IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STOWAGE OF COTTON AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND THE REMOVAL THEREOF FROM VESSELS OR OTHERWISE AFTER TRANSPORTATION."
Year: 1876

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th December 1876. A communication
from abroad by Maurice Joseph Walsh, of the City and State of New York,
United States of America.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO APPARATUS FOR
FACILITATING THE STOWAGE OF COTTON AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND THE
REMOVAL THEREOF FROM VESSELS OR OTHERWISE AFTER TRANSPORTATION."
communication.
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One part of these improvements comprises a self-fastening crate or equivalent
contrivance for use in combination with means for compressing material for stowage,
whereby when the material is compressed into compact form, it is automatically
secured, and much labor, trouble, time, and the expense incident thereto are saved.
Another part of the said improvements comprises the combination with a portable
jack or jacks capable of being operated by steam, compressed air, water, or other
suitable motive agent of a flexible pipe, pipes, or hose for conveying the motive
agent from a generator, compressor pump, or other source of the motive agent, and
from the jack or jacks, whereby provision is afforded for moving a power jack or
power jacks radially from place to place; and various materials may be stowed
away in the holds of vessels with very great advantages so compactly that larger
cargoes than heretofore may be carried so securely that cargoes will be less liable to
shift, and so expeditiously that vessels will not be kept in port so long as formerly,
and the cost of transportation incident to the long stay of vessels in port is
obviated.
Another part of the said improvements comprises the combination with the afore-
said flexible pipe, pipes, or hose of a valve or valves for controlling the admission of
the motive agent thereto at the end furthest from the jack or jacks so as to diminish
the liability of bursting such pipe, pipes, or hose. It also comprises means pro-
viding for operating such valve or valves from the jack or jacks.
Another part of the said improvements comprises the combination with a jack for
use in stowing of an extended bearing piece, to be disposed between the material to
be stowed and the jack in order to distribute the power of the latter to the former.
Another part comprises the combination with a jack of a dog, pair of dogs, or
other like means for gripping material stowed tightly away, and tackle connecting
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page_text: such dog, pair of dogs, or equivalent devices with the jack, whereby provision is
afforded for easily removing the material howsoever tightly stowed.
Another part comprises a portable suspensory tramway, adapted to be attached to
the beams of a vessel or elsewhere by clamps or other means, and provision for
the universal movement of a jack used in stowing or removing material in all
directions.
Another part comprises the combination with such suspensory tramway and a
jack, to and from which the motive agent is conveyed by a flexible pipe, pipes, or
hose, of tackle, preferably including differential pulleys, for facilitating the raising,
lowering, and shifting of the jack.
Another part of the said improvements comprises a "Samson" post, that is to
say, a post braced to serve as a bearing for a jack, capable of extension to fit in any
desirable place without chocking, whereby much time, labor, trouble, and the
expense incident thereto are saved.
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Another part of the said improvements comprises the combination with a
"Samson" post provided with round indentations of a jack with a rounded dog
head (the head at the outer end of the ram), whereby provision is afforded for
adjusting the jack in all directions while it is engaged with the "Samson" post.
Another part of the said improvements comprises a suspensory bearing piece,
adapted to be applied to the beams of a vessel or elsewhere to afford a bearing to a
jack when the latter is used for stowing the material downwards.
Another part comprises a dog for holding material in place when compressed to
afford provision for stowing more material between the former and a wall or other
fixture.