A New or Improved Device for Preventing the Furling or Rolling-up of Flags upon their Staffs or Poles.
Year: 1890

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A New or Improved Device for Preventing the Furling or
Rolling-up of Flags upon their Staffs or Poles.
I, JOHN GEORGE SANDERS, of 143, Upper Fore Street, Edmonton, in the County of
Middlesex, Coach Trimmer, 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 thereof, that is to say:
My invention relates to a new or improved device for preventing the furling or
rolling up of flags upon their staffs or poles which occurs more particularly during
the prevalance of wind and consists of a belt or collar of iron or other suitable metal
surrounding the lower part of the pole or staff and moving on rollers upon suitable
trocks, this belt or collar being connected by means of a guy and other ropes to the
flag and to a movable cap fixed on the top of the said pole or staff.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have shown the
same in the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a general view of a flag staff furnished with my improved device.
Fig. 2 is a plan at an enlarged scale of the device proper and
Fig. 3 a side view of the same.
Fig. 4 is a detached view of the cap.
My improved device consists of a belt or collar formed of two circular half hoops h h¹
the corresponding ends e e e¹ el of which are bent out and joined together by means
of bolts and nuts as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Four axes a a¹ a² a³ are fixed at right
angles and diametrically opposite to one another in the outer periphery of the belt or
collar. Two of the axes a a² carry wheels ww2, while the axis a³ carries a similar
wheel and terminates with an eye piece E arranged vertically. The axis a carries
the wheel w¹ and terminates also with an eye piece E' placed horizontally so that the
eye may receive one end of an axis m the other end of which is forked and carries a
pin upon which is mounted a small grooved pulley 7 two fixed bands or paths n n¹
surrounding the base of the staff S and arranged one above the other at a distance
equal to the diameter of the wheels so that the outer periphery of the latter may be
in contact with the two bands. S is the staff or pole as before stated and F the flag.
C is the cap provided with an eye piece O corresponding with the eye piece E of the
device, and with a grooved pulley ₁ corresponding with the pulley p. A guy rope r
connects the two eyes E and O while an endless rope R carrying the flag F passes
over the two grooved pulleys pp¹ and serves to hoist or lower the flag F. The cap C
is loose on the staff or pole S being held thereto by the rope with which it can turn
freely as well as with the flag F and the device on the slightest pressure being exerted
by the wind upon the flag F. The wheels 1 www³ roll between.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
The new or improved device or apparatus for preventing the furling or rolling up
of flags upon their staffs arranged and constructed and operating substantially as and
for the purpose described, and shown in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 18th day of October 1890.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.