IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOISTING, LOWERING, AND MOVING OR MANŒUVRING HEAVY OR CUMBROUS ARTICLES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Robert Augustus Glover, of Brading,
in the Isle of Wight, Master of Arts, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR HOISTING, LOWERING, AND MOVING OR MANŒUVRING HEAVY
OR CUMBROUS ARTICLES."
Scaled the 26th February 1872, and dated the 7th September 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Robert
Augustus Glover at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, .
with his Petition, on the 7th September 1871.
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I, FREDERICK ROBERT AUGUSTUS GLOVER, of Brading, in the Isle
of Wight, Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of the said..
Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOISTING, LOWERING, AND MOVING OR
MANEUVRING HEavy or Cumbrous ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
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My improved apparatus for hoisting, lowering, and moving, or
manoeuvring heavy or cumbrous articles is intended more particularly
to be used on board ship for lifting and lowering anchors, boats, and
other cumbrous articles, but it may be used on land for lifting and
moving the same or other heavy weights.

page_text: The apparatus consists mainly of a strong vertical shaft, bar, or tube
fitted at its upper end with pullies to receive chains, whereby the
articles to be moved may be lifted. This shaft is supported in any
desired position or inclination by a strongly braced frame in which it
is capable of being turned round on its vertical axis with ease. The
braced frame which supports the vertical shaft is either hinged or
otherwise connected to a strong foundation plate, which is secured by
bolts or otherwise to the deck of the ship. By being thus hinged
to the fixed plate the braced frame will be capable of being placed
at any angle from a horizontal line to a vertical line, and the frame
may be steadied or held up in any position by means of guy ropes
or (if desired) rigid struts may be employed.
The apparatus when used on board ship may be so placed that when
the shaft is laid down its upper end may project over the ship's side
so that the apparatus may thus be used as a cathcad. For convenience
an apparatus may be placed on each side of the ship, and when not
in use may be turned over and laid flat on the central part of the deck
so as to be out of the way of circulation. As the vertical shaft is
hinged at bottom it is capable of being used as a crane.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 7th March 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
ROBERT AUGUSTUS GLOVER, of Brading, in the Isle of Wight, Master
of Arts, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
Her special licence that I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Frederick Robert Augustus Glover, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to

page_text: 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 “IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOISTING,
LOWERING, AND MOVING OR MANŒUVRING HEAVY OR CUMBROUS ARTICLES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick Robert
Augustus Glover, 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 Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,.
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that
is to say) :-
My improved apparatus for hoisting, lowering, and moving, or
manoeuvring heavy or cumbrous articles is intended more particularly
to be used on board ship for lifting and lowering anchors, boats, and
other cumbrous articles, but it may be used on land for lifting and
moving either anchors or other heavy weights.
Various views of the apparatus are shewn in the accompanying
Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side
elevation of one arrangement or construction of apparatus; Fig. 3
is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 4 a plan view of another arrangement
which will be hereafter more particularly referred to.
The apparatus shown in Figures 1 and 2 consists mainly of a strong
shaft, bar, or tube a fitted at its upper end with pulley blocks b, b, to
receive chains c, c, Fig. 2, whereby the articles to be moved may be
lifted. This shaft whether solid or hollow is received in a tubular frame
d whereby it may be supported in any desired position or inclination.
This frame d is strongly braced by struts as at d', d¹, Fig. 1, and the
shaft is capable of turning round horizontally on its longitudinal axis
in either direction. When the shaft a is placed in an inclined position,
as at Fig. 2, it is supported there by the strut i which is jointed to a

page_text: ring on the frame d. To reduce the friction of the shaft a in the frame d
the hinged step e, which receives the thrust of the lower end of the
shaft a, may be provided internally with a ball-and-socket joint or with
balls on which the shaft or a flange connected thereto may rest. The
shaft a. can therefore be turned round with ease in either direction,
and with a minimum of friction. The braced frame d, d, which;
supports the vertical shaft a is either hinged or pivotted at its lower.
end, as shown in the Drawing, or is otherwise connected to a pair of
strong foundation plates d*, d*; which are secured by bolts or otherwise.
to the deck of the ship. By being thus hinged to the fixed plates the-
braced frame d will be capable of being placed at any angle from a;
horizontal line to a vertical line, and the frame may be extended or:
held up in any position by means of guy ropes or rods f, f, or (if desired)
rigid struts may be employed.
Fig. 3. is an elevation of a modification of the apparatus shewn at
Figures 1 and 2, the main difference in the two arrangements being.
that in Fig. 3 the rigidly braced frame d for supporting the shaft a
is dispensed with, and the latter is held in position solely by the
guys ff. The shaft a in this instance is provided with lugs, and is
pivotted to a vertical stud on a moveable plate g provided with a centre
pin g¹ which passes through a metal socket (let into the deck) and'
is held in place by a cross pin, which however does not prevent the
plate from turning round. In order to prevent unnecessary friction
a circular groove may be made in the top plate of the socket to receive
a number of antifriction balls on which the plate g will rest. The lifting
shaft a is provided with a strut i as in the former instance for supporting
it in an inclined position. On the opposite side of the shaft a is a
lever j which is hinged to the bottom of the shaft a or to the plate g.
It is connected by its upper end to the upper part of the shaft a by:
a chain which limits its action. This lever j is provided at its upper
end with a pin or crutch which takes into one of the links of the lifting
chain, and by hauling on this chain the lever j is raised from the body
of the shaft a and allows the chain to be still further lauled on so as
to lift the anchor into the position shewn at Fig. 2.
Either of these apparatus when used on board ship may be so placed
that when the shaft a is laid down in the position shown by dots in
Fig. 4 its upper end may project over the ship's side, so that the
apparatus may thus be used as a cathead. For convenience a similar.

page_text: apparatus may be placed on each side of the vessel, and when not in
use may be turned over and laid flat on the central part of the deck,
so as to be out of the way of circulation, as shewn in the plan view
Fig. 4.
It will sometimes be found convenient to adapt to the upper end
of the shaft a a horizontal lever which may be swung round in any
direction. To this end the shaft a is provided at the upper end with
a fork to receive the horizontal lever which turns on a cross pin passed
through the fork and the lever. By this arrangement the lifting gear
may be made much more generally useful, as it may be made to act
as a crane.
Having now described my Invention of improved apparatus for
hoisting, lowering, and moving, or manoeuvring heavy or cumbrous
articles, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as
aforesaid, the improved hoisting apparatus above described, or any mere
modification thereof, consisting mainly of a strong shaft or tube provided
at its upper end with a pulley or block to receive a lifting chain and
supported in any convenient manner, such as by a strongly braced
frame or its equivalent, so that it may be turned in any direction and
placed in any desired position or inclination as and for the purposes
herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
have hereunto set my hand and scal, the Seventh day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
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FREDK. R. A. GLOVER. (L.S.)