for the TST CONCERNATION OR A POHODS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Holloway Reed, of Sunderland, in the
County of Durham, Anchor and Chain Cable Manufacturer,' for the
TST
CONCERNATION
OR A POHODS"
Sealed the 10th July 1860, and dated the 24th January 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Holloway Reed
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 24th January 1860.
I, CHARLES HOLLOWAY REED, of Sunderland, in the County of Durham,
Anchor and Chain Cable Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCHORS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention is applicable to that class of anchors known as portable or
swivel anchors, and consists principally in forging the arms of such anchors
with lugs or jaws on to receive the end of the shank, which is connected
thereto by means of a pin or bolt, with forclock and ring. The shank is
formed of one solid piece of iron, and the toggles or horns will be either
welded to the arms, or they may be made to fit with a pin through the arms,
and they will then be moveable. The arms may be either forged in one piece,
or they may be made separate, as found most desirable or convenient.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Holloway Reed in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 20th July. 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
HOLLOWAY REED, of Sunderland, in the County of Durham, Anchor and Chain
Cable Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Holloway Reed, Her special licence, that I, the said
Charles Holloway Reed, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Charles Holloway Reed, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCHORS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Holloway
Reed, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their bands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
• NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Holloway Reed, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say :-
This Invention is applicable to that class of anchors known as portable or
swivel anchors, and consists principally in forging the arms of such anchors with
lugs or jaws on to receive the end of the shank, which is connected thereto
by means of a pin or bolt, with forelock and ring. The arms may be either.
forged or made in one or more pieces, as found most desirable or convenient,
and the toggles or horns will be either welded to the arms, or they may be
made to fit with bolts or pius through the arms. The shank is formed of one
solid piece of iron.

page_text: And such being the nature and object of my said Invention, I will proceed to
describe more in detail the manner of carrying the same into practical effect,
and in order that the improvements may be perfectly understood, I have annexed
hereunto a Sheet of illustrative Drawings, and have marked thereon Figures
and letters of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation
thereof, that is to say :--
Figure 1 in the accompanying Drawings is a plan view of my improved
anchor; and Figure 2 is a side view of the same. The arms a, a, of the
anchor are forged or formed in one or more pieces, and are furnished at b, b,
with lugs or jaws to receive the lower end of the shank c, c, which latter is
also provided with a shoulder or collar d, d, touching the jaws or lugs on the
arms (see sectional view, Figure 3). The end of the shank fits between the
lugs or jaws, and is connected thereto by means of a forelocked pin or bolt e, e,
at the throat. The stock of the anchor, which is shewn at Figure 4, is forged
or formed of a separate piece, and is connected to the shank in the ordinary
manner. 9, 9, are the horns or toggles, which are also forged or formed
separately, and are connected to the arms by means of pins or bolts h, h. The
flukes i, i, are formed as usual.
Having now fully described the nature of my said Invention, together
with the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark in
conclusion that I claim as my Invention,-
Firstly, the construction of swivel anchors generally, as above described, the
arms being provided with lugs or jaws between which the lower end of the
shank fits.
Secondly, forming a shoulder or collar on the shank touching the lugs or
jaws, and connecting the same to the lugs or jaws by means of a forelocked
pin or bolt. And, thirdly, attaching the horns or toggles to the arms of such
anchors by means of pins or bolts passing through the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Holloway Reed, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
CHA. H. KEED. (L.S.)