AN IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPS' ANCHORS
Year: 1855

page_text: Sealed the 7th December 1855, and dated the 13th June 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Betteley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
June 1855.
I, JOSEPH BETTELEY, of Liverpool, Chain Cable Manufacturer, do hereby
declare, the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPS' ANCHORS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in ships' anchors, and
consists of making the arms and palms of an anchor in one piece and separate
from the shank, in like manner to those heretofore, known as Logan's and
Porter's anchors; but in place of making the shank of one piece with a forked
end to receive the arms, the shank is made of two plates or bars of iron, which
are kept at a distance by wood or otherwise from each other, and, by preference,
hooped together to receive the point of the flukes; and the arms are placed
between such plates-or bars at one of their ends, and are pin-jointed thereto,
the other end of such plates or bars being made suitable for receiving a stock,

page_text: which, it is preferred, should be formed of two plates or bars, connected at their
ends, yet separated in the middle, tho' other forms of stock may be used. In
some cases also I apply rings to the arms of anchors to facilitate the "fishing"
of anchors.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Betteley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
December 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
BETTELEY, of Liverpool, Chain Cable Manufacturer, send greeting.
"
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen. Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Joseph Betteley, Her special licence that I, 'the said Joseph Betteley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph
Betteley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any t
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 "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPS'.
ANCHORS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Betteley,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the saine 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 Joseph Betteley, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say) :-
This Invention has for its object an improvement. in ships' anchors, and
consists of making the arms and palms of an anchor in one piece and separate
from the shank, in like manner to those heretofore known as Logan and
Porter's anchors; but in place of making the shank of one piece with a forked
end to receive the arms, the shank is made of two plates or bars of iron, which.

page_text: ends, yet separated in the middle, though other forms of stock may be used.
In some cases also I apply rings to the arms of anchors to facilitate the fishing
of anchors...
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 a side view, and Figure 3 plan, of.
anchor constructed according to my Invention. a, a, are the arms, which are
made in one piece with the palms b, b; c, c¹, are the two plates or bars which
form the shank of the anchor; they are thickened and welded together at their
upper ends to make them suitable for receiving the stock. d is the stock which
passes through a slot in the shank, and is fixed in its place by the key e. The
construction of the upper part of the shank is clearly shown by the Figures 4.
The space between the plates or bars forming the shank may be filled with
wood, if preferred. The hoop f is so placed as to form a bearing for the point
of the palm d when the anchor is in use. g a pin, which attaches the arms
a, a, to the two plates or bars c, c', which form the shank of the anchor. The
pin g forms a centre, about which the arms a, a, partially rotate, as in the
form of anchor known as Logan and Porter's. h, h, are rings which are
attached to the arms a, a, and which facilitate the fishing of the anchor.
The rings h, h, as shown in the Drawing, are so formed as to act as the
ordinary lugs to cause the anchor to open. Figure 5 shows a vertical
section of part of the shank of an anchor, together with a stock formed
of two plates of bars, connected at their outer ends, yet separated in the
middle. a is the shank of the anchor; and b, c, are the two plates or bars
forming the stock. When the stock is introduced through the slot in the
shank,-the-two-plates or bars band clay-side by side, and they are-after-
wards separated by forcing in the wedge or filling piece d.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine
described; but what I claim is, the manufac-
myself to the combining a shank formed of plates or bars c, c¹, with
ture of-anchors by

page_text: the loop g, and with arms a moveable in the manner of what are called
Logan and Porter's anchors. I also claim the mode of constructing anchor
stocks herein described. And I also claim the attaching rings suitable for
fishing to the arms of anchors; that is to say, rings placed at right angles to
the shank and arms of the anchor, so that the fishing hook may readily
be passed through them.
In witness whereof; I, the said Joseph Betteley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 4th day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
HENRY GWIDER.
JOSEPH BETTELEY. (L.S.)