IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR LETTING Down, WEIGHING, AND FISHING SHIPS' ANCHORS.
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Robert Augustus Glover, of Bury
Street, in the County of Middlesex, Master of Arts, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR LETTING
Down, WEIGHING, AND FISHING SHIPS' ANCHORS.'
Sealed the 2nd July 1869, and dated the 7th January 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Robert
Augustus Glover at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 7th January 1869.
I, FREDERICK ROBERT AUGUSTUS GLOVER of Bury Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF AND APPARATUS
FOR LETTING DOWN, WEIGHING, AND FISHING SHIPS' ANCHORS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention of "Improvements in the Means of and Apparatus for
Letting Down, Weighing, and Fishing Ships' Anchors," relates to certain
novel forms or construction of tackle, whereby these several oporations,

page_text: may be effected in an easier, safer, and more expeditious manner
heretofore.
HALL
The first improvement relates to the apparatus for letting down the
anchor in such a manner that the point of the palm may be made to
strike the ground, so that it will enter at once and hold firmly. This
part of the present Invention is an improvement upon an Invention
previously patented by me on 13th of March 1867 (No. 723).
The present improvement consists in adapting to one of the arms of the
anchor a sliding ring and a coupling hook which lies snugly under the
palm. The point or end of this hook is made with a hole or eye, which
is passed through one of the links of the chain cable, and is secured
there temporarily by means of a cross pin, which is passad through the
eye in the hook and is suspended by a cord or short chain, whereby it
may be withdrawn when required. When the anchor is suspended in a
proper position ready for lowering the pin will be withdrawn when the
anchor is let run, and on reaching the ground the lowermost palm will
strike the ground and enter. The chain cable will be loosened when the
anchor strikes and will release the hook, which will drop away from the
upper palm leaving the cable free to haul on the stock of the anchor in
the usual manner. The anchor is provided with a roller and stopper,
shackle link, a swivel link, and a coupling link. In order to weigh the
anchor when the palm has become fixed in a cleft of rock at the bottom
it will be necessary to draw back the palm before the anchor can be
lifted. This is effected by adapting to the ring on the arm a small chain
cable with a few very strong links at the end nearest the anchor. This
small cable may be buoyed so that if it should not prove strong enough
to haul up the anchor an additional and stronger cable may be sent
down provided with a ring and grab link, which will pass over the small
cable until it reaches the strong links at the end, when by hauling on
the extra cable the grab link will tightly hold on to the strong piece of
cable below, and allow of sufficient power being put on to extricate and
laul up the anchor.
The object of the third part of the Invention is to fish ships' anchors
with increased facility and less liability to danger than heretofore. To
this end I adapt to one of the arms of the anchor a ring which is
capable of sliding or varying its position along the arm of the anchor
from the crown to the palm, as described under the first part of the
Invention. This ring may if desired be hinged or jointed, so that it may

page_text: be removed from the anchor if required, and to it is attached a light
chain of sufficient strength to lift the anchor. The other end of this
chain is attached to any convenient part of the cable, so that if desired
be drawn therewith through the hawse hole in order that it may
be laid hold of for the purpose of lifting by its palm the anchor to the
cathead and then fishing the anchor.
it
may
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 7th July 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
ROBERT AUGUSTUS GLOVER, of Bury Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Master of Arts, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, tho 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, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
oxpressed, 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 THE MEANS
AND APPARATUS FOR LETTING DOWN, WEIGHING, AND FISHING SHIPS'
ANCHORS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick
Robert Augustus Glover, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
do hereby declare the nature of my 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 Invention of "Improvements in the Means of and Apparatus for
Letting Down, Weighing, and Fishing Ships' Anchors," relates to certain
novel forms or construction of tackle, whereby these several operations
may be effected in an easier, safer, and more expeditious manner than
heretofore.
The first improvement relates to the apparatus for letting down the
anchor in such a manner that the point of the palm may be made to
strike the ground, so that it will enter at once and hold firmly. This
part of the present Invention is an improvement upon an Invention
previously patented by me on the Thirteenth of March One thousand
right hundred and sixty-seven, No. 723.
My present improvements are shown in the accompanying Drawing,
in which Fig. 1 represents an anchor with my first improvement adapted
thereto, the anchor being suspended in a position ready to be let go.
This improvement consists in adapting to one of the arms of the
anchor a sliding ring a and a coupling hook b, which lies snugly under
the palm c. The point or end of this hook 6 is made with a hole or eye,
which is passed through one of the links or the shackle d of the chain
cable, and is secured there temporarily by means of a cross pin e which
is passed through the eye in the hook b, and is suspended by a cord or
short chain e', which is hung loosely from the hawse bit of the hawse
hole, so that the pin may be withdrawn when required. When the
anchor is suspended in a proper position ready for lowering, and is
lowered as shewn in the Figure, the pine with its cord or chain will be
plumb with the hawse hole, and as the anchor descends the pin will be
drawn out and left hanging behind; when the anchor reaches the ground
the lowermost palm will strike the ground and enter. The chain cable
will be loosened when the anchor strikes, and will fall away from the
hook b, and thus leave the cable free to haul on the stock of the anchor
in the usual manner. The cable is provided as usual with a roller and
stopper, a shackle link, a swivel link, and a coupling link.

page_text: Fig. 2 represents a modification of the above. In this instance instead
of attaching the hook b to a sliding ring a, as in Fig. 1, the hook forms
part of or is attached to a tumbling lever g, which is jointed to a shacklo
or clip secured to the shank of the anchor. Fig. 3 is a front view of
the hook and lever detached. It will be seen that theso two parts are
made in one piece. The hook 6 lies snugly under the palm, as in thọ
other instance, and when the pin e is drawn out by the lowering of the
anchor the cable will slip off the hook when the lowermost palm touches
the ground. The lever g with its hook will tlien fall back and lie
parallel with and close-against the shank of the anchor, as indicated by
dotted lines in the Figure.
My next improvement relates to a novel device for weighing the
anchor when the palm has become fixed in a cloft of rock at the bottom,
as shewn at Fig. 4. It will be evident that before the anchor can be
weighed it will be necessary to draw back the palm out of the cleft' of
the rock in which it has been caught, and that the anchor cannot bo
lifted by any strain put upon the cable h, connected as it is only to tho
shackle at the end of the shank. Tho withdrawal of the palm is
effected by adapting to the ring a on the arm a small chain cable {
with a few very strong links ',, at the end nearest the anchor, as
shewn in the Figure. This small cable may be buoyed, so that if it
should not prove strong enough to haul up the anchor an additional and
stronger cable; provided with a ring and grab link which will pass
over the small cable i may be sent down the latter, until the grab.link,
shewn detached at Fig. 5, reaches the strong links i'at the end of the
small cable. Then by hauling on the extra cable ; the grab link will
tightly hold on to the strong piece of cable below, and will allow of
sufficient power being put on to extricate the palm from the cleft in the
rock and to haul up the anchor.
The third part of the Invention is shewn at Fig. 6 in the Drawing,
and its object is to fish ships' anchors with increased facility and less
liability to danger than heretofore. To this end I adapt to one of the
arms of the anchor a ring a, which is capable of sliding or varying its
position along the arm of the anchor from the crown to the palm, as
described under the first part of the Invention.. This ring may if
desired be hinged or jointed, so that it may be removed from the anchor
if required, and to it is attached a light chain of sufficient strongtli to

page_text: lift or move the anchor about. The other end of this chain is to be
temporarily attached to any convenient part of the cable, so that if
desired it may be drawn therewith through the hawse hole, in order
that it may be laid hold of for the purpose of lifting by its palm the
anchor to the cathead, and then fishing the anchor. The chain & should
(for convenient handling) be lashed at intervals to the shank of the
anchor, as shewn in the Drawing, but the lashing will be broken, and
the chain released when power sufficient to manoeuvre the anchor is
put upon the chain. When the anchor is lifted by the cable the upper
end of the chain / being lashed thereto will be hauled in with the cable,
and when this end is unlashed it may be passed back through the hawse
hole to the cathead or elsewhere as may be desired, so that the anchor
may be lifted by its palm and fished. By the use of this device the
anchor will be prevented from fouling the forefoot of the ship, as the
anchor may be handled by the chain at any convenient depth below
the ship.
In order to prevent confusion and unnecessary complication in the
Drawing I have shewn all my improvements separately, but it will be
evident that as all of them are based upon the adaptation of the sliding
ring a or its equivalent to one of the arms of the anchor, any two or
more of the improvements may be used in combination.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in the Means
of and Apparatus for Letting Down, Weighing, and Fishing Ships'
Anchors, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent, as !
aforesaid,--
First. Adapting to one of the arms of the anchor the device herein
set forth, consisting of a sliding ring and coupling hook, or their
equivalents, whereby the anchor may be suspended and let down in
such a position that the lowermost palm will strike the ground and:
enter, as above shewn and described.
Second. I claim adapting to one of the arms of the anchor a sliding
ring, shackle, or other equivalent device in combination with a chain or
cable, whereby the lowermost palm may be drawn back out of any cleft
in the rock in which it may have caught, as herein set forth.
Third. I claim the adaptation to one of the arms of the anchor of a
sliding ring, hinged shackle, or other equivalent device in combination

page_text: with a chain or cable, which may be temporarily lashed to or connected
with the main cable, as and for the purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
have hereunto set my hand and scal, the Seventh day of July,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
FREDK. R. A. GLOVER. (L.S.)