An Improved Ships' Scuttle Ventilator.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1893.
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ships' Scuttle Ventilator.
We THOMAS FRANCIS BEST and JAMES CURRIE BOURNE,. both of 107 Newhall
Street Birmingham, Merchants do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention is devised with a view to ensure a cheap and simple means for
increasing the ventilation of ships' cabins; whilst at the same time assisting the
permanent ventilators: and, thereby adding greatly to the comfort of passengers,
especially on board vessels trading in tropical climates.
The device according to our invention comprises a half round sheet of metal with
a frame at one end, hinged in the centre, from the two sides of which, metal bars
extend, the ends of which overlap,--and, by means of screws (preferably two)
or equivalents, form a locking bar for securely fixing the shoot in the ships'
scuttle. When required for use, the sides of the shoot are opened out, and the
end thereof is pushed through the scuttle, at right angles to the ships' side; and the
screw or screws in the locking bar aforesaid is, or are, turned, until the shoot is
fixed in the scuttle. Whereupon when the vessel is going ahead, owing to the
resistance offered by the air shoot, a strong and refreshing current of air passes
through the scuttle into the cabin or the like. Our improved shoot aforesaid can
be very expeditiously "shipped" and "unshipped" and in cases of emergency
by any inexperienced person, the mode of manipulation being so very simple.
When not required to be used, the sides of the shoot are folded together and the
space for stowage is so greatly reduced, that our improved device may be
conveniently stowed away under a seat say; or might be suspended on a hook in
the cabin, ready for use.
Dated this 31st day of October 1893¯¯
JAMES STEVENSON,'
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ships' Scuttle Ventilator.
We, THOMAS FRANCIS BEST and JAMES CURRIE BOURNE, both of 107 Newhall
Street, Birmingham, Merchants, 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 :—
Our invention is devised with a view to ensure a cheap and simple means for
increasing the ventilation of ships cabins; whilst at the same time assisting the
permanent ventilators; and, thereby adding greatly to the comfort of passengers,
especially on board vessels trading in tropical climates.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have appended
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 shows an elevational view shewing our improved scuttle ventilator in
an open out form in position in a scuttle hole.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ventilator when closed.

page_text: Figure 3 is an end view shewing the locking arrangement when ventilator is
Open and
Figure 4 is an end view when ventilator is shut.
The device according to our invention comprises a half round sheet of metal a, b
with a frame at one end, hinged in the centre, from the two sides of which, metal
bars c, d, extend, the ends of which overlap, and by means of screws (preferably
two) or equivalents, form a locking bar for securely fixing the shoot in the ships
-scuttle. When required for use, the sides of the shoot a, b, are opened out, and
the end thereof is pushed through the scuttle at right angles to the ships side and
the screw or screws e in the locking bar aforesaid is or are turned until the shoot
is fixed in the scuttle. Whereupon, when the vessel is going ahead, owing to the
resistance offered by the air shoot, a strong and refreshing current of air passes
through the scuttle into the cabin or the like. Our improved shoot aforesaid can
be very expeditiously "shipped" and "unshipped," and in case of emergency by
any inexperienced person; the mode of manipulation being so very simple.
not required to be used, the sides a, b, of the shoot are folded together and the space
for stowage is so greatly reduced, that our improved device may be conveniently
stowed away under a seat say; or might be suspended on a hoop in the cabin,
ready for use.
When
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
The improved ships scuttle ventilator substantially as herein described and
:shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 15th day of February 1894.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
7, Furnival Street, E.C., Agent for Applicants.