Improvements in Side Lights for Steam Vessels and Ships.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 21st Dec., 1900
.PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Side Lights for Steam Vessels and Ships.
PETER FYFE, of 23, Montrose Street, Glasgow, Sanitary Inspector, and
ALEXANDER PHILLIPS, of 17, Anderston Quay, Glasgow, Brassfounder, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the opening, closing, and securing in any
desired position of the glazed frame of the windows of side lights or side scuppers
attached to the hulls of steam or other vessels in such a manner as to ensure
simplicity of action, tightness of joint, and maximum of ventilation for cabins
or apartments in which they are fitted. To this end we improve and amplify our
Patent No. 22,053 of 1898 in the following manner, viz.:-
Instead of forming a screw thread on the glazed frame of the side light, and
fitting thereon a screwed ring having a notched flange engaging with corre-
sponding fins on the fixed frame, we form the glazed frame with a plain surface
on its external circumference, fitted into a corresponding plain turned surface on
the fixed frame, so that it is attached thereto top and bottom by two screwed studs
or pins, by means of which the glazed frame may swivel freely on its perpen-
dicular axis.
The glazed frame may be retained when open at any desired angle
by a suitable spring clip attached to the fixed frame, or by a catch pin rod or
drop lever in the usual way, so that as the vessel moves onward the cabin or
apartment may either be filled with fresh air or have vitiated air exhausted from
it at the will of the operator. The inner lips or edges of the fixed frame and the
glazed frame are, when the window is closed, brought close together, so that both
may bear equally on the india-rubber ring in order to make a tight joint. In
order to make the joint a subsidiary frame is hinged to the fixed frame in the
usual way. This frame is screwed with a single or double thread on its outside
periphery, and on it is fitted a screwed ring having a notched flange, connecting
with corresponding notches on the fixed frame, as shown and specified in our
Patent No. 22,053 of 1898. Upon this subsidiary hinged frame a toothed
ratchet, and pinion with bracket and handle, are fitted. When the window is to
be closed the swivelling frame is closed, and the hinged frame containing the
india-rubber ring is closed against its inner lips. The handle is now turned, when
the notched flange passes under the fins or projections of the fixed frame.
the screwed ring is turned round, the tightening action proceeds until the rubber
ring is securely tightened against the inner surfaces or lips of the fixed frame and
the swivelling frame, making a thoroughly watertight joint.
As
Should the glass of the swivelling window frame be accidentally broken, a
temporary blind window may be obtained by inserting a circular piece of wood
or sheet iron between the swivelling frame and the hinged frame and tightening it
up in situ by the action of the screwed ring as before described.
Dated this 20th day of December 1899.
PETER FYFE.
ALEX PHILLIPS.

page_text: Improvements in Side Lights for Steam Vessels and Ships.
We, PETER FYFE, of 28; Montrose Street, Sanitary Engineer, and ALEXANDER
PHILLIPS, of 17, Anderston Quay, Brassfounder, both of the City of Glasgow, 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 has for its object the opening, closing and securing in any
desired position of the glazed frame of the windows of side-lights or side-scuppers
attached to the hulls or other parts of steam or other vessels in such a manner as
to ensure simplicity of action, tightness of joint, and maximum of ventilation for
cabins or apartments in which they are fitted.
To this end we improve and amplify our Patent No. 22,053 of 1898, and
explain the methods adopted and the details thereof in the following manner and
under reference to the drawings annexed hereto :-
Figure I, shows the side-light in part section.
Figure II, shows it in plan.
Figure III, is a plan shewing the fixed frame, and how it engages with and is
connected with the glazed swivel frame, and how its position, when opened is
maintained.
Figures IV, V and VI show a small thumb-screw sliding attachment swivelled
to a snug L on the fixed frame A, A for the purpose of securing the glazed
frame B, B, when it is open, so that the force of the wind cannot open it.
In Figure I, A, A is the fixed frame rivetted to the vessel. B, B is the glazed
frame which swivels by means of the pins P, and 0), connected with the fixed
frame. The pin P, is screwed through the boss on the fixed frame A, A, and its
end fits into a hole bored in the glazed frame to receive it. At the other side the
pin O, is turned and revolves within the boss of the fixed frame A, A. It has a
square end, which is fitted into a corresponding square cut, socket or hole in the
glased frame B, B, so that when the glazed frame is turned, the pin O turns with
it. To prevent the pin 0, from moving out of its position it is grooved near its
centre, and into this groove a small screwed pin I) is inserted. On the outside end
of the pin O a small notched roller or wheel W is formed.
This notched wheel
engages with a small spring S, fixed to the frame A, A. This allows the glazed
frame to be left open at any desired angle, and prevents it from being closed until
force is used.
The inner edges of the fixed frame A, A, and the glazed frame B, B, where they
come together are bevelled or champhered on their respective peripheries, so as to
admit of the india-rubber joint ring R, when the window has to be closed, from
being pressed against them with a purely lateral or direct pressure, and thus some
of the strain caused by the tightening action is taken of the swivel pins P and O.
F, F is a subsidiary or jointing frame which is hinged at X to the fixed
frame A. A. On its outside periphery a double or single threaded screw is formed,
on to which is screwed a ring G, G, having a notched flange on its outer edge.
These notches correspond with fins or projections on the fixed frame A, A, as shown
and specified in our Patent No. 22053 of 1898 and also in Figure III hereof at N.
On to the jointing frame F, F, is fitted a small bracket carrying a pinion Y,
and handle Z. The pinion Y gears with a circular toothed ratchet fixed to the
screwed ring G, G.
In Figure IV, V & VI, C is a small swivelling bracket supplied at each end with
lugs, through which a small boli H is inserted. The sliding catch piece I, fits

page_text: upon the top of the swivelling bracket C, and is actuated back and forward by
means of the screw bolt H, which is screwed into the lug J, which is part of I,
and passes down through a slot left in the bracket C to receive it.
The action of the side light is as follows:-
When the swivel light has to be closed, the swivel frame B, B, is shut against
the resisting action of the grooved wheel W, and its engaging spring S, when the
bevelled lips of the fixed frame A, A, and the glazed swivel frame B, B, come
together, the subsidiary frame F, F, is closed upon them so that the india-rubber
joint ring R lies close to the lips. The handle Z, is then turned and the small
flange on the screwed ring G, G, is turned round inside or under the fins or
projections N of the fixed frame. As the ring G, G, is turned round it iends to
unscrew itself from the frame F, F, but cannot for the fins N, and so the sub-
sidiary frame F, F, with its india-rubber ring is closed tightly upon the bevelled
edges of the frames A, A & B, B. This secures a tight joint with a minimum of
pressure on the swivel pins P & O.
When the window is opened and it is desired to fix it firmly, the bracket C,
with its sliding piece I, is brought up to engage with its rim, when the small
thumb-screw M, is tightened up until it grips the window firmly. Thus the
glazed window B, B, may when desired be held securely in an open position
against any pressure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. In swivel side-lights or side-scuttles for steam ships and other vessels the
forming of a screwed ring engaging with a corresponding screw cut upon a sub-
sidiary screwed frame hinged to the fixed frame thereof as above specified and set
forth with reference to the annexed drawings.
2. In swivel side-lights or side-scuttles for steam ships or other vessels the form-
ing of a screwed ring with a notched flange, attached to a screwed subsidiary joint-
ing hinged frame, the ring engaging with fins or projections on the fixed frame of
the side-light for closing same, as above specified and set forth with reference to
the annexed drawings.
3. In side-lights or side-scuttles for steam ships or other vessels the forming
of a swivel pin with a notched wheel or roller and corresponding spring stop as
above described with reference to the annexed drawings.
4. In side-lights or side-scuttles for steam ships or other vessels the clipping
arrangement swivelled to the frame A, A as shewn in Figures IV, V and VI
and as above specified.
5. In side-lights or side-scuttles for steam ships or other vessels the combination
of a screwed flanged ring upon a subsidiary hinged frame, the ring flange being
notched to pass the fins or projections on the fixed frame thereof, and the ring
being actuated by a toothed ratchet, pinion wheel and handle for the purpose
above specified,, and as set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of September 1900.