Improvements in Faying Out or Hauling In Gear for Cables.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 28th Apr.,
1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Faying Out or Hauling In Gear for Cables.
I. WALTER JOHN MURPHY, of 39, Courtfield Gardens, Earl's Court, London,
Cable Engineer and Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in paying out or hauling in gear for
cables and has for its objects to construct the said gear in a manner as to allow
of its being readily dismounted from the deck of the ship to which it is applied,
to so arrange the parts composing the said gear that it may be readily adapted
to either a well deck or a spar deck, to arrange the driving mechanism for the
cable drums so that they may be easily and readily put in and out of gear
or caused to revolve in either direction independently of each other or their
motion entirely arrested, to diminish the number of parts in the driving gear
proper, to so arrange the jockey gear that the direction of motion of the same may
be easily reversed when necessary, and finally to arrange the whole of the
mechanism in such a way that it shall occupy less deck space and be more
under the control of the engine-man and brake-man, both of whom operate their
respective portions of the mechanism from the deck.
In carrying the invention into effect 1 construct a suitable metal base or
bed of any desired form, such base being composed of any suitable number
of sections but preferably of two parts capable of being readily joined one to
another by bolts or the like. Upon one of these sections is mounted the driving
engine which may be of any suitable type, and to the shaft of which I couple a
worm shaft supported by suitable bearings mounted upon the second section
of the base. In gear with the worm is a wheel from which, by means of a
suitable clutch motion is imparted to a sleeve upon which are mounted a
brake and the cable drum. The clutch before referred to may be a friction
clutch and act upon the inner face of the brake sheave, thus forming a supple-
mentary brake in the event of any accident happening to the brake proper.
The jockey gear is actuated from the shaft of the engine by means of bevel
gearing, one wheel of which is attached to the lower end of a vertical shaft
carried by suitable bearings and having at its upper end a worm gearing with a
suitable wheel upon the shaft of the driven wheel of the jockey gear. By this
means the direction of motion of the said wheel may be reversed independently of
the direction of motion of the engine by shifting the worm from one side of
the worm wheel to the other.
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J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Paying Out or Hauling In Gear for Cables.
I, WALTER JOHN MCRPHY, of Duque de la Victoria, Vigo, Spain, late of 39,
Courtfield Gardens, Earl's Court, London, Cable Engineer and Electrician, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in cable gear and has for its objects to
construct the said gear in a manner as to allow of its being readily dismounted
from the deck of the ship to which it is applied, to so arrange the parts composing
the said gear that it may be readily adapted to either a well deck or a spar
deck. to arrange the driving mechanism for the cable drums so that they
may be easily and readily put in and out of gear or caused to revolve in either
direction independently of each other or their motion entirely arrested, to
diminish the number of parts in the driving gear proper, and finally to arrange
the whole of the mechanism in such a way that it shall occupy less deck space
and be more under control.
In carrying the invention into effect I construct a suitable metal base or
bed of any desired form, such base being composed of any suitable number
of sections but preferably of two parts capable of being readily joined one to
another by bolts or the like. Upon one of these sections is mounted the driving
engine which may be of any suitable type, and to the shaft of which I couple a
worm shaft supported by suitable bearings mounted upon the second section
of the base. In gear with the worm is a wheel from which, by means of a
suitable clutch, motion is imparted to a sleeve upon which are mounted a
brake and the cable drum. The clutch before referred to may be a friction
clutch and act upon the inner face of the brake sheave, thus forming a supple-
mentary brake in the event of any accident happening to the brake proper.
The jockey gear is actuated from the shaft of the engine by means of bevel
gearing, one wheel of which is attached to the lower end of a vertical shaft
carried by suitable bearings and having at its upper end a worm gearing with a
suitable wheel upon the shaft of the driven wheel of the jockey gear.
In order that the invention may be the better understood drawings are
appended:
Fig. 1 being a side elevational view of a cable mechanism constructed and
arranged in accordance with the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view with the engines removed.
Referring to the drawings the bed or base for the gear is formed in the present
instance of sheet metal and is made up of two portions 1, 2, supported by and
secured to the angle irons or girders 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, to which the said base may
be attached by any suitable means the angle irons themselves being secured to
the deck of the vessel. Mounted upon the bed is an engine 9 coupled directly
to the shaft 10 of which is a short shaft 11 supported by bearings 12, 13, and upon
which shaft is mounted a bevel or mitre wheel 14 engaging with and transmitting
motion to a second similar wheel 15 secured to the lower end of the vertical
shaft 16. At the upper end of the latter shaft is secured a worm 17 engaging with
the worm wheel 18 secured to the transverse shaft 19 to which is attached the
driven wheels 20 of the jockey gear and the brake drums 21. Suitable straps
with means 22 for actuating the same are provided for the drums 21 the said
drums being secured to the sleeves 22 to which are secured the sheaves 20. 24 are
clutches sliding upon the shaft and caused by suitable levers to engage with the

page_text: drums 21. Bearing upon the cable r are free wheels 25 carried by the forked
weighted arms 26 pivotally secured at their ends to the standards 27. Coupled
directly to the other end of the engine shaft 10 is a shaft 28 provided with a
suitable thrust bearing 29 and a second bearing 30 the two forming part of a
casting which is bolted or otherwise secured to the bedplate. Formed integral
with or secured to the shaft 28 is a worm 29ª driving a worm wheel 30* secured
to the shaft 31 for which shaft bearings 52 are provided and are supported by
the standards 33 of angle iron or other suitable metal the said standards being
attached by bolts or equivalent means to the angle iron 34 secured in any suitable
manner to the base aforesaid. Mounted upon the shaft 31 on each side of the
worm wheel 30 are clutches of any suitable form operated by suitable levers 35
from the front end of the gear and by which levers the clutch may be caused
to slide upon the shaft so as to engage with the brake drums 36 mounted upon
sleeves 37 to which are secured the cable drums 38. It will be seen from the fore-
going that any of the different driven wheels may be thrown into or out of action
independently of the rest of the gear, and further the whole of the mechanism
may be easily controlled by the brake man and engine-man and that the whole
may be easily adapted to either a well or spar decked vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The improvements in cable gear substantially as herein described and illus-
trated by the appended drawings:
The general arrangement and construction of the cable gear substantially as
herein described and illustrated by the appended drawings.
Dated this 11th day of January 1900.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.