IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANCHORS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Scott, of Sunderland, in the County of Durham,
Anchor Smith, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
ANCHORS."
Sealed the 30th March 1860, and dated the 5th October 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Scott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th October 1859.
I, JOHN SCOTT, of Sunderland, in the County of Durham, Anchor Smith,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF ANCHORS," to be as follows:-
In the Invention for which Letters Patent were granted to me, dated the
6th day of January 1855, No. 39, I formed the shank of the anchor of two.
plates of iron or other metal kept wholly or partially apart by means of a filling
piece of wood, or other suitable material, or by means of enlarged portions of
the plates themselves.
My present Invention consists, firstly, in forming the shank of a single piece,
the said Invention being mainly applicable to anchors in which one end of the
sbank is divided or formed with lugs, so as to receive arms capable of moving
about a pin or bolt, as in Porter's and other anchors. In the ordinary mode
of manufacturing such anchors, the portions which embrace the arms are welded
on to the shank, and it is frequently found that such welded portions are

page_text: deficient of the strength which they are supposed to possess. To avoid this
evil, I forge the whole of the shank in a single piece, employing a mandril to
preserve a space which may receive the arms as usual.
Secondly, my Invention consists in forging both of the arms and both of the
flukes of the aforesaid anchors out of a single piece instead of making them of
two pieces united by a weld.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said John Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th April 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
SCOTT, of Sunderland, in the County of Durham, Anchor Smith, send greeting.
. WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant. unto.
me, the said John Scott, Her special licence that I, the said John Scott,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Scott, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANCHORS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Scott, 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 John Scott, 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 thereof, that is to say:-
In the Invention for which Letters Patent were granted to me, dated the
Sixth day of January, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, No. 39, I
formed the shank of the anchor of two plates of iron or other metal, kept

page_text: wholly or partially apart by means of a filling piece of wood or other suitable
material, or by means of enlarged portions of the plates themselves.
My present Invention consists, firstly, in forming the shank of a single piece,
the said Invention being mainly applicable to anchors in which one end of the
shank is divided or formed with lugs, so as to receive arms capable of moving
about a pin or bolt, as in Porter's and other anchors. In the ordinary mode
of manufacturing such anchors, the portions which embrace the arms are welded
on to the shank, and it is frequently found that such welded portions are
deficient of the strength which they are supposed to possess. To avoid this
evil I forge the whole of the shank in a single piece, employing a mandril to
preserve a space which may receive the arms as usual; or I cut away a portion
from the end of the shank to form a space for the reception of the arms.
Secondly, my Invention consists in forging both of the arms and both of the
flukes of the aforesaid anchors out of a single piece instead of making them of
two or more pieces united by one or more welds.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First, the method of forging the shank of an anchor, of a single piece, in the
manner and for the purpose herein-before described.
Secondly, the method of forging both of the arms and both of the flukes of
a single piece, in the manner and for the purpose herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Scott, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Second day of April, One thousand eight hundred and
sivty
Signed and sealed in the presence of
ROBERT TAYLOR, (Sol.),
Clerk to A. J. & W. Moore, Sol.,
Sunderland.
JOHN SCOTT. (L.S.)