Improvements in Warp-guides, Dandy-scores, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Warp-guides, Dandy-scores, and the like.
We, JOHN WALKER, Engineer, of 59 Stanley Street, JOHN BRYANT,
Ship's-husband, of Sidney Terrace, New Clee, and HENRY KELLY, Fish
Merchant, of Fish Dock Road all of Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in warp-guides or dandy-scores, such, for
example, as are employed on board of trawlers for the purpose of guiding the warp
from the winch and fair-leaders, over the side of the vessel to the trawl. These
warp-guides or dandy-scores commonly consist of vertical and horizontal bollards
mounted, and more or less free to turn on a centre pin attached to a fixed bed plate
in a manner well understood in connection with apparatus of. this kind. The
carriage of the horizontal bollard is usually adapted to revolve on the same centre
pin as that on which the vertical bollard revolves, and one objection to this arrange-
ment is that the said centre pin is liable to be broken by any sudden strain such as
is caused for example by the carriage carrying the horizontal bollard working stiffly
or becoming jammed, owing to the friction of the carriage upon the bed-plate, or
the bollards, or either of them .ailing to turn.
According to this invention instead of the carriage of the horizontal bollard
revolving upon the centre pin as above described we provide a suitable circular
racer consisting of a series of projections and grooves on the fixed bed plate in
which circular racer the carriage of the horizontal bollard is retained, guided and
adapted to slide freely. The vertical bollard is mounted on a pin at any convenient
part of the bed plate in relation to the range of movement of the carriage of the
horizontal bollard. The centre pin of the vertical bollard may be placed at any
suitable angle to allow for the sheer of the vessel and its upper end may be
supported by a bracket which may be mounted in the before mentioned racer or
may be bolted to the bed plate as desired.
Dated this 27th day of September 1895.

page_text: Improvements in Warp-guides, Dandy-scores, and the like.
We, JOHN WALKER, Engineer, of 59 Stanley Street, JOHN BRYANT,
Ship's-husband, of Sidney Terrace, New Clee, and HENRY KELLY, Fish
Merchant, of Fish Dock Road, all of Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, 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:
This invention relates to improvements in warp-guides or dandy-scores, such, for
example, as are employed on board of trawlers for the purpose of guiding the warp
from the winch and fair-leaders, over the side of the vessel to the trawl. These
warp-guides or dandy-scores commonly consist of vertical and horizontal bollards
mounted, more or less free to turn, on a centre-pin attached to a fixed bed-plate, in
a manner well understood in connection with apparatus of this kind. The
carriage of the horizontal bollard is usually adapted to revolve on the same centre
pin as that on which the vertical bollard revolves, and one objection to this
arrangement is that the said centre pin is liable to be broken by any sudden strain,
such as is caused, for example, by the carriage carrying the horizontal bollard
working stiffly or becoming jammed owing to the friction of the carriage upon the
bed-plate, or the bollards, or either of them, failing to turn.
According to this invention instead of the carriage of the horizontal bollard
revolving upon the centre-pin as above described, we provide a suitable circular
racer consisting of a series of projections and grooves on the fixed bed-plate, in
which circular racer the carriage of the horizontal bollard is retained, guided, and
adapted to slide freely. The vertical bollard is mounted on a pin at any convenient
part of the bed-plate in relation to the range of movement of the carriage of the
horizontal bollard. The centre pin of the vertical bollard may be placed at any
suitable angle to allow for the sheer of the vessel, and its upper end may be supported
by a bracket which may be mounted in the beforementioned racer, or may be bolted
to the bed-plate as désired.
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Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan of a warp-guide or dandy-score
constructed in accordance with this invention, and Figure 2 is a section
line X-X of Figure 1. A is the bed-plate adapted to be fixed to the rail or
other convenient part of the trawling vessel by bolts passing through the holes B.
On this bed-plate is formed the circular racer consisting of the projecting parts CD
and their adjacent grooves, adapted to receive and guide the carriage E in which
the horizontal bollard F rotates on its pin G. H is the "vertical" bollard mounted
on the pin J screwed into the boss K formed on the bed-plate A. The pin
may be inclined as shewn in order to allow for the sheer of the vessel as
herein before explained, and its upper end is shewn supported by the bracket L
mounted in the racer C D, but it is obvious that it may be bolted or other-
wise attached to the bed-plate A. Or in some cases the bracket L may be
dispensed with, the pin J being made sufficiently strong as not to require support
at its upper end.
It will be understood that the warp passes from the winch or other hauling or
winding gear on the deck of the vessel, partly round the "vertical" bollard H, and
over the horizontal bollard F to the trawl-net, the horizontal bollard F varying its
position in the racer CD according to the relative directions of the draught of the
net and the course of the vessel.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
First. The improved warp-guide or dandy-score which consists of a more
or less vertical bollard H rotating on a fixed pin J and a horizontal bollard F
rotating in a carriage E free to move in and guided by a racer C D, substantially
as described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose
specified.
Second. In warp-guides or dandy-scores the combination of a more or less
vertical bollard and a horizontal bollard rotating in a carriage which is free to move
round but independently of such vertical bollard, substantially as herein before
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th der of Ĺung 1806
J. WALKER,
J. BRYANT,
.
H. KELLY,
Per W. H Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.