The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
FOLDING ANCHORS.
A Modern MudhOOk That Can he Shut UT
So rs to Occupy Little Space.

'Folding beds are not the only things
made to shut up said the marine hard
ware man. There is, for instance, the
folding anchor.
Originally all anchors were made will
the stock stationary, and as the stock
at one end OF the shank, was set at right
angles to the shank and in effect parallel
with the arms and flukes at the other end
the object Of the stock, Of course, being to
tilt the anchor and make one of the flukes
engage-a big anchor would take up a lot
Of space.
1.-THE fixed stocks OF the old anchors were
made OF wood. Later they came to make
them Of iron, and these iron stocks they
made movable 80 as to occupy less space
when not in use. This was the first folding
anchor.
-In these anchors, while the stock folds
down, the arms, with flukes attached, still
extend rigidly from either side at the foot
of the shank. Then cane the patent anchor,
without a stock, and with flukes in line at
the ends of an arm pivoted through the
end of the shank.
THUS pivoted the hukes can swing to
either side of the shank, and the 1ukes are
is dragged on the bottom their points are
inclined downward and made to bury.
With no stock attached, the shank of this
anchor is pulled right in through the hawse-
pipe, the fiat flukes lying snug against the
side of the vessel.
And now we have for smaller vessels
folding anchors, anchors that actually fold
up-of which there are a number Of styles.
"One sort has no stock, but has o
arms, somewhat like a grapple, so that n
or more arms will engage on whatever side
aaoh hin 6aI w harn fhav are ininaH fn the
shank. They are held outward in place
by a collar that slips down the shank upon
them and locks them at the base.
when the anchor is not in use the collar
Is slid back and the arms folded up against
the shank, the collar being then slid down
over their points to hold the arms there.
So the anchor can be folded up completely.
Another folding anchor is Of the typical
anchor form, with W arms terminating in
lukes and with a stock in the regulation
manner at right angles to the arms, with
arms and stock both hinged where they
join the shank. A pin holds the arms in
place when extended and in like manner
another pin holds the stock.
when the arms are folded up against the
shank their pin holds them in place there,
and when the hinged stock is folded down
against the shank the stock pin holds that
there.
'Folding anchors all OF galvanized iron
are made in sizes ranging in weight from
six pounds to W hundred pounds. A six
pound folding anchor, folded, you could
carry in your pocket easily. 1t might make
your pocket sag a little, but there would be
plenty Of room for it there.
How much OF a boat an anchor will hold
depends Of course or the kind Of boat and
on the waters in which it is used, but that
little six pound folding anchor would do for
a rowboat.
Folding anchors are, Of course, so made
in order TO save space. They are used on
small boats, launches, power boats, yachts,
pleasure craft Of various sorts and often
spare anchors. Folded they can be
in a locker or in any convenient
place. In this form they occupy but very
little space.
'We have been selling folding anchors
for some years. but now we sell more than
increasing numbers Of pleasure craft in