IMPROVEMENT IN BAGS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL ON WATER to be
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 26th Sept., 1888
L. EDWIN ALBERT HAYES, Engineer of the city of New York in the County and
State of New York in the United States of America do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention. for IMPROVEMENT IN BAGS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL ON WATER to be
as follows :-
The object of my invention is to provide a method-easily applied and effective in
use of quieting or allaying tempestuous waves.
My invention relates especially to devices employed for distributing oil on stormy
waters in order to prevent the waves from breaking and to cause them to come in a
rolling swell and to attain the desired end my invention consists in the construction
and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth.
The
My bag is provided with a perforated metallic chamber, tube or case provided with
a removable top or cover which is ordinarily screwed tightly on the same.
tube or chamber is preferably cylindrical but may if desired be curved or of
other shape.
The perforated chamber or case is placed within my bag, the outer covering of
which may consist of wide mesh hemp, and the interior of which is preferably divided
into two compartments, the outer one being filled with cork, and the inner one with
deer's hair or equivalent suitable materials.
Although I prefer to use both the cork and deer's hair or equivalents, yet it is
obvious that either one may be dispensed with if desired.
In order to strengthen the bag and also to provide a means of handling the same,
the exterior of the bag is provided with binding ropes which are suitably secured to
the oil bag and which terminate in a loop forming a handle for the same and also
encasing an iron cap, to which is attached a rod which passes through the cover of
the perforated chamber, the lower extremity of which rod is provided with a plunger
which serves in connection with a valve to automatically pump the oil (with which
the chamber is filled) and force the same through the perforations when the rod is
pulled in an upward direction as when fastened by a rope to a vessel, the bag
Hoating on the waves-after which a spring serves to return the plunger to its normal
position.

page_text: The oil bag is ordinarily kept within a (preferably) metallic can, provided with a
screw thread, and with a cover adapted to be screwed on in such a manner as to form
an airtight vessel in order to prevent oxydation of the oil.
Dated this 21st day of May 1887.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Bags for Distributing Oil on Water.
I, EDWIN ALBERT HAYES, Manufacturer, of the City of New York, State of
New York, in the United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 especially to devices employed for distributing oil on stormy
waters in order to prevent the waves from breaking and to cause them to come in a
rolling swell, and lias for its object the provision of a device portable and simple in
construction cheap in manufacture, always charged ready for use, easy to operate or
take care of, and which will be efficient in practical use.
To attain the desired end my invention consists in the construction and arrangement
of parts, hereinafter fully set forth.
In the drawings Figure 1 represents a view of the exterior of my oil-bag;
Figure 2 a central vertical section of the same; Figure 3, a view of my oil-bag packed
in an enclosing-can, and Figure 4, is a view of a modification of the tube contained in
my oil-bag.
Referring to the drawings, D, represents a perforated metallic chamber, tube or
case provided with a removable top or cover, D¹, which is ordinarily screwed tightly
on the same. The tube or chamber D, is proferably cylindrical, as shown in Figure 2,
or in modified form may be curved, as shown in Figure 4, or may, if preferred, be of
any other desired shape.
The perforated chamber or case D, is placed within a bag, A, the outer covering of
which may consist of wide-mesh hemip, and the interior of which is preferably divided
into two compartments, the outer one being filled with cork, and the inner one with
deer's hair or equivalent suitable materials. Although I prefer to use both the cork
and deer's hair or equivalents, yet it is obvious that either one may be dispensed with,
if desired. In order to strengthen the bag, and also to provide a means of handling

page_text: the same, the exterior of the bag is provided with binding-ropes A', which are suitably
secured to the oil-bag, and which terminate in a loop, A³, forming a handle for the
same, and incasing an iron cap, A³.
To the cap A³, incased in the loop or handle A2, is attached a rod, E, which passes
through the cover D¹, of the perforated chamber or tube D, the lower extremity of
which is provided with a plunger, E', which serves, in connection with the valve E²,
to pump the oil (with which the chamber D, is filled) and force the same through the
perforations d, when the rod is pulled in an upward direction, after which the
spring E serves to return the plunger E¹, to its normal position.
The oil-bag A, is ordinarily kept within a (preferably) metallic can F, provided
with a screw-thread, f, and a cover F', adapted to be screwed on the same in such a
manner as to form an air-tight vessel. It will thus be seen that if the can F,
(containing the bag A) is filled with oil, the bag will absorb the oil, and after the
same becomes saturated any evaporation or drying up of the oil may be prevented by
the use of the air-tight cover F
This mode of distributing the oil is simple and effective, and gives the proper
quantity of oil constantly to the waves, neither too much or too little, in order to
serve the purpose required.
It has been found that when too large a body of oil is put at once on the surface of
the water in a storm it is ineffective and entirely useless, as the sea breaks it up into
lumps and carries it on the decks or against the sides of the vessel, whereas when the
oil is fed out gently and in small quantities the waves do not break, but roll under
the surface of the oil and break beyond the same. Thus, when the oil-bags A, are
suspended from the ship and are tossed about by the water, the oil is gradually
automatically pumped out of the tube or chamber D, which, should occasion require,
may be readily recharged by putting the hand in the opening a, in the bag A, and
removing the cover D, and again filling the perforated tube or chamber D.
As it is evident that many slight changes in the construction and relative
arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and
scope of my invention, I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the
particular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that I
reserve the right to make such changes, and that
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
1-A buoyant bag A, adapted to contain oil and to distribute the same upon water,
and containing an interior perforated tube or chamber, D, for holding the oil, incased
within the same, substantially as described.
2 The combination, with a bag, A, adapted to contain oil and to distribute the
same upon water, of a metallic can, F, adapted to contain the same immersed in oil
and provided with an air tight cover, F¹, adapted to prevent the oxidation of the oil,
substantially as set forth.
3-A bag adapted to contain oil, and to distribute the same upon water, and
consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber surrounded by a compartment
containing cork or equivalent material, substantially as described.
4-A bag adapted to contain oil, and to distribute the same upon water, and
consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber surrounded by compartiments
containing cork and deer's hair or equivalent materials as set forth.
A bag adapted to contain oil and to distribute the same upon water, and
consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber surrounded by compartiments
containing cork and deer's hair or equivalent materials, the whole inclosed in a
covering of wide mesh hemp, substantially as specified.
6-A bag, A, adapted to contain oil and to distribute the same upon water, and
consisting of an interior perforated tube or chamber, D, filled with oil and surrounded
by a compartment filled with suitable materials, substantially as described, within
which tube are placed the plunger E', and valve E2, or equivalent pumping devices,

page_text: whereby, when the plunger is suitably attached to a vessel, the oil may be slowly
discharged from the chamber D, into the outer portion of the bag, and thence upon
the water automatically by the action of the waves upon which the bag A, floats,
substantially as set forth.
7-The combination with the bag A, for containing oil, containing cork and deer's
hair, and the perforated tube D, of the binding ropes A', substantially as described.
8 The combination with the bag A, for containing oil, and provided with an
interior perforated tube or chamber, D, of the inclosing binding-ropes A', placed in
net-work form around the exterior of the bag and formed at the top of the same into
a loop or handle A2, as and for the uses and purpose set forth.
9 In a bag, A, for containing oil, the combination, with the inclosing binding
ropes A, placed upon the exterior of the same and formed at the top of the same into
a loop or handle, A2, and with the perforated tube D, placed within the bag, and
adapted to hold the oil, of the pumping devices consisting of the cap A³, attached to
the handle A2, the suction rod E, plunger E', and valve E, adapted upon manipulation
to pump the oil from the perforated tube, substantially as described.
Dated this on a Of Day 1000.
In presence of
CHARLES M. BOYD.
JAMES B. WOOD.
EDWIN ALBERT HAYES.