Improvements in Buoyant Life Saving Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
Date Application, 19th Aug., 1030
Cor.plete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buoyant Life Saving Apparatus.
We PINKUS GUTERMAN China Restorer, 61 Chalton Street, N.W. and WILLIAM
JAMES CAMPBELL, of 61, Crofton Road, Camberwell, S.E. do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relatos to improvements in buoyant life-saving apparatus for
preserving life from drowning, and has for its object to provide means which can
be quickly and effectually applied for the purpose.
According to this invention we make use of several belts or straps, one of which
may be worn around the waist, another around the body underneath the arm pits,
and one over each of the shoulders, and to these belts or straps wo attach by sewing
or cementing, a series of collapsable bags made of any light or elastic material, or
we inay fit the bags with a brass screw and coupling nut for attaching these to the
belts, and the said bags may be covered with netting. We connect these bags
together by means of a tube or tubes passing throngh the joint or connection of each
bag with the belt and around the latter to the front where the two outer ends of the
tube or tubes meet and are provided with a valve or tap. When using the apparatus
the wearer blows through the valve so as to inflate all the bags, after which the air
pressure closes the valve so as to keep them inflated, or the bags may be previously
inflated ready for use. The bags may be collapsed when required by opening the
valve and may be still worn on the body or packed away in a small space with the
belts.
In some cases instead of the air bags we may use cork, wooden or metal egg-shaped
floats rigidly attached to the belts and of sufficient buoyancy to support the person
wearing them in the water.
Dated this 10th 100
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buoyant Life Saving Apparatus.
We, PINKUS GUTERMAN, China Restorer, 61, Charlton Street, N.W. and WILLIAM
JAMES CAMPBELL of 61, Crofton Road, Camberwell, S.E. 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 improvements in buoyant life-saving apparatus for
preserving life from drowning, and has for its object to provide means which can
be quickly and effectually applied for the purpose.
According to this invention we make use of several belts or straps, one of which
may be worn around the waist, another around the body underneath the arm pits, and
one over each of the shoulders, and to these belts or straps we attach by sewing or

page_text: cementing a series of collapsible bags made of any light or elastic material, or we
inay fit the bags with a brass screw and coupling nut for attaching these to the belts,
and the said bags may be covered with netting. We connect these bags together
by means of a tube or tubes passing through the joint or connection of each bag
with the belt and around the latter to the front where the ends of the tubo or tubes
meet is provided with a valvo or tap. When using the apparatus the wearer blows
through the valve so as to inflate all the bags, after which the air pressure closes the
valve so as to keep them inflated, or the bags may be previously inflated ready
for use. The bag may be collapsed when required by opening the valve and may
be still worn on the body or packed away in a small space with the belts.
In some cases instead of the air bags we may use cork, wooden or metal egg-
shaped floats rigidly attached to the belts and of sufficient huoyancy to support the
person wearing them in the water.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the belt showing
it extended, Fig. 2 is a plan of tho same, and Fig 3 is a detail view of ono of the
air bags and conuections.
The belt A is provided with the ribs of cork a placed at suitable intervals, and the
rubber tube B extends around the belt at the outsido, the cork ribs being cut at the
centro to allow for the passage of the tubo At suitable intervals the rubber tube is
provided with the metal T pipe C the stem of which projects slightly from the fnco
of the belt. To these metal connections the air bags D are fitted, being provided
with the metal coupling pieco d which may be screwed or otherwise fixed on the
end of the metal tube. The air bags can thus be easily removed from or fitted to
the metal connections. The end of the tube B projects from the belt, and is
preferably provided with a small valve of the kind commonly employed for inflating
purposes allowing the bags to be inflated through the tnbe but preventing the air
escaping. To deflate the arrangeniont one or all of the air bags may be removed,
or the small screw c fitted to each of the metal connections may be removed
allowing passage for the air. The belt is secured in place by means of small straps
and buckles, or in any other convenient manner, and may be worn ou the body
continuously if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An improved life saving belt, consisting of a belt fitting around the body,
provided with a number of floats secured at suitable distances apart, substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
2. In an improved life saving bolt the combination with a belt adapted to be fitted
around the body and a tube secured to the belt, of air bags fitted to the said tube at
suitable intervals, and adapted to be inflatod through the tube, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
3. In an improved life saving belt the combination with a belt fitted to the body,
a tube secured to the said belt, and a valve or tap at the end of the tube, of air
bags connected to the tube at suitable intervals by means of a metal coupling
substantially as and for the purposos specified.
4. The improved life saving bolt adapted to be secured to the body, constructed
and operating substantially as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 25th day of November 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER.
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.