IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SUS- ⚫PENDING, LOWERING, AND HOISTING BOATS FROM SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morcombe Bromley Baker, of 5, Southampton
Buildings, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SUS-
⚫PENDING, LOWERING, AND HOISTING BOATS FROM SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 18th April 1879, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
dated the 14th October 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morcombe Bromley
Baker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th October 1878.
JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER, of 5, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND
MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING, LOWERING, AND HOISTING BOATS FROM
SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention refers to apparatus for suspending and lowering ships and other
boats from the davits, and consists in the employment of a frame or cradle made
of any material that will sink in water, and which permits the free running of
water through the cage to the boat, but preferably of tubular metal and corrugated;
the frame is made of or about the shape of the boat, and in which the latter is
placed, and may be secured by lashings or otherwise as desired, for example, when
the boat and cradle are swung in board and on the deck during rough weather or
other times.
The action of lowering and disengaging a boat according to this Invention is as
follows:-
The frame or cradle in which the boat is contained is lowered from the davits in
any suitable manner, and as soon as she reaches the water the said cradle will sink.

page_text: leaving the boat free in the water; and when it is desired to ship or suspend the
boat again the boat must be brought over the said frame or cradle and retained in
position while the latter is being drawn up again under the boat.
The boat may
be kept in position by means of a hinged fork fitted to each end thereof and guided
by the falls or pennants.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th April 1879.
JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER, of 5, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND
MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING, LOWERING, AND HOISTING BOATS FROM
SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention refers to apparatus for suspending and lowering ships and other
boats from the davits, and consists in the employment of a frame or cradle made of
any material that will sink in water and which permits the free running of water
through the cage to the boat, but preferably of tubular metal and corrugated; the
frame is made of or about the shape of the boat, and in which the latter is placed,
and may be secured by lashings or otherwise as desired, for example, when the boat
and cradle are swung in board and on the deck during rough weather or other
times.
And in order to explain my said Invention more fully I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings

page_text: touches the water the boat therein will float and the cradle sinks, thus leaving the
boat entirely free on the water, as shewn in Figure 4, and if it is desired to ship
the boat again she must be brough over the cradle and the hinged forks h, h,
turned in the position, as shewn in Figure 4, in order to keep the boat in position
until the cradle reaches her, when she will adjust herself therein and be hoisted up
in the usual way. Should the boat be secured by lashings or otherwise to the
cradle, of course these must be detached before the boat reaches the water.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature and object of my said Inven-
tion and the means for carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark in
conclusion that I hereby declare my Invention to consist in, and
I claim,―
Constructing a cradle or frame for suspending and lowering ships and other boats
from the davits, substantially in the manner herein described, and represented in
the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Morcombe Bromley Baker, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Tenth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
J. M. B. BAKER. (L.S.)