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No. 779,600.
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PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.
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BILGE BLOCK,
APPLICATION FILED we. 4. 1904.
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No. ‘779,600.
Patented January 10, 1905.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN HICKLER, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
Bvl‘LGE-BLOCK.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,600, dated January 10, 1905.
Application ?led August 4;, 1904. Serial No- 212.576
To all whom, it natty concern:
blocks upon the dock~timbers or track 2. The
Be it known that I, JOHN HICKLER, a citi upper surface of the block at is inclined, as at
zen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, 5“, has a plain ?at surface 6 in the rear, and
in the county of Los Angeles and State of Cali intermediate the surfaces5 and 6 a concave
, fornia, have invented certain new and useful bearing-surface 7 is provided. The tilting 55
Improvements in Bilge-Blocks; andI do de member 3 consists of a rectangular block 8,
clare the following to be a full, clear, and ex having a concave or semicircular transverse
act description of the invention, such as will recess 9 therein. Secured within the recess 9
enable others skilled in the art to which it ap
is a strong metal tube 10, said tube being se
cured in place by a bolt 11 passing through
My invention relates to bilge-blocks; and one the upper portion of the block 8, through the
of the principal objects of the same is to pro tube 10, and having ?tted upon its inner end
vide a bilge-block which will be strong, dura within the tube a nut 12, which serves to hold
ble, and capable of withstanding the great the tube within the recess 9. The tube 10
pressure or weight to which this class of de may be formed of steel or other strong metal 65
vices is subjected.
and provided with end ?anges 13, said ?anges
Another object is to provide a bilge-block being slightly curved or rounded upon their
in which the tilting member is separate and inner ,surfaces for a purpose which will be
pertains to make and use the same.
detachable from the bearing block or support
and is thus interchangeable for other blocks
presently explained.
In order that the block 8 will normally tilt
to theipo'sition shown in Fig. 2, any suitable
any part of the structure of the block.
Weight 14, like a spike driven into the end of
Still another object is to provide a device of the block 8, may be utilized. Other means,
this character which will be simple in con however, of giving a slight excess of weight
struction, e?icient in operation, and which will to this end of the block may be resorted to. 75
not be liable to injury or destruction in use. It will be understood that the block 8 is re
These and other objects are attained by movable from the supporting-block 4c, the tube
means of the construction illustrated in the ac 10 merely resting within the recess 7' in the
companying drawings, in which—
supporting-block. The ?anges 13 are slightly
Figurell is a transverse outline of the hull curved in order that the block 8 may have a 80
of a vessel supported upon bilge-blocks made slight lateral motion to conform to any uneven
in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a surface upon the hull of the vessel to be sup
longitudinal section of one of my bilge-blocks. ported.
in the series or renewable in case of injury to
Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.
From the foregoing it will be obvious that
Fig. 4 is an end view, and Fig. 5 is a side view, my bilge-block is exceedingly strong and du
of the bilge-block in the position which it may rable and will withstand a tremendous weight
assume for supporting timbers in a horizon without injury, since the tube 10 is supported
tal plane.
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upon nearly its entire periphery within the
Referring to the drawings for a more par
, ticular description of the invention, the nu
meral 1 designates in outline the hull of a ves
sel supported upon my bilge-blocks, and 2de
recess 7 in the supporting-block and the re
cess 9 in the. tilting member. Moreover, by 9O
slight lubrication of the recess 7 the tube will
freely move or rock in the bearing to assume
notes the dock~timbers or track upon which the
bilge-blocks are mounted to be moved in un
der the hull of the vessel or out from under
the required position under the hull of the
vessel.
Whenever it is desired to support horizon 95
said hull when desired.
tal timbers upon the bilge-blocks, the block 8
My bilge-block comprises two sections or is tilted backward to the position shown in
members 3 4, the member 4 being the support Fig. 5, of the drawings, the upper surface of
ing-block and provided with suitable keepers block 8 then representing a true horizontal
5, which form a guideway for moving bilge plane.
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Various changes in the form, proportion, ing member by means of a bolt passing through
and the minor details of construction may be
resorted to Without departing from the prin
the upper portion of said tilting member,
through the upper Wall of the tubular bearing
ciple or sacri?cing any of the advantages of and terminating Within said tubular bearing, 25
and said tubular ‘bearing adapted to rock in
this invention.
Having thus described my invention, What the recess of the supporting member.
I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters
Patent, is——
1. A bilge-block comprising a base or sup
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3. A bilge-block comprising oppositely-re
cessed members, one of said members forming
a support and the other adapted to rock or
porting element, a tilting member counter tilt thereon, a tube secured in the recess in
Weighted at one end and having a bearing-tube the rocking member and adapted to tilt in the
secured thereto adapted to rock Within the recess in the supporting member, and means
bearing-surface of the supporting-block, said to prevent lateral movements of one member
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tube having curved ?anges upon its outer ends relatively to the other.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
to permit a slight transverse rocking move
ment to compensate for irregular surfaces, my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit
nesses.
substantially as described.
JOHN HIGKLER.
2. A bilge-block comprising a base or sup
Witnesses:
porting member, a tilting member, said mem
bers having registering recesses, a tubular
W. K. PROVOOST,
BEN. J. COWL.
bearing secured Within the recess in the tilt