Improved Anchoring Device.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1891-Accepted; 17th Oct., 189
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Anchoring Device.
I, GEORGE BARKER of 77 Colmore Row Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Consulting Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention as com-
municated to me from abroad by Joseph David Smith M.D. of Village of Mount
Elgin, in the County of Oxford in the Province of Ontario, Canada, to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a simple device for securely bracing to the ground
portable houses and other structures which are not held with sufficient rigidity by
a sunken foundation; and it consists of an anchor formed by a U-shaped or
V-shaped piece of metal driven into the solid ground below the frost-line, and
having a metal rope or chain, or its equivalent connected to the said sunken anchor
and arranged to extend to the structure which it is desired to brace, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 4th the of Antolon 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Anchoring Device.
I GEORGE BARKER, of 77 Colmore Row, Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention as com-
municated to me from abroad by Joseph David Smith M.D. of the Village of
Mount Elgin, in the County of Oxford, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a simple device for securely bracing to the ground
portable houses and other structures which are not held with sufficient rigidity by
a sunken foundation and it consists of an anchor formed by a U or V-shaped piece
of metal driven into the solid ground below the frost-line and having a metal rope
or chain or its equivalent connected to the said sunken anchor and arranged to
extend to the structure which it is desired to brace substantially as and for the
purpose hereinafter more particularly explained.
Figure 1, is a view of a windmill frame braced by my improved anchoring
device.
Figure 2, is an enlarged detail of my improved anchor.
Figure 3, shows the way in which my anchor is driven into the ground.
For the purpose of this Specification I have chosen the frame of a windmill where
the advantages of my system are fairly exhibited.
A, represents the frame of the windmill which instead of being sunken into the
ground sufficiently far to secure the necessary rigidity is simply laid on top of the
ground or sunk just sufficiently far to prevent its base shifting.
B, represents my improved anchor which is made as shown U or V-shaped and
is driven into the ground by the bar C as shewn in Figure 3.
D is a metal rope or chain securely fastened to the anchor B as indicated and
extending obliquely to a convenient point in the frame A where it is securely
fastened.
When a sufficient number of anchors B have been arranged around the frame A
and the rope or chain to each anchor securely fastened to a suitable point in the

page_text: frame A all the ropes may be made taut by simply forcing the anchor B still
further into the ground.
Owing to the angle of the draft on the anchors B they are each rigidly held in
place in the ground and practically speaking it is impossible to withdraw them,
consequently a structure braced in accordance with my improved anchor is rigidly
held in position and as the anchors, are very easily applied my system is much
cheaper than any other means I know of for rigidly holding a structure.
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Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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An anchor A. formed of a U or V-shaped piece of metal forced into the solid
ground and having a rope or chain D arranged to extend obliquely from the anchor
to the structure it is desired to hold substantially as & for the purpose specified.
Dated this 29th day of July 1891.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.