An Improved Fender Attachment for Ships, Tugs, and other Vessels.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fender Attachment for Ships, Tugs, and other Vessels.
I ROBERT PUNSHON of 35 Hendon Road Sunderland in the County of Durbam
Butcher 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 :-
My Invention relates to an improved fender attachment for ships tugs and other
vessels, and has for its object the protecting the bows of such vessels from damage,
and also minimizing the risks incurred in case of collision.
In carrying my Invention into practice I provide three or more buffer like fenders
formed of india-rubber or the like substance one of which fenders is shaped so as to
be thicker in bulk in the centre than at the sides and ends. This said fender I fix on
the cutwater at the bows of the ship, so as not to interfere with the way of the
vessel, in such a position that it will receive the full shock, in case of collision, on the
thickest part of said fender. The aforementioned other two fenders, which are shaped
so as to fit on either side of the cutwater. I fix, one on each side of the bows of the
vessel, in such a position, that they will minimise the risk of the vessel to which they
are affixed, from damaging another vessel into which the said ship, tug, or vessel,
should come into collision, in the case of the fender affixed to the cutwater missing
the said collided object, and at the same time the said fenders will prevent the vessel
to which they are attached from being injured.
I fix the said fenders to the vessel, by putting metal plates over the thin parts of
the same, and bolting them to the cutwater of the vessel. The said fenders can be
adjusted to the draught of the vessel by removing some of same, or by adding
thereto.
Instead of the above-mentioned fenders formed of india-rubber, I may sometimes
employ buffers or fenders formed with strong spiral or other springs, and fixed in
the same positions as the former ones.
And in order that my said invention may be more particularly understood, I have
shewn the same on the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a front end view of my invention fitted to the bows of a vessel; Fig. 2 is
a plan of same, and Fig. 3 is a view of one of the fenders or buffers.
A are the fenders fixed to the front of the bows of a vessel B by means of the
metal plates and the bolts D which securely hold same in position, so that in case
of collision the solid parts à would receive the brunt of the shock, and by means of
their "
giving" properties would considerably diminish same.
The side fenders or buffers A¹ are fixed in position as shown, so that in case the
vessel sheers off, the sides of the bows will be protected from damage.
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 :-
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1. The fenders or buffers formed as shewn and described, for fixing on the front of
the bows of ships, tugs, and other vessels, and fastened by plates bolted on them on
each side of the cutwater of such vessels, substantially as herein-before described, and
shewn, and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 2. Side fenders, formed as shewn and described for fixing on the sides of the bows
of ships, tugs, and other vessels, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn,
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 18th day of July 1800
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.