Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1848
Complete Specification Left, 18th May, 197-Accepted, 26th June, 1997
I JOHN HARWOOD SIMPSON of 1 Hargwyne Street, Brixton, London in the
County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a winch which shall be capable of being
used in connection with one or several derricks, tripods or other rope or chain
supporting appliances.
For this purpose 1 so arrange a winch on a base plate or frame that such winch
can be turned so as to allow of the winding rope or chain being led in any required
direction to a derrick or other supporting appliance. The base-plate or frame may
be provided with wheels if desired. The winch is preferably supported on the
base-plate by a pivot or carrying rollers, and is caused to turn to any desired
position by means of worm and wheel gear, or pawls, or other suitable appliance.
The wiuch and the turning gear may bo operated either by hand, or steam, or
other available power. By the above arrangement the winch can be used for
winding from, various points at distances apart, say in a quarry or the like,-
instead of having separate winding apparatus at each point..
Dated the 17th day of August 1896.
W. B. JOHNSON,
Agent.
годов.
1, JOHN HARWOOD SIMPSON of 1 Hargwyne Street, Brixton, London, in the
County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declaro the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The object of this invention is to provide a winch which shall be capable of
being used in connection with one or several derricks, tripods or other supporting
appliances.
For this purpose I so arrange a winch on a base plate or frame that such winch
can be turned so as to allow of the winding rope or chain being led in any required
direction to a derrick or other supporting appliance. The base plate or frame may
be provided with wheels if desired. The winch is preferably supported on the
base plate by a pivot or carrying rollers and is caused to turn to any desired
position by means of worm and wheel gear or pawls or other suitable appliance.
The winch and the turning gear may be operated either by hand or steam or other
available power. By the above arrangement the winch can be used for winding
from various points at distances apart say in a quarry or the like instead of having
separate winding apparatus at each point.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan of a winch constructed according to
iny invention.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the roller path.
a is a base plate or frame which may be supported on wheels b. to run on rails,
any usual means being provided for securing the base plate or frame a. at the
desired place. c is a winch supported on the base plate a. preferably by means of
a pivot d and carrying rollers e in such manner that the winch can be rotated so
that the hauling rope can be led direct from the drum iu any desired direction to
derricks or the like. The winch is of any usual construction to be worked by hand
steam or other power but when the winch is to be used in quarries I find compressed
air is specially suitable for operating the said winch. fare pawls secured to the
winch and taking into teeth y on the roller path h. or on the base plate a. When
the winch has been rotated into the desired position the pawla are dropped between
the teeth g and the winch is secured in position. The winch may bo rotated by
hand, by worm and wheel gear or by any suitable appliance as found couvenient
and may be held in position by suitable means other than pawls if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction and arrangement of winches and supports so as to permit of the
rotation and securing of such winches substantially as and for the purpose set
fortb.
Dated this Seventeenth day of May 1907
W. B. JOHNSON,
4 Clayton Square, Liverpool, Agent.