the forecastle head thus saving the
time usually lost in getting the ordinary fog horn from below for while the person
is going below to get the fog horn a collision often occurs.
4thly The horn part can be telescoped up or down & in case of very bad weather
the born part can be shut down or telescoped down & then the sound will come
from the bottom.
5thly If any one uses the horn without telescoping it up the sound from the
bottom will draw his attention to the fact & then he will draw up the sliding
part of the horn to its full length as shown in the drawings thus giving a
full blast.

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 1st day of June 1887, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
I, EDWIN MARTIN Lamp Manufacturer &c of 68 West India Dock Road, Lime-
house, in the county of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This improvement in Fog Horns is as follows, It is a means of giving a long or
a short blast as required by the rule of the road at sea and is constructed as stated
below.
Fig. A A is a case made of wood, or metal, paper mache, or any substance.
A is a frame to allow a compass to gimbol or fit in-B. is a space to allow any
size compass if required or can be made without if required U. are springs to
compress the air chamber together or any weight might be adapted instead of
springs. P. is a connecting rod from I to Q to work the bellows. I is a crank
worked with handle marked H but this crank can be reversed to the bottom &
worked by the foot if required. D E is an air chamber D is the bellows. Q F/ is
the wood or metal part of the bellows, this bellows can be made of leather, India-
rubber or any material, G is a pipe to allow the air to pass from one part of the
bellows to the other. Kare rods to keep apart the bellows for the working part
to pass cach other. L is the telescope horn made any size or length having an
ordinary tongue or reed fixed in same. J is the cock to allow the air to pass into
the horn. O is the rod to touch for making the sound after allowing the bellows
& air chamber to be filled with air & by working handle H or if by foot, you can
get a blast any length of time you require, thus entitleing my invention to greater
consideration for the better navigation of vessels at sea.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1 A better The means of signaling at sea in a fog or on a dark night above
mentioned, that is to say the improved fog horn constructed so as to give a long or short
blast substantially as above described.
2ndly By the adoption of this fog horn & compass combined chips my The fog
horn and compass combined and constructed substantially as above described and enabling
ships to pass each other in a fog or on a dark night without a collision, thus preventing
loss of life & property at sea, which too often occurs through the want of a long
& continuous blast fog horn.

page_text: 3rdly This fog horn is The fog horn constructed so as to be a fixture on deck or on the
forecastle head substantially as hereinbefore described thus saving the time usually lost
in getting the ordinary fog horn from below for while the person is going below to
get the fog horn a collision often occurs.
4thly The horn part can be telescoped up or down & in ease of very bad weather
the horn part can be shut down or telescoped down & then the sound will come
from the bottom.
5thly If any one uses the horn without telescoping it up the sound from the
bottom-will draw his attention to the fuct & then he will draw up the sliding
part of the horn to its full length as shown in the drawings thus giving a
full blast.