Improvements in and connected with Barges for Conveying Coal or other Material by Sea.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Barges for Conveying Coal or
other Material by Sea.
I JOSEPH AMOS LINLEY of 57 Ridgmont Gardens Gower Street in the
County of London Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved combination of various devices for use on
barges employed for conveying coal or other material by sea whereby great economy
is effected and facility in working is largely increased.
According to my invention I provide the barge with two or more hatch-ways
or series of hatchways so constructed that steamers or other boats can be readily
coaled in whatever position on the said steamers or boats the coaling hatches holes
or ports may be situated. The said hatchways are made to extend throughout the
length of the barge or practically so and I preferably arrange two or two series on
a barge, the ordinary deck being employed on each outer side of the barge and an
intermediate or central deck separating the two hatchways or series of hatchways.
By this duplication of hatchways and division of decks the trimming devices
hitherto in use are rendered unnecessary: or a single such hatchway or series of
hatchways may be employed in place of the hatchways described.
In place of employing means for hoisting on separate ships or vessels or on shore
I provide the barge with improved hoisting gear consisting of a single shaft or
single shafts extending the length of the hatchway, or hatchways and rotated by
any suitable means for instance by ordinary winch gear, so that the coal or other
material can be very efficiently fed into or removed from the said barge; it will
of course be understood that ordinary jibs or derricks or other supports must
be provided on the barge, ship, or on shore as the case may be for receiving the
hoisting chain or rope from the shafting. The said shafting is formed with a slot
or slots so that drums or barrels round which the chain or rope or the like passes
can be shifted as desired.
The barge is provided with registers or weighing gauges situated at each end
thereof and formed of open glass cylinders or tubes extending downwardly to the
water and upwardly to the atmosphere, so that as the barge is being loaded or
discharged the alteration of the weight on board is accurately gauged. To render
the barge unsinkable and buoyant even when washed over by heavy seas, the
hatchways both in the main body of the barge and in the forecastle are securely
fastened down in the ordinary way, while on the forecastle, to give means for
ingress and egress a cylindrical or rectangular structure is provided extending
sufficiently high above the deck so that the water cannot pass down.
Dated this 8th day of February 1895.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Barges for Conveying Coal or
other Material by Sea.
I, JOSEPH AMOS LINLEY of 57 Ridgmont Gardens, Gower Street, in the
County of London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved combination of various devices for use on
barges employed for conveying coal or other material by sea whereby great
economy is effected and facility in working is largely increased.
According to my invention I provide the barge with two or more hatch-ways or
series of hatchways so constructed that steamers or other boats can be readily
coaled in whatever position on the said steamers or boats the coaling hatches holes
or ports may be situated.
The said hatchways are made to extend throughout the length of the barge or
practically so, and I preferably arrange two or two series on a barge, the ordinary
deck being employed on each outer side of the barge and an intermediate or
central deck separating the two hatch-ways or series of hatchways. By this
duplication of batch-ways and division of decks the trimming devices hitherto
in use are rendered unnecessary or a single such hatchway or series of hatchways
may be employed in place of the hatchways described.
In place of employing means for hoisting on separate ships or vessels or on
shore I provide the barge with improved hoisting gear consisting of a single shaft
or single shafts extending the length of the hatchway or hatchways and rotated
by any suitable means, for instance, by ordinary winch gear, so that the coal
or other material can be very efficiently fed into or removed from the said
barge; it will of course be understood that ordinary jibs or derricks or other
supports must be provided on the barge, ship, or on shore as the case may be
for receiving the hoisting chain or rope from the shafting. The said shafting is
formed with a slot or slots so that drums or barrels round which the chain or rope
or the like passes can be shifted as desired.
The barge is provided with registers or weighing gauges situated at each end
thereof, and formed of open glass cylinders or tubes extending downwardly to the
water and upwardly to the atmosphere, so that as the barge is being loaded or
discharged, the alteration of the weight on board is accurately gauged. To
render the barge unsinkable and buoyant even when washed over by heavy seas,
the hatchways both in the main body of the barge and in the forecastle are
securely fastened down in the ordinary way, while on the forecastle to give means
for ingress and egress a cylindrical or rectangular structure is provided extending
sufficiently high above the deck so that the water cannot pass down.
Referring to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shews in plan and Figure 2 in longitudinal section and Figure 3 in
transverse section, a barge constructed according to my invention. A¹A² A³ A' are
the hatchways separated from each other by bulkheads B. a a² a³ a are the
trimming hatchways for facilitating the proper trimming of the coal or the like
in the vessel. Care the solid decks and D are transverse tie rods or plates for
strengthening the vessel. For hoisting the coal or the like from the vessel I employ
a single shaft E extending the length of the hatchways mounted in bearings and
rotated by any suitable motor as at e. On the side decks I provide folding masts F
which can be elevated into a raised position as shewn in Figure 3 so as to be
over the hatchways whence the coal is to be hoisted. When in the raised position
a steel rope or chain passed through their upper ends is drawn taut and securely
fastened to the deck at each end of the vessel. The said chain f is employed for

page_text: holding pullies f¹ suspended therefrom.
The shaft is slotted so that drums
or barrels e mounted thereon can be shifted longitudinally as desired. The said
barrels are mounted loose on sleeves provided with suitable clutches so that the
barrels will only rotate when they have been clamped to the sleeves by operating
the clutches. One end of the hoisting rope cable or chain e2 is secured to the
barrel e while its other end after passing through the pulley suspended from
the chain is attached to the receptacle containing the coals to be hoisted. By
causing the barrel to rotate with the shaft the hoisting chain e will be wound up
and the coal or the like raised. Or the barrels may be fixed to the rotating shaft
and the hoisting ropes passed round them and controlled by workmen in the
ordinary way. I may have as many hoisting devices as may be required, I have shewn
three in the drawing. If the coals are to be hoisted onto a vessel considerably
higher than the barge containing the coal or the like or on to the shore it may be
found convenient to pass the hoisting chains round jibs or derricks on shore in place
of the folding masts situated on the barge as described.
The barge is provided with transparent registers or weighing gauges G formed
of open glass cylinders or tubes situated in shafts g at each end of the vessel
extending downwardly to the water and upwardly to the atmosphere. The gauges
are provided with suitable dials or registers so that as the barge is being loaded
or discharged the alteration of the weight on board is accurately gauged and can
be readily noted by observing the position the water level occupies in the gauge
and reading off the corresponding number of tons for example on the register
or dial.
To render the barge unsinkable and buoyant the hatchways both in the main
body of the barge and in the forecastle are securely fastened down by cross folding
hatches H preferably mounted on hinges, so as to be readily raised and lowered as
required, while in the forecastle to give means for ingress and egress a cylindrical
structure K is provided above the deck sufficiently elevated to prevent water
passing down.
The machinery room k cabins k¹ and steering house and
compartments ³ for water ballast are of the ordinary construction and form no
part of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.-
1. An improved barge provided with the combination of devices substantially
as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. A barge provided with registering gauges of the kind herein before described
aud illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of December 1895.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.