An Improved Floating Anchor and Oil Distributor.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Floating Anchor and Oil Distributor.
We ALFRED LEE CORE LANE, and JAMES NEEVE, both of 97 Leadenhall
Street, in the County of London, Sailmakers and Shipchandlers do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a class of floating anchors used at sea for the purpose of
keeping a boats head to wind, and also to the combination with such an anchor of
an improved oil distributor. The object of our invention is the construction and
arrangement of such an anchor with the oil distributor combined therewith so that
the whole is light, compact, and of such a form, that it can be easily stowed under
the thwart of a boat. Further the oil distributor has no complicated valves or
other mechanism, thereby rendering the manipulation of the anchor to be of the
simplest possible form; also it has the essential quality of self-righting, and special
provision is made to prevent swaying from side to side and to ensure steadiness of
the anchor. We carry out our invention by forming a wedge shaped bag of rot-
proof canvas strongly bound with rope. Upon the upper side of the mouth of this
said bag a float of wood is provided in order to support the upper edge thereof and
on the lower edge of the bag a piece of galvanized iron rod is attached in order to
sink the lower edge beneath the surface of the water and to maintain the bag in its
open position when thrown overboard. Four rope ends are attached to the four
corners of the mouth respectively, and are attached at their other end to a suitable
eye, to which is fastened the line from the vessel. At the opposite end of the bag
(that is the thin end of the wedge) we fix a vessel preferably of iron divided into
two compartments; the upper compartment may either contain air or the air
may be extracted and a vacuum produced. In any case the compartment is
hermetically sealed.
The object of this is to form a floating support for that end of the anchor. The
lower compartment of this vessel is adapted to contain oil and there is arranged
upon the extreme rear side, as near the division partition as possible a small orifice
having suitable rose apertures which when not being used can be protected by a
screw cap, attached preferably to the anchor by means of a chain. Upon the side
of the oil container another orifice having a screw cap is provided through which
the oil can be introduced into the vessel. A small tube is arranged within the
chamber leading from the centre to the outside in order to permit the admission of
sea water within the oil container so forcing the oil out of the rose mouth orifice
at the rear the space occupied by the oil being therefore filled with sea water.
Upon the rear end of the anchor and preferably on the lower side thereof we
provide a small hole which shall permit the escape of a certain amount of water
from the bag in a stream. The object of this is to prevent the anchor swaying
from side to side and to maintain it in practically a stationary position in a straight
line from the boat to which it is secured. We provide a galvanised iron eye
attached to the oil chamber to which a whipping line can be fastened. The
method of using our invention is:-a rope is attached to an eye carrying the
four retaining ropes and the cap is removed from the rose orifice of the oil dis-
tributor and the apparatus is thrown overboard. The wooden float supports the
upper edge of the mouth of the bag and the galvanized iron rod draws down the
lower edge under water, thus opening the bag, which immediately fills with water
and is maintained in an expanded condition by reason of the stream set up by the
pull on the anchor, the water of course escaping at the end through the orifice
provided there.
The thin end of the bag is supported by an air chamber and the sea water

page_text: entering through the small pipe in the side of the oil distributor displaces the oil
contained therein which is ejected from the rose orifice having a stilling effect upon
the water and preventing the breaking of the seas over the boat or vessel.
Dated this 9th day of January 1891.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Floating Anchor and Oil Distributor.
We, ALFRED LEE CORE LANE, and JAMES NEEVE, both of 97 Leadenhall
Street, in the County of London, Sailmakers and Ship-chandlers, 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:-
Our invention relates to the class of floating anchors used at sea for the purpose
of keeping a boat's head to wind, and also to the combination with such an anchor
of an improved oil distributor. The object of our invention is the construction and
arrangement of such an anchor, with an oil distributor combined therewith, so that
the whole is light, compact, and of such a form that it can be easily stowed under
the thwart of a boat.
Further the oil distributor has no complicated valves or other mechanism thereby
rendering the manipulation of the anchor to be of the simplest possible form; also
it has the essential quality of self-righting, and special provision is made to
prevent the swaying of the anchor from side to side, and to ensure steadiness of
the same.
In order that our invention may be the better understood we will now proceed
to describe the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed reference being
had to the letters and figures marked thereon; like letters refer to like parts in the
various figures.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our improved sea anchor with oil distributor.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a view of the same looking at the oil distributor end. We carry out
our invention by forming a wedge shaped bag A of rot proof canvas strongly bound
with rope.
Upon the upper side of the mouth of this bag A a float of wood B or other
suitable material is provided in order to support the upper edge thereof, and on the
lower edge of the bag a piece of galvanised iron or other heavy material is
attached in order to sink the lower edge beneath the surface of the water and to
maintain the bag in its open position when thrown overboard.
Four rope ends D are attached to the four corners of the mouth respectively,
and are attached at their other end to a suitable eye E to which is fastened the line
from the vessel.
At the opposite end of the bag (that is the thin end of the wedge) we fix a
vessel F preferably composed of iron, divided into two compartments G & H; the
upper compartment G is adapted to contain air or the air may be extracted and a
vacuum formed.
In any case the compartment G is hermetically sealed.
The object of this is to form it into a floating support at the end of the anchor
at which it is situated.
The lower compartment H is adapted to contain oil and there is arranged upon
the extreme rear side as near the division partition I as possible, a small orifice K
having suitable rose apertures, which when not being used can be protected by a
screw cap attached to the anchor by means of a chain, or preferably the cap may
be made to screw back a certain distance from the reservoir so as to uncover

page_text: a series of holes which perforate the sides of the nozzle upon which the cap
is screwed.
When the cap is screwed home upon the reservoir, with a leather washer
intervening, the cap covers the holes and prevents the escape of oil.
Upon the side of the oil container H another orifice L, having a screw cap,
through which the oil can be introduced into the compartment H of the vessel F is
provided.
A small tube M is arranged within the chamber leading from the centre near
the partition, to the outside in order to permit the admission of sea water within
the oil container H so forcing the oil out of the rose or spray orifice K, the space
'occupied by the oil being therefore filled with sea water.
Upon the rear end of the anchor and preferably on the lower side thereof we
provide a small hole N which shall permit the escape of a certain amount of water
from the bag in a stream.
The object of this is to prevent the anchor swaying from side to side and to
maintain it in practically a stationary position in a straight line from the boat to
which it is secured.
We provide a galvanised iron eye attached to the oil chamber to which a
tripping line can be fastened.
The method of using our invention is as follows:-A. rope is attached to the
eye E carrying the four retaining ropes D D, and the cap is removed or screwed
back from the rose or spray orifice L of the oil distributor F. and the apparatus is
thrown overboard.
The wooden float B supports the upper edge of the mouth of the bag A and the
galvanised iron rod draws down the lower edge under water and thus opens the
bag A, which immediately fills with water and is maintained in an expanded
condition by reason of the stream set up by the pull on the anchor, the water of
course escaping at the end through the orifice N.
The thin end of the wedge bag A is supported by the air chamber G and the sea
water entering through the small pipe M in the side of the oil distributor H,
displaces the oil contained therein which is ejected from the rose orifice, having a
stilling effect upon the water and preventing the breaking of the seas over the boat
or vessel.
Our invention can also be used as an oil distributor only when under way by
simply hanging it over the bow or stern of the boat.
Having now particularly described the nature of our invention and in what
manner it is performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. A floating sea anchor consisting of a wedge shaped bag of flexible material
supported by a float at each end, the lower edge of the mouth being weighted with
a piece of heavy material and an oil reservoir and distributor situated at the thin
end of the wedge shaped bag.
2nd. In such a floating sea anchor a wedge shaped bag with a float and weight
at the upper and lower edge of the mouth respectively in combination with a
double chambered vessel arranged at the opposite end to the mouth, one chamber
being hermetically sealed to act as a float and the other having adapted to contain
oil having an exit with a rose mouth or spray orifices and a vent pipe to permit of
the displacement of the oil by the water substantially as described.
3rd. The construction and arrangement of a floating sea anchor with an oil
distributor substantially as described and illustrated in and by the accompanying
drawings.
Deted this 8th doer of October 1901
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.