Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1888
Complete Left, 1st Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
I JOHN ANTONE ANIELLO of Biloxi Harrison County Mississippi, United States of
America, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of life boats, the object of the invention
being to provide a boat which cannot sink, which cannot be capsized, and out of
which the passengers cannot be washed by the waves.
The invention consists of a boat formed of two air and water tight side chambers
or compartments and a similar central compartment all these compartments extending
the whole length of the boat and being connected together at the bow and stern.
Compartments adapted to receive the passengers are provided in the bow and stern
ends of the boat.
The deck of the central compartment or section is very much lower than the decks
of the side compartments, and upon it cross strips are placed which are securely
connected to the side compartments and form the flooring of the main portion of the
boat; but, if desired, longitudinal strips might be placed above the cross strips in the
spaces between the central and side compartments or sections.
A coaming or gunwale is fixed on the decks of the side sections or compartments,
and at each end of the boat there is a raised deck which extends from gunwale to
gunwale, grated floorings being arranged beneath these decks, which floorings extend
inward toward the midship section of the boat, and are there joined to the raised decks
by walls in which there are doorless ports, the walls, decks, and grated floorings
forming passenger compartments.
A thwart extends across between the side compartments abaft the forward passenger
compartment and this thwart supports a mast socket which is secured to the deck or
top of the central section.
As the side compartments or sections are above the central section or compartment,
it follows that the boat cannot be capsized, and as all three of the main compartments
are air and water tight, it will be impossible to sink the boat unless the buoyancy
thereof be overcome by overloading. The passengers of such a boat as the one
above described would be placed in the bow and stern compartments and would there
be absolutely safe, and such compartments could not fill with water owing to their
grated floorings.

page_text: I JOHN ANTONE ANIELLO, of Biloxi, in the County of Harrison and State of
Mississippi, United States of America, Mechanic 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 relates to the construction of life-boats; the object of the invention
being to provide a boat which cannot sink, which cannot be capsized, and out of which
the passengers cannot be washed by the waves.
The Invention consists of a boat formed of two air and water tight side chambers or
compartments and a similar central compartment, a grated flooring being arranged
above the central compartment and between the side compartments, while compart-
ments adapted to receive the passengers are provided in the bow and stern ends of the
boat all as will be bereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the
claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which figure 1 is a plan view of my improved form of life-boat;
figure 2 is a side view. of the same in partial section, on a line corresponding
approximately with the line x--x of figure 1; and figure 3 is a cross sectional view
taken on line y y of figure 2.
Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.
In constructing such a boat as the one forming the subject matter of this application,
I provide side compartments 10 and 11, and a central compartment 12, all of these
compartments being air and water tight and all being united or connected at both the
stem and the stern of the boat. The deck 13 of the compartment or section 12, is
very much lower than the decks of the compartments 10 and 11, and upon the deck 13,
I place cross-strips 14 which are securely connected to the side compartments 10
and 11, which strips form the flooring of the main portion of the boat; but if desired,
longitudinal strips might be placed above the strips 14 in the spaces between the side
edges of the central compartment 12, and the approaching inner side edges of the
compartments or sections 10 and 11. A coaming or gunwale 15, is fixed on the decks
of the sections or compartments 10 and 11, and at each end of the boat there is a
deck 16, which extends from gunwale to gunwale, grated floorings 17 being arranged
beneath these decks which floorings extend inward toward the midship section of the
boat, and are there joined to the decks 16 by walls 18 in which there are doorless
ports 19, the walls 18, decks 16, and grated floorings 17, forming passenger compart-
ments A. A thwart 20 extends across from the section 10 to the section 11 just abaft
the forward deck 16 and this thwart 20 serves as the support for a mast socket 21,
which extends downward and is secured to the deck or top of the section 12. Life
lines may be secured to the gun-wale or other parts of the boat, in any ordinary
manner, such lines, however, not being shewn in the drawings.
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page_text: The boat above described may be propelled by oars, in which case there would be
row-locks upon the gunwale 15. Or, if desired, the boat could be sailed, or propelled
by a scrow worked by hand in the usual well known manner. As the compartments
or sections 10 and 11 are above the central section or compartment 12, it follows that
the boat cannot be capsized, and as all three of the main compartments are air and
water tight, it will be impossible to sink the boat, unless the buoyancy thereof be
overcome by overloading. The passengers of such a boat, as the one above described
would be placed in the compartments A, and would there be absolutely safe, and such
compartments could not fill with water, owing to their grated flooring 17,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. A life boat, formed of three longitudinal air and water tight compartments
united together at the ends, and having a passenger compartment forward and aft,
substantially as described.
2. A life boat, formed of three longitudinal air and water tight compartments
united together at the ends, and provided with a passenger compartment forward and
aft, the said compartments having grated floorings, substantially as herein shewn and
described.
3. In a life boat, the combination, with the central compartment 12, of the side
compartments 10 and 11, above the central compartment and connected to the ends of
the said central compartment, the cross-bars 14 passing above the deck of the central
compartment and connected to the compartments 10 and 11, and the coaming or
gunwale 15, extending upward from the said compartments 10 and 11, substantially
as herein shewn and described.
4. In a life boat, the combination, with a central compartment 12, of side compart-
ments 10 and 11, connected to either end thereof, cross-bars 14 passing above the
deck of the compartment 12, and connected to the compartments 10 and 11; coaming.
or gunwale 15 extending upward from the decks of the compartments 10 and 11;
decks 16 arranged between the gunwales, grated floorings 17, arranged beneath the
decks; and partitions 18, having openings 19, which partitions connect the floors and
the decks, substantially as described.
J. A. ANIELLO.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.