Improvements in Ships' and other Berths.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ships' and other Berths.
We JOHN OAKES HOLT, of Eve Hill Works Dudley in the County of
Worcester Manufacturer and FRANK VENTON of Himley Road Dudley afore-
said Foreman of Bedstead Works do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in ships' and
other berths whereby the lee rail of the berth can be readily passed from one
end of the berth to the other or turned down or turned under the frame of the
sacking.
In constructing a berth according to our invention we place upon the cylindrical
rail of the sacking frame three collars one at the middle of the rail and the other
two near the ends of the rail respectively. All these collars are capable of turning
on the rail.
The lee rail having the length of one half of the berth is at one end pivoted to
the middle collar and by being turned in a horizontal plane on the said pivot can
The lee
be made to extend from the middle to either end of the side of the berth.
rail is connected near its free end by a pin or cotter or like fastening to the collar
at that end of the berth to which its free end has been turned. The parts being
in the respective positions described the lee rail is supported parallel to the frame
of the sacking of the berth and can be turned upwards or downwards. When it is
desired to fix the lee rail in a vertical position at that end of the berth to which it
has been brought its extreme end which has been brought against a fixed upright
at the head or foot of the sacking frame, is secured to the said upright by an
ornamental button which by being turned binds the said extreme end of the lee rail
to the said upright and fixes the lee rail in position.
When it is wished to turn the lce rail from one end of the berth to the other the
button by which its extreme end is secured to the upright must be first turned
aside and the end liberated and the lee rail must be disengaged from the collar by
which its free end is supported. This is effected by withdrawing the pin or cotter
by which it was temporarily connected to the collar.
The rail may now be turned upon the pivot on the middle collar and passed to
the other end of the berth where it can be fixed in the way already described.
Dated the 10th day of May 1892.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ships' and other Berths.
We JOHN OAKES HOLT of Eve Hill Works Dudley in the County of
Worcester, Manufacturer and FRANK VENTON of Himley Road Dudley afore-
said, Foreman of Bedstead Works do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in ships' and
other berths, whereby the lee rail of the berth can be readily passed from one
end of the berth to the other or turned down or turned under the frame of the
sacking

page_text: In constructing a berth according to our invention we place upon the cylindrical
rail of the sacking frame, three collars, one at the middle of the rail and the other
two near the ends of the rail respectively. All these collars are capable of turning
on the rail.
The lee rail having the length of one half of the berth is at one end pivoted to
the middle collar and by being turned in a horizontal plane on the said pivot can
be made to extend from the middle to either end of the side of the berth. The lee
rail is connected near its free end by a pin or cotter or like fastening to the collar
at that end of the berth to which its free end has been turned. The parts being
in the respective positions described, the lee rail is supported parallel to the frame
of the sacking of the berth and can be turned upwards or downwards. When it is
desired to fix the lee rail in a vertical position at that end of the berth to which it
has been brought, its extreme end which has been brought against a fixed upright
at the head or foot of the sacking frame, is secured to the said upright by an
ornamental button which by being turned binds the said extreme end of the lee rail
to the said upright and fixes the lee rail in position.
When it is wished to turn the lee rail from one end of the berth to the other,
the button by which its extreme end is secured to the upright must be first turned
aside and the end liberated and the lee rail must be disengaged from the collar by
which its free end is supported. This is effected by withdrawing the pin or cotter
by which it was temporarily connected to the collar.
The lee rail may now be turned upon the pivot on the middle collar and passed
to the other end of the berth where it can be fixed in the way already described.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in side elevation and Figure 2
in end elevation, a ship's berth provided with a lee rail and appliances connected
therewith constructed according to our invention, the sacking frame being
represented in its lowered or horizontal position and the lee rail at the left hand
end of the sacking frame.
Figure 3 represents the sacking frame raised into a vertical position with the lee
rail turned under the sacking frame.
The other figures represent parts of the sacking frame and lee rail, drawn to a
larger scale, as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
a, a is the sacking frame of the berth which can be raised into a vertical
position or lowered into a horizontal position upon the pivots b, b working in the
horizontal brackets c, c fixed to the side partition of the berth; d is the lee rail
having the length of one half of the sacking frame of the berth. The front
rail a of the sacking frame is cylindrical and carries three collars e, f, and g, the
collar being situated at the middle and the collars e, g near each end of the rail a
respectively. The said collars e, f, y are capable of turning on the rail a of the
sacking frame for raising and lowering the lee rail. The middle collar f in
conjunction with a portion of the lee rail and sacking frame, is represented
separately in side elevation in Figure 4 and cross section in Figure 5, and one of
the end collars marked e, in conjunction with a part of the sacking frame and lee
rail, is shown separately partly in front elevation and partly in longitudinal
section in Figure 6 and cross section in Figure 7. One end of the lee rail dis
pivotted to the middle collar fin the manner shown in Figures 4 and 5; that is to
say, the collar is provided with a tubular socket f' into which the rod or pivot d³
on one end of the lee rail d is fitted and turns, the said rod or pivot being
retained in the said socket while capable of a rotary motion therein by the pins"
on the socket taking into an annular groove in the said rod or pivot. By thus
pivotting the end of the lee rail d to the middle collar fon the sacking frame a,
the said lee rail by being turned in a horizontal plane upon the said pivot d' can
be made to extend from the middle to either end of the berth, that is, it can either
occupy the position represented in continuous lines in Figure 1 or the position,

page_text: at the opposite end of the berth, indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. The lee
rail d is connected near its free end by a pin or cotter, or other like fastening,
to the collar e org at that end of the berth to which its free end has been turned.
In the drawing the free end of the lee rail d is represented secured to the collar e.
The knuckle arrangement for fixing the lee rail to the collar e or g will be
best understood by referring to Figure 6, where it will be seen that a lug or
knuckle e on the collar e is engaged between the branches of the double knuckle d'
on the lee rail and the engaged knuckles fixed together by the pin or cotter g³.
For fixing the lee rail in a vertical position at either end of the berth, to which
it has been brought, we use the fixed uprights h and 2 at the head and foot of the
berth. In each of the disc like heads of these uprights, a depression or sunken
part is made in which the extreme end d of the lee rail may engage, the
engaged part do of the lee rail being secured in its place in the said depression in
the head of the pillar by the rotating button i being turned over the said part d
of the lee rail as represented in Figures 1 and 6. In the enlarged views of one of
the uprights and its fastening represented in Figures 8 and 9 the rotating
button is shown turned aside for opening the recess or depression ³ ready for
placing the extreme end d³ of the lee rail in it. By referring to Figure 1 it will
be seen that the lee rail d is fixed at the left hand end of the berth by the free end
of the said lee rail being fastened by the button i to the upright and to the
collar e on the end of the rod a of the sacking frame by the cross pin g³, the other
end of the lee rail being pivotted to the middle collar f. When it is wished to
turn the lee rail from the position represented at one end of the sacking frame to
the other end, as indicated in dotted lines, the button at the head of the pillar h
is turned aside into the position represented in Figures 8 and 9 so as to release the
end d of the lee rail and the lee rail disengaged from the collar e by with-
drawing the screw pin or cotter g³ by which it has been temporarily connected to
the said collar e. The lee rail d may now be turned in a horizontal plane upon
the pivot d carried by the middle collar finto the position indicated in dotted
lines in which position it is fixed by engaging its free end with the head of the
upright hand securing it by means of the fastening button, and also securing the
bottom of the free end of the lee rail to the end collar g by means of the knuckles
and screw pin or cotter g².
When the lee rail is liberated from its end pillar h or h³ by turning aside the
button i, the said lee rail can be raised or lowered on the sacking frame by the
collars e, for f, g swivelling or rotating on the cylindrical rod a of the said sacking
frame, or turned under the sacking frame ready for the raising of the said sacking
frame into the vertical position represented in Figure 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim as our invention ;-
The improvements in and appliances connected with the lee rails of ships' and
other berths herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing
that is to say, the combination with the cylindrical rail of the sacking frame of
the berth of a middle collar and end collars, all capable of turning on the said
rail, one end of the lee rail being permanently connected to the middle rotating
collar by means of a pivot joint so that the said lee rail by being turned in a
horizontal plane on the said pivot joint can be made to extend from the middle to
either end of the berth, the free end of the lee rail being temporarily connected
by a pin or cotter or other like fastening to the rotating collar at that end of the
berth to which the free end has been turned, the lee rail when so connected with
the berth rail being capable of being turned upwards or downwards or under the
berth by the end and middle collars swivelling or turning upon the berth rail, the
lee rail being fixed in a vertical position for use by a portion near its extreme free

page_text: end being engaged with and fastened to an upright at the end of the berth rail
substantially as described and illustrated.
20th of Tan 1802
JOHN OAKES HOLT.
FRANK VENTON.