Improvements in Ships' and like. Berths.
Year: 1894

page_text: Improvements in Ships' and like. Berths.
I, WILLIAM PARISH HOSKINS, of Trinity Street, Bordesley, in the City of
Birmingham, Ships' Berth Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to detail improvements in ships and analogous berths, and
consists in mountings for sliding lee rails of berth framings, and in noiseless and
non-scratching fittings for them.
In carrying out one form of my invention, the front of the berth framing is
fitted with a half lec-rail, mounted and sliding upon a loose and lifting tube, rod or
bar directed through the whole length of the said front and having its ends taking
into vertical gaps or slots formed within end caps or castings located at the
opposite front ends of the berth framing, which said bar stands forward from
the front angle rail, with or over the vertical web of which, hanging hooks or
depending branched supports carried by the inside parts of the lee rail, engage
or take.
Assuming that the lee-rails position is required to be changed from the right to
the left hand side of the berth, then slide the rail, into position, the same being
supported both by the set-forward tube or bar and by the front angle or other bar
of the berth franie, through the eyes or sleeves of the one part taking and sliding
upon the tube and the hanging hooks taking over the web of the angle rail, hence
additional support.
In order to turn the lee rail down, bodily lift the same with the rod, until the
hanging hooks, which form the additional support, are clear of the top of the
angle bar of the berth frame. Then incline the lee slightly forward and drop it.
when the rod ends take their bearings in the bottoms of the slots, and then swing
the rail downwards upon the rod as a centre.
1 propose to line the bearing eyes or sleeves with wood, cork, felt or other like
soft packing, so as to render the lee noiseless and non-scratching in its sliding and
turning movements.
Instead of employing fixed depending hooks for securing the lee-rail erect, the
said hooks may be made to swing, slide or turn upon pivots or joints, which are
removed from out of the range of the angle bar with which they engage, when the
le rail requires to be swung down.
Or the lee rail may be secured erect by making the depending hooks in the form
of drop catches or sliding bolts.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1894.

page_text: Improvements in Ships' and like Berths.
I, WILLIAM PARISH HOSKINS, of Trinity Street, Bordesley, in the City of
Birmingham, Ships' Berth Manufacturer, 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 relates to detail improvements in ships and analogous berths and
consists primarily in mountings for sliding lee rails of berth framings, and in
noiseless and non-scratching fittings for them.
In carrying out one form of iny invention, the front of the berth framing is
fitted with a half lee-rail, mounted and sliding upon a fixed or removable rail, rod
or bar directed through the whole length of the said front and having its ends (in
the case of a removable rail) taking into vertical gaps or slots formed within end
brackets or castings located at the opposite front ends of the berth framing, which
said bar stands forward from the front angle rail, with or over the vertical web of
which, hanging hooks or depending branched supports carried by the inside parts
of the lee rail, engage or take.
Assuming that the lee-rails position is required to be changed from the right to
the left hand side of the berth, then slide the rail into position, the same being
supported both by the set-forward tube or bar and by the front angle or other bar
of the berth frame, through the eyes or sleeves of the one, part taking and sliding
upon the rail and the hanging hooks taking over the web of the angle rail, hence
additional support.
In order to turn the lee rail down, bodily lift the same with the rod until the
hanging hooks, which form the additional support, are clear of the top of the angle
bar of the berth frame. Then incline the lee slightly forward and drop it, when
the rod ends take their bearings in the bottoms of the slots, and then swing the
rail downwards upon the rod as a centre.
1 propose to line the bearing eyes or sleeves with wood, cork, felt or other like
soft packing, so as to render the lee noiseless and non-scratching in its sliding and
turning movements.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents the front of a berth, provided
and fitted with improvements made according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a cross section of one end of the same upon an enlarged scale.
Figure 3 is a horizontal section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line A, but upon
the same scale as Figure 2.
Figure 4 represents in elevation and upon a still further enlarged scale, one of
the bearing eyes or sleeves separately.
Figure 5 is a cross section of the same upon the dotted line a Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a cross section upon the dotted line A Figure 4.
Figure 7 is a longitudinal vertical section of Figure 4, Figure 8 is a topside plan
of it and
Figure 9 is an inside elevation of one half of a bearing sleeve or eyed socket
separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 9 of
the drawings.
a is the half lee rail, with the bulbous feet or supports a' taking into like-shaped
necked sockets 61, formed within the bearing eyes or sleeves b, which are made in
two sections 62, 63, lined with cork, felt, rubber or other soft material g, and united
by transversely directed screws 64, with lugs on the lower edge of the one half
taking into sinkings 66, at the lower edge of the other half and being adapted to
slide and turn upon a rail or set-down rail c, whose T-shaped ends c', take within
and rest at the closed bottoms d', of the races or clefts d', of hanging and

page_text: upright brackets d, located at the fore parts of the sides d³, of the berth-
framing d³.
The ends of the lee rail also have inwardly directed hook or forked brackets h,
with the claws or branches h', adapted to take over and embrace the web d³, of the
angle framing d³, so that when the said lee is lifted, the clawed brackets are
disengaged from the upright web of the front angle framing, when the said lee
can either be slid longitudinally from end to end of the set-down rail or be
made to swing thereon and turn under the berth framing so as to be out of
the way.
By making the bearing eyes or sleeves in two parts, the linings are easily fitted
and the lee rail feet or connections easily attached to or detached from the said
bearing sleeves or eyes.
Figure 10 represents a modified form of bearing eye or sleeve, in which the
packing or lining is made up of a number of inserted rings.
a is the lee rail, a one of the feet or supports thereof, taking into the bearing
sleeve or eyed socket b, having ring linings or packings g, adapted to make the said
sleeves slide noiselessly and without scratching upon the rail c.
Figure 11 represents my improvements applied to an ordinary berth framing.
a is the lee rail, c the front bar thereof and b the bearing eye or sleeve.
Figure 12 represents a solid and soft-lined bearing sleeve or eye.
bis the eye, g the soft lining thereof, and at the support or foot of the lee rail.
As a modification, instead of employing soft non-metallic material as the
lining for the sleeves or bearings I may employ a lining of some suitable soft
metal or alloy.
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 :-
First. In the fittings of ships berths, lining the bearing eyes or sleeves with a
noiseless and non-scratching substance or material, substantially as and for the
purpose described and set forth.
Secondly. In the framings of ships berths, making the bearing eyes or sleeves in
two parts or sections fitted together and to the lee-rail, substantially in the way
described and set forth.
Thirdly. In ships berths, the means for fixing or securing the lee rail in an
upright position to the front of the berth framing, consisting of a rigid hook made
fast to the said lee rail, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated the 29th day of July 1895.
WILLIAM PARISH HOSKINS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.