Ropes, Cords, or other Lines.
Year: 1885

page_text: Ropes, Cords, or other Lines.
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We WILLIAM HEATLEY of 3 Clifton Square Albert Road Peckham in the
County of Surrey Builder and GEORGE HUTCHINS of 24 Paternoster Square in the
City of London Railway Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for AN IMPROVED CLUTCH OR CONNECTING PIECE FOR USE IN CONNECTING ROPES
CORDS OR OTHER LINES to be as follows:-
The invention relates to a clutch, yoke or connecting piece for use in connecting,
rapidly and efficiently, ropes together, cords or lines or chains to a cable, rope or
other line for various purposes and in various relations.
As instances of some of the uses to which our improved connecting clutch, yoke
or piece can be applied we suggest the case of a rope being caused to travel in a
given direction and it is desired to fix to it at intervals and for portions of its
traverse other lines attached to articles or to a stretched cable or hawser a series of
boats' painters, vessels mooring ropes, barges ropes and so forth are desired to be
attached so as to be readily and instantaneously separable again.
Or to a trailing or other rope of a ship a boat or boats requiring a temporay
but instantaneously disconnectable attachment.
In short for a variety of uses the device is equally available and is applied and
constructed in a similar manner; that is to say,
The yoke clutch or connecting piece is formed with a recess at an angle about
the middle thereof and having angular parts with slightly rounded edges and one
or more handles or projections, to one of which projections by means of a hole or
other means of attachment thereto provided or otherwise a basket a cord or line or
other article to be borne, restrained hauled towed or held.
This yoke, clutch or connecting piece is applied by passing the rope within the
groove thereof with the inner side of the incline parallel to the rope, and with
the end thereof on which the load of the attached article comes uppermost and
then upon the clutch piece bringing weight onto the rope a bend is formed which
prevents its slipping and a secure hold or connection is secured with facility of
instantaneously effecting a release at the moment desired, by momentarily relieving
the pressure or strain on the clutch yoke or connecting and reversing the action.
Dated this 2nd day or Anvil 100%

page_text: Ropes, Cords, or other Lines.
We WILLIAM HEATLEY of 3 Clifton Square Albert Road Peckham in the
County of Surrey Builder and GEORGE HUTCHINS of 24 Paternoster Square in
the City of London Railway Agent do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for AN IMPROVED CLUTCH OR CONNECTING PIECE FOR USE IN CONNECTING ROPES
CORDS OR OTHER LINES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be 5
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the further development of the usefulness or application
of a portion of the invention described in the specification of our application for
Letters Patent N° 14514 dated the third day of November of the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty four and has reference to the use of the clutch 1
or yoke or connecting piece a (described in the said specification and shewn by
Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings thereto especially) for use in rapidly and efficiently
connecting ropes, cords, lines or chains to a cable, rope or line for various purposes
and in various relations.
As instances of some of the uses to which our. improved connecting clutch, yoke
or piece can be applied we find it of great utility in the case of a rope caused to
travel in a given direction and it is desired to fix to it at intervals and for portions
of its traverse, other lines attached to articles. Or, to a stretched cable or hawser
a series of boats' painters, vessels mooring ropes, barges ropes and so forth are
desired to be attached so as to be readily and instantaneously separable again.
Or to a trailing or other rope of a ship, a boat or boats requiring a temporary
but instantaneously disconnectable attachment.
In short for a variety of uses the clutch or device a shewn in the accompanying
drawing and described more in detail hereinafter is equally available and is applied
and constructed in a substantially similar manner.
The yoke piece, clutch or connecting part a is formed with a recess a³ at an
angle about the middle thereof and having angular parts with slightly rounded
edges and is provided with one or more handles or projections a, to which
projection at, or to one of them as the case may be, by means of a hole a³ or other
means of attachment thereto provided a hook c or other connection may be used
to attach a basket, cord, line, chain, bucket or other article d to be borne, drawn,
hauled, restrained, towed, or held.
This yoke, clutch or connecting piece a is shewn in two positions in the drawing
the upper one figure 1 indicating the piece a turned so as to bring the groove a³
into a position parallel to and so as readily to receive the rope b within it and
Fig. 2 shews the position the piece a will take when draught comes upon it
bringing the load onto the rope b and cause more or less a bend therein when fully
will
borne upon by a heavy weight and the edges of the groove prevent the piece a

page_text: slipping on the rope b and a secure hold will be obtained with facility for
instantaneously effecting a release at any moment desired by momentarily relieving
the pressure or strain on the clutch a forming the connection and reversing the
action of the part.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The clutch piece, yoke or connecting part a for use in connecting ropes, cords or
other lines as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 21st day of July 1885.
WM BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the said William Heatley & George Hutchins.