IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS ANCHORS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Cutler Jones, of 'Liverpool; in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS
ANCHORS." -A communication from abroad by Charles Edgar Marshall,
of Digby, Novia Scotia.
Sealed the 7th. October 1864, and dated the 11th April-1864..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Cutler Jones at
"the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition; on the:
11th April 1864:
I, THOMAS CUTLER JONES, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN SHIPS' ANCHORS," a communication to me from abroad by Charles
Edgar Marshall, of Digby, Nova Scotia, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to that class of anchors in which the arms are
connected to the shank by a joint, and consists in so constructing the arms and
arms' end of the shank that whenever an anchor touches the bottom of the sea
or other hard surface both of its arms will fall into position, and bite and firmly.
hold to the ground. The stock and stock end of the shank are of any usual kind
or description. The arms' end of the shank has an opening therethrough,
but on the edges of the ends of such openings, preferably the outer or extreme
ends' edges, and for about one-half the circumference, there are secured or

page_text: welded thereto or forged therewith strong raised pieces to serve as supports
or abutments for the arms when the anchor is in use. The arms are fitted
loosely on the pin which passes through the shank, or they are secured to the
same, or they form with such pin or through part one whole piece. In any
case the arms fall into position for use parallel to each other, one starting
from each side of the end of the shank, and are kept from turning by coming
in contact with the ends of the strong raised support pieces above mentioned.
The arms can be made straight, with small palms or palmlets fitted to or
formed on both sides thereof, to bring them the more readily into biting
position.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Cutler Jones, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th October 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
CUTLER JONES, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Cutler Jones, Her special licence that I, the said
Thomas Cutler Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as. I, the said Thomas Cutler Jones, 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 SHIPS' ANCHORS," a communication to me from abroad
by Charles Edgar Marshall, of Digby, Novia Scotia, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Thomas Cutler Jones, 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 performed, 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 Cutler Jones, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to that class of anchors in which the arms or flukes
are connected to the shank or crown by a joint, and consist, as communicated
to me, in so constructing the several parts that when the anchor takes the
ground both of the arms or flukes shall grip and hold, and be in such a position,
as regards the crown part or end of the shank, that it cannot "foul." In
addition to the large, or, as compared with anchors now in use, double-holding
surface and non-fouling properties above referred to, this anchor has the further
recommendation of being so arranged that the flukes can be tied up close to
and parallel with the shank. In this position they cannot be caught when a
ship is coming alongside a wharf, pier, or other stationary structure; and
when a ship proceeds to sea the whole can easily be stowed away.
But that the Invention may be clearly understood, and the advantages
named fully appreciated, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of illustrative
Drawings, to which I will refer herein-after by figures and letters.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the new anchor in holding position; Fig. 2, a
bird's-eye or plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a side view of the crown and
part of the shank, the flukes and pin or bolts being detached, and shewn by
Figs. 4 and 5; and Fig. 6 a view of the flukes tied or lashed to the shank.
In all the views like letters indicate the same parts.
a is marked on and denotes the stock; 6, the shank; c, the crown with
projecting pieces or abutments & on both sides thereof to keep the flukes e in
proper position or angle for effective holding. Abutments or resisting surfaces
to prevent the flukes from being carried round might be variously formed.
The flukes or armse have palmlets or barbs fon both sides, to ensure imme-
diate biting when the anchor is brought into position, and they are joined to
the crown end of the shank, as shewn on the Drawings, by a through pin or
bolt g, properly secured at both ends, on which they work freely and indepen-
dent of each other, an advantage when a ship is swinging or veering round,
in a stream or elsewhere, apparent to any person acquanted with the working
of ships. The said flukes, instead of working separately or freely on the pin
or bolt g might be secured thereto parallel to each other, or at different angles
to the line of the shank, or one or both of them might form one piece with
the said bolt or pin 9, and be compelled to move together, but it will be seen
the independent working is the best. h are apertures formed on the crown
end of the shank, through which a rope i may be passed, to tie up the arms or
flukes e in the manner shewn by Fig. 6. Extra or "spare" flukes and bolts or

page_text: pins could be carried by a ship, and should any accident take place they could
be attached in a few minutes.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and particularized
the same by describing the several parts which constitute the anchor shewn
by the Drawings, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to
every detail shewn, as various modifications may be made without departing from
the leading features of my Invention. What I claim is, so constructing ships'
anchors that both of the flukes, being moveable, shall be capable of holding at
the same time, substantially as described and shewn on the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Cutler Jones, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of October, in the year of
our Lord-One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
In the presence of
JOHN THOMSON KING,
Patent Agent,
:
4, Clayton Square,
Liverpool.
THOMAS CUTLER JONES. (L.B.)