Improvements in Stay Travellers for Sails and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd June, 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stay Travellers for Sails and the like.
I, ARTHUR KELLY EVANS, of Toronto Club, corner of Wellington and York
Streets Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
My invention relates to improvements in stay travellers and the object of the
invention is to provide a simple cheaply constructed and efficient stay traveller,
which can readily be clasped on to the stay, and when on, be incapable of being
detached except when its base bar is pushed up to the stay and turned at right
angles to it and it consists essentially of a traveller composed of two reversely
turned hooks secured at their base to a cross bar, the sides of the hooks being
parallel to each other and at sufficient distance apart to permit of the insertion of
the stay and the end of the hooks being preferably the same distance from the
base bar as the hooks are apart, the traveller being attached to the bolt rope of
the sail.
The hooks have enlarged ends which are designed to keep the stay against the
top of the hooks. End ribs are formed on the end of the base bar; and a rib is
also formed on the base bar centrally between the bases of the hooks. The base bar
has preferably a concave groove formed at the bottom throughout its length in
order that it may be snugly secured to the bolt rope.
The traveller is secured to the bolt rope by means of a marline wound back-
wardly and forwardly through eyelets in the sail and over the bar, passing on both
sides of the hooks within the end ribs, and between the hooks on both sides of the
central rib. The height of the ribs is such that the marline when wound over the
bar will be below the level of the top of the ribs.
In some cases I provide downwardly projecting lips, at each end of the base bar,
the said lips being designed to be bent around the bolt rope by pinchers so as to
In this form the
securely grasp it and firmly secure the traveller to the rope.
marline might be used or not but I think it preferable that I should use the
marline in any case.
The lips will of course serve to further stop any danger
of the traveller twisting or becoming loosened upon or out of alignment with the
bolt rope.
I sometimes make the hooks of the traveller of an elongated loop form extending
beyond the base bar at each side. The diameter of this elongated loop is substan-
tially the diameter of the stay. When the sail or jib is lowered it generally falls
into folds first on one side and then on the other. The bolt rope of course being
on the ends of the folds would in this form allow of the stay passing into the
elongated loop, of one of the hooks of the traveller to one of the elongated loops,
of the other hook of the traveller and thereby secure the sail in such a position
that it will be practically impossible for a traveller to become detached from the
stay.
Dated the 7th day of October 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stay Travellers for Sails and the like.
I, ARTHUR KELLY EVANS, of Toronto Club, corner of Wellington and York
Streets, Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Civil Engineer, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in stay travellers and the object of the
invention is to provide a simple, cheaply constructed and efficient stay traveller
which can readily be clasped on to the stay, and when on be incapable of being
detached except when its base bar is pushed up to the stay and turned at right
angles to it and it consists essentially of a traveller composed of two reversely
turned hooks secured at their base to a cross-bar, the sides of the hooks being
parallel to each other and at sufficient distance apart to permit of the insertion of
the stay and the end of the hooks being preferably the same distance from the base
bar as the hooks are apart, the traveller being otherwise arranged, constructed
in detail and attached to the bolt rope of the sail as hereinbefore more particular
explained.
Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing different forms of my traveller secured to
the sail and clasped on the wire stay also the manner of placing the traveller upon
the stay:
Figure 2 is an enlarged detail of the traveller:
Figure 3 is an enlarged detail of an alternative form of traveller:
Figure 4 is an end view shewing the preferred construction of the hooks.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each
figure.
A is the wire stay, B the sail, and C the bolt rope which is attached to the
edge of the sail, D the eyelets made in the sail, and E the traveller. The
traveller E is comprised of two books e parallelly arranged at right angles to
the base bar E'. The hooks have enlarged ends e¹, as shewn, which are
designed to keep the stay against the top of the hooks and are reversely turned.
E are end ribs formed on the end of the base bar E¹, and E' is a rib formed on
the base bar E' centrally between the bases of the hooks e. The base bar E' has
preferably a concave groove E formed at the bottom throughout its length in
order that it may be snugly secured to the bolt rope.
F is the marline by which the traveller E is secured to the bolt rope. The
marline F is wound backwardly and forwardly through the eyelets and over the
bar, passing on both sides of the hooks within the ribs E and between the
hooks on both sides of the central rib E³. The ribs E1 and E are sufficiently
high so that the marline in being wound over the bar E will be below the
level of the top of the ribs.
In Figure 1, I shew two travellers secured to the bolt rope and located in
position upon the stay and the lowest traveller with the sail slightly folded so that
the base of the traveller is practically at right angles to the stay which is shewn
between the parallelly arranged hooks between which it is inserted previously to
its being turned around then brought down into the position shewn by the upper
traveller. It will thus be seen that it is merely necessary to fold the sail and turn 4
the traveller at right angles to the stay and bring the parallelly arranged hooks
one on each side of the stay until the stay is beneath the level of the bottom of
the hooks when the traveller may be turned around and drawn down into the
position shewn by the traveller at the upper portion of this figure.
It will be seen on reference to Figure 2 that the central rib E' on the base bar E
will prevent the stay when the traveller is being placed upon it from rubbing

page_text: against the marline and wearing it out and that the end ribs E" will not only
prevent any wear on the marline passing between them and the hooks but will also
impede the marline from passing off the ends of the base board E'.
In Figure 3 I shew downwardly projecting lips E' situated at each end of the
base bar. These lips are designed to be bent around the bolt rope by pinchers so
as to securely grasp it and firmly secure the traveller to the rope. In this form
the marline might be used or not but I think it preferable that I should use the
marline in any event. The lips E will of course serve to further stop any danger
of the traveller twisting or becoming loosened upon or out of alignment with the
bolt rope.
In Figure 4 I shew the hooks e of the traveller with an elongated loop form elt
extending beyond the base bar at each side. The diameter of this elongated
loop el is substantially the diameter of the stay. When the sail or jib is lowered
it generally falls into folds first on one side and then on the other. The bolt rope
of course being on the ends of the folds would in this form allow of the stay passing
into the elongated loop e" of one of the hooks of the traveller to one of the
elongated loops e" of the other hook of the traveller and thereby secure the sail in
such a position that it will be practically impossible for a traveller to become
detached from the stay.
I am aware that a double hook has been arranged extending obliquely out from
and forming part of a screwed shank for the purpose of forming the end of a
clothes pole or a cistern pole hook but I do not know of any form or device in
which the hooks are reversely set and parallel to each other from top to bottom
by which they are connected to a cross bar which form is necessary in order to
produce a traveller calculated to serve the purpose for which my invention is
especially designed.
I wish finally to draw attention to the fact that should it be desired to remove
the sail from the stay every time it is lowered, I would preferably use the form of
traveller shewn in Figures 1, 2 and 3, but should it be desired to leave the sail on
the stay I would preferably use the form shewn in Figure 4. When this form is
used it will be seen that when the sail is lowered the fold in the sail would cause
the traveller to turn alternately to the right and to the left. In turning to the
right of course the stay would be thrown against the side of the hooks and be
securely held in position and when turned to the left the stay would be thrown
into the loop el which would also securely hold the traveller in position on the
stay. When the sail is being raised again the travellers would fall into alignment
with the stay as they are caused to ascend upon it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a sail of a traveller comprised of two reversely turned
hooks set in alignment and designed to clasp the stay and supported parallelly from
the top to the base bar by which it is suitably secured to the bolt rope of the sail
as, and for the purpose, specified.
2. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks set in align-
ment parallelly arranged and extending outwardly from a base bar as, and for the
purpose, specified.
3. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly
arranged and attached to or forming part of a base bar, the distance between the
hooks equalling the distance between the ends of the hooks and the base bar as, and
for the purpose, specified.
4. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly
arranged and attached to or forming part of a base bar, the distance between the
hooks equalling the distance between the ends of the hooks and the base bar, and
the hooks being formed with enlarged ends el as, and for the purpose, specified.
5. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly

page_text: arranged and attached to or forming part of the base bar, the distance between
the hooks equalling the distance between the ends of the hooks and the base bar
and a rib E formed between the hooks on the base bar as, and for the purpose,
specified.
6. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly
arranged and attached to or forming part of a base bar, the distance between the
hooks equalling the distance between the ends of the hooks and the base bar and
ribs E formed on the ends of the base bar as, and for the purpose, specified.
7. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly
arranged and attached to or forming part of a base bar E¹, the concave groove
formed at the bottom of the base bar as, and for the purpose, specified.
8. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly
arranged and attached to or forming part of a base bar E' and the concave groove
formed at the bottom of the base bar E' which has lips E' extending downwardly
from the ends and arranged as, and for the purpose, specified.
9. A traveller for stays comprised of two reversely turned hooks parallelly
arranged and attached to or forming part of a base bar E', elongated loops ell
being formed so as to extend beyond the base bar, the distance between the hooks,
the diameter of the loops ell, and the distance between the ends of the hooks and
the base bar being all substantially equal as, and for the purpose, specified.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.