provements in the Stern and Rudder Posts of Steam Ships
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application 4th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan, 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Stern and Rudder Posts of Steam Ships
I, JOHN GEORGE KINCAID, of Oakfield, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention which relates to the stern posts and rudder posts of screw steamers
bas for its object mainly to lessen the cost of renewing or repairing such puts in th
event of damage by grounding or otherwise
To that end the rudder post is made removable from the stern post to which the
plating of the vessels stern is secured, and the parts are attached by screw bolts or
like means passed through flanges formed on the stern post and rudder post at top
and bottom of the propeller aperture, longitudinal feathers being preferably
formed on the flanges on the stein post to engage with corresponding grooves in
the rudder post
By this mode of attachment the rudder post, which is the weaker part and most
liable to damage, can be easily removed from the stern post and renewed or
repaired, and the parts may be conveniently made as forgings or castings in iron
or steel
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1005
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicar
I, JOHN GEORGE KINCAID, of Oakfield, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Engineer, 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 which relates to the stern posts and rudder posts of screw steamers
has for its object mainly to lessen the cost of renewing or repairing such parts in the
event of damage by grounding or otherwise
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings
Figure 11s a side elevation of the stern and iudder post as constructed under my
invention,
Figure 2 is nside elevation shewing the rudder post detached from the
stern post,
Figure 3 is an end elevation and Figure 4 a plan of the stern post and
Figures 5 and 6 are similar views respectively of the rudder post
The rudder post A is made removable from the stern post B as shewn by Figure 2
to which the plating of the vessels stern is secured, and the parts A, B, are attached
by screw bolts or like means passed through flanges B¹, A¹, formed on the stern
post B and rudder post A at top and bottom of the propeller aperture C, longitudinal
feathers 6 being preferably formed on the flanges B₁ on the stern post B to engage
with corresponding grooves a in the rudder post A

page_text: By this mode of attachment the rudder post A, which is the weaker part and
more liable to damage, can be easily removed from the stern post B and renewed
or repaired, and the parts may be conveniently made as forgings or castings in
iron or steel
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In a steam ship the combination with the stern post of a detachable rudder post
substantially as described
Dated this 30th day of Jonna 1000
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant