MENTS IN WINDING APPARATUS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO FISHING LINES, NETS, AND LOG LINES, AND IN LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS TO BE USED THERE- WITH, WHICH LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO WORKING SHIPS SAILS AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1862

page_text: MENTS IN WINDING APPARATUS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO FISHING LINES,
NETS, AND LOG LINES, AND IN LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS TO BE USED THERE-
WITH, WHICH LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO WORKING
SHIPS SAILS AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 25th September 1862, and dated the 2nd April 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Moore at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with this Petition, on the
2nd April 1862.
I, THOMAS MOORE, of No. 33, Regent Circus, Piccadilly, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVE.
MENTS IN WINDING APPARATUS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO FISHING LINES, NETS,
AND LOG LINES, AND IN LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS TO BE USED THEREWITH, WHICH
LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO WORKING SHIPS SAILS AND OTHER
USEFUL PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The first part of my Invention consists in applying mechanical power to
the winding up or paying out of fishing lines, or hauling in the gear attached
[Price 8d.]

page_text: to fishing nets, the same apparatus is also applicable to the working of
log lines for taking soundings, and is particularly serviceable in "survey-
ing vessels.
The manner in which I propose to accomplish these objects is as follows:-
I fix any required number of reels on a shaft along the deck of a vessel or
smack, which shaft may be driven by steam or manual power aided by suit-
able gearing. The reels are to be slid on to the shaft, or they may be made
in sections to take on and off when it is intended to pay out the lines; the
reels run loosely on or around the shaft. On heaving up, a clutch or lever,
which is on the shaft, takes the reel, and the reel being then a fixture turns
with the shaft. On a line coming up to the gunwale the clutch or lever is
relaxed, and the shaft continues to revolve, and wind up the other lines.
The reels are to be formed of double cylinders, the inner ones being clutched
to the shaft, when winding up, and between the inner and outer ones spiral
springs are to be inserted, one end of each of which is to be secured to the
outer cylinder, and the other end to the inner one, by which means, when-
ever there is a sudden jerk on the lines, the outer part of the reel or
cylinder gives to the strain. If heavy tackle is to be hove in, another clutch
may take the outer cylinder, or the reel or cylinder may be made in one
piece only, having a box spring fitted to take the clutch or lever.
The second part of my Invention relates to the method of conducting the
lines over the ships' sides. I propose to use for this purpose a crutch in the
form of a rowlock let into steps in the gunwales. These crutches for the
lines to travel in are fitted with rollers, the upper part of the horns having
on their inner side grooved pulleys or rollers, allowing sufficient space be-
tween them for the insertion of the line, and in the lower portion of the
crutch is a cross roller, the entire breadth thereof for the line to travel on.
These travellers or leaders are also applicable to various other purposes on
board ship, such as to travel on the stays or rigging, to be applied to run
up and down on the lappet, apron, or bonnet of a sail, in which cases the
cross roller may be dispensed with, or by inverting these travellers they
may be employed to run along the beams of the holds or decks, also in
warehouses or for building purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Moore in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
MOORE, of No. 33, Regent Circus, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Moore, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Moore, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Moore, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING
APPARATUS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO FISHING LINES, NETS, AND LOG LINES, AND
IN LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS TO BE USED THEREWITH, WHICH LEADERS OR TRAVELLERS
ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO WORKING SHIPS SAILS AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Moore, my executors
or administrators, 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 per-
formed, 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 Thomas Moore, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly describedand ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in applying mechanical power to the winding
up or paying out of fishing lines, or hauling in the gear attached. to fishing
nets, the same apparatus being also applicable to the working of log lines for
taking soundings, and beingalso particularly serviceable in "surveying vessels;"
and, secondly, in the method of conducting the lines over the the ships' sides,
the same apparatus being applicable to various other purposes on board ship,
such as to travel on the stays, masts, or rigging, to run up and down on the

page_text: At Fig. 1 it will be seen that I fix reels a, a, on a shaft b, said shaft running
along the deck of the vessel or smack, and being driven by steam or
manual power, aided by suitable gearing; where steam is used the same
motive power can be used to drive a capstan, or to work the pumps. The
reels a, a, are either to be slid on to the shaft, or they may be made in
sections to take on and off when it is intended to pay out the lines, the reels
a, a, run loosely on or round the shaft b. On heaving up, a clutch or lever,
which is on the shaft, takes the reel, and the reel being then a fixture turns
with the shaft, on a line coming up to the gunwale the clutch or lever is
relaxed, and the shaft continues to revolve and wind up other lines. The
reels are to be formed of double cylinders, as shewn in section at Fig. 2,
the inner reels c being clutched to the shaft when winding up,and between
the inner reels c and outer reels a a spiral spring d is to be inserted,
one end of which is to be secured to the outer cylinder a, and the other end
to the inner cylinder c, by which means, whenever there is a sudden jerk on
the lines the outer cylinder or reel gives or yields to the strain.
If heavy tackle is to be hove in, another clutch may take the outer
cylinder, or the reel or cylinder may be made in one piece only, having a
box spring e, Fig. 1, fitted thereto, to take the clutch or lever.
At Fig. 3
there is shewn a crutch in the form of a rowlock for the purpose of conducting
the lines over the sides of ships or smacks, these crutches are let into steps
in the gunwales,and allowed to revolve on their pins according to the direction
of the lines; they are fitted with grooved pullies or rollers f,f, on the inner
side of the horns g,g, allowing sufficient space between them for the insertion
of the line, the lower portion of the crutch being provided with a cross roller
h, the entire breadth thereof for the line to travel on. These travellers or
leaders can also be applied to travel on the stays, masts, or rigging of ships,
or to run up and down on the lappet, apron, or bennet of a sail, as shewn at

page_text: Figs. 4 and 5, in which cases the cross roller may be dispensed with, or by
inverting the travellers, they may be employed to run along the beams of the
holds or decks, they may also be used in warehouses or for building purposes,
one example of which is shown at Fig. 6; they may also be applied as
travellers to the stems of ships, as shewn at Fig. 7 and 8, the stem or cut-
water being grooved on each side so as to allow the runners i, i, to travel up
and down.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I would remark, in conclusion, that I
do not confine or restrict myself to the precise details herein described and
shewn in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, as many slight modifications
and variations may be made therein without at all departing from the prin-
ciple of my Invention; but what I claim, and desired to be secured to me by
the herein in part recited Letters Patent, is,-
Firstly, the improved apparatus for winding lines by means of a shaft and
reels in the manner herein described.
Secondly, the leaders or travellers to be used with such winding apparatus.
And, lastly, the application or employment of such travellers to the various
useз and purposes herein stated and shewn in the Drawing hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Thomas Moore, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of October, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two.
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross.
THOMAS MOORE. (L.S.)