A METHOD OF APPLYING FRICTION BOXES, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT A PERPETUAL SCREW, SPINDLE, AND COG WHEEL, TO EXTEND AND FACILITATE THE POWER OF ENGINES, CRANES, CAPSTANS, AND OTHER MACHINES USED FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING SHIPS OR VESSELS, AND FOR RAISING ANCHORS AND OTHER GREAT WEIGHTS OR BODIES AND ALSO TO THE STEERAGE WHEELS OF SHIPS OR VESSELS, AND TO VARIOUS OTHER MACHINES AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1807

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Jonx
DAY, of Camberwell Green, in the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth, in the
County of Surrey, Stone Mason, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twentieth day of
March, in the forty-seventh year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the
said John Day, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, His especial licence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that I, the said John Day, my exors,
adiñors, and assigns, should and lawfully might, during the term of years
therein expressed, make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A METHOD OF APPLYING
FRICTION BOXES, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT A PERPETUAL SCREW, SPINDLE, AND COG
WHEEL, TO EXTEND AND FACILITATE THE POWER OF ENGINES, CRANES, CAPSTANS,
AND OTHER MACHINES USED FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING SHIPS OR VESSELS, AND
FOR RAISING ANCHORS AND OTHER GREAT WEIGHTS OR BODIES, AND ALSO TO THE
STEERAGE WHEELS OF SHIPS OR VESSELS, AND TO VARIOUS OTHER MACHINES AND
OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said John Day, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in
His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the

page_text: 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
John Day, do hereby declare that my said Invention is particularly described
and ascertained in and by the above Drawings and the following description
thereof (that is to say): -
Fig. 1 represents the friction box open, with the balls therein, which con-
sists of two cups or boxes, with a hole in the center to receive spindle D in
Fig. 2, the hollow or grove between which is filed with round. iron or steel
(or other hard metal or substance) balls, according to the size of the boxes,
cups, or groves, leaving a space of of an inch between them, as shown in
the section, Fig. 2. The balls are loose, and revolve in all directions, only
bearing on their own centers in the groves or cups. A, the box in which B,
the grove or cup is placed; C, the balls in the grove or cup. The whole to be
made of iron, brass, or other metal, or partly of brass and part iron, or such
other metal or composition of metal as miny. best answer y purpose.
Fig. 2 is a section of the friction box put together, with the spindle passing.
through its centre, and the collar of the spindle joined or placed against the
box complete for application. A, the-box; B, B, the groves or cups; C, the
balls; D, the spindle."
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Figs. 3 & 4 represents the friction box as applied to the gudgeon at the
bottom of capstans or to gudgeons of all other descriptions of various barrels.
A, the box, with the grove to contain part of the balls; C, the balls; B, tho
other part of the box, being the internal part, separated by the balls therein,
with the hole to drop the balls in, so that when all the balls are in there is
a sufficient space between the boxes for the balls to receive the whole of the
pressure from the gudgeon D, as shewn in Fig. 3. The gudgeon can work
without the balls, if necessary; but it is worked with much greater facility by
the application of the friction box, as all upright shafts find their own centre;
but when any weight presses on either side, the balls receive the same, and
take off the friction. The bottom of the box is convex, and the gudgeon the
same, which make the bearing central, as shewn in Fig. 3. The same appli-
cation of this friction box is also applicable to all upright shafts, and all hori-
zontals barrels, and will produce the same effect. The boxes and balls may
be made of iron, brass, or any other proper metal or composition of metal.
Fig. 5 represents the friction box as the same is to be applied, with the
perpetual screw or worm and cog wheel for extending and facilitating the
powers of engines, cranes, capstans, and other machines used for loading and
unloading ships or vessels, and for raising anchors and other great weights. or

page_text: bodies, and also to the steerage wheels of ships or vessels, and to various other
machines. A, the friction box in its proper position to the shoulder or collar
of the spindle, shewing how it operates with the perpetual screw or worm and
cog wheel in taking off the friction where the pressure or force rests; B, tho
screw or endless worm; D, the spindle; E, E, ends of the spindle to fasten
the handles, or to turn the screw; F, shews the other collar of the spindle
without the friction box; but should it. be necessary to work the screw and
cog wheel both ways, a friction box should be placed at both collars (as speci-
fied in the application in the capstan, Letter C); G, the cog wheel with the
cogs bevelled to fit the screw or worm. The cog wheel to be made of wood,
iron, or brass, or any other fit material. The screw or worm to be made of
iron, brass, or other proper metal or composition of metal. The same friction
box, with the said worm or screw and cog wheel, is also applicable to extend
and facilitate the powers of all mills, millwork, presses, and other machinery,
and may be worked with any power.
Letter (A.), à prespective elevation of a crane to move round its axis with
the application of the friction box, with the screw or worm and cog wheel
thereto, as specified in Fig. 5.
and
Letter B, a crane for a warehouse, with friction box and the screw or worm
cog wheel therewith applied and affixed, shewing a front and side view
thereof, as in Fig. 5. A, the screw or worm; B, the cog wheel; C, the
friction box.
Letter C represents a common capstan, with the application of the friction
boxes, with the perpetual screw or worm and cog wheel thereto, which greatly
encreases and facilitates its powers, as by such application the capstan will be
worked in an easy and expeditious manner. The friction boxes, with the per-
petual screw or worm and cog wheel, may be applied or fixed to the drum head
of the capstan on the main deck; but in all ships of war and fighting ships,
the same may be applied by extending the shaft to the deck below the gun
deck. The application is made as follows (viz'):-A, the upper capstan ; B,
the lower capstan; C, the cog wheel as affixed round the drum head or shaft
of the capstan; D, the worm in action; E, the worm thrown out of action
by a wedge at the top of the staunchons. Both worms may be thrown off or
put in action with the wheel at pleasure by means of the wedges at the top of
the staunchions. F, F, balance wheels, which are fixed on, with the handles;
G, G, G, G, the friction boxes as fixed at the shoulders or collars of the
spindles to receive the weight or pressure occasioned by working the screw,
&c.; H, the friction boxes of the gudgeon, as shewn at Fig. 3; I, the handles,
which may be taken off, at pleasure, whenever required; K, a roller to be

page_text: placed as near the capstan as possible, which compleatly effects the surging of
the messenger. The advantages of this application is great. The worms also
operate as palls, which gives double power to the men working the capstan to hold
the weight they are hoisting, so as to prevent the sea overpowering them, as is the
case at present. Should any of the cogs break in hoisting any great weight, the
samo can be easily replaced, as the cogs niay be generally made of wood, and
some kept ready to fit in the wheel whenever wanting. This mode of appli-
cation occupies very little space in the ship, being fixed to the staunchions that
support the decks, only the tops of the staunchions should be made to shift by
means of the wedges. The capstan, on the worms or screws being thrown off,
may be worked with bars, as usual, or with one worm.
Letter D, steerage wheels of ships, showing a front and side view thereof,
and the friction box, with the perpetual screw or worm and cog wheel applied
thereto. A, the worm; B, the cog wheel; -C, C, the friction boxes. If tho
same should be shot away, the common wheel can be easily replaced.
Letter E, a portable engine with friction box, perpetual screw or worm, and
cog wheel applied thereto. A, the worm; B, the cog wheel; C, the friction
box.
:
Letter G represents the simple method of making ropes, with the friction
box applied to the spindles. A, the friction boxes, as fixed to receive the force
or pressure of the spindles. The same friction box is also applicable to all
machines, engines, or other apparatus in uso for making cables, ropes, &c.
"
Letter H shews the application of the same friction boxes, with the per-
petual screw or worm and cog wheel, to a machine for raising water. A, the
screw or worm; B, the cog wheel; C, the friction box.
.Letter I represents another application of the friction box, with the screw
or worm and cog wheel, to an engine or machine for raising water from or
the produce of mines. A, the screw or worm; B, the cog wheel; C, the
friction box; D, the barrel for the rope. The pump can work without the
rope, if necessary. The same friction box, either with or without the screw.
or worm and cog wheel, is also applicable to all engines, machines, and end
bearings, to take off the friction occasioned by the force or pressure in
working.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Day, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord Onc
thousand eight hundred and savou
JOHN DAY. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventeenth day of April, in
the year of our Lord 1807, the aforesaid John Day came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, 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 Statute made for that purpose.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventeenth day of April, in
the year of our Lord 1807, the aforesaid John Day came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, 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 Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seven.