Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1887
Complete Left, 14th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th Apr., 1888
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I JAMES SAMPLE Watch Maker 12 Harrison Place Jesmond Newcastle on Tyne
Northumberland do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists.of a circular formed Buoy Boat built of thin steel or any
other suitable material having an upper and lower.watertight deck, from the upper
down.to.the lower deck,.are formed on a circle a number of watertight Tubes or Pits
for the men to stand in about waist deep. And are so constructed that a small hand
pump keeps the whole.of.them.dry. And in the centre is formed a cabin or store
place with a suitable.cover below the. Cabin Floor or deck is a receptacle.for.holding
provisions. and water.which may be kept in Tins sealed up, three.oars can be made.for
it which are put together in short lengths for stowing away in,cabin and a Mast can
be put together infthe same manner for choisting a square sail. The Oars and Sail are
for the purpose of keeping. the Buoy Boat in the track of ships. It is also furnished
with Life railings around the upper deck, and below which are Life Ropes. The
Tubes.or Pits.mentioned above, can be applied to Boats of any shape or form.
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page_text: I, JAMES SAMPLE 12 Harrison Place, Jesmond Newcastle-on-Tyne Northumberland,
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 :-
My Invention consists in the construction of a life buoy boat for saving life at sea,
which is formed in such a manner that it retains its stability in the roughest sea, and
cannot founder by reason of water-logging, and while being of sufficient capacity for
holding several persons, the space occupied by it on board ship is comparatively small,
and the operation of launching easily performed.
In order that my Invention may be the better understood I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation,
and Figure 2 a plan of a life buoy boat constructed according to my Invention.
The lower part A of the hull of the boat is preferably hemispherical in form, and is
constructed of thin iron or steel plate, either pressed out of a single plate, or built up
of alternate plates, rivitted or otherwise attached together to form water-tight joints.
In Figure 1 however, the lower part of the hull A is formed of a single sheet of metal,
pressed into the required hemispherical shape, with a deck of metal plate B rivitted or
otherwise secured to the top of the hull shell at A. Said deck B is pierced with a
number of circular openings, into each of which is fitted a metal tube of sufficiently
large diameter to permit an ordinary person to stand in it with ease, and of such
depth as to allow said person to have the waist level with the deck B. A central
orifice is fitted with a similar tube D of larger dimensions which communicates with
the interior of the hemispherical hull A. plate E is secured to the hull or external
shell A, and also to the lower ends of the tubes C and D by rivetting or equivalent
means. A perforated cap or cover is fitted to the tube D aforesaid, which latter
affords access to the interior of the hull wherein, as a store room, food and necessaries
may be kept for supporting life when adrift at sea. A water tight cover may be
fitted to the cap F to keep said store dry when the sea is so rough as to break over
the deck of the life buoy boat. A.ring G preferably flanged is rivetted or otherwise
secured to the inner circumference of the outer shell A, and a similar flanged ring H
around the tube D. Iron rod stays a are jointed to the rings G and H and serve to
strengthen the hull of the boat, without impairing its elasticity, or unduly adding to
the weight. The tubes are connected together by small pipes b close to the lower
edge, where they are secured to the plate E, so that any water collecting therein may
be removed by means of a small hand pump placed in one of said tubes b, or connected
with one of the pipes, between the tubes C. A hand rail with stancions I is attached
to the rim formed by the junction of the deck B with the hull A, and life lines c are
suspended from suitable ringbolts. Similar rings are provided for the purpose of
attaching slings for maintaining the life-buoy boat in a vertical position on deck. It
will be apparent that the watertight air spaces J J' will prevent the boat from sinking,

page_text: even though the tube D and the space below it in the interior of the hemispherical
hull, forming the store room, be filled with water by any accident.
The whole apparatus may be placed upon the deck of a sea going vessel upon
ordinary boat chocks, and secured by slings, from rolling out of position. Being
extremly light in comparison with its capacity for storage and displacement, the
operation of launching the life buoy boat is easily and quickly accomplished in cases
of emergency. As an auxiliary equipment, I may provide a sail, oars and a mast,
which may be detachable, in two or more parts, so that they may be stowed in the
tubular store room D. These accessories will enable the persons on board of the life-
buoy boat to keep said boat in the track of vessels.
To further aid the steering and manipulation of said boat, I may provide a keel
and rudder, which however may also be detachable into separate parts and form no
portion of the actual hull.
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
First A life buoy boat, with airtight tubular compartments, and auxiliary
fittings substantially as herein set forth.
Second-In the construction of a life buoy boat, the formation of a hull, preferably
of thin metal plate, with horizontal compartments formed by plate decking, intersected
and joined by vertical tubular watertight compartments, with strengthening stays
substantially as herein set forth.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.