Improvements in Brackets or Cleats for Holding Battens and other like Temporary Structures on Board Ship or otherwise.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1896
Complate Inncification Loft
4th Cont 4007
Accented
22nd Dat
1007
Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Loft, 4th Sept., 1907 Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1907
Improvements in Brackets or Cleats for Holding Battens and other
like Temporary Structures on Board Ship or otherwise.
We, GEORGE ROLLO and MALCOLM MACFARLANE ROLLO of Fulton Engine
Works, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a bracket or cleat for cargo or hatch battens,
and for other purposes to which it is applicable. It is designed to provide a
superior article to those generally in use hitherto and to combine neatness with
lightness and strength.
In carrying the invention into effect, our improved article is, by preference,
stamped or pressed out of wrought iron or steel, and is composed of two vertical
arms lying parallel to each other but in different planes with a transverse arm
or piece joining them together. One of these arms is adapted to be fastened
to a post or stanchion by one or more bolts passing through it, while the other
two arms, which form two sides of a rectangle, receive the batten or other article
which it is desired to hold, and grasp it in position. In order to strengthen the
article and enable it to better resist the pressure brought upon it, we form longi-
tudinally in the arms of the cleat, a web, which in cross section is by preference
convex on the outer face of the cleat and concave on the inner face. This web
may extend the entire or nearly the whole length of the cleat, the cleat being
made in one piece and stamped or pressed into the form described. In certain
cases, however, the cleat might be cast, if so desired. At the place where the
bolt or bolts pass through, the web is slightly enlarged and provided with a flat
face to receive the head. Instead of bolt holes, we may provide a hole with a
narrow lateral slot, the hole being adapted to receive the head of a button or
stud, and the slot being only wide enough to receive its neck. Thus by passing
the hole in the cleat on to the head of the button, and then pressing the cleat
so that its slot will engage the neck, the cleat is secured in place and will not
fall off.
Brackets or cleats made in this way are practically unbreakable, the web
giving the greatest strength where the ordinary cleat snaps with wedging, and
by the process of manufacture the fibre runs throughout the length. They are
much stronger than the ordinary forged or cast steel cleats, while combining
lightness with maximum strength, a great consideration on board vessels owing
to the numbers used, and not costing more. They will form a very useful article
for holding battens for protecting the inside of a ship from being damaged by
cargo.

page_text: Improvements in Brackets or Cleats for Holding Battens and other
like Temporary Structures on Board Ship or otherwise.
We, GEORGE ROLLO and MALCOLM MACFARLANE ROLLO of Fulton Engine
Works, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, 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 has for its object a bracket or cleat for cargo or hatch battens,
and for other purposes to which it is applicable. It is designed to provide a
superior article to those generally in use hitherto and to combine neatness with
lightness and strength.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a vertical section of our improved bracket or cleat for cargo or
hatch battens;
Figure 2, a front elevation;
Figure 3, an end view; and
Figure 4, a section on the line a b.
In carrying the invention into effect, our improved article is, by preference,
stamped or pressed out of wrought iron or steel, and is composed of two vertical
arms A B lying parallel to each other but in different planes with a transverse arm
or piece C joining them together. One of these arms B is adapted to be fastened
to a post or stanchion by one or more bolts passing through it, while the other
two arms A and C which form two sides of a rectangle, the stanchion
forming a third side, receive the end of the batten or other article
which it is desired to hold, and keep it in position. In order to strengthen
the article and enable it to better resist the pressure brought upon it, we
form longitudinally in the arms of the cleat, a web or webs D which in cross
section are by preference convex on the outer face of the cleat and concave on
the inner faces. These webs may extend the entire or nearly the whole length
of the cleat, the cleat being made in one piece and stamped or pressed into the
In certain cases, however, the cleat might be cast, if so desired.
At the place E where the bolt or bolts pass through, the web is slightly enlarged
and provided with a flat face to receive the head. Instead of bolt holes, we may
provide a hole with a narrow lateral slot, the hole being adapted to receive the
head of a button or stud and the slot being only wide enough to receive its neck.
Thus by passing the hole in the cleat on to the head of the button and then
pressing the cleat so that its slot will engage the neck, the cleat is secured in
place and will not fall off.
form described.
Brackets or cleats made in this way are practically unbreakable, the web giving
the greatest strength where the ordinary cleat snaps with wedging and by the
process of manufacture the fibre runs throughout the length. They are much
stronger than the ordinary forged or cast steel cleats, while combining lightness
with maximum strength, a great consideration on board vessels owing to the
numbers used, and not costing more. They will form a very useful article for
holding battens for protecting the inside of a ship from being damaged by
cargo.
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:-
1. The manufacture and use of metallic brokatoam 1

page_text: battens or the like stamped out or cast in one piece and attached to posts or
stanchions by bolts or otherwise, substantially as described.
2. In brackets or cleats for cargo or hatch battens and the like, forming them
with a web or webs extending their entire length or part of their length in such
a manner as to strengthen such articles and enable them to better resist the
pressure brought upon them, substantially as described.
3. A bracket or cleat for cargo or hatch battens and the like made in one piece
and stamped or cast into the form substantially as herein described and shown in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd dox of Cantab
100%
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London, Patent Agents.