ROW FOR BOATS
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 2nd Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887,
1 JOHN COSENS, High Street Hythe, Southampton Hants, No Occupation do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for METAL ROWLOCK FOR BOATS to be as
follows:-
First. A Metal plate with two Sockets, having two Slots of Metal underneath the
plate, the Slots are on two sides and one end. The End forms a Lever against which
the Thole presses when in use.
Secondly. Two Metal Tholes the foremost one rather longer than the aftermost
one to give more room to Ship the Oars when in use.
Thirdly. The Tholes are fastened to the plate by two strong Rivets, which allow the
Tholes to be raised or lowered at pleasure. When out of use the Tholes lie flat on the
Plate.
Fourthly. The whole Apparatus is fastened to the Gunwale of the boat with six or
more Screws, regard being had to size of boat.
Fithly. They can be made to fit any boat.

page_text: I, JOHN COSENS High Street Hythe Southampton, Hants, No Occupation do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for METAL ROWLOCK FOR BOATS and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
First. A Metal plate with two Sockets having two Slots of Metal underneath the
plate, the Slots are on two sides and one end. The end forms a Lever against which
the Thole presses when in use.
Secondly. Two Metal Tholes the foremost, one rather longer than the afternmost
one, to give more room to Ship the Oars when in use.
Thirdly. The Tholes are fastened to the Plate by two strong Rivets, which allow
the Tholes to be raised or lowered at pleasure when out of use the Tholes lie flat on
the Plate.
Fourthly. The whole apparatus is fastened to the Gunwale of the Boat by six or
more Screws regard being had to size of boat.
Fithly. They can be made to fit any boat.
Fig. 1. The rowlock showing the Tholes when in use.
A¹ A The Tholes.
B. B. Metal Plate.
P. P. Pins.
G. G. Section of Wood Rowlock into which the Metal rowlock is tabled to prevent
their Cutting the Gunwale of boat &c.
H.H The Slots which take the strain of the Oars, Sides and front, when in use.
Fig. 2 shows the Rowlock out of use with the Tholes A* depressed on the
plate H and H shows side and front of Slot. Other letters as in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. End view of Rowlock in use, letters same as Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. Top view A¹ A¹ shows the Tholes erected for use.
shows the Tholes depressed as in Fig. 2 other letters as in Fig. 1.
The shaded lines A* A'
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1st. It does not weaken the gunwale of the boat fitted with it, as being screwed on
the top no holes are required through swell or topsides of the boat.

page_text: 2nd. The Tholes being collapsable and lying flat on the Plate prevents their
fowling anything they may come in contact with, such as ropes, warpes, &c.
3rd. Their being a fixture prevents their being stolen, lost overboard, or mislaid in
the hurry of lowering a boat at sea or in Harbour.
4th. Being well off the edge of the gunwale there is no danger of taking the side
of a boat out either in coming alongside, or leaving a vessel, or when being hoisted
to the davits.
5th. They strengthen instead of diminishing the weakest part of a boat.
6th. The Slots under the plate takes the strain of the Tholes so that the boat is not
weakened in any way.
7th. The Plate serves instead of leather or other material to take the wear of the
oars.