Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Distributing Oil on the Sea.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1892-Accepted, 4th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Distributing Oil
on the Sea.
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A communication by OLAUS NIELSEN, of Drammen, in the Kingdom of Norway,
Captain.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street.
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil 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 relates to the class of oil distributors in which the oil is contained
in a floating vessel. It is well known that, by means of this kind of oil distributor,
the oil cannot be spread on the water at a great distance ahead of the ship, as the
oil containing vessel either has to be dragged behind the ship or suspended from
beams at the sides thereof, and, for this reason, the oil is for the greater part
distributed to no use or less effect than if it had been distributed at a suitable
distance ahead of the ship in the direction from which the wind blows.
Now the object of this invention is to construct the vessel, containing the oil, in
such a manner that it may be held a suitable distance from the ship, in the direction
from which the wind blows, only by means of a rope connecting the oil distributor
with the ship. To this end, the oil container is given the shape of a ship or a boat
provided at its stern with a rudder and having the rope, by which it is connected
to the ship, tied to its bow or head in a peculiar manner, so that the vessel will
cut its way through the water in a direction nearly perpendicular to that of the
rope.

page_text: side, but, if sufficient rope is given out, the oil distributor will, under the com-
bined action of the rudder and the strain of the rope at the points E and F, be
dragged parallel with the ship and at some distance from it, and, if the rope H is
tied to the ship at a suitable point, the oil will be spread on the water in such a
position that the waves reaching the ship will all have passed near the oil
distributor and have become charged with oil. If the sea is extremely rough and
the ship labours hard, the oil distributor is free to move or lay itself over on the
side, swinging on an axis through the fastening points Erand F of the rope. Such
a movement of the oil distributor would not have been possible if the rope had
been fastened at three points (in which case no rudder had been necessary) and it
is, therefore, desired to claim especially two fastening points for the rope in com-
bination with a rudder as an essential feature of the invention. If three fastening
points are used, the rope will, when the sea is heavy, be very liable to burst, while,
as here shown, the oil vessel will simply turn over as above described, so that the
action of the water will be much reduced.
When the distributor is to be used on the other side of the ship, the rope is
hooked on the other side and the rudder turned. If the ship is sailing in the
direction of the wind, the distributor is dragged behind the ship, and the rope only
tied to the same at E, while the rudder is set straight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
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1. An apparatus for distributing oil on the sea, said apparatus having a rudder
at its stern and being constructed to float through the water like a vessel while its
oil space has an inlet valve at the bow, through which water may enter, when the
apparatus is in motion, and an outlet for the oil at the stern, the apparatus being
connected to the ship by means of a line secured to the apparatus at two points,
one at the bow, and the other at the side, the latter located either above or below
the other point of fastening, substantially as described.
2. The general arrangement and construction of parts substantially as herein
described and shown on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.