Stop An Improved Construction or Arrangement of "Button' for Oars and Sculls and in Means of Fastening the Leather Strips thereon.
Year: 1887

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or Stop
An Improved Construction or Arrangement of "Button'
for Oars and Sculls and in Means of Fastening the Leather
Strips thereon.
I, EDWARD JOHN AYLING of the firm Edward Ayling and Sons of Auckland
Street, Vauxhall, Surrey, Oar and Scull Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to obviate the employment of nails such as are
usually driven into the our and scull where the button or stop is placed to hold it in
position. This plan has been found to weaken the oar or scull at the place where the
greatest strength should be.
For the purpose of my invention, I cast or otherwise form a metal plate with
a series of, say, three studs, pins, lugs, or projections standing from one face thereof,
these are tapped or screw threaded (preferably) on the interior for the reception of
screw pins, the heads of which bear upon the top strip of leather, of which there are
a number forming the button or stop. The leather strips are built up by being
forced over and on to the studs, pins, lugs, or projections to the required height.
Dated this 15th day of June 1887.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said E. J. Ayling.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Construction or Arrangement of "Button" or Stop
for Oars and Sculls and in Means of Fastening the Leather
Strips thereon.
I, EDWARD JOHN AYLING of the firm Edward Ayling and Sons of Auckland
Street, Vauxhall, Surrey, Oar and Scull Manufacturers, do hereby declare 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 obviate the employment of nails such as are
usually driven into the oar or scull where the button or stop is placed to hold it in
position. This plan has been found to weaken the oar or scull at the place where the
greatest strength should be.
For the purpose of my invention, I cast or otherwise form a metal plate with a
series of, say, three studs, pins, lugs, or projections standing from one face thereof,
these are tapped or screw threaded (preferably) on the interior for the reception
of screw pins, the heads of which bear upon the top strip of leather of which
there are a number forming the button or stop. The leather strips are built up
by being forced over and on to the studs, pins, lugs, or projections to the required
height.
My invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is a part perspective view of a base plate A of metal or its equivalent,
and curved to suit the shape of the oar or scull to which it is to be attached by
means of screws or fasteners passed through the holes B, B.
C is a shoulder set against the edge of the scull or oar, or recessed into it so as
to be flush therewith the depressed or tail piece being curved to be in close
contact with the rounded part of the scull where the stop or button has to be
fixed.
E, E, E, are pedestals studs, pins, lugs, or projections, forming part of a casting
with the plate A or otherwise secured thereto said studs E being set at the necessary
angle to receive leather strips F which are built up to the required height as at
Figure 2 and are then secured by the tapped screw pins G the heads of which are
imbedded in the top layer of leather to secure it in place, the other leathers of the
pile being fixed by the pedestals or studs E to form a stop or button on the scull
ro oar, when the plated A is affixed thereto the metal part or its equivalent being
covered by a leather sheath applied near where the stop is situated as is usual with
other sculls or oars.
The plate A may be a short one as at Figure 1 or a long one as at Figure 3, in
which case it can be fixed to the scull or oar as described with reference to Figure 1,
or it may be fixed to the inside of a leather sheath, in which case, the sheath, the
plate, and the stop or button would form an independently constructed or combined
article to be secured at any desired part of the scull or oar and shiftable thereon so

page_text: that the article can be adapted to suit different lengths of leverage or to be
accomodated to suit the position at which the occupant prefers his seat in a boat i.e.
in the case of an outrigger when the rowers sit on opposite sides of the boat alternately
and where the balancing or trim of the boat has to be made level, the oarsmen can
be seated for the adjustment of their weight to produce the trim and the length of
oar within the boat can be accomodated to suit.
Figure 4 is a part perspective view of the leather sheath H before referred to with
the
plate A attached on the inner side, the leather being first moulded to suit the shape
of the scull or oar as will be understood by Figure 5, so that it can be slid along the
same and be adjusted thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I am aware that
the use of the metal plates A in themselves for the purpose hereinbefore described is
not new,
but what I claim is :-
The pedestals E, E, E on plate A and the employment of screw pins G, G, G,
fitting therein to hold the feather button F firmly in position as described with
reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the annexed drawings.
The 15th day of March 1888.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edward John Ayling.

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1887
Complete Left, 15th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th Apr., 1888
"
or Stop
An Improved Construction or Arrangement of "Button
for Oars and Sculls and in Means of Fastening the Leather
Strips thereon.
I, EDWARD JOHN AYLING of the firm Edward Ayling and Sons of Auckland
Street, Vauxhall, Surrey, Oar and Scull Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to obviate the employment of nails such as are
placed to hold it in
usually driven into the oar or scull where the button or stop
position. This plan has been found to weaken the oar or scull at the place where the
greatest strength should be.
For the purpose of my invention, I cast or otherwise form a metal plate with
a series of, say, three studs, pins, lugs, or projections standing from one face thereof,
these are tapped or screw threaded (preferably) on the interior for the reception of
screw pins, the heads of which bear upon the top strip of leather, of which there are
a number forming the button or stop. The leather strips are built up by being
forced over and on to the studs, pins, lugs, or projections to the required height.
1331
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said E. J. Ayling.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
"
An Improved Construction or Arrangement of "Button or Stop
for Oars and Sculls and in Means of Fastening the Leather
Strips thereon.
I, EDWARD JOHN AYLING, of the firm Edward Ayling and Sons of Auckland
Street, Vauxhall, Surrey, Oar and Scull Manufacturers, do hereby declare 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 obviate the employment of nails such as are
usually driven into the oar or scull where the button or stop is placed to hold it in
position. This plan has been found to weaken the oar or scull at the place where the
greatest strength should be.
For the purpose of my invention, I cast or otherwise form a metal plate with a
series of, say, three studs, pins, lugs, or projections standing from one face thereof,
these are tapped or screw threaded (preferably) on the interior for the reception
of screw pins, the heads of which bear upon the top strip of leather of which
there are
a number forming the button or stop. The leather strips are built up
by being forced over and on to the studs, pins, lugs, or projections to the required
height.
My invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is a part perspective view of a base plate A of metal or its equivalent,
and curved to suit the shape of the oar or scull to which it is to be attached by
means of screws or fasteners passed through the holes B, B.
C is a shoulder set against the edge of the scull or oar, or recessed into it so as
to be flush therewith the depressed or tail piece being curved to be in close
contact with the rounded part of the scull where the stop or button has to be
fixed.
E, E, E, are pedestals studs, pins, lugs, or projections, forming part of a casting
with the plate A or otherwise secured thereto said studs E being set at the necessary
angle to receive leather strips F which are built up to the required height as at
Figure 2 and are then secured by the tapped screw pins G the heads of which are
imbedded in the top layer of leather to secure it in place, the other leathers of the
pile being fixed by the pedestals or studs E to form a stop or button on the scull
or oar, when the plate A is affixed thereto the metal part or its equivalent being
covered by a leather sheath applied near where the stop is situated as is usual with
other sculls or oars.
The plate A may be a short one as at Figure 1 or a long one as at Figure 3, in
which case it can be fixed to the scull or oar as described with reference to Figure 1,
or it may be fixed to the inside of a leather sheath, in which case, the sheath, the
plate, and the stop or button would form an independently constructed or combined
article to be secured at any desired part of the scull or oar and shiftable thereon so

page_text: that the article can be adapted to suit different lengths of leverage or to be
accomodated to suit the position at which the occupant prefers his seat in a boat i.e.
in the case of an outrigger when the rowers sit on opposite sides of the boat alternately
and where the balancing or trim of the boat has to be made level, the oarsmen can
be seated for the adjustment of their weight to produce the trim and the length of
oar within the boat can be accomodated to suit.
I have described the studs or pedestals as hollow at the upper ends for the reception
of the screw pins G but by a modification as represented at part section Figure 4 they
may be solid or in the form of nails or spikes driven through from the underside of
the plate and after the leathers forming the stop are passed over said studs E or the
nails driven in a washer may be placed over to hold the top layer of leather in place,
or the ends of the nails may be clenched on to the top leather, and instead of the
screw pins G being at the top of the pedestals they may be inserted into the pedestal
from the underside of the plate A, or these screw pins G may be of sufficient length
to pass from the underside of the plate A to the outside of the built up layers of
leather forming the stop as at Figure 5 and be then clenched or rivetted after the ends
are covered by a washer.
Figure 6 is a part perspective view of the leather sheath H before referred to with
the plate A attached on the inner side, the leather being first moulded to suit the shape
of the scull or oar as will be understood by Figure 7, so that it can be slid along the
same and be adjusted thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The construction of buttons or stops as herein described (for oars or sculls) with
a metal or equivalent rigid foundation such as that represented by A on the annexed
drawings whether said plate A be fixed permanently to the scull or oar as described
with reference to Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 or be movable for adjustment thereon as
described with reference to Figures 3, 6 and 7.
2nd. The built up stop or button with a metal foundation and their methods of
attachment one to the other constituting a novel combination of article for fitting to
oars and sculls substantially as set forth.
3rd. and Specially ;-
The pedestals E, E, E on plate A and the employment of screw pins G, G, G,
fitting therein to hold the leather button F firmly in position as described with
reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the annexed drawings.
The 19th day or Daren Lo00.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edward John Ayling.