Improvements in or connected with Navigable Vessels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Navigable Vessels.
I, JAMES JOHN MILLER of 35 Dorville Road, Hammersmith, in the County
of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in or connected with navigable
vessels as for example barges, for the conveyance of material such as town's refuse,
coal and like loose material, whereby such material can be handled and discharged
in a rapid and economical manner and with a very small amount of manual labour.
For this purpose the deck of a vessel, or a part thereof is so constructed as to hold
in place two series of removable receptacles the bottoms of which are inclined in a
downward direction to each side of the vessel. To this end the deck or a part
thereof can be made doubly inclined or be otherwise so formed as to support the
bottoms of the receptacles at the desired angles. Each receptacle has its outer
side, or a part thereof made as a hinged or sliding door so that when it is charged
with material, such as town's refuse, then by opening such side or door, the material
will, in consequence of the bottom of the receptacle being inclined, slide out by
gravity and thus be discharged without any manual labour other than that
necessary for opening the side or door. Each receptacle is also provided with
eyes or rings or is otherwise so formed that it can be readily lifted from the deck
of the vessel by lifting apparatus such as a crane and transferred to any desired
place for discharging its contents. Thus by the construction described the recep-
tacles after being used during one voyage for the conveyance and disposal of
refuse material, can be used on the return voyage for the conveyance of other
material for example coal, that can when desired be rapidly and economically
unloaded by removing the charged receptacles bodily from the vessel by the means
described.
Vessels constructed as herein before described can, below deck, be formed as or
provided with one or more tanks for the conveyance of liquid cargoes in bulk.
In some cases I construct the vessels in two or more transverse sections that
are held together by longitudinal bars or links jointed to them in such a manner
that each section is capable of vertical movement independently of the other or
others.
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JAS. J. MILLER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Navigable Vessels.
I, JAMES JOHN MILLER, of 35 Dorville Road, Hammersmith, in the County of
London, Engineer, 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 invention has reference to improvements in or connected with navigable
vessels, as for example barges, for the conveyance of material such as town's refuse,
coal and like loose material, whereby such material can be handled and discharged
in a rapid and economical manner and with a very small amount of manual labour.
For this purpose the deck of a vessel, or a part thereof, is so constructed as to
hold in place two series of removable receptacles, the bottoms of which are inclined.
in a downward direction to each side of the vessel. To this end the deck, or a.
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page_text: part thereof, can be made doubly inclined or be otherwise so formed as to support
the bottoms of the receptacles at the desired angles. Each receptacle has its outer
side, or a part thereof, made as a hinged or sliding door so that when the receptacle
is charged with material, such as town's refuse, then by opening such side or door,
the material will, in consequence of the bottom of the receptacle being sufficiently
inclined, slide out by gravity, and thus be discharged without any manual labour,
other than that necessary for opening the side or door. Each receptacle is also
provided with eyes or rings or is otherwise so formed that it can be readily lifted
from the deck of the vessel by lifting apparatus, such as a crane, and transferred
to any desired place for discharging its contents.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a plan.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and
Fig. 3 is a cross section of a barge with removable receptacles constructed and
arranged according to this invention.
I is the deck of the central portion of the barge; it is made doubly inclined in
an outward and downward direction as shown. 22 are removable receptacles
arranged in two rows, one upon each inclined portion of the deck, wherein they are
retained laterally by any suitable means as for example by angle irons 1ª arranged
one at each side of the vessel but the upper edges of which do not project above
the bottoms of the corresponding receptacles. The outer side of each receptacle
is formed with an opening 3 normally closed by a hinged door 3" that is capable of
being turned outward and upward by any convenient means, such as a chain or a
hooked rod when the contents of the receptacle are to be allowed to slide outward
by gravity in consequence of the bottom 2ª of the receptacle being sufficiently
inclined to allow this to take place. Each receptacle is provided with eyes 4 by
which it and its contents can be readily lifted from the deck of the barge and
transferred to any desired place. Thus by the construction described, the recep-
tacles after being used during one voyage for the conveyance and disposal of refuse
material, can be used on the return voyage for the conveyance of other material for
example coal, that can, when desired, be rapidly and economically unloaded by
removing the charged receptacles bodily from the vessel by the means described.
Vessels constructed as herein before described, can, below deck, be formed as or
provided with one or more tanks 5, for the conveyance of liquid cargoes in bulk, as
shown in Fig. 3.
In some cases I construct the vessels in two or more transverse sections or parts
that are held together by longitudinal bars or links jointed to them in such a
manner that each section is capable of vertical movement independently of the
other or others. By this means the rearmost section when fitted with an engine
and screw propeller, can be used for propelling the section or sections in front of
it, and can when desired, be disconnected from one section or set of sections, that
is or are being loaded or unloaded, and connected to another section or set of
sections that is or are ready to be moved from one place to another.
Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a plan and side elevation illustrating such an
arrangement wherein 6 is one of the sections, here shown as a complete barge with
rudder, and 7 is another section that is fitted with a boiler 8, an engine 9, and screw
propeller 10 of any suitable construction. 11 and 11 are longitudinal bars or
links each jointed to the sections 6 and 7 at the points 12 and 13 respectively, so
that variation in the depth of the section 6 consequent upon a variation in the
weight of the cargo carried thereby, will, within the ordinary limits of such variation, 5
have no injurious effect upon the section 7.
Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views to Figs. 4 and 5 respectively wherein the rear-
most section 7 carrying the engine 9 and screw propeller 10 is also arranged to
serve as a rudder for the front section 6.
For this purpose two or more pairs of longitudinal bars or links 11 11 (there
are three pairs in the example shown) are used for connecting the two sections 6
and 7 together, the rods of each pair being jointed to eyes or lugs on the front

page_text: section and to oppositely arranged pins or trunnions 14 on a ring 14 through.
which and the other corresponding rings extends a rod 15 to which the section 7 is.
jointed by eyes 16, as shown more clearly in plan and elevation in Figs. 8 and 9.
which are enlarged detail views. In this case the engine 9 may be worked by
steam or other power from a source of energy such as a boiler 8, or an electrio
accumulator, on the section 6, the motive fluid or electric energy as the case may
be being transmitted from the one to the other by a suitable pipe or conductor 17.
The arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 7 may advantageously be used in connection.
with barges already built and employed on canals or rivers constructed with locks
that are too short to enable both sections when constructed and arranged as shown
in Figs. 4 and 5, to be passed through a lock together.
In some cases the section 7 shown in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive may be so connected
to the longitudinal links or bars that it can only move in a vertical plane and not
in a horizontal plane. In this case a rudder is hinged to the rear end of the
section 7 as indicated in dotted lines at 7 in Fig. 7.
Fig. 10 illustrates an arrangement somewhat similar to that shown in Fig. 7,.
but in which the longitudinal bars or links are dispensed with, the two sections 6
and 7 being hinged or jointed together by a rod or pintle 18 that passes through
eyes 19 on the respective sections.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A navigable vessel provided with removable receptacles each supported in
such a manner that its bottom is inclined in an outward and downward direction,
having its outer side, or a part thereof, made as a hinged or sliding door, and
provided with means such as eyes or rings by which it can be lifted, the arrange-.
ment being such that material within the said receptacle will be discharged by
gravity when the movable sides or doors thereof are opened, and each of the said
receptacles can when necessary be lifted bodily from the deck of the vessel, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3
of the accompanying drawings for the purposes specified.
2. A navigable vessel constructed in two or more sections held together by
longitudinal bars or links jointed to the respective sections in such a manner that
each section is within ordinary limits, capable of vertical movement independently
of and without causing injurious strains on the other or others, substantially as
hereinbefore described for the purpose specified.
3. Navigable vessels constructed in sections connected together as herein before
described with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and in Figs. 6.
to 9 inclusive, or modified according to Fig. 10, the rearmost section being provided
with a propeller as set forth.
Dated this 20th dow of Anail 1000
JAS. J. MILLER.