A CRANE ON AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION, IN WHICH, BY INCREASING THE POWER, LABOR IS DIMINISHED, AND WILL PERFORM ITS OPERATIONS IN A MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUS AND LESS DANGEROUS MANNER THAN ANY HITHERTO USED
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, VALLEN-
TINE GOTTLIEB, of the Parish of Saint Botolph, Aldgate, Hair Dresser, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Nineteenth day of December, in the twenty-seventh year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Vallentine Gottlieb, His especial licence that I, the
said Vallentine Gottlieb, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A CRANE ON AN ENTIRE NEW
CONSTRUCTION, IN WHICH, BY INCREASING THE POWER, LABOR IS DIMINISHED, AND
WILL PERFORM ITS OPERATIONS IN A MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUS AND LESS DANGEROUS
MANNER THAN ANY HITHERTO USED;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso obliging me, the said Vallentine Gottlieb, under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the date
of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being
thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Vallentine Gottlieb, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
the above Plan and description thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Vallentine Gottlieb, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of January, One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-seven.
VALLENTINE GOTTLIEB. (L.S.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventeenth day of January, in
the year of our Lord 1787, the aforesaid Vallentine Gottlieb came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according
to the tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventeenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.

page_text: works the wheel I which is flat on an da c on which axle c. is also a pinion D which turns with the wheel C. and as it turns works the wheel I, which
wheel E is fastened on the middle of the woode :/ Roller FF which wooden roller FF is divided into two equal divisions on each side the wheel E by a rib or divider and
runs round on a Spindle at each end as the wheel E works. _ G.G. G.G is a large double rim'd wheel with bogs within vede in which Cogs a Burthen I about four-
teen hundred weight with a wheel fixt at each end thereof with bogs corresponding to the logs of the large wheel travels as the handle is worked. The Burthen
I is divided into four equal parts or quarter: round by projecting Ribs or Dividers in the same manner as the Roller F. F. _ Take the Ropes I I. one hundred
and ten feet long. more or less and ¾/4 inch du meter have a strong eye made to each of the four ends draw one end through hole made for the purpose of receiving it inf
the middle rib of the half of the Burthen I and when made fast wind one half sound the outside Division of the Burthen minding to throw the rope over towards
the Rowler there let it rest for the present the same with the other half of the Burthen and the other rope then carry up the inside ropes which are yet unwound throw
them
over
way
the double tim'de
goes
be hooked
s rounds!
the inside division of the Roller and fix the eyes to the studs on the inside divisions then wind them up until the burthen rises on the large wheel about one
eighth of the circumference there of make the handle fast to prevent the burthen running back which being done draw the eyes of the outside ropes up to the outside divisions
of the Roller carrying
them under the Roller & the studs fixt on the Roller to receive them and hook them thereon _ The Repes I. I. being thus fixt turn the handle A.
one way, and the burthen I will travel up the double rim'de wheel G.GGG turn it the other it will return by continuing to wind the burthen I up 1
wheel G.G.G.G. the great weight of the burthe. II forces the wheel G.G.G.G. round as men have heretofore been used to do (to the eminent danger of their lives or loss of
their limbs / as the wheel G. G.G.G goes round, ith its axis at each end of which axis is a Spindle that turns on a socket the reel I which is made fust on the axis, or
of the wheel G.G.G.G. and is four feet diameter and on which the Crane rope or chain winds is forced round and of course draws up or lets down what weight may.
to the end of the rope or chain which hangs over the mouths of the Gibs K.k. Kl. - The Reel I is divided in the middle by a kit and on each side of the Rib is a stud fixt
on which the Crane ropes or chains are to be me de fast either one over the Reel and one under which will cause one rope or chain to go up (as the wheel G.G.G.G.
and the other down or both over the Reel I which will cause them both to go up or down at the same time as required. The handle Is turns on a spindle at the end of
which is fixt the pinion M which being turned works the horizontal wheel I which horizontal wheel IV is fixt on as Shaft R. Rwhich shaft RR works on a socket which is fixt on the top
of the Post S and turns as the horizontal when I turns either round or back again. 0.1.0.2. is a double reel which is fict on the shaft R.R. and has a rib cr' divider round
the upper part and another rib or divider round the lower part and turns with it as the horizontal wheel N turns, -P.P.au/reels fixt on the Gibs K. k. K.I which reels
have also a rib or divider rising round their i ddles through which rib a rope T. must be carried in the same manner as the rope round the burthen und made fast in
the middle the one end must be wound round the upper riel of I. I. and carried to the upper reel 0.1 the other end must be wound the lower wheel Ik the contraryway and carried; to the lower reel 0.1 where
they must be made fast. In K. l the rope V must fastened in the middle as in K.I and carried to the lower reel on the shaft R.R. as above only with this difference that the endé
of the ropes I must be carried across to the contrary sides of the reels O. 2 otherwise the Gibs will draw both one way instead of contrary ways - the sockets Q to have a top with a Funnel
therein to hold oil for the supply of the spindles. 2. A Crane for Warehouses or wharfs. The handle A turns the pinion B._ c.c are Springs or palls which do not altogethers
stop the works only in cases of necessity prevent to velocity with which it might s run back if a very heavy load should overpower a man D a wheel worked by the pinion B and
being fixed F'u
' on the axle E works the pinion I u rich is likewire fixt on the axle E the pinion F works the Great Wheel G.G which has a reel I on each vide that runs loose
on
are
W
the axle of the said wheel G.G. occasionally a is explained hereafter the reels II when a Burthen is required to be raised are -confined to the Great wheel by two spokes which
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fixt to the wheel and run down two of the spikes of the Great Wheel it. b. and are fastened at the bottom by a double spring bolt O which when the Buurther is released from the Hook
may be drawn out which will let the Cane Rope and hook run down to receive another Burthen but the spring bolt must be put in again before the next burthen or load is attempted
to be raised otherwise the wheels will go round u thout the reels II on which the Crane Ropes wind, For an explanation of working the Gibs, See the explanation of the
working Gib K.k. ( Nº1 ) as both these must be prepared and managed in the same manner - Nº 3. The houting Crane to be placed over a Ship's Hold or on land for ruising
great wrights to a bart Truck V . . The handle A tu is the pinion B which pinion B works the wheel C to which a pinion Dis fixed and of course works with the wheel c. the
pinion D works the wheel E which is fixt on the cis F.F. on which may be bolted a Reel & or the axis F.F. may work without the Reel Co. if the weights required are very heavy
exis
on the axis a rope is fixt by the middle with the ends hanging down one on each side the axis at the end of each must be fixt a strong hook and as the handle A tuns one,
way it will
draw one rope up and let the other down and as the handle A turns the other way it will draw the other rope up and let the first drawn up rope down.. Nº4. A Cellar-brane, The handle
A works the pinion B which turns the wheel C. the I is fixt to the spindle of the axis D on which may be placed reels as E. E for expedition of the Axis may be worked without
hom the axis two ropes must hang with a chim hook and common hook to the end of each the chimb hook for the purpose of arawing up or letting down a bask endways
where a bellar Steps are not wide enough to admit its being rolled rep or let down - The Common hook for the purpose of fixing the ends of the Ropes to the eye which is fastened on
the base of the brane at F.F. in order to roll a book up where the bellar will admit of it when the Cask is drawn up into the Sheet by tuising the brune on the legs G. G. which are
made to let up and down / against the bart and changing the ropes to the outside the Cask may be wound up into the bart or • Dray with the same cave. Nº 5. The Crane Carriage
for the purpose of removing very heavy wrights on all distances where it is not convenient to use houses. The handle A works the pinion B whose spindle works on an
supporter fixt on the frame and the iron biace, hich runs from.
-one axle tree to the other. The pinion B works the wheel C which wheel C is fixt on a pinion I) whove Googs
play into the bogs which are fastened on the whe is of the Carriage, _. By turning the handles. A on both sides of the Carriage the same way.
• makes the Carriage move straight
forward by turning them the reverse way makes it move back again with the same facility and by haning
facility and by turning one handle A one way and the other handle A the reverse way
make the Carriage cut round or turn short with very heavy weight thereon . __
iron
will