IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Hunter, of 22, Grey Street, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS."
Sealed the 25th September 1862, and dated the 2nd April 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Hunter at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
April 1862.
I, SAMUEL HUNTER, of 22, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in anchors. For these
purposes the shank or stem is made with an oblong opening near the crown
end, that end of the shank or stem being spread out in a suitable manner for
having such opening formed therein. The arms of the palms are of a bent
or curved form, and their ends where they pass through the crown are scarfed
together. The outer surfaces of the ends of the arms where they turn in the
crown are cylindrical, so as to turn freely in the opening formed in the crown.
These ends of the arms are securely keyed together, and there are washers or
free collars between the keys and the crown of the anchor. The two arms
are connected together by a bar between the palms and the ends of the arms
which turn in the crown. The ends of this bar pass through the arms, and
are keyed. The middle of the connecting bar is notched out in such manner
as to fit the interior edge of the opening formed through the spread-out end of
the stem or shank; this edge on which the bar moves is struck from the
centre of the opening in which the arms turn in the crown of the anchor, sv

page_text: that when the strain comes on the palms, such strain is received by the con-
necting bar, which is supported by stops formed on either side of the ex-
tremities of the spread-out portion of the stem or shank. The two palms
take the ground, and hold at the same time.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Hunter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1, SAMUEL
HUNTER, of 22, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
lid, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Samuel Hunter, Her special licence that I, the said Samuel Hunter, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel
Hunter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel. Hunter,
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 samo 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 Samuel Hunter, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side view of an anchor consisting of parts constructed and

page_text: and arms, and the part or bar by which they are combined together, and by
which they are connected to the shank; Figure 3 shows the shank and stock,
and Figure 4 shows the form of stock preferred to be used, but which forms
no part of the Invention. The cross sections of some of the parts which are
shown in the Drawings are thoso which are preferred, but they may be
varied. In each of these Figures the same letters are used to indicate the
same parts.
A is the shank or stem, which is formed with an oblong opening near the
crown end of the stem, within which opening the part which connects the two
arms works; B, B, are the bent arms with palms C, C. The oblong opening
through the crown end. of the shank or stem is formed with stops a, a, on
either side, against which the part B* which intervenes between or connects
the two arms B come when the anchor is holding in the ground. The middle
of the part B* which connects the arms B is notched out at b, b, as is shown
in the Drawing, so as to pass on either side of the shank or stem, and it is the
inner or under of such notched-out parts b which come against the stops a, a,
formed on either side of the oblong opening in the shank or stem. The arms
and part connecting them are attached to the crown end of the shank or stem
by a pin D, which is secured by a collar and key, or cottar, as shown. By
this construction and combination of parts it will be seen that both palms take
the ground at the same time, which, however, is not new in anchors, but
when the palms have taken the ground, the strain on the arms will be received
on the part B*, which moves within the oblong opening at the crown of the
stem or shank, and such part B* will be supported by the stops a, a, formed on
either side of the spread-out end of the shank or stem where the oblong
opening is formed.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I would have it understood that what I claim is, the
combined arrangement of parts herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Hunter, havo hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
SAMUEL HUNTER. (L.S.)