mprovements in and relating to Engaging and Detaching Gear or Apparatus for Ships' Boats.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
[mprovements in and relating to Engaging and Detaching Gear or
Apparatus for Ships' Boats.
I EDWARD REID, of 111 Clifford Crescent, Saint Mary's, Southampton, in the
County of Hampshire, Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to engaging, and detaching gear or apparatus for ship's
boats.
The main object of my said invention is to provide simple gear, or apparatus for
use in engaging, raising, lowering, and detaching boats.
In making and fitting the improved apparatus according to my invention I
provide and secure at each end of a boat at the bow and stern respectively, a
standard, formed with a forked upper end in which a hook shaped device is fitted
pivotting on a pin passing through the forked end of the standard and the lower
part or tail of the hook.
The hooks are arranged to move backwards and forwards-pivotting on the
pin-to only a limited extent, and they are pivotted out of centre, and the
back part loaded, if necessary, so that when a boat is not hanging in the hooks
from the davit tackles, or the hooks secured in the upright position the latter will
always fall backwards, into, and remain in the open disengaged position.
To the tail of each hook I attach a tripping line, or its equivalent, the lines are
connected to the tail of hook, and rove in such a manner that when pulled they will
bring the hooks-the latter pivotting upon the pin passing through the tail of
hook into the upright closed position, and upon holding the lines tight, or
securing them the hooks will remain in this position till the lines-or other
fastenings for the hooks I may provide-are released; when held or secured in
the closed position the point of the hooks lie in a small forked shaped fitting
provided on a horizontal plate forming part of, or attached to, the standards, or
upon the top of the bow and stern casing; I may sometimes temporarily secure the
hooks in the upright closed position by passing a pin through the forked shaped
fitting last mentioned either above, or through the point of hooks.
1 provide a ring or link upon the bottom block of each davit tackle for the
purpose of connecting the davit tackles to the hooks; when the said links are on
the hooks and the latter in the upright closed position and secured by the tripping
line, or by being moused in manner above described, or similar thereto, the links
cannot be disengaged from the hooks nor consequently the boat from the davits
and ship.
Presuming it is desired to connect a boat to the davit tackles the aforesaid rings
or links, are placed so that upon pulling the tripping lines the hooks pass into the
said links, the boat is then ready for hoisting or lowering, and while the weight
of the boat is upon the hooks the latter remain in the upright engaged position.
When a boat is being hoisted or is hoisted, the books will preferably be moused
in manner, or similar thereto, as hereinbefore described.
In lowering a boat I prefer that the ends of the tripping lines shall be held by a
man, or by one man at each end of the boat, or if preferred the tripping lines may
be secured, but when nearing the water the lines should be let go, and directly the
boat becomes water-borne and the weight is thereby taken off the hooks, the
latter fall back, without being in any way handled, thus releasing the rings or

page_text: links, provided on bottom (tackle) blocks, and consequently the boat from the
tackle, and ship.
Dated this 7th day of October 1892.
HERBERT P. BLAKE, M.I.N.A.,
70, High Street. Southampton Agent for the Applicant
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Engaging and Detaching Gear or
Apparatus for Ships' Boats.
I, EDWARD REID, of 111, Clifford Crescent, Saint Mary's, Southampton in the
County of Hampshire, Mariner, 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 engaging and detaching gear, or apparatus for ships
boats.
The main object of my said invention is to provide simple gear or apparatus for
use in engaging, raising, lowering, and detaching boats.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1. is a longitudinal view in sectional elevation shewing my improved
apparatus as fitted to a boat.
Fig. 2. a plan view at bottom of boat on line i, i.
Figs. 3, and 4, are enlarged elevations of parts of my apparatus shewing at A, A,
sectional, and B, B, outside views.
a, a, are posts or standards secured to the boat at the bow and stern respectively,
and formed with a forked upper end in which a hook shaped device D, is fitted
pivotting on the pin b, passing through the forked end of the standard and the
lower part or tail of the hook.
The hooks are so pivotted and weighted, or increased in size at the back part,
that when a boat is not hanging in the hooks from the davit tackles, or the hooks
secured in the upright position, the latter will always be in the open, disengaged
position as shewn at Fig. 4.
To the tail of each hook I attach a tripping line or lines c, c, c², c¹, the
lines c, c, are led down and passed through the sheaves d, d, and then forward
and aft respectively, and passed through the double sheave e, the two parts being
then suitably united in one, or attached to a single part e, which upon being
pulled brings the hooks simultaneously into a more or less upright position.
Presuming it is desired to manipulate only one hook at a time the operator will
use the tripping lines c¹.
When the line e', is secured at f, after the hooks are brought into the closed
position (as shewn at Fig. 3) the latter will remain in that position until the line is
released, when held or secured in the closed position the point of the hooks lie in a
small fork shaped fitting g.
I may sometimes temporarily secure the books in the closed position by passing
a pin g, through the fitting g, either above or through the point of hooks.
When it is desired to engage a boat by means of my apparatus to the davit
tackles and ship the ring or link h, provided on the bottom of the lower block of
davit tackles is placed in the fitting at the bow and stern respectively in positions
as shewn at Fig. 1, upon pulling the lines e', the hooks are simultaneously brought
into the engaged position (as shewn at Fig. 3), passing through the links h, the
engagement with same being thus effected, or as before stated either one or both of
the hooks may be brought into engagement with the links by pulling the line or
lines c¹.
In lowering a boat, for the purpose of disengaging same, I prefer that the hooks
shall be kept in the engaged position by one man holding the line e'; a turn or
turns of same if preferred being taken upon the cleat f', secured to the boat's

page_text: thwart but when nearing the water the line et, should be let go, and directly the
boat becomes waterborne and the weight is thereby taken off the hooks, the
latter fall back into position as shewn at Fig. 4, without being in any way handled,
thus releasing the links , h, and consequently the boat from the tackle and ship.
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 :-
The improved engaging and detaching gear, or apparatus, for ship's boats
comprising the hooks D, fitted in the standards a, and other devices all constructed
and combined substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings, and operating as, and for the purpose above specified.
Deted this 27th day of A nril 1903
HERBERT P. BLAKE, M.I.N.A.,
70, High Street, Southampton, Agent for the Applicant.