COMBINED "TANK AND CARGO VESSELS
Year: 1885

page_text: CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG of 12 Woodstock Road Finsbury Park London, N.
Coal Factor, and ROBERT NEAL TOUGH 11 Commercial Road Lambeth, S.E. London
Lighterman, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for COMBINED
"TANK AND CARGO VESSELS to be as follows:-
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The object of this Invention is to provide vessels of any description whether
propelled by oars, sails, steam, or other motive power, and built of any suitable
material for the purpose of carrying either solid or liquid cargoes, together or
seperately as may be desired. To effect this object the sides bottom and ends, or
either of them of the said vessels will be so constructed as to form a Tank
or Tanks for liquid cargoes and at the same time leave the hold of the ordinary
form for carrying any sort of solid cargo or merchandise of whatever description.
Doted this 14th dex of Santambor 1885

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We CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG of 12 Woodstock Road, Finsbury Park, London,
and ROBERT NEAL TOUGH of 14 Beverley Road Barnes, Surrey do hereby declare
the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is provide vessels of any description whether
propelled by oars, sails, steain, or other motive power and built of any suitable
material for the purpose of carrying either solid or liquid cargoes together or
separately as may be desired.
In order that our invention may be, clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which we have
illustrated one example of how a vessel, barge or other craft may be divided'; in this
instance a barge which will sufficiently illustrate the principle thereof to enable
those acquainted with the subject to construct other vessels with such modifications
as may be required so as to meet the varying requirements of different trades as
sometimes vessels or boats would be required to carry all or most liquid cargo and
sometimes all or most solid cargo and thus the construction would naturally
require some modification in the combination of the divisions so as to exactly
meet the need of each particular case which will be clearly understood by those
accustomed to build such vessel or craft. :
Figure 1 is a longtitudinal section of a barge capable of carrying say about
125 tons dead weight cargo and in this instance the the proportion of tank room
for liquid cargo would be say 110 tons and of hold room for solidi cargo say
90 tons.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same, barge but with the outline of tanks shown by
dotted lines and the hold or holds shown open.
Figure 3 is a midship section of the same craft showing the mode of construction
in clearer details.
The solid cargo would be provided for in the hold or holds A. B. C which may
be one or divided into any convenient number by either fixed or removable Bulk
heads or divisions a¹ b c¹ so that cargo of any kind or dimensions may at once be
provided for in a very simple way. For the liquid cargo there are first the tank
or tanks E E E under the solid-cargo or coal hold A. B. C. Then there are the
side tank or tanks F. F. as also the fore tanks H and aft tanks K. The tanks are
filled through the hatchways M and N and the liquid is withdrawn by suitable
pumps P and R. It will be self evident that the solid cargo hold may be easily
lengthened by reducing the number or size of the aft tanks K or the fore tanks. H
and the breadth may be increased by a similar curtailment of the side tanks F. F.
The liquid tanks may be divided to carry various kinds or quantities of liquids
such for instance as tar, petroleum or other liquids or semi liquids or the con-
struction may be varied so as to carry the most fluid quantities in the bottom
tank or tanks E and barrels may then be stored in other parts such as the fore and
aft holds or either of them,

page_text: It will also be evident that the principle though shown applied to a barge may
be extended to any sea going vessel and the main hold may be subdivided by
longitudinal and transverse Bulkheads so as to further form complete and separate
tanks if required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The combined tank and cargo vessel having provision at the bottom, sides and
ends or midships if required for storing liquids or semi liquids combined with hold
room for solid cargo or merchandise substantially as herein set forth.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for Applicants.