CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE CABLES OF SHIPS OR OTHER VESSELS WHEN RIDING AT ANCHOR
Year: 1852

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
BANES, of Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlesex, Master Mariner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-third day of February, in the fifteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Samuel Banes, Her especial license, full power, sole privilege and autho-
rity, that I, the said Samuel Banes, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, and such
others as I, the said Samuel Banes,, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
during the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO
BE APPLIED TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE CABLES OF SHIPS OR OTHER VESSELS
WHEN RIDING AT ANCHOR;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said Samuel Banes, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, and
to cause the same to be enrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months. next and immediately after the date

page_text: of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Banes, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures
marked thereon (that is to say) :-
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My Invention of "Certain Improvements in Apparatus to be applied to or
connected with the Cables of Ships or other Vessels when Riding at Anchor'
has for its object the adaptation and construction of a hollow vessel or vessels
of suitable floating power to be applied to or connected with the cables of
ships or other vessels at a part of the cable between the ship or vessel and
the anchor. The hollow vessel or vessels so applied or connected, while the
ship or other vessel is riding at anchor, is intended to float or support that
part of the cable to which it is applied or connected, and thereby to give
elasticity to the working of the cable in that portion of it which is between
the ship or vessel and the part to which the hollow floating vessel or vessels
may be applied or connected. This hollow floating vessel is also to be
constructed so as to admit of the insertion therein of apparatus, by means of
which the hollow vessel, when drawn under water by the strain on the cable,
will be caused to emit a quantity of oil or other suitable greasy substance or
matter.
In order, however, that my Invention may be more fully understood, I
proceed to describe the general construction of the said hollow floating vessel
or vessels, and the mode of its or their application to or connection with the
cables of ships and other vessels. The vessel is to be of such form and dimen-
sions as shall be found best adapted to each particular case of its adoption.
I prefer to construct the vessel of iron, and the form of the vessel herein-after
described will be found convenient in many cases, but I do not confine
myself to the use of such material, nor to the precise form of the vessel
herein-after described. In the accompanying Drawings are contained several
views of one form of hollow vessel representing the general construction of
such a vessel. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of such hollow vessel, one
half of the Figure representing the vessel in section, in order that its mode of
construction may be more evident. Fig. 2 is a transverse section; Fig. 3, an
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end elevation; and Fig. 4, a plan or horizontal view of the same.
is constructed of plates of metal a, a, united by rivets in the ordinary mode o
constructing water tanks, steam boilers, and such like vessels. The top and

page_text: bottom plates are strengthened against vertical pressure by partitions b, b,
which also serve to strengthen the said plates, and the end plates are
strengthened against horizontal pressure by longitudinal rods or stretchers c, c.
In this manner the requisite stiffness of the whole structure or its power to
resist pressure upon its outer surface is provided for. d, d, are straps or bands
passing round the vessel, and having cast or formed upon them ears e, e, to
which are attached chains f, f, to be connected by rings or shackles in any
convenient manner to the cable of the ship or other vessel when required.
From the general description it will be evident that a hollow floating vessel,
such as is represented in the Drawing, of sufficient bulk to displace the
required amount of water, and of sufficient strength to resist the tendency of
such vessel to collapse from the uneven pressure of the waves against its
outer surface, if applied to or connected with the cable of a ship or other
vessel would by its buoyancy support the cable at the part to which it was
applied or connected, and thus give more elasticity to the working of the cable
between such part of it and the ship or other vessel. In case, however, it
should be found desirable, two or more of such hollow vessels might be applied
to the cable of a ship or other vessel. The hollow vessel above described may
be lowered from the ship or other vessel by means of a rope or tackle attached
to the bent rod or link g whenever it is required to be applied to or connected
with the cable of a ship or other vessel. At all other times it may be stowed
upon the ship's deck in the manner in which it is usual to stow water tanks or
casks. And the said hollow vessel may also be employed as a water tank
when not required for use as a safety buoy applied to or connected with the
cable. It will be seen on reference to Fig. 2 that there are holes in the
partitions b, b, through which water supplied to the hollow vessel through the
opening in the centre compartment may flow to the compartment on each
side of it. The opening is covered with a screw plug y which has to be
unscrewed when it is required to supply water to the hollow vessel. The
hollow vessel above described has also combined with it or inserted in it
certain apparatus (now to be described) by means of which a quantity of oil
or other greasy matter may be caused to be emitted from the said vessel on
the pressure of the water upon its upper surface when the said vessel is drawn
under water by the cable. The said apparatus is inserted at the manhole or
opening in the centre compartment of the hollow vessel, as will be seen on
reference to Figs. 1 and 4. Figures 5 and 6 represent this apparatus
detached and on an enlarged scale. In the sectional elevation, Fig. 5, is
shown one mode of inserting the apparatus in the hollow, vessel, but I do not

page_text: confine myself to such mode. At i, i (Fig. 5), is shewn a portion of the top
plate of this vessel. To this part of the plate is fixed a ring or collet k, to
which is bolted the flange l, to which the box or vessel m is united. This
flange is formed with a step at n on to which the disc or cover o may be
dropped and bolted as shewn. The disc or cover o has formed in it two
projecting tubes or mouths p, p, which extend to nearly the bottom of the box
or vessel m. These tubes or mouths are open at both ends. There is also a
short tube or mouth a formed in the centre of the disc or cover o.
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This tube
or mouth has only a small opening at the bottom underneath which is fixed a
kind of cager of open wirework containing a sponge or other absorbent
material, through which the oil or other suitable greasy matter within the box
or vessel m is emitted or passes.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-When the hollow vessel is
drawn under water by the pull of the cable, the water passes down the tubes
or mouths p, p, into the box or vessel m, and, creating a pressure upon the
sponge or other absorbent material within the cage r, causes the oil or other
greasy matter to be emitted therefrom, and to be discharged with the water
through the tube or mouth g. The apparatus above described may be easily
removed from the hollow vessel when required by withdrawing the bolts
which pass through the flange l, and the disc or cover o with its tubes or
mouths may be readily detached by withdrawing the bolts which pass through
it. A hollow vessel or vessels may, if thought desirable, be used without the
oil apparatus. Also, in case it should be preferred, the hollow vessel or
vessels may be constructed of wood or of wood and metal combined, and the
form and proportions of the vessel may be varied from that which is above
described, but as my Invention does not relate to the particular form or
construction of the vessel it is not necessary for me to describe another form
and construction thereof.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I do not
mean or intend to confine myself to the precise forms, proportions, and
arrangements of the parts described, but that which I claim as of my
Invention is,
First, a hollow vessel or vessels of whatever form and construction preferred
of adequate strength and of suitable floating power, with suitable apparatus
for applying or connecting it or them to the cables of ships or other vessels, as
described.
And,
Secondly, a hollow floating vessel or vessels capable of being applied to or

page_text: connected with the cables of ships or other vessels combined with the apparatus
for emitting oil or other similar matter, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Banes, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.