Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
I, WILLIAM PARISH HOSKINS, of Nepture Works, Charles Henry Street, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The said invention consists of the improvements, as hereinafter described, in the
construction, and affixing of the lee rails of ships' berths; whereby the said lee-
rails are greatly simplified in their construction, and when in their affixed position,
they are perfectly rigid, without any tendency to rattle or become loose, consequent
upon wear, as the incans employed in affixing, is adjustable, and always brings
the parts up to their proper bearings.
The connection of folding lee-rails, of turn up berths, has been effected, by
means of an adjustable stud, or a supplementary stay, carried, and jointedly con-
nected to a pillar upright; taking into a socket at, or made within the lee-rail
framing, and with the same framing chilled to an elevated tube, turning upon a rod, as
the joint centre, and as according to Letters Patent, granted to me on the 19th day of
October 1886, and numbered 13304, and of which, my said present invention, is an
improvement.
I will describe my invention in connection with a metallic ship's folding berth.
The fixed framing of the lee rail, consists of three upright pillar brackets, or
upright chilled castings, connected together by a horizontal stay rod or bar, elevated
above the framing, of the berth bottom, and running from end to end of the
berth framing; and with the end of the said stay rod, cast within the end brackets, as
aforesaid.
The middle bracket leans inwards, and is disposed a little more than half way between
the end brackets; and between the two brackets of greatest distance, the movable
and elevated part of the lee-rail, turns laterally, and slides to a limited extent
longitudinally.
Each of the upright brackets, have depending pegs upon their undersides, which
take through holes in the berth frame, and are there fixedly secured by screw nuts

page_text: The folding part of the lee-rail, consists of an elevated framing, fixedly secured by
chilled castings, to an elevated rod, tube or axis, whose outer ends respectively turn
and slide within holes or sockets, directed horizontally, and in the same plane as the
lee-rail and stay-rail, of which the latter is situated under the former.
The pivoting or hingeing of the folding part of the lee-rail, is about on a level with
the top of the bedding resting upon the berth frame.
The outer chilled connecting castings of the folding part of the lee-rail, consist of an
upright connection or junction piece, with the elevated rail as aforesaid, passing
transversely through it, near its lower end, and with the said lower end extending
downwards, and turned outwards into an elongated foot, made wedge like upon its
presented outer end. The graduated front part of this foot or lug is made to fit
accurately within a like recess or countersunk part, made within the inside face of the
pillar, which forms the outer bearing for the turning of the lee rail.
The outer end of the elevated rod, is screwed, (and with the limiting stop,) upon
which a screw nut or turn, with a coned inside face, takes; and which said coned part
fits or seats itself within a like coned recess, made within the inside face of the bracket,
surrounding the end of the elevated rod, when the lee rail is in its fixed position.
The other or inner end of the elevated rail, which is plain, turns and slides within a
socket hole, made in the presented inside face of the middle bracket, and when the
movable rail is in a fixed position, the chill, connecting the upper framing rail with
the lower rail, is removed from the face of the bracket.
To affix the rail in position, turn it upon the elevated rail as a centre, and when in a
vertical position, slide the said rail, bodily outwardly, which takes the wedge part of
the foot, which is below the centre of motion of the rail, into the wedge recess, made
within the inside face of the outer bracket. When in this position, rotate inwardly
the screw nut, when its coned inside face is made to seat itself within the coned seating,
thereby binding and fixedly securing the movable part of the rail in its upright position.
To reverse the position of the lee rail, from right to left, or from left to right, with
respect to the berth frame, remove the screw nuts, or their equivalents, from the under-
side of the framing, and turn the lee-rail round with the end pegs passing into the
holes near the ends of the framing, and with the middle peg passing through a
supplementary hole, and when in position, the said fixed and movable parts of the lee-
rail, are fixedly secured to the berth framing, by the screw nuts as aforesaid.
Instead of the movable part of the lee-rail being fastened by the foot or catch, taking
into a recess in the pillar, an elongated lug or projection may be carried by the pillar,
which is made to take within a like recess on the presented side of the connection or
junction piece.
Instead of the fixed part of the lee-rail, being detachably connected to the
framing, it may if necessary be fixedly connected; and further, where head rails, or
foot rails, are employed in ship's berths, I construct and mount them essentially in the
same way as herein-before described, with respect to a lee-rail.
Dated this Twenty first day of January 1888.

page_text: Improvements in Ships' Berths
I, WILLIAM PARISH HOSKINS of Nepture Works, Charles Henry Street, Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare tho 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 :-
The said invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in means
for affixing and securing the lee rails of ships' berths.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation, a ship's
berth folding lee rail, provided with affixing means constructed and arranged
according to one form of my invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the same, with the bearings and parts
which constitute my invention, in section, and with the said lee-rail shown in its
affixed position.
Figure 3 represents a like elevation and section as figure 2, but with the said
lee-rail in its folding position, or with the fastening means out of action.
Figure 4 shows a horizontal section of a portion of the said lee-rail, with the parts
in the position which they respectively assume in figure 2, and which section is taken
upon the dotted lines A B of the said figure 2. Figure 5 is a horizontal section upon
the dotted lines () D figure 3, showing the fastening means of the lee-rail out of
action.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the inside face of the pillar, showing the recess or
hollow wherein the foot or snug carried by the lee reel engages, when drawn home
by the rotation of a screw nut, on one end of the rail bearing axis. Figure 7 is an
outer side edge view of the foot or snug, which engages within the recess
aforesaid.
as
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in figures 1 to 7 both
inclusive.
a, a¹, a², are fixed upright brackets, or upright chilled castings, connected together
by a horizontal stay or carrying rod or bar b, elevated above, and connected to the
berth framing c, by hanging pins a³, which respectively take through the framing
and bosses carried at the ends of the framing (marked (2) and there secured by nuts,
taking upon the screwed ends of the said pins.
The middle bracket a¹ is disposed a little more than half-way between the two end
brackets, and constitutes the bearing for carrying the inner end d², of the sliding
lee rail d, whose outer bearing end d³, slides and works within a hole at, made
through the upper end of the upright pillar or casting a. Thus, the hole at is
directed in the same plane as the lee rail, and with the end of the outer end d³ passing
therethrough, screwed, upon which the nut or milled head e takes, and with its
collar abuting against a shoulder a³, of an enlargement a, at the outer end of
the hole at.
The inside face of the pillar a has a taper recess or socket a', wherein the like
wedge shaped foot d', carried at the lower end of the upright d³, of the folding
lee rail d, takes and seats itself, when the said lee rail is required to be affixed in its
upright position, as represented in figure 2.
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page_text: The inner end d² works within a bearing hole a³, wherein the lee-rail axis or
pivot d' slides and rotates.
To prevent the said nut or milled heade from coming off the screwed end, a
washer or expanded head e³ is affixed to, or made with the said screwed end.
To affix the lee rail in position, from figure 3 to that of figure 2, turn the same
into an upright position, then slide the rail outwardly and longitudinally upon its
bearing ends, with the taper foot d, taking into the recess or wedge recess a',
sunken within the inside face of the pillar a. When in this position, turn or rotate
from left to right, the screw nut or head e, when its collar e abuts against the
shoulder as of the hole as, and draws the said foot (and lee rail with it) tightly and
fixedly into the said recess, thereby firmly and fixedly securing the lee-rail in its
upright position, as shown at figure 2 as aforesaid.
To fold the lee rail, re-rotate the screw nut or head e, so as to leave some
considerable longitudinal play for the bearings. By now sliding the lee-rail inwardly,
into the position as represented in figure 3, the foot d is taken from out of the
recess a', which now allows the lee-rail to be folded or turned down, with the
ends d², d³, as the centres of motion.
Figure 8 represents a modification of my new
affixing means.
or improved folding lee-rail
a is an outer end bracket, b is a stay or connecting rail. c is the front bar of the
berth framing, is the outer corner block or casting, d the upright outer end of
the lee rail d, whose outer end axis d³ slides and works within a hole a, made through
the upper part of the bracket a; and taking upon the said end d³, which is screwed,
is a nut or head e, with a collar e², taking its abutment against the outside of the
bracket surrounding the hole a*.
The inside presented face of the foot d, has a recess, or longitudinally sunken
part d', (preferably wedge shaped) which takes upon a like shaped snug a', formed
on the inner side of the bracket a.
The affixing and releasing of the lee rail is effected essentially in the same way as
has already been described in respect to the preceding arrangement.
Figure 9 represents partly in elevation, and partly in cross vertical section, a portion
of the end of a ships' berth, provided with a modified form of lee-rail fastening or
securing means, constructed according to my invention.
Figure 10 shows partly in elevation, and partly in section, the said end figure 9,
with the said lee-rail affixing means shown in their secured positions. In this modifi-
cation, the lee-rail turns near its lower end upon a pivot or centre, which works
within the pillars or front corners of the berth frame.
a is a fixed upright pillar, carried by the berth framing c. d is the lee-rail, with
extended pivot ends d', which are supported and turn within the end pillars a, of the
framing, whilst d' is an end vertical rail of the lee-rail. The lower end de of this said
vertical rail, is made hook shaped, and when in position, takes upon the coned neck e²
of an internally screwed boss e, which takes upon the screwed end of a peg d³, whose
inner end is fixedly cast within the corner pillar a.
It will be observed that the eye d', which has an entrance gap do, is slightly coned;
so that on the screwing up of the boss e, its coned neck takes and fits within the cone
of the eye as aforesaid.
Thus, when the lee rail is required to be folded or turned inwardly, as represented
in the dotted lines figure 15, the boss e is screwed outwardly, until it comes against
the stop e, and when in this position, the neck e², is free of the eye of the rail, which
thus admits the rail to fold by turning inwards.
To affix the rail, turn into a vertical position, with the eye of the lower part do,
coming upon the peg d³, when on the boss e, being screwed home, its conical neck e²,
passes into the said eye, and firmly secures the said lee-rail to the pillar of the berth
frame.
Figure 11 represents a modification of figures 9 and 10, and figure 12 is a longi-
tudinal vertical section of the said arrangement, of which figure 11 is a cross section.
a is an upright pillar of the berth framing c, d is the top part of one of the vertical

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upright end parts of the said framing, and do is a lower extension thereof, with a
semi-circular shaped seat d', upon its underside, wherein the neck e², of a boss'
in securing the said lee-rail in position.
e,
The said lee-rail turns upon the end d² as a centre; so that on placing the rail in a
vertical position, and screwing home the boss e, the lee-rail is firmly secured in position
to the berth frame. The other parts are marked with the same letters of reference as
figures 9 and 10.
It will be observed, that in the last described arrangement, the lee-rail admits of
turning in either direction.
Although I have described my invention in connection with means for fastening the
lee-rails of folding ships' berths, yet my said invention is equally applicable for affixing
the folding lee-rails of fixed ships' berths.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
.
First. Securing or affixing folding lee-rails of ships berths in position, by a foot or
snug, (or feet or snugs) carried by the rail, and engaging within a like recess (or
recesses) sunken within a pillar, casting or upright, carried by the berth framing, and
which said lee-rail is taken into, and out of position, by a longitudinal sliding motion,
and affixed in position by a nut or milled head, taking upon an end, or a pivot end of
the rail, substantially as described and set forth in figures 1 to 7 both inclusive of the
drawings.
Secondly. Securing or affixing folding lee-rails of ships' berths in position, by a
foot or snug, (or feet or snugs) carried by the frame, or the uprights of the berth
frame, engaging within a like recess (or recesses) made within parts carried by the
lee rail, or extensions of the lee-rail framing; and which said lee rail is taken into and
out of position by a sliding motion, and affixed in position by a screw nut or head,
taking upon the screwed end of one of the bearing axes of the lee rail, substantially as
described and set forth in figure 8.
Thirdly. A swinging or folding lee-rail, making or providing the said rails, or
the lower parts or extensions of the said rails, with hook or gapped eyed attach-
ments, which take upon the necks of pegs or screws, and are secured in position by
boss, nut, stud, or their equivalents, substantially as described and sot forth in
figures 9 and 10.
a
Lastly. Mounting and securing the folding lee-rails of ships' berths, substantially
as described and set forth in figures 11 and 12, whereby the said lee-rails admit of
folding inwardly or outwardly, and are affixed in position, by the neck or stem of a
screwed boss, nut or peg, taking into a concave or a concaved underside of the said
lee-rail.
Datad this Fifteenth day of October 1888