A New and Improved Method of Locking or Fastening the Stock of Anchors of that Class having Stocks that are Loose for Unshipping.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1889-Accented. 7th Sept. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Method of Locking or Fastening the Stock
of Anchors of that Class having Stocks that are Loose for
Unshipping.
I GEORGE THOMAS BARLOW, Gentleman of Station Road, Lytham in the County
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
For many purposes it has been found advantageous to use loose Stocks for
Anchors or more properly Unshipping Stocks, this system enabling an Anchor to
be carried much more readily and reducing the space required for stowage of same,
the methods of fastening or locking stock at present in use are untrustworthy &
the object of my invention is to supply an efficient & simple means of locking or
fastening stock in position in such a manner as to have no loose parts to get
disarranged or lost and to be so simple that the stock can be quickly brought
into condition for service and as readily thrown out of position.
In carrying
out my invention I utilise the Anchor Ring for locking the Stock in position, this
Ring for my purpose is made of a different thickness in one part of its circumferance
the Stock of Anchor is passed through an elongated slot in the shank of Anchor the
Ring also passes through this Slot and is so placed as to allow the Stock to be
unshipped when the narrow portion of Ring is in the slot, when the stock is again
put into position the Ring is turned round until the thicker portion enters slot and
effectually locks the stock in its place.
Dated this 16th day of January 1889.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Method of Locking or Fastening the "Stock"
of Anchors of that Class having Stocks that are Loose for
Unshipping.
I GEORGE THOMAS BARLOW Gentleman Station Road Lythamn (in the County of
Lancaster) 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 :-
For many purposes it has been found advantageous to use loose stocks for anchors,
or more properly called "unshipping Stocks "-this system enabling an anchor to be
carried much more readily, & reducing the space required for its stowage. The
methods of fastening or locking stocks at present in use are untrustworthy & the
object of my Invention is to supply an efficient & simple means of locking or
fastening stocks in position in such a manner as to have no loose parts to get
disarranged or lost & to be so simple that the stock can be immediately brought into
condition for service, & as readily thrown out of position for stowage. In carrying
out my Invention I utilize the Anchor Ring for locking the stock in position. This
Ring for my purpose is made of a different thickness of metal in one part of its
circumference. The stock of the anchor is passed through an elongated slot in the
shank of anchor. The Ring also passes through this slot, & is so placed as to allow
the stock to be unshipped when the narrow portion of ring is in the slot. When the
stock is again put into position the ring is turned round until the thickest portion
of its circumference enters the slot & effectually locks the stock in its place.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood & readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the accompanying sheet of drawings-reference being
had to the figures & letters thereon marked.
"Fig. 1" is an elevation shewing the stock locked into nosition.

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Fig. 3
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is a side elevation of fig. 1.
is an elevation shewing the anchor unstocked & the stock unshipped.
"Fig. 4" is an elevation shewing the stock locked into position, with intermediate
sliding cotter.
"Fig. 5" is also an elevation shewing the anchor unstocked & the stock unshipped,
with intermediate sliding cotter.
"A" is the Ring having a portion of its circumference of less thickness of
metal (b).
"Bis the Stock near the centro of which are two collars or projections (c. c)
fitting when in position each side of the elongated slot in the shank "0"
D is a loose sliding cotter which may be inserted between the Stock & the
Ring.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said Invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare what I claim is-
:
Ring locking that is the construction of anchors with an anchor ring which has
one part of its circumference of less thickness of metal so that the ring can be utilized
as herein described.
Dated this 1st day of July 1880
GEORGE THOMAS BARLOW.