An Improved Device for Securing and Releasing Ropes or Cords.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by AXEL SABROE, of Hodersleben, Sleswick, in the
Empire of Germany.]
An Improved Device for Securing and Releasing Ropes or Cords.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 a device or apparatus for securing and releasing ropes
or cords and is an improvement on the invention described in the Specification of a
former Patent dated June 1st 1893, No. 10,774.
As in the former Specification the present device is particularly adapted for use
in cases where the rope or cord is to be instantly released with certainty as for
instance when used for securing the sails of sailing boats.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improved device.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same, and
Figure 3 is a detail of the rotary shaft hereinafter referred to..
The improved apparatus comprises a casing A which may be of rectangular or
other suitable shape, around which the rope or the like to be secured is wound, and
which is adapted to be secured by bolts or the like to the deck of a sailing boat
or to any other suitable place.
To suitable pins or shafts F F¹ within the said casing are pivoted two double
armed levers D E and D' E', the outer arms D, D' which constitute the retaining
arms or pins for the rope or cord, projecting through slots A' in the casing A,
and the inner arms E, E when in their fixed position lying horizontally within the
said casing A. G is a rotary shaft pivotally arranged in the casing A and provided
with lugs or projections H upon which, when the apparatus is in the position for
retaining the rope or cord, the said arms E, E' rest. The said rotary shaft G is
provided preferably at or near its lower end with a hand lever L which projects
through a slot A2 in the casing A so that, by turning the said lever through an
angle of about 90°, the arms E, E' will be released and will thus allow the rope
or cord to turn the levers into the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 and
thereby release the said rope or cord.
If desired I may fix one or the other of the outer arms D or D' and pivot the
other in the manner above indicated, for example one of the double-armed levers
may be dispensed with, and in lieu thereof an arm D or D' may be formed on or
attached to the apparatus, in which case it will only be necessary to provide one lug
or projection H on the rotary shaft G as will be understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
A device for rapidly securing and releasing ropes, and the like, which is
characterized by the feature that one or more pins or arms projecting from the
casing round which the rope is fastened, can be turned about their axes by any
Drian Bd7

page_text: suitable mechanism by the movement of a lever arm or the like, so that the ends
of the said pins or arms are moved towards each other in such a manner that the
rope may slip off the said device and be thus released.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.