Improvements in Anchors.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1895-Accepted, 13th July. 1895
Improvements in Anchors.
I CHARLES HOLLOWAY REED Iron Manufacturer Trimdon Iron Works
Sunderland in the County of Durham do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention is applicable to that class of anchors known as stockless anchors
which are made on the plan or principle described in the Specification of Richard
Francis Hawkins Master Mariner No. 4589 A.D. 1821 and consists in forming the
crown end of the shank of the anchor with a round hole so large as to receive a
properly machined and fitted crossbar or piece of round section at its centre and
of square or other approved sections at its other parts and upon which are fitted
and secured the arms of the anchor which are made preferably in two separate parts
to facilitate portability. The arms are formed with stoppers placed preferably at
the crown and which in their movement when coming into action meet with
similar stoppers on the shank with the result that the flukes and arms are retained
the appropriate angle proper for taking and keeping best hold of the ground.
The points of the flukes are so formed that one of them is always close to the ground
whichever way the flukes fall and there are several methods of shaping them.
My improvements are
1. In the form and application of the crossbar.
2. In the form and method of using the stoppers on the arms and on the shank
of the anchor.
3. In the form and method of shaping the points of the flukes so that the latterly
more readily grip the ground.
Dated the 1st day of September 1894.
CHAS. H. REED.
I CHARLES HOLLOWAY REED Iron Manufacturer Trimdon Iron Works
Sunderland in the County of Durham do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention is applicable to that class of anchors known as stockless anchors
which are made on the plan or principle of Richard Francis Hawkins' Specification
No. 4589 A.D. 1821 and consists in forming the crown end of the shank of the
anchor with a round hole so large as to receive a properly machined and fitted
crossbar or piece of round section at its centre and of square or other approved
section at its other parts and upon which are fitted and secured the arms of the
anchor which are made preferably in two or more separate parts to facilitate
portability. The arms are formed with stoppers placed preferably at the crown
and which in their movement when coming into action meet with similar stoppers
on the shank with the result that the flukes and arms are retained at the appropriate
angle proper for taking and keeping best hold of the ground.

page_text: The points of the flukes are so formed that one of them is always close to the
ground whichever way the flukes fall and there are several methods of shaping
them. My improvements are―
1. In the form and application of the crossbar.
2. In the form and method of using the. stoppers on the arms and on the shank
of the anchor.
3. In the form and method of shaping the points of the flukes so that the latter
more readily grip the ground.
In order that my invention may be better and more clearly seen I refer to the
accompanying drawings on which similar letters are used to indicate the parts
described.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 shew three views of a complete anchor. Fig. 1 is a plan view
Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 is a crown end view. aa is the crossbar fitted
and passing through the large hole b in the crown of the shank. ccare the stoppers
which may be placed as shewn or at the end of the shank or other suitable part.
The sections at d d shew the points e e on the outside of each fluke to be up and the
points on the inside of each fluke to be down and touching the ground and this
is reversed if the anchor falls on its other side when the points will be up and
the points e e will be down and touching the ground.
But it must be understood that the foregoing only shews one method of performing
and carrying out my invention and that I do not confine myself to the precise
details or shapes laid down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
The improved heavy crossbar, the forms and methods of using the. stoppers and
the forms and methods of shaping the points of the flúkės.
CHAS. H. REED.