An Automatic Anchor for Non-recoiling Field Carriages.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1894-Accepted, 28th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Anchor for Non-recoiling Field Carriages.
We, Sir ANDREW NOBLE, K.C.B., F.R.S., of Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, and RALPH THEW BRANKSTON, Engineer, of Elswick Works, Newcastle-
on-Tyne aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The automatic anchor consists of a V shaped lever having a plain or forked
fluke pivotted to the apex of the V so as to allow the carriage to be trained when
the fluke is in the ground and the lever stands in an approximately vertical position.
The upper ends of the V are pivotted on or near the axle of the carriage. The
fluke is connected by a chain to the trail so that the lever cannot move forward
beyond the vertical. When the anchor is housed in position for travelling it lies
under the trail. When the carriage is run up for firing the anchor is let go from
the trail and rests on the ground. When the first round is fired the fluke auto-
matically enters the ground and the carriage recoils until the chain attached to
the fluke and the trail is tight. The carriage is then held fast by the anchor, and
in this position can be trained through a considerable angle by pivotting about the
fluke without removing it from the ground. The attachment of the chain to the
fluke is specially arranged to the rear of the pivot in order that the fluke may
always retain its position at right angles to the trail.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1893.
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A. NOBLE.
R. T. BRANKSTON.
An Automatic Anchor for Non-recoiling Field Carriages.
We, Sir ANDREW NOBLE, K.C.B., F.R.S, of Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, and RALPH THEW BRANKSTON, Engineer, of Elswick Works, Newcastle-
on-Tyne aforesaid, 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 :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a side elevation of the carriage and
anchor.
When
The automatic anchor consists of a V shaped lever A having a plain or forked
fluke B pivotted to the apex of the V so as to allow the carriage to be trained
when the fluke is in the ground and the lever A stands in an approximately vertical
position. The upper ends of the V are pivotted at A' on or near the axle of the
carriage. The fluke B is connected by a chain C to the trail so that the lever
cannot move forward beyond the vertical. When the anchor is housed in position
for travelling it lies under the trail as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.
the carriage is run up for firing the anchor is let go from the trail and rests on the
ground. When the first round is fired the fluke automatically enters the ground
and the carriage recoils until the chain attached to the fluke and the trail is tight
as shown in full lines in Figure 2. The carriage is then held fast by the anchor,
and in this position can be trained through a considerable angle by pivotting about
the fluke without removing it from the ground. The attachment of the chain to
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page_text: the fluke is specially arranged to the rear of the pivot in order that the fluke may
always retain its position at right angles to the trail.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
1. The combination of a gun carriage, a lever pivotted beneath the carriage, a
central anchor at the end of the lever and means for preventing the lever from
turning beyond an approximately vertical position.
2. The combination of a gun carriage, a lever pivotted beneath the carriage, a
central anchor pivotted axially at the end of the lever and means for preventing
the lever from turning beyond an approximately vertical position.
3. The combination of a gun carriage, a lever pivotted beneath the carriage, a
central anchor pivotted axially at the end of a lever and a chain connecting the
rear of the anchor to the trail.
4. The combination of a gun carriage, a V shaped lever having the ends of its
arms pivotted on or near the axle of the carriage, an anchor pivotted at the
apex of the V shaped lever and a chain connecting the rear of the anchor to the
.trail.
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A. NOBLE.
R. T. BRANKSTON.