Year: 1899

page_text: I, WILLIAM WASTENEYS SMITH, of 67 to 60, Sandhill, in the City and County
of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Civil and Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to anchors of the kind generally known as stookless anchora
for which Letters Patent have been granted to me No. 652 A.D. 1871 No. 4281
A.D. 1874 and No. 3476 A.D. 1885, and has for its principal object to increase
the stability of such anchors when in the ground and insure their not rolling over.
According to my invention I make, or arrange, the horns, or trippers, of such
anchors, so that they will bear on the solid ground at a wider distance apart than
the arms are apart; the said horns, or trippers, being disposed behind the centre
of the axis upon which the arms, or the arms and crosshead, turn; that is on the
side of the said axis opposite to that from which the shank of the anchor projects.
The crosshead may be made in one with, or be attached to, the shank, or it may be
made in one with, or be attached to, the arms, the stops for limiting the movement
of the arms being on the crosshead and arms, or on the crosshead and shank.
When the crosshead is made in one with the shank, or is affixed thereto, the arms,
with the horns, or trippers, formed therewith, or secured thereto, as aforesaid,
may be secured to an axis passing through, and projecting from, each end of the
orosshead; and, when the crosshead is formed with, or secured to, the arms, the
shank may be secured in the crosshead by a short pin, or axis, the horns, or
trippers, in any case, being formed with, or secured to, the arms in such a position
as to lie behind the centre, or axis, on which the arms turn as aforesaid.
Dated this 18th day of March 1800
I, WILLIAM WASTENRYS SMITH, of 57 to 60, Sandhill, in the City and County
of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Civil and Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the
O 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:-
My invention relates to anchors of the kind generally known as stockless
anchors for which Letters Patent have been granted to me No. 552 A.D. 1871,
No. 4281 A.D. 1874 and No. 3476 A.D. 1885, and has for its principal object to

page_text: increase the stability of such anchors when in the ground and insure their not
rolling over. I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
According to my said invention I make, or arrange the horns, or trippers, d,
of such anchors so that they will bear on the solid ground outside of that disturbed
by the arms and at a wider distance apart than the arms C are apart; the said
horns or trippers, d, being disposed behind the centre of the axis upon which the
arms C, or the arms C and crosshead B, turn; that is, at the rear or base of the
arms and on the side of the said axis opposite to that from which the shank A
of the anchor projects. The crosshead B, may be made in one with, or be
attached to, the shank A, as shewn in plan in Figure 1, cross section in Figure 2,
and side elevation in Figure 3; or it may be made in one with, or be attached to,
the arms C as shewn in corresponding views in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7, the stops e,
for limiting the movement of the arms, being formed by the projections on arms C
which come in contact with the crosshead B, in the former case,
and by the terminations of the slot in the crosshead B, which
come in contact with the shank A. in the latter case. When
the crosshead B, is made in one with the shank A, as in Figures 1, 2, and 3, or is
affixed thereto; the arms C with the horns or trippers, d, formed therewith or
secured thereto, as aforesaid, may be secured by a pin or axis f, passing through,
and projecting from each end of the crosshead B, and, when the crosshead B, is
formed with, or secured to, the arms C as in Figures 4, 5 and 6, the shank A
may be secured in the crosshead by a short pin or axis f inserted in the recess
provided for it or by a longer pin passing entirely through both arms and cross-
head as in Figure 7 the horns or trippers d in any case, being formed with, or
secured to, the arms C in such a position as to lie behind the centre or axis, on
which the arms C, turn as aforesaid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
11.
1. The construction of anchors, of the kind referred to, so that the horns, or
trippers, lie behind the centre, or axis, on which the arms turn, and so that the
said horns or trippers, bear on the ground at a greater distance apart than the
distance of the arms apart; substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The construction of anchors as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The construction of anchors as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of December 1899.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
·47, ‘Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.