Year: 1886

page_text: JOHN HENRY BELL 81 Dundas Street, Monkwearmouth Sunderland, (Iron
Works manager) WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE York Street Monk wearmouth Sunderland
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct rolled Iron or Steel sections suitable
for securing and supporting the covers on ships see drawing Figa 1 and 2 The
sections may be used as a beam for supporting and securing the ends of deck
covering particularly Fig. 2 which dispenses with the use of bolts and nuts,
drilling holes and other unnecessary labour. The sections Figs. 1 and 2 may also.
be used to support and secure the covers on ships hatches, and will supply a long
felt want with regard to the resting surface B B, as they give from one and half to
two inches or more bearance for the hatch covers, while the sections now in use
give about one inch to one inch and three eighths which is so insufficient as to be
dangerous to life and property. In Figs. 1 and 2, C represents the thickness of the
coaming plate, which is holed and rivetted to the flange F in each example.
Dated this Second day of Avant 1986
JOHN HENRY BELL
WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE,

page_text: Improved Sections (of Iron and Steel) for Use in Shipbuilding.
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JOHN HENRY BELL, 81 Dundas Street Monkwearmouth, Sunderland Iron
works manager, WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE 11 Sunderland Street Sunderland Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVED SECTIONS (OF IRON
AND STEEL) FOR USE IN SHIPBUILDING, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
'statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct improved sections of Iron or Steel or
other suitable material for securing and supporting the covers on ships or for
other purposes, see drawing Figs. 1 and 2. The sections may be used as a beam
for supporting and securing the ends of deck covering, particularly Fig. 2 which
dispenses with the use of certain bolts and nuts, and boring of holes, and other.
unnecessary labour. The sections Figs. 1 and 2 may also (likewise Figs. 3 and 4)
be used to support and secure the covers or lids on ships hatches, and will supply
a long felt want with regard to the resting surface (shewn by the letters B B on
each section) as they give from one and a half to two inches or more bearance for
the hatch covers,
while the old sections now in use give about one inch to one inch
and three. eighths which is so insufficient as to be dangerous to life and property.
Figs. 1, 3 and 4 may be recessed if required as shewn by the dotted lines lettered L
LL to receive the ends of the hatch covers or lids and deck ends. In addition to
the advantage of increased bearing surface (these sections have when used as latch 2
rest bars) they possess the additional advantage of not having a projecting ledge, or
part. projecting over the inside of the hatch coamings, thus removing an obstruction
in the loading and discharging of cargo. When being applied to the hatches Figs. 1
to 4 may be holed through flange F and rivetted to coaming plate C. Figs. 5 and 2
when used for supporting and securing poop or other raised deck ends may be hōled
through flange F and rivetted to the casing plates E as shewn in Fig. 5 supporting
deck end D.
All the sections may be varied in widths and thicknesses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
1. Securing deck ends and hatch covers.
2 Increesed resting surfac