An Improved Stopper, Bitt, or Bollard for Ships' and other Ropes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 21st June, 1887.
An Improved Stopper, Bitt, or Bollard for Ships' and other Ropes.
I RALPH JOHN SMITH of 2 West Lawn, Sunderland, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is, to construct Stoppers, Riding or Mooring Bitts, or
Bollards, that ships' and other ropes of any size (wire and other) can be held without
having to take several turns around as at present.
The apparatus consists of one or more pedestals on the same or separate base plates.
The pedestal is hollow and has a screw bolt vertically through it a nut being on the
upper threaded part for screwing an upper check down towards a lower one. These
two checks are arranged horizontally and have segmental openings of different
diameters in each of them for the reception of a rope or ropes which can be pinched
by the screw down action.
The openings may be straight through or made wavy to produce an undulation of
the rope or ropes within the cheeks, to hold it firmly and prevent slip, when desired.
Dated this 20th day of August.1886.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said R. J. Smith.

page_text: I, RALPH JOHN SMITH of 2 West Lawn, Sunderland Engineer 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 stoppers, riding or mooring bitts, or
bollards, that ships' and other ropes of any size (wire and other) can be held without
having to take several turns around as at present.
According to my invention which is represented in the accompanying drawings
Figures 1 and 2, the apparatus consists of one or more pedestals A A' on the same or
separate base plates B. The pedestal A is hollow and has a screw bolt C vertically
through it a nut D being on the upper threaded part for scrowing an upper cheek E
down towards a lower one F. These two cheeks E F are arranged horizontally and
have segmental openings G G of different diameters in each of them for the reception
of a rope or ropes H H which can be pinched by the screw down action.
The openings may be straight through as shown at Figures 1 and 2 or made wavy
as at Figure 3 to produce an undulation of the rope or ropes H within the cheeks EF
to hold it firmly and prevent slip when desired. I provide a spring I to lift the top
plate when slacking up.
In lieu of the head D being provided with holes it may have handles like on
steering gear as shown at Figure 4 for pressing the top cheek E down into contact
with the rope H for gripping it between said top check E and the bottom check F
both of which cheeks are free to move round on the pedestal A corresponding to the
angle from which the rope may have its strain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :—
· The improved Stopper, Bitt, or Bollard as hereinbefore described, and having two
movable cheeks thereon, with means for gripping a rope or ropes between, without
regard to the diameter of the rope, as represented in the annexed drawings.
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