Improvements in the Method of and Means for Quickly Stopping or Retarding the Progress of Ships.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 19th May, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Quickly Stopping
or Retarding the Progress of Ships.
I, CHARLES ACTON BOND, of No. 71, The Grove, Hammersmith, London, W.,
and THOMAS DUFF SMITH, of No. 5, Melfort Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey,
Corn Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means for
quickly stopping or retarding the progress of ships and in accordance therewith
we provide a tube or tubes which lead from the engines to the water at the bows
or at the sides of the vessel.
Provision is made for a mechanical arrangement whereby the captain or look-
out man on the bridge or other part of the ship could divert the steam from the
propeller shaft, to the said tubes.
Either steam, compressed air, water or other forces or power may be employed
for carrying the invention into practical effect.
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HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
For the Applicants.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Quickly Stopping
or Retarding the Progress of Ships.
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We, CHARLES ACTON BOND, of No. 71, The Grove, Hammersmith, London, W.,
and THOMAS DUFF SMITH, of No. 5, Melfort Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey,
Corn 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:-
This invention relates to a new or improved brake apparatus for retarding
or stopping way upon ships and other vessels, and in accordance therewith we
make use of steam conducted at a high pressure from the steam boiler of steam
ships or from an auxiliary boiler upon sailing and other vessels through suitable
ducts leading to the bows or stem of the ship or vessel and through which it is
ejected in such manner as to be forced against the body of water through which
the ship or vessel is passing or being propelled and so have a retarding influence
upon the ship or vessel's progress; or air, water or other pressure may be
employed when preferred or desired, such pressure being obtained froni air-com-

page_text: pressors, hydraulic pumps or other power generators in any suitable and well-
known manner. The escape of steam or other pressure employed into the water
is regulated by properly placed valves which may be worked by the captain or
other officer in charge of the ship from the bridges or by the look out man in the
bows or from any other convenient or suitable place or position upon the ship or
vessel.
And in order that this invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect wo will now describe same with reference to the accompanying
drawings upon which Fig. 1 represents the forepart of a steam ship in elevation
(partly in section) fitted with our improved brake apparatus and Fig. 2 illustrates
the same in plan view.
is the steam boiler; ba steam pipe leading therefrom to the forepart of the
vessel. At the bows of the ship this steam pipe b is preferably and as shewn
bifurcated, one branch leading to the port side of the stem and the other
branch leading to the starboard side of the stem. 63 are the orifices in-the
ship's bows through which the steam. ejected.
is a suitable throttle valve controlling the passage of the steam from the boiler a
through the pipe 6 and which is, by means of suitable chains or rods e, manipu-
lated by the captain or other officer as and when required by means of a lever el
wheel, or other gear conveniently situated upon the bridge f as shewn or in the
bows, or other part of the vessel if preferred.
As shewn, and when steam is the power employed, the pipe b may be connected
to the throttle controlling main pipe k to the engines.
To enable the look out man stationed in the bows of the vessel to manipulate
the brake valve, an actuating lever m may be provided in the bows of the vessel
and chains n or rods or links be used to connect same to the throttle valve.
In operation the captain or look out man is enabled instantly to shut off the
pressure to the propeller shaft and instantaneously stop the propeller at the same
time, without risk of damaging the engines, propeller or the vessel, or having to
give previous notice to the engine room.
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:-
In a brake apparatus for retarding or stopping way upon ships and other
vessels the combination of bifurcated brake pipes bb1; orifices in bows b
chains, rods or links e, n, and actuating levers el m, constructed, arranged, and
operating, substantially as shewn and described.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
For the Applicants.