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US906846A
US906846A US37193007A US1907371930A US906846A US 906846 A US906846 A US 906846A US 37193007 A US37193007 A US 37193007A US 1907371930 A US1907371930 A US 1907371930A US 906846 A US906846 A US 906846A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • the object of my present invention is to provide a battleship protection the main feature of which is its consisting of concrete and being applied to all those parts of the vessel which now are ironclad. (Steel armored or armor plates.)
  • concrete -c is placed between a metal plate aand another practically parallel interior metal plate bso as to be closed and compressed between two iron or steel.
  • the said two metal walls are preferably reinforced by metal ribs or transverse ties not shown in the drawing, thus providing a strong framework or skeleton embedded in and forming one body with the concrete mass.
  • the concrete may be cast into the shape of monoliths or blocks coated or not with steel.
  • a concrete layer may also be used to protect the armor-plated commandefs bridge within the limits of weight practically admissible. As the use of concrete involves the necessity of providing a maximum resistance with a minimum weight,
  • My battleship protecting concrete therefore comprises in variable proportions hydraulic lime. cements. Portland cements. puzzuolenas,-calcareous sands and silicious sands.-gravel and stone fragments.
  • a highly shot resisting and preferred mix ture comprises very fine Portland cement. silicious sand. river stones, minute or fractured calcareous stone. These ingredients may be combined together in varying proportions according to the degree of resistance proposed.
  • a very high resistance may be obtained with the following preferred composition:
  • a preferred form and main feature of my present invention is a method of applying the concrete in layers of progressively increasing hardness.
  • the armor has a thickness of 1: ⁇ m. of concrete, I subdivide this into two or more vertical zones -c, 0, 0, separated from each other by metal plates or wire network (Z-v between which concreteof different degrees of hardness is filled in, so that the hardest and heaviest layer will be in contact with the outer metal wall of the armor and the other zones are formed with concrete layers of a hardness and a weight progressively decreasing towards the interior metal wall of the armor,-thus being applied to my concrete armors the very principle of progressive case hardening used for steel armors.

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L. DADDA.
BATTLESHIP PROTECTION BY MEANS 01- CONCRETE.
APPLIOATION FILED MAY 4, 1907.
Pat nted Dec. 15, 1998.
LORENZO DADDA, OF TURIN, ITALY.
BATTLESHIP PROTECTION BY MEANS OF CONCRETE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 15, 1908.
Application filed May 4, 1907. Serial No. 371,930.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LoREXZo'nADoa, subject of the King of Italy, residing in Turin, Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Battleship Protection by Means of Concrete, of which the following is a specification.
The object of my present invention is to provide a battleship protection the main feature of which is its consisting of concrete and being applied to all those parts of the vessel which now are ironclad. (Steel armored or armor plates.)
My said invention has been illustrated by way of example in one form in the annexed drawing where Figure 1 shows a partial section of a ship with the present invention applied thereto, and I 1g. 2 on larger scale an analogous partial section.
According to my present invention concrete -c is placed between a metal plate aand another practically parallel interior metal plate bso as to be closed and compressed between two iron or steel.
walls of variable thickness which on impact of a projectile prevent deformation of concrete. The said two metal walls are preferably reinforced by metal ribs or transverse ties not shown in the drawing, thus providing a strong framework or skeleton embedded in and forming one body with the concrete mass. The concrete may be cast into the shape of monoliths or blocks coated or not with steel. A concrete layer may also be used to protect the armor-plated commandefs bridge within the limits of weight practically admissible. As the use of concrete involves the necessity of providing a maximum resistance with a minimum weight,
the raw materials for the preparation of concrete mustbe so chosen as to warrant the best results. My battleship protecting concrete therefore comprises in variable proportions hydraulic lime. cements. Portland cements. puzzuolenas,-calcareous sands and silicious sands.-gravel and stone fragments.
A highly shot resisting and preferred mix ture comprises very fine Portland cement. silicious sand. river stones, minute or fractured calcareous stone. These ingredients may be combined together in varying proportions according to the degree of resistance proposed.
A very high resistance may be obtained with the following preferred composition:
Portland cement 1 vol. Silicious river sand 11}- vol. Calcareous stone fragments l vol.
By increasing the proportion of cement and correspondingly diminishing that of sand and scale a yet harder and more resistant concrete may be obtained, but its specific weight also will be proportionally increased,'so that it will be seen that an excessively hard concrete is not always the most suitable concrete for my present purpose.
A preferred form and main feature of my present invention is a method of applying the concrete in layers of progressively increasing hardness. Suppose the armor has a thickness of 1:} m. of concrete, I subdivide this into two or more vertical zones -c, 0, 0, separated from each other by metal plates or wire network (Z-v between which concreteof different degrees of hardness is filled in, so that the hardest and heaviest layer will be in contact with the outer metal wall of the armor and the other zones are formed with concrete layers of a hardness and a weight progressively decreasing towards the interior metal wall of the armor,-thus being applied to my concrete armors the very principle of progressive case hardening used for steel armors.
Having now fully described my said invention and the manner in which the same is LORENZO DADDA.
IVitnesses Lnlor NEYNE, FRANCESCO LUNGO.
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US2438759A (en) * 1941-05-21 1948-03-30 Liebowitz Benjamin Manufacture of composite steel plates
US3165083A (en) * 1961-07-31 1965-01-12 Romero Frederick Blanchard Construction of marine vessels' hulls

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2438759A (en) * 1941-05-21 1948-03-30 Liebowitz Benjamin Manufacture of composite steel plates
US3165083A (en) * 1961-07-31 1965-01-12 Romero Frederick Blanchard Construction of marine vessels' hulls

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