Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1887
Complete Left, 6th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
We, WALTER CLAUDE JOHNSON and SAMUEL EDMUND PHILLIPS both of 14 Union
Court, Old Broad Street in the City of London, Telegraph Engineers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Mushroom anchors as at present constructed, consisting of a cast iron head cast on
to a wrought metal shank, have the disadvantages that in the case of breakage they
become useless and that, as a large number of these anchors have to be carried in
telegraph cable vessels, they occupy a considerable amount of valuable space.
Our invention has for its object to obviate these disadvantages and consists in
making the cast iron head and the shank of two separate parts, the mushroom head
being cast with a central boss having a hole through it, through which is passed the
shank, having a collar or head at its end against which the mushroom head bears.
The shank may be round but it is preferably of a square section, fitting through a
square hole in the mushroom head; after being passed through the latter, the upper
end of the shank has a shackle fixed to it by a screwed pin passing through a
transverse hole therein. The mushroom head may either be left loose on the shank,
or it may be retained in position against the head thereof by a pin or set screw.
By means of this improved construction a great saving in stowage space is effected,
as the parts can be kept separate until required for use, thus enabling the heads and
the shanks to be packed closely together, and in case of breakage a new head can be
attached in a few minutes by removing the shackle from the shank and sliding a new
head on the latter.
Dated this 26th day of May 1887
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Mushroom Anchors.
We, WALTER CLAUDE JOHNSON and SAMUEL EDMUND PHILLIPS both of 14 Union
Court Old Broad Street in the City of London, Telegraph Engineers 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:
Mushroom anchors as at present constructed, consisting of a cast iron head cast on
to a wrought metal shank have the disadvantages that in the case of breakage they
become useless and that as a large number of these anchors have to be carried in
telegraph cable vessels they occupy a considerable amount of valuable space.
Our invention has for its object to obviate these disadvantages and consists in
making the cast iron head and the shank of two separate parts as shown by the
accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, Fig. 2 part elevation
of shank and Fig. 3 a cross section of shank.
The mushroom head A is cast with a central boss B having a hole through it
through which is passed the shank C, having a collar or head U at its end against
which the mushroom head bears. The shank may be round but is preferably of a
square section as shewn fitting through a square hole in the mushroom head, after
being passed through the latter the upper end of the shank has a shackle E fixed to it
by a screwed pin F passing through a transverse hole therein. The mushroom head
may either be left loose on the shank or it may be retained in position against the
head thereof by a pin or set screw.
By means of this improved construction a great saving in stowage space is effected,
as the parts can be kept separate until required for use, thus enabling the heads and
the shanks to be packed closely together, and in case of breakage a new head can be
attached in a few minutes by removing the shackle from the shank and sliding a new
head on the latter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
Constructing mushroom anchors with the cast iron head and the shank of two
separate parts, substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.