IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING BODIES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Taylor, of Middlesborough-on-Tees, in the
County of York, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING BODIES."
Sealed the 30th August 1864, and dated the 12th March 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Taylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th March 1864.
I, JAMES TAYLOR, of Middlesborough-on-Tees, in the County of York,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING BODIES," to be as follows:-
My improvements relate more particularly to steam and hand winches
for raising and lowering goods on board vessels.
One of my improvements in steam and hand winches consists in stepping the
derrick on the winch instead of on the ship's deck, or on the mast, and in
leading the chain immediately beneath the shoe of the derrick and over a
guide sheave to the barrel.
Another improvement consists in making the flanges of the barrel adjust-
able, so that they may be set nearer together or farther apart on the barrel.
For this purpose I prefer to form the same of semicircular hoops, bolted
together so as to nip the barrel wherever they may be fixed.
Another improvement has reference to the arrangement of gearing to steam
and hand winches, in which the motion is transmitted from the first to the
second motion shaft by means of a pinion on the former and a wheel on the

page_text: latter, having both inside and outside frictional gearing for reversing the
motion, and consists in moving the second motion shaft by means of excentrics
worked by levers so that the wheel upon the same may be alternately put in
gear with the one side or the other of the pinion on the first motion
shaft.
Another improvement consists in an arrangement for hauling or slewing
the derrick by the motion of the winch. For this purpose two reels are
placed loose upon a shaft carried by and receiving motion from the winch,
which recls are capable of being made to revolve with the shaft by means of
any suitable clutch apparatus (by preference friction clutches) with other
fixed clutches acting as brakes, and the falls of the ordinary block tackle for
slewing the derrick are led from either side of the ship to the reels upon which
they are wound in opposite directions, so that as the one reel or the other is
made to revolve with the shaft the derrick will be slewed in one direction or
the other.
Another improvement consists in mounting the steam or hand winch on a
suitable truck or carriage, or simply providing the same with wheels so as to
be capable of being moved to wherever required, and in erecting a temporary
post or mast close to it and stayed from the deck, to which post the derrick
is hung.
Another improvement consists in working ships' winches or crabs by means
of a rope passing round a pulley on the shaft of the same, which rope receives
motion either from an independent engine or from the engine of another
winch or crab; thus, if three or more winches are conveniently situated, I
employ a separate engine for providing the motive power, and work each of
the three or more winches by means of ropes from the one engine.
Although I have stated that my improvements are particularly applicable to
ships' winches yet I in no way limit myself to that application, as they may
with equal advantage be made use of in whatever position or for whatever
purpose winches or crabs of a similar construction may be employed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said James Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 12th September 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
TAYLOR, of Middlesborough-on-Tees, in the County of York, Engineer, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said James Taylor, Her special licence that I, the said James
Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said James Taylor, 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 "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING BODIES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Taylor, my executors, or adminis-
trators, 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 James Taylor, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
My improvements relate more particularly to steam and hand winches for.
raising and lowering goods on board vessels.
One part of my improvements in steam and hand winches consists in
stepping the derrick on the winch instead of on the ship's deck or on the
mast, and in leading the chain immediately beneath the shoe of the derrick
and over a guide sheave to the barrel.
Another improvement consists in making the flanges of the barrel adjust-
able, so that they may be set nearer together or farther apart on the barrel.;
for this purpose I prefer to form the same of semicircular hoops, bolted
together so as to nip the barrel wherever they may be fixed.
Another improvement consists in an arrangement for hauling or slewing
the derrick by the motion of the winch. For this purpose two reels are
placed loose upon a shaft carried by and receiving motion from the winch,
which reels are capable of being made to revolve with the shaft by means of
any suitable clutch apparatus (by preference friction clutches), with other
fixed clutches acting as brakes; and the falls of the ordinary block tackle

page_text: for slewing the derrick are led from either side of the ship to the reels, upon
which they are wound in opposite directions, so that as the one reel or the
other is made to revolve with the shaft, the derrick will be slewed in one
direction or the other.
Another improvement consists in mounting the steam or hand winch on a
suitable truck or carriage, or simply providing the same with wheels, so as to
be capable of being moved to wherever required, and in erecting a temporary
post or mast either on the truck or on the winch itself, and stayed from the
ground, to which post the derrick is hung.
Although I have stated that my improvements are particularly applicable to
ships' winches 'yet I in no way limit myself to that application, as they may
with equal advantage be made use of in whatever position or for what-
ever purpose winches or crabs of a similar construction may be employed.
On the accompanying Drawings is shown a ship's winch, having the
improvements described under the first, second, and third heads.
Figure 1, Sheet I., shows a side elevation, Figure 2, Sheet II., shows a
front elevation, and Figure 3, Sheet II., shows a sectional elevation on lines
X, X, Y, Y, Figure 1. Similar letters of reference indicato similar parts in
each of the Figures.
A is the derrick or jib, 'carried in a shoe or socket B, formed upon the
transverse frame C, which is carried by the side frames D, D, of the winch;
E, E, are guide pullies, also carried by the transverse frame C, between which
the rope or chain F from the derrick A passes, and by which it is guided on to
the barrel G of the winch. The flanges H, H, of the latter are formed
separate therefrom, so as to be adjustable. They are by preference formed in
halves, bolted together by means of the bolts I, I, which, when drawn up, nip
the flanges on to the barrel in the required position. J is a spindle carried
by the uprights K, upon the lower extremity of which spindle is fixed the bevil
wheel L in gear with the pinion M on the shaft N of the winch. O, O', are
two reels running loose upon the spindle but capable of being made to revolve
with the samo by being put in gear by means of the levers P, P', respectively
with the conical friction clutches Q, Q', fixed to and revolving with the
spindle J, whilst other fixed clutches R, R', carried by the framing K, K,
act as brakes to regulate the motion of the reels when the ropes S, S', are
drawn off from the same. These ropes are wound upon the reels in opposite
directions, as shewn, and pass from the same over the pullies T, T, which aro
attached to points situated at opposite sides of the derrick A, and thence to
the head of the derrick, to which they are made fast. Thus it will be
seen that if the derrick A requires to be slewed towards the pulley T,

page_text: then by putting the reel O into gear with the clutch Q, that revolves
with the spindle J, the rope S will be wound up on the same, whereby the
derrick will be drawn in the direction of the pulley T, and will at the
same time draw the rope S' off the reel O¹, which for this purpose is put
out of gear with the revolving clutch Q', and when required to stop the motion
of the derrick, is put in gear with the brake clutch R'; if, on the other hand,
the derrick requires to be slewed in the reverse direction, then the reel O' is
put in
gear with the clutch Q¹, and the reel O is put out of gear with the
clutch Q.
The other parts of the winch are well understood and form no part
of my present Invention, and need therefore not be further described.
In carrying out the improvement described under the fourth head, the
winch is either mounted on a suitable truck or carriage or it is simply
provided with wheels, and the post or mast U from which the derrick A
is hung is fixed either upon the said carriage or truck or upon the winch
itself, and is stayed in any suitable manner from the ground.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, what I claim is,-
First, stepping the derrick of ships and other winches upon the winch itself,
instead of on the deck, ground, mast, or post.
Second, making the flanges to the barrel adjustable, so as to be capable of
being set nearer together or further apart on the barrel.
Third, effecting the lateral motion of the derrick by means of two reels
carried loose upon a spindle receiving motion from the winch, with which
spindle the reels are capable of being put in gear alternately by means of
clutch apparatus.
Fourth, mounting the winch upon a carriage or truck, or simply providing
the same with wheels, and fixing the mast or post from which the derrick is
hung upon the carriage or upon the winch itself, and staying it from the
ground.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Taylor, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
JAMES TAYLOR. (L.S.)