Improvements in Mounting Ships' Galley-stoves and Tables.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1893-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mounting Ships' Galley-stoves and Tables.
I, FRANK JOHNSON, Box 427, Seattle, Washington, United States of America,
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:-
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My invention relates to improvements in mounting ships' galleys and the
object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and effective device for automatically
leveling the galley at sea so that it will always assume a horizontal position
independently of the motion of the vessel.
To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrange-
ment of the device as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly
pointed out in the claims.
The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known
to me, but many changes in the details might be made, within the skill of a good
mechanic, without departing from the spirit of my invention, as set forth in the
claims at the end of this specification.
The same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved ships' galley.
Figure 2 is a top plan view.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section, and
Figure 4 is an end elevation.
1 denotes the galley which may be of any suitable size and shape, and 2 the
pipe section attached to the galley, its upper end being connected to the next
section 3 by the ball and socket joint 4, and this section in turn, to the roof
section 5 by a similar ball and socket joint 6.
7 represents the sling or stirrup formed of the two parallel straps 8-8 which
extend underneath the stove or galley and up both sides, the upper ends of said
straps being connected by the cross-braces 9-9. 10-10 denote integral angular
brackets fixed midway to the cross-braces 9-9 and their vertical ears 12-12
are set outward from the brackets to receive the rectangular yoke 13 from which
the stirrup is slung by means of the trunnion bolts 14-14.
15 represents a rectangular standard having the lower ends of its vertical
parallel legs fixed to the deck, and 16 denotes an upright likewise fixed to the
deck. 17 17 denote trunnions fixed in the front and rear sides of the yoke
and which are supported in the standards 15 and 16, so that the stove or galley
is suspended gimbal fashion clear of the deck, and consequently, it will always
hang level independently of the rocking or oscillating movement of the vessel.
The brackets 10-10 are each formed with an integral depending arm 18,
from the lower end of which a spiral spring 19 extends to the deck, which serve
to steady the lateral oscillation, and 20-20 denote longitudinal horizontal arms
also formed integral with said brackets and their outer ends are connected to
the spiral springs 21-21, the outer ends of which are in turn fixed to the
opposite walls of the galley-house and which tend to steady the horizontal
oscillation of the galley.

page_text: From this description, taken in connection with the drawing, it will be seen
that the galley will maintain an approximately level position, no matter what
position the ship may assume. The same gearing -may be applied to tables on
ship-board, as well, and in such instances, it would be preferable to fix the stan-
dards to the ceiling instead of to the floor, as here shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The combination with a ship's galley, of the pipe sections connected by a ball
joint, the stirrup 7 formed with the angular brackets 10-10, the yoke 13
pivotally connected at its ends to said brackets, the fixed standards 15-16, the
trunnions 17-17, connecting said yoke and standards and the spiral springs 19-21
connected at right angles to said brackets 10-10 and having their free ends
fixed to the ship's structure, substantially as shown and described.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.