Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 21st June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 27th July, 1888
We JOHN BROWN of 13 Spring Gardens East Moulsey in the County of Surrey
Engineer and JAMES HEDGER of Sefton Cottage Aven Road East Moulsey aforesaid,
Fisherman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is so to construct a crutch rowlock that while it is
securely attached to the boat it will be capable of being unshipped and brought in
board when required.
In carrying out this invention we provide a socket which is cast with a plate by
which the socket may be screwed to the gunwale of the boat. This socket is formed
at its upper end with lateral projections for a purpose to be explained.
In opposite sides and inside the socket is formed a vertical groove running from the
bottom nearly to the top of the socket and in the projections are horizontal grooves
which meet the vertical grooves in the socket.
The stem of the rowlock will be of sufficient length to provide a good bearing
& at its lower end it will be flattened so that it may pass between the lateral
projections. Through this flattened portion of the stem is driven a steel pin which is
intended to work in the grooves in the socket.
The socket plate is secured to the gunwale with the lateral projections pointing in
board and over lapping the gunwale.
When it is desired to unship the rowlock it is raised in its socket and while still in
the vertical position is drawn to one side in the grooves of the lateral projections and
when at the end of the grooves it can be readily turned down parallel with the side of
the boat.
The pin working in the grooves prevents the rowlock from being removed entirely
from the boat.
Dated this 21st day of Sentember 1887.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Rowlocks for Boats.'
We JOHN BROWN of 13 Spring Gardens East Moulsey in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, and JAMES HEDGER of Sefton Cottage, Aven Road, East Moulsey aforesaid,
Fisherman, 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 construct a crutch rowlock so that it will be
capable of being unshipped, and brought in board when required without being
detached from the gunwale of the boat.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1, Sheet I, is a side elevation of a rowlock fitted according to our invention.
Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3 is a-cross section.
In Sheet II, Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are similar views of a slightly modified form of
fitting, and
Fig. 7 is a cross section of the gunwale of the boat, showing the position of the
rowlock when unshipped and brought inboard.
A is a crutch rowlock, which may be of the form shown, or of any other usual
shape. B is a socket cast with a plate B¹, which may be secured by screws to the
gunwale C of the boat. This socket is formed at its upper end with lateral pro-
jections for a purpose to be explained.
In opposite sides and inside the socket, is formed a vertical groove a running from
the bottom nearly to the top of the socket, and in the lateral projections D are hori-
zontal grooves b, which meet the vertical grooves a in the socket B.
The stem A¹ of the rowlock A will be of sufficient length to provide a good bearing,
and at its lower end it will be flattened (see Figs. 1 and 2), so that it will pass
between the lateral projections D. Through this flattened portion of the stem is
driven a steel pin E, which is intended to work in the grooves a and b in the socket
and projections.
The socket plate B₁ is secured to the gunwale C, with the lateral projections pointing
inboard and overlapping the gunwale.
When it is desired to unship the rowlock, it is raised in its socket, and while still
in the vertical position, is drawn to one side in the grooves b of the lateral pro-
jections D, and when at the end of the grooves, it is turned down parallel with
the side of the boat, as seen at Fig. 7, Sheet II.
The pin E, working in the grooves a and b, prevents the rowlock from being
removed from the boat.
In the modification Sheet II, the pin E is formed in one with a nut E, which is
screwed onto the threaded end of the stem A¹, and the projections D, in place of being
horizontal, as in the former case, are curved downwards, which serves to facilitate the
unshipping and bringing the rowlock inboard.

page_text: We may here remark that we are aware rowlocks have been provided with jointed
stems, so that they could be brought inboard, but the jointed stein is inconvenient, and
is liable to work loose at the joints, besides which there is not a proper bearing in the
socket, but by our invention we provide a solid stem to the rowlock, which gives a
firm bearing in the socket.
It will be obvious that the rowlock may be adapted to outrigged boats, by forming
the socket at the outer end of the outrigger.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is: :-
The combination with a crutch rowlock, of a grooved socket having grooved lateral
projections, the rowlock being secured in its socket by means of a pin, or its equivalent,
conveniently secured to the end of the stem, and arranged to work in the grooves,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.