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6 MARINE REVIHW. = Illustrated Patent Record. SELECTED ABSTRACTS OF SPECIFICATIONS OF A MARINE NATURE--FROM LATEST PATENT OFFICE REPORTS. 614,609. STEAM ENGINE VALVE. William G. Shepherd, Erie, Pa. Filed March 20, 1893 Serial No. 466,927. (No model.) Claim: In asteam engine, the combination of a valve C having double port passages, p and p' therein, relief plate C' having like passages therein, bridges c2 at the side of said passages having grooves c3 and c+ oppositely placed therein on the adjacent surfaces of the valve and relief plate respectively, packing strips ¢ in said grooves, side seat and distance plate F, presser and distance plate F and presser plate G, that rides the plates F and F', clamps the presser plate F in position and has passages s therein. 514,527. APPARATUS FOR MOVING AND STEERING STEAMSHIPS. Gustave Wauters, Grimberghen, Belgium. Filed March 3, 1893. Serial No. 466,755. (No model.) Claim: Ina propelling apparatus for vessels the main channel, the water forcing device therein, the lateral branches in rear of said forcing de- vice, each of said lateral branches having divergent discharge openings directed forwardly and rearwardly and the single valve arranged at the junc- paar dy" ff Pr UY, Cle BY SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS tion of the divergent discharge openings and serving to control each of said openings. 514,661. BOAT'S DAVIT. Andrew R. Paul, San Francisco, Cal., assignor of one-half to Gus A. Paul, same place. Filed Aug. 9,1893. Serial No. 482,756. (No model.) Claim: An improved boat davit consisting of the guide brackets having one end secured to the rail and the other end secured to the deck of the vessel, and each bracket having a parallel guide slot and rack, the davits hinged at their lower ends,and carrying a permanently lashed spar near the upper ends, means for suspending the boat, ashaft with gears at each end engaging the racks, a second shaft with pinions and crank for operating the gears, and the pins removably seated in the fixed guides so that they may be placed in front or behind the davits to lock them. 514,680. LIFE PRESERVER. Peter Hohmann, Stapleton, N.Y. Filed June 6, 1893. Ser- ial No.476,632. (No model.) Claim: A life preserver consisting of an inflatable body, substantially U-shaped, having means for connecting the ends thereof, as the strap E and buckle F, and having a neck a, of a tube communicating with the interior of said body, the said tube being threaded at its outer end and provided with an interior, transverse wall, haying a perforation, of a perforated disk in contact oe { 514.661. BOAT'S DAVIT. + ig with the outer surface of said wall, and so adjusted that its perforation will coincide with said wall-perforation,and of a threaded cylinder, flaring at its outer end and having a perforated head at its inner end; said cylinder being adapted to enter the threaded end of said tube so that, when seated therein, its head-perforation will be closed by said disk. 514,788. DREDGING BUCKET. Thomas Symonds, Leominster, Mass. Filed Feb. 15. 1893, Serial No. 462,359, (No model.) : Claim: A dredging bucket, comprising in combination, the two-part bucket, a cylinder to which the two parts of the bucket are connected by links, a piston and operating devices connecting the piston to the bucket,and hoisting i means connected to said piston whereby during the closing movement of the bucket the weight of the cylinder and all of its parts will operate to keep the bucket at the bottom. 514,824. BOAT. "Alfredo D'Costa Gomez. Bucaramanga, Columbia. Filed March 6, 1893, Serial No. 464,711. (No model.) Claim: In the construction of a boat, a hull the same consisting of a bow section constructed of a series of hollow floats having pointed forward ends, and side sections constructed in like manner as the forward section, cross bars 514,788. » DREDGING-BUCKE » | {i | i i Dr xB | aM (f) (r) i | { ( W) i) F & 514,824. BOAT. connecting the transverse series of floats, tie beams connecting the cross bars, and a well section located between the bow and side floats, the well section ex- tending downward flush with the under faces of the floats, the lower portion of the well acting as a keel and providing a hold for the hull. 514,829, DREDGER. Samuel P. Hedges, Greenport, N.Y. Filed Dec. 20, 1892. Serial No. 455,834, (No model.) Claim: Ina dredger or like machine, the combination with a frame, @ shaft journaled in an upright position in the frame, a crane secured to the upper portion of the shaft, braces connecting the crane with the lower portion of the shaft, and a lever pivoted to the braces and slotted to receive the shaft, of a brake mechanism consisting of a box located in the crane, carrying fric- tion rollers and a pinion, a brake wheel connected with the pinion, a lever mounted upon the crane, a strap brake carried by the lever and engaging with the friction wheel, and a link connection between the upper lever and the main lever connected with the braces of the crane, and a dipper arm having a sliding movement in the box between the friction rollers and the pinion, the said dipper arn having arack produced upon one face, engaging with the pinion. British charts of Lake Superior cover the entire north shore. $l.