An improvement in Boats RowIOOKS.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Déo., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
An improvement in Boats RowIOOKS.
ABRAHAM PENGELLY Yacht and Boat Builder 38 Fore Street, Shaldon
Teignmouth do hereby declare the nature of this invention to ho as follows.-
This invention relates to means for securing rowlocks when in position for
rowing and for preventing them from being lifted and diopd. overboard by
accident
It also combines a quick method of releasing. the same when necessary
A grove is made around the shauk of the crutch to receive a catch, the said
catch has a spring connected to it to force the catch in position.
I prefer to use a socket-plate so fixed on the gunwale of the boat to receive
the crutch the said socket-plate having sufficiant hold on the crutch, muking it
unnecessary for the clutch to pass through the gunwale of the boat.
The catch and spring is fastened to the lower part of the socket-plate or the
most conveniant place for quick action in releasing the crutch when required.
The catch is made so that by pressing down the crutch the catch is forced back
untill the crutch is down in proper position for rowing, when the catch by the force
of the spring fall's in the grove in the crutch causing the crutch to be, what may
be termed locked, yet allowing the clutch to work around freely.
When the crutch has to be taken out, pressure is put on the spring causing
the catch to release its hold on the crutch and making the said crutch free for
lifting out.
This arrangement may be attached to rowlocks which pass through the gunwale,
on through chocks or plates inside or outside the gunwale.
And tho' above arrangement namely the catch and spring may be so fixed to the
under part of the gunwale or where most suitable according to circumstances, and
to act on the crutch as before mentioned.
Dated this Twenty-first day of December 1894.
An Improvement in Boats' Rowlocks.
ABRAHAM PENGELLY, Yacht and Beat Builder, 38 Fore Street Shaldon,
Teignmouth, S. Devon. I 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 means for secuting on locks when in position for towing
aud for preventing them from being lifted and dropped overboard by accident.
It also combines a quick method of releasing the same when necessary. A groove
16 made around the shank of the crutch to receive a catch, the said catch has a
spring connected to it to force the catch into position.
I prefer to use a socket-plate so fixed on the gunwale of the boat to receive
the crutch the said socket-plate having sufficient hold on the clutch, making it
unnecessary for the crutch to pass through the gunwale of the boat. The catch
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page_text: and spring are fastened to the lower part of the socket-plate or the most convenient
place for quick action in releasing the crutch when required. The crutch is made
so that by pressing down the crutch, the catch is forced back until the crutch is
down in it's proper position for towing, when the catch by the force of the spring
falls into the groove in the crutch causing the crutch to be, what inay be termed,
locked, yet allowing the crutch to work around freely.
When the crutch has to be taken out, pressure is put on the spring causing the
catch to release it's hold on the crutch and making the said crutch free for
lifting out.
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings is a side view of the crutch showing the
groove (A) near the bottom into which the catch (C. Fig. 111) falls when the
crutch is in place for rowing, and so keeps it from unshipping.
Fig. 11. is a side elevation of the socket plate. (B) being the knob connected
with the catch which is pressed to remove the catch clear of the crutch when the
-crutch is to be lifted out.
Fig. III shows the top part of the socket plate (B) being the knob and
(C) the catch which is forced back when the crutch is forced down, allowing the
crutch to fall into it's proper position in the socket-plate. The said catch is made
with a bevelled edge so as to fit the groove (A. Fig 1) in the crutch when in
place.
Fig. IV. shows the bottom of the socket-plate. C is the catch. E. the spring,
and the pin or fulcrum of the lover.
This arrangement may be attached to rowlocks which pass through the gunwale,
or through chocks or plates inside or outside the gunwale. And the above arrange-
ment, namely the catch and spring may be so fixed to the underpart of the
gunwale or where most suitable according to circumstances and to act on the
crutch as before mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim 18.-
A socket-plate fixed to the gunwale having a spring catch to fit into a groove
in the shank of the crutch, which prevents the crutch from lifting, which crutch
can only be removed by pressure being put on the spring.
Dated this Eighteenth day of September 1895.
ABRAHAM PENGELLY.