Improvements in or connected with Ships' Berths or State-rooms,. more especially for Steerage Passengers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Ships' Berths or State-rooms,.
more especially for Steerage Passengers.
I, HENRY CONCANON of 10 Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Shipowner's Assistant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
With steerage berths at the present time there is little or no privacy and they
are liable to great draughts owing to all sides being exposed to ventilation. It is-
also desirable that they should be made so as to be capable of being taken down-
when required, hence partitioning out into state rooms is as a rule impracticable.
Now this invention is designed to give that privacy and yet at the same time.
have the requisite amount of ventilation and to form the apparatus so that it can be
easily taken down.
It consists in placing in the front of the compartment a partition of light open
work having slides closing the same when required. This extends from close to the
ceiling down to the level of the berth and is preferably formed so that there be
two sets of slides on each side of the door. The door is also made with louvres from.
top to bottom but preferably does not extend either to the top or bottom of the
doorway, but just sufficiently high for people not to be able to look in. By this-
means privacy secured while at the same time the occupants can regulate the
light as they like by opening or closing the slides; sufficient light and ventilation.
still coming in between the screen and the roof and below the benches placed
alongside the screen in front and over the top and under the bottom of the door.
This lattice front can at any time be taken down in which case the berths are
precisely like the ordinary ones. It can therefore be applied to existing berths.
Dated the 7th day of November 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Ships' Berths or State-rooms,
more especially for Steerage Passengers.
I, HENRY CONCANON, of 10 Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Shipowner's Assistant, 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 :-
With steerage berths at the present time there is little or no privacy and they
are liable to great draughts owing to all sides being exposed to ventilation. It is
also desirable that they should be made so as to be capable of being taken down
when required, hence partitioning out into state rooms is as a rule impracticable.
Now this invention is designed to give privacy and yet at the same time have
the requisite amount of ventilation and to form the apparatus so that it can be
easily taken down.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in
which,

page_text: Figure 3, a section through a b Figure 1.
In these, A is the door having lattice or louvre work, this door has a considerable
open space above it and below it for ventilation, B, the front partition or screen
consisting of a skeleton partition, and C sliding panel frame thereon, this panel frame
being capable of being slid into the open or closed position at pleasure. Dare the berths,
E a seat which can be fixed or hinged, placed in front of the compartment of berths
below the sliding panel frame, F strengthening framework, G beans overhead, and
Ha handrail. The spaces above and below the door and above and below the screens
supply sufficient light and ventilation, while the door being too high to look over
and too low to see under without stooping disagreeably low ensures privacy. The
occupants can also further regulate the light or ventilation as they like by opening
or closing the sliding panels Č.
The louvre front, which takes up no appreciable space, can when desired be taken
down, when the berths become precisely as ordinarily arranged. It can be applied
without difficulty to the ordinary existing 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 :-
1. The improvement in or connected with ships' berths or state rooms more
especially for steerage passengers, which consists of the addition of a skeleton or
perforated partition in front, and a door having free space for ventilation above and
below them, substantially as described.
2. The arrangement and construction of compartments of berths substantially as
described, whereby privacy and comparative freedom from draughts are secured
with free ventilation and with no appreciable waste of space and little expense
substantially as described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents.