IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS
Year: 1849

page_text: WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Fifth day of June, One
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in the twelfth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Osgood
Field, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said Osgood Field, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Osgood Field, my exors, admors, 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 expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey,
Alderney, Sark, and Man, and also in all Her said Majesty's Colonies and
Plantations abroad, the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," commu-
nicated to me from abroad; in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso that I, the said Osgood Field, should cause a particular description
of the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be
inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar

page_text: manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING,
Which shows two views of an anchor having the improvements applied
thereto, and in each of these views the same letters are employed to indicate
the same parts. In order to prevent a cable fouling on the flukes or arms
the parts E and F are applied, the parts or guards E, E, being attached to the
shank A by pin joints B, B, so as to move freely, and the guards E, E, are
connected by means of the parts or connecting bars F, F, hence, when the
one guard E comes near the shank of the anchor, the other guard E comes
near the outer end of its fluke, and becomes a guard to prevent a cable fouling
that fluke or arm.
Another improvement consists in applying guards between the ends of the
stock and the shank or crown; these are shewn at C, C; they may be made
permanently fixed or capable of being removed by connecting them by means
of bolts or otherwise; the application of these guards will prevent a cable
fouling the stock.
Another improvement consists of applying a guard G to the crown of an
anchor, in order to prevent a cable fouling by passing under the crown. This
guard consists of an open frame G, G, and it is either attached, as shewn, or
it may be attached in any convenient manner, so that it will fall over and form
an incline and cast off a cable, and prevent it passing under the crown of the
anchor. To ensure the falling over of this guard it is better to have the cross
bar H.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I would remark, that I do not confine myself to the details
as herein described, so long as the peculiar character of any part of the
Invention be retained. But what I claim is,-
First,. the constructing anchors with guards E, E, F, whereby, when the
lower flukes are buried, the upper flukes and arms will be guarded so as to
.prevent cables fouling..

page_text: Secondly, I claim the manufacture of anchors with guards C, C, between
the stocks and shanks or crowns, to prevent cables fouling the same. And,
Thirdly, I claim the manufacture of anchors with guards G to prevent
cables passing under the crowns of such anchors.
hand
In witness whereof, I, the said Osgood Field, have hereunto set my
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Enrolled the Fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.