US1196588A - Signaling or indicating buoy. - Google Patents

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, i i i V l SIGNALING on INDICATING BUOY.

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. -Be it known that'I, CHARLES' M. R0LL0, a o

I, v citizen of "the United States, residing at Shawnee -in the county, of Pottawatoniiey 5 and State ci Oklahoma, have invented new'v .and useful-'Improvements in Signaling; 'or

ndicating-. Buoys,of which the following a Specification. 1 l I Th1s invention relates l:to a signallng '.or

,le indicating buoydesigned for use upon 'submarine or `other fvessels, whereby thev event of the inability` of the" submarineto rise to the surface',l or the'sinking "of,1 an ordinary vesseLa buoy will or maylbe sent to *m the surface to indica-te the positionofwthe `vessel and to serve as .a'meduin for carrying g f f'against displacement,`fa stationaryfastening t memberlZ vis provided at one end 'of the' written or other signalsfto tlielsurface, 1 i desired.'

A further objeetpof the 'invention is to .ze provide an indicating` or fsigiialing buoy- Y adapted for use upo'n lasubmarine or ordi'- nary vessel, which'is ,normally fastenedjinae secure manner to lth vesselfby fastening means and is also connected with-the vessel '25 by means of a cablea'dapted to unwind from' ,a drum, whereby when 'desired .the buoy j may be released vso as to rise to the surface,

I the cable paying out and servingwas ames-ns for preventing the buoy from -drlftmgaway $0 and as 'a medium whereby the position of the vessel upon the bottom may be"determined.`

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and. arrangement of parte herein fully described and claimed,

reference being 'had to the vaeooinpa'nying drawings in whichz. Y y l Fi `1re 1 is arview ill strating the use of 4the 4eviee upon a s bmarine boat.- Fig. 2.

te is aside elevation" howing'vthedevicexas normallyfsupported upon' thel vessel; Figs.

3 and/.tare opposite endleleyations of the same. r

2 and supporting bracket "ieces 3./ 19Thef .body 1 maybe providedxwit an opening 4. sealed normally by an airtight door ory 5o closure 5, so that when dcfsiredwritten mes-.f

other articles ma* bef lacedwithin ,l bages or i l y 'p `until the buoyant bod reaches the surface.

the barrel or drum to beI carried tcgthe. sui'- tace` from the sunken .vesseli-"lhe ,drum

`ascension to the "'surface.

' tion upon the top of` a" subr'narinepves llpuieimifwhe: quired ,{fJournale `upon t Referring' tol the drawings, 1' designates,-vieashaftifce'-. 45 a buoyant body, comprisingl an airtight barrel ordrum, havinggchlnes or end iiangesi 1 p *the buoyant body vb asindieeaeaai 22h suitable length, and'gw thebuoyant body is freedid rises. to theurfaceof.- he water 105 the cablerunwinds'from the `drumy or baseLA y,the oppositeendfot w specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 29, 1916, Application led January` 18, 1916. Serial No. 72,814;

' circular `upper end portion. 7' bf frame stand`- ards or legs 8 havingangularly bent portions 9 at their lower vends `for the passage i of suitable fastening devices, and whereby i,

"cross pieces 10, andthe twg-Sets vof legs am, y

united by longitudinal bars 11;i The bars v l1 have their upper surfaces arranged to 165 he yflush withthe upperend of :the cradleA forming portio`111 7', so lthatf the 1bracketj pieces Aof"thebody 1 mayrest thereon, lo

when said body'l 1s seated inthe cradle to support the same rxnlyin position. i V7o Fothe-plrposeof' fastening the' body l1 site endosE-the frame is provided a latch 14 lof bell crank form, oneoffthearmsof whioh is provid d with a-detent or*engagm'g mem` ber to engage the' other'chivne or endange 80 2 of the body l., The latch is` pivotally mountedl uponthe trarne', asindicated lat 16,

,'andt'o its otherA arm Lis connected a rod 717 wherebythejlatch may be retracted to allow thebarrel' to float free when submerged In* practice, the buoyant bodyl mounted in any suitable or; oonvenien ori uponjthe deck' or other portion ofank orr y es 'oa submarin vessel, z .nia extend jdoeiziif`i ower; cross-"piece 1 0 1" g.`- rumv orffreel 20 wthn dbneend of a cable. 21, 100 h-is'conneted with sans ofl-ela'swivel-,g lef may ,be ofjany whichlis connecte llChe buoyanty body is thus' prevented:13351,k i drifting? wa. ,and will indicate uponthe vessel, while the cable leading therefrom will indicate the exact position of the vessel. enabling aid to be lafforded to a sunken sulunarine which can not arise or the location of an ordinary slinken vessel to be determined with certainty-and reliability.

1t will thus be provides a means whereby a buoyant body may be released from a submarine unable to arise to the surface7 or from a surface vessel which is sinking, in order to indicatelthe position of such vessel, and that if desired a written message, documents or other articles maybe `inclosed within the buoyant body to be carried to the surface, .to advise a rescuing;r vessel of conditions below to en able valuables to be sent to the surface for recovery and preservation.

While the strlmture disclosed is preferred, it willV of course be understood that modifications within the spirit and scope of the appended claim may partingr from the' invention.

A device of the character described com prising asupporting frame consisting of seen that my inventioncircular cradle,

be made Without depairs of' end standards, the standards of each pair being arranged to converge in an upward direction and having partly circular portions extending therefrom in opposing 30 relation,`cros'=` pieces uniting the standards of each pair, longitudinal pieces connecting the partly circular extensions oi the pairs of standa rds and orniing asubstantially semiby the cross pieces at one end of the frame, a buoyant body adapted to rest in said cradle and having end fianges, one of said fangesbeing adapted for engagement with said retaining member7 a latch upon the 4o oppositeend of the frame for engagement with the other fiange of the buoyant body, means for operating the latch, a drum journaled upon the frame, and a cable connecting the buoyant body with said drum.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature A Vin presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ROLLO.

T. J. Gonne.

a retaining member carried 35f

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