New or Improved Means for Calming the Fury of Waves.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1893:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means for Calming the Fury of Waves.
I, SAM DYSON, of Parkfield House, Elland, Yorkshire Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to new or improved means for calming with the aid of oil
the fury of the waves in the immediate vicinity of a ship so as to minimise as far as
practicable the effects of their violence on the latter and thus to enable the vessel
to proceed through the storm with comparative safety.
In carrying my invention into practice I arrange a perforated pipe of metal,
rubber, canvas or any other material around a steam or sailing ship so as to entirely
encircle its hull somewhat above or below the water line this pipe being provided
with one or more tubular connections extending inwardly into the ship and com-
municating with one or more chambers or cylinders containing oil. These cylinders
are each provided with a piston actuated by any suitable gear which may be driven
by the steam engine of the ship (in the case of steamships) or by steam, hydraulic
power, compressed air, electricity, gas &c., or by means of a donkey engine in the
case of sailing vessels or when more convenient in the former class of ships. The
gear above mentioned may be so arranged as to act when required on the piston of
one cylinder only, thus dividing the perforated pipe around the ship into two or
more sections so that the oil forced through its perforations may be caused to trickle
down or spurt out of one part only of the side of the vessel, according to the state
of the sea or to other requirements.
My invention is specially applicable to life boats which are propelled by steam
power or otherwise, the oil chambers or cylinders being placed along the sides or
bottom of the boat, below the rests and the pistons being driven by the shaft of the
engine or actuated by hand like a pump in the case of ordinary life boats.
As the oil requires to be forced out slowly I may instead of pistons, arrange a
diaphragm in each chamber and operate the same after the manner of a pulsometer
or I may have fixed stands, on any or several parts of the ship, vessel or boat, and
by means of swivel joints and hose pipes of any description, throw the oil in streams
on to any part of the water round the vessel like a fire engine. Otherwise the fire
appliances of a ship or vessel might be connected to the oil reservoir or reservoirs
so as to play upon the waves by means of the ships hose and jet.
Dated this 4th day of November 1892.
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means for Calming the Fury of Waves.
I, SAM DYSON, of Parkfield House, Elland, Yorkshire Gentleman, 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 new or improved means for calming the fury of waves,
and consists in providing mechanism or apparatus for the distribution of oil upon
This mechanism or apparatus I so construct and arrange, as hereinafter
more particularly described, that the same may be readily adapted to, and carried
upon, ships of every class, whether sailing or steam. By this invention the violence
the waves.

page_text: of the waters in the immediate vicinity of the vessel to which the apparatus is
applied may be greatly allayed and thus the ship is enabled to proceed through a
storm in comparative safety.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will now proceed to describe same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings, upon which
Figure 1 is a skeleton plan of a vessel fitted with my new or improved means for
calming the fury of the waves.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a vessel fitted with the oil distributing
pipe. Sufficient of the length of the vessel is shewn in this figure to illustrate the
adaption of my invention to the same; and
Figure 3 is a cross section of the vessel showing main pipe and connections to
chambers or cylinders containing the oil.
In each of the figures similar letters of reference indicate like parts of the means
or apparatus.
Now, in carrying my invention into effect I provide a perforated pipe a of metal,
rubber, canvas, or any other suitable material, and arrange same around the ship or
vessel so as to entirely encircle its hull, preferably either just above or below the
water line. This perforated pipe a I form with one or more tubular connections b
extending inwardly into the ship, and communicating with one or more chambers or
cylinders c containing oil. These chambers or cylinders c may each be provided
with a piston actuated by any suitable gear for discharging the oil as required.
Or, as in the case where a number of these chambers or cylinders are employed a
pump or pumps d actuated either from the main engine or from donkey or other
separate engine or engines, or by hand, may be employed. My invention may with
advantage be applied to lifeboats in which the oil chambers or cylinders c would be
placed along the sides or bottom of the boat below the seats, and the pistons
actuated either from the engine of the boat, if steam be the propelling power, or by
hand in the case of ordinary lifeboats.
For the purpose of forcing the oil out from the cylinders c, and through the
perforated tube a, which operation has to be performed slowly, I may use or
employ any suitable device or means, such as for instance, auxiliary pumps, or a
piston in the oil reservoir weighted as may be required, or again a diaphragm may
be arranged in the oil chamber to work in a similar manner to a pulsometer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. The new or improved means for calming the fury of waves substantially as
hereinbefore described and shewn.
2. In means or apparatus for calming the fury of waves the application, and
arrangement, of perforated tubing a around the hull of a vessel, connected by tubes b
to cylinders or reservoirs c, from which latter, as and when required, oil is pumped
or forced through the perforated tube aforesaid into or upon the waves, for the
purpose of allaying their violence in rough or stormy weather; substantially as
hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated the 5th day of August 1893.
James Stevenson,
SAM DYSON.
20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.