IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Cole, of Bitterne, in the County of South-
ampton, Shipsmith, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Cole at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th June 1869.
I, DAVID COLE, of Bitterne, in the County of Southampton, Ship-
smith, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM
PROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention of improvements in anchors is to con
struct them in such a manner that spare anchors may be more con-
veniently stowed away when not required for immediate use than
anchors of the ordinary construction. To this end the arms are made
capable of being easily detached from the crown, the stock being passed
through a hole or eye at the upper end of the shank just below the
shackle. The crown end of the shank is forked so as to form a sort

page_text: of mortice in order to receive the central part of the arms, which is
notched on one side to fit the shank and on the other side to receive a
cross bolt which passes through eyes in the forked or morticed part of
the shank, and serves to keep all the parts in position. By constructing
anchors in separate pieces which are capable of being taken apart, spare
anchors can be conveniently stowed away in the hold or elsewhere, and
when required for use can be put together with great facility.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said David Cole in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 8th December 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAVID
COLE, of Bitterne, in the County of Southampton, Shipsmith, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said David Cole, Her special licence that
I, the said David Cole, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said David Cole, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said David Cole, my ex-
ecutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands 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 David Cole, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of my Invention of "Improvements in Anchors" is to
construct them in such a manner that spare anchors may be more
conveniently stowed away when not required for immediate use than
anchors of the ordinary construction. To this end the arms are made
capable of being easily detached from the crown, the stock being passed
through a hole or eye at the upper end of the shank just below the
shackle.
In the accompanying Drawing I have shewn various views of an
anchor constructed according. to my Invention: Fig. 1 is a side or edge
view of the anchor; Fig. 2 is a front elevation; Fig. 3 is a view of the
shank and stock arranged for being packed away, the arms and palms
or flukes having been removed for the purpose and shewn detached
at Fig. 4.
The crown end of the shank a is forked so as to form a sort of
mortice a', Fig. 3, in order to receive the central part of the arms b,
which is notched on one side at b', Fig. 4, to fit the shank a. A half
hole or semicircular notch b³, Fig. 4, is made on the other side of the
arms 6 to receive a cross bolt or pin (c, Figures 1 and 2) which passes
through eyes in the forked or morticed part a² of the shank a, and may
be kept in place by a spring or linch pin or other suitable device. The
cross bolt o will thus serve to keep all the parts in position. In order to
take the anchor to pieces as shewn at Figures 3 and 4 for the con-
venience of stowage, it will only be necessary to draw out the cross bolt
or pin c, when the arms b, b, can be removed from the forked end of the
shank as shewn. By constructing anchors in separate pieces which are
capable of being taken apart as herein set forth spare anchors can be
conveniently stowed away in the hold or elsewhere, and when required
for use can be put together with great facility.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in Anchors,"
and having explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I
claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid, con-
structing the arms 6 of the anchor separate from the shank, and fitting
and temporarily attaching them to the crown or end of the shank, in

page_text: such a manner that they can be detached or removed therefrom with
facility when required, as and for the purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Cole, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
DAVID COLE. (L.S.)