Improvements in Rowlocks and Sockets for. Rowlocks for Boats.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar.,. 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Rowlocks and Sockets for. Rowlocks for Boats.
I EDWARD ELLISTON of the Steam Packet Inn Duke Street Ipswich in the
County of Suffolk Shipwright and Boat Builder, do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for Improvements in Rowlocks and Sockets for Rowlocks for the
Gunwale of Rowing Boats to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is so to construct a rowlock that while it is securely
attached to the boat it will be capable of being unshipped and brought inboard' when¨*
required.
In carrying out this invention I construct a slot at the lower end of the stalk of
the rowlock to receive a tumbler of any suitable size or shape and made of any kind
of metal that I may prefer to use. I make this slot of such a depth that will allow
the tumbler when closed to be flush with and within the outside of the stalk; for
the purpose of freely passing the stalk of the rowlock down the socket into its
place, and when at the bottom of the socket by pressing thic tumbler into its
position under the socket the rowlock is quickly and readily adjusted' into its place
and locked.
When it is desired to unslip the rowlock the same is turned partly round'. until
the tumbler is opposite the recess in the socket, the tumbler is then pressed within"
the stalk which enables the rowlock to be quickly removed:
The upper part of the rowlock for receiving the oar is made in the form of a
complete ring of any size and of any kind of metal to prevent the oar from
rising out of the rowlock.
I make the socket attachment for receiving the rowlock of any size or shape and.
of any kind of metal and I form a lug on each. side, and at the top of the socket'
for the purpose of screwing bolting or otherwise attaching the same to the gunwale
of the boat.
At the bottom of the socket I form a recess for the purpose of adjusting the.
tumbler so as to enable the rowlock to be locked unlocked and removed from the
socket when required.
In some cases I prefer instead of the socket to fix a plate made of any kind of"
metal and of any size or shape on the top and underneath the gunwale of the boat,
when I also make a hole of any size or shape through the plates and gunwale to
receive the rowlock. I then.form a recess in the plate underneath.the gunwale for:
the purpose of adjusting the tumbler so as to enable the rowlock to be: locked:
unlocked and removed from the gunwale when required.
Dated this and day of Mah 1901
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION:,
Improvements in Rowlocks and Sockets for Rowlocks for Boats:
EDWARD ELLISTON of the Steam Packet Inn, Duke Street, Ipswich, in the.
County of Suffolk, Shipwright and Boat Builder, 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':―
Improvements in Rowlocks and Sockets for Rowlocks for the. Gunwale of
Rowing Boats.
The object of this invention is so to construct a rowlock that while it is securely
attached to the boat it will be capable of being unshipped and brought inboard
when required.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a rowlock fitted according to my invention,
Fig. 2 is a plan and Fig. 3 is an end view with a cross section of the gunwale of
the boat.
A is a rowlock which may be made of the form shown or of any other usual
shape. a I. is a slot at the lower end of the stalk of the rowlock to receive a
tumbler a 2. of any suitable size or shape and made of any kind of metal that I may
prefer to use. I make this slot a 1 of such a depth that will allow the tumbler a 2.
when closed to be flush with and within the outside of the stalk a 4. for the purpose
of freely passing the stalk of the rowlock A. down the socket B into its place and
when at the bottom of the socket by pressing the tumbler a 3. into its position a 2.
under the socket B the rowlock A. is quickly and readily adjusted into its place
and locked.
When it is desired to unship the rowlock A. the same is turned partly round until
the tumbler a 2. is opposite the recess 1. in the socket B. the tumbler is then
pressed within the stalk a 4. which enables the rowlock A to be quickly removed.
Fig. 4. is a side elevation of a rowlock fitted according to my invention.
Fig. 5. is an end view.
The upper part of the rowlock C. for receiving the oar is made in the form of a
complete ring c 1. of any size and of any kind of metal to prevent the oar from
rising out of the rowlock C.
I make the socket attachment B Fig. 1. Fig. 2. and Fig. 3. for receiving the
rowlock A of any size or shape and of any kind of metal, and 1 form a lug 62. and 6 3.
on each side, and at the top 4. of the socket B. for the purpose of screwing bolting
or otherwise attaching the same to the gunwale D of the boat, as seen in section at
Fig. 3. at the bottom of the socket B I form a recess 1. for the purpose of adjust-
ing the tumbler a 2. so as to enable the rowlock A to be locked unlocked and
removed from the socket B when required.
Fig. 6. is a plan fitted according to my invention and Fig. 7. is a side elevation
showing plates fixed to the gunwale of the boat.
In some cases prefer instead of the socket B Fig. 1. Fig. 2. and Fig. 3. to fix a
plate made of any kind of metal and of any size or shape on the top and under-
neath the gunwale e 1. of the boat, when I also make a hole e 3. of any size or shape
through the plates F. e 1. and gunwale e 2. to receive the rowlock A Fig. 1. I then
form a recess e 4. in the plate e 1. underneath the gunwale e 2. for the purpose of
adjusting the tumbler a 2. Fig. 1 so as to enable the rowlock A. Fig. 1. to be locked
unlocked and removed from the gunwale e 2. when required.
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 :-
1. The combination with a rowlock a slot to receive a tumbler at the lower end of
the stalk, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a rowlock a tumbler fitted at the lower end of the stalk
substantially as described.
3. The combination with a socket for receiving a rowlock a recess formed at the
bottom of the socket substantially as described.
4. The combination with a rowlock the upper part of the rowlock made in the
form of a complete ring, substantially as described.
5. The combination with a plate on the top and underneath the gunwale, a
recess formed at the bottom of the plate, underneath the gunwale, substantially as
described.
Dated this 4th day of Awoust 1901
EDWARD ELLISTON.