IMPROVED APPA- BATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILI TATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED INTO THE WATER
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Thomas Lambert, of America Square, in the
City of London, Ship Chandler, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPA-
BATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILI
TATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED INTO THE WATER."
-A communication from abroad by Captain George Hall Carleton, of
Camden, in the State of Maine, United States of America.
Sealed the 20th January 1860, and dated the 18th August 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Thomas Lambert
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th August 1859.
I, HENRY THOMAS LAMBERT, of America Square, in the City of London,
Ship Chandler, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF FACILITATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED INTO THE
WATER," to be as follows:-
This Invention of improved apparatus to be adapted to ships' tackle or
boats for the purpose of facilitating the disengaging of ships' boats when
lowered into the water, consists of a hook or contrivance which is, by prefer-
ence, to be attached to the boat in some convenient part where it can be easily
got at, so as to attach or detach the tackle therefrom with facility. The
contrivance is a hook or staple open on the under side so as to receive a ring
or link whereby the boat will be suspended. When the boat on being

page_text: lowered reaches the water, the tackle will be slackened, and the ring or link
will drop out of the hook, and will be thereby disengaged from the boat without
any asssitance from any person in the boat. When it is desired to raise the
boat out of the water, the ring of the tackle may be passed under the hook
with almost equal facility, and will be prevented from becoming accidentally
detached by means of a hinged piece which will close the mouth of the hook,
and will be retained in its place by means of a pin which is attached by a chain
to some convenient part of the boat, and must be removed from the hook
when the boat is to be lowered, so that the ring or link of the tackle may be
disengaged.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Thomas Lambert in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 13th February 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
THOMAS LAMBERT, of America Square, in the City of London, Ship Chandler,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of August, 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 Henry Thomas Lambert, Her special license that I, the said
Henry Thomas Lambert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Henry Thomas Lambert, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED
INTO THE WATER," being a communication from abroad by Captain George
Hall Carleton, of Camden, in the State of Maine, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Thomas Lambert,
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 same to be filed in the Great

page_text: 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 Henry Thomas Lambert, 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) :-
This Invention of "Improved Apparatus to be adapted to Ships' Tackle.or
Boats for the Purpose of Facilitating the Disengaging of Ships' Boats. when
Lowered into the Water," consists of a hook or contrivance which is, by prefer-
ence, to be attached to the boat in some convenient part where it can be easily
got at, so as to attach or detach the tackle therefrom with facility. The
contrivance is a hook or staple open on the under side so as to receive a ring
or link whereby the boat will be suspended. When the boat on being
lowered reaches the water, the tackle will be slackened, and the ring.or link
will drop out of the hook, and will be thereby disengaged from the boat
without any assistance from any person in the boat. When it is desired to
raise the boat out of the water, the ring of the tackle may be passed under the
hook with almost equal facility, and will be prevented from becoming accident-
ally detached by means of a hinged piece which will close the mouth of the
hook, and will be retained in its place by means of a pin, which is attached by
a chain to some convenient part of the boat, and must be removed from the
hook when the boat is to be lowered, so that the ring or hook of the tackle may
be disengaged.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a boat with my
improved apparatus adapted thereto, one of the sides of the boat being cut
away in order that the contrivance may be more clearly seen; Fig. 2 is a
side view of the apparatus or hook drawn full size; a, a, is a strong wrought-
iron hook attached to the bow and stern posts of the boat as shewn. The
open part of this hook is downwards, and is provided with a hinged piece b,
whereby the open hook may be closed, as indicated by the dotted lines in
Fig. 2. This piece 6 is secured in its place by a pin c, which is suspended by
a chain from a ring or staple d (Fig. 1), and is intended to be inserted into
the hole e, when the piece 6 is brought into its place, as indicated by the
dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will be seen that there is one of the hooks a, a, at
each end of the boat which is suspended from the blocks f, and tackle g, by
passing the rings h, h, under the open end of the hook a, as shewn in the
Figures. When the boat is to be lowered into the water, the pin c must be

page_text: withdrawn from the hole e, in order to let the hinged piece & fall and open
the hook, so that the rings h, h, may drop out from the hooks immediately the
weight is taken off the tackle by the boat touching and being supported by
the water.
Having now described my Invention of improved apparatus to be adapted
to ships' tackle or boats for the purpose of facilitating the disengaging of ships'
boats when lowered into the water, and having explained the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by
Letters Patent as aforesaid, the hooked instrument a, attached or secured to
any convenient part of the boat, and the use of such hooked instrument in
combination with a ring or other equivalent contrivance attached to the tackle
whereby the boat is suspended or supported.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Thomas Lambert, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Eleventh day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT;
66, Chancery Lane.
H. T. LAMBERT. (L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Thomas Lambert, of America Square, in the
City of London, Ship Chandler, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPA-
RATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILI-
TATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED INTO THE WATER."
-A communication from abroad by Captain George Hall Carleton, of
Camden, in the State of Maine, United States of America.
Sealed the 20th January 1860, and dated the 13th August 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Thomas Lambert
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th August 1859.
I, HENRY THOMAS LAMBERT, of America Square, in the City of London,
Ship Chandler, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF FACILITATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED INTO THE
WATER," to be as follows:-
This Invention of improved apparatus to be adapted to ships' tackle or
boats for the purpose of facilitating the disengaging of ships' boats when
lowered into the water, consists of a hook or contrivance which is, by prefer-
ence, to be attached to the boat in some convenient part where it can be easily
The
got at, so as to attach or detach the tackle therefrom with facility.
contrivance is a hook or staple open on the under side so as to receive a ring
or link whereby the boat will be suspended. When the boat on being

page_text: lowered reaches the water, the tackle will be slackened, and the ring or link
will drop out of the hook, and will be thereby disengaged from the boat without
any asssitance from any person in the boat. When it is desired to raise the
boat out of the water, the ring of the tackle may be passed under the hook
with almost equal facility, and will be prevented from becoming accidentally
detached by means of a hinged piece which will close the mouth of the hook,
and will be retained in its place by means of a pin which is attached by a chain
to some convenient part of the boat, and must be removed from the hook
when the boat is to be lowered, so that the ring or link of the tackle may be
disengaged.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Thomas Lambert in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 13th February 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
THOMAS LAMBERT, of America Square, in the City of London, Ship Chandler,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of August, 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 Henry Thomas Lambert, Her special license that I, the said
Henry Thomas Lambert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Henry Thomas Lambert, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE ADAPTED TO SHIPS' TACKLE OR BOATS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE DISENGAGING OF SHIPS' BOATS WHEN LOWERED
INTO THE WATER," being a communication from abroad by Captain George
Hall Carleton, of Camden, in the State of Maine, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Thomas Lambert,
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 same to be filed in the Great

page_text: 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 Henry Thomas Lambert, 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) :-
.
This Invention of "Improved Apparatus to be adapted to Ships' Tackle.or
Boats for the Purpose of Facilitating the Disengaging of Ships' Boats when
Lowered into the Water," consists of a hook or contrivance which is, by prefer-
ence, to be attached to the boat in some convenient part where it can be easily
got at, so as to attach or detach the tackle therefrom with facility.. The
contrivance is a hook or staple open on the under side so as to receive a ring
or link whereby the boat will be suspended. When the boat on being
lowered reaches the water, the tackle will be slackened, and the ring or link
will drop out of the hook, and will be thereby disengaged from the boat
without any assistance from any person in the boat. When it is desired to
raise the boat out of the water, the ring of the tackle may be passed under the
hook with almost equal facility, and will be prevented from becoming accident-
ally detached by means of a hinged piece which will close the mouth of the
hook, and will be retained in its place by means of a pin, which is attached by
a chain to some convenient part of the boat, and must be removed from the
hook when the boat is to be lowered, so that the ring or hook of the tackle may
be disengaged.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a boat with my
improved apparatus adapted thereto, one of the sides of the boat being cut
away in order that the contrivance may be more clearly seen; Fig. 2 is a
side view of the apparatus or hook drawn full size; a, a, is a strong wrought-
iron hook attached to the bow and stern posts of the boat as shewn. The
open part of this hook is downwards, and is provided with a hinged piece b,
whereby the open hook may be closed, as indicated by the dotted lines in
Fig. 2. This piece 6 is secured in its place by a pin c, which is suspended by
a chain from a ring or staple d (Fig. 1), and is intended to be inserted into
the hole e, when the piece b is brought into its place, as indicated by the
dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will be seen that there is one of the hooks a, a, at
each end of the boat which is suspended from the blocks f, and tackle g, by
passing the rings h, h, under the open end of the hook a, as shewn in the
Figures. When the boat is to be lowered into the water, the pin c must be

page_text: withdrawn from the hole e, in order to let the hinged piece & fall and open
the hook, so that the rings h, h, may drop out from the hooks immediately the
weight is taken off the tackle by the boat touching and being supported by
the water..
:
Having now described my Invention of improved apparatus to be adapted
to ships' tackle or boats. for the purpose of facilitating the disengaging of ships'
boats when lowered into the water, and having explained the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by
Letters Patent as aforesaid; the hooked instrument a, attached or secured to
any convenient part of the boat, and the use of such hooked instrument in
combination with a ring or other equivalent contrivance attached to the tackle
whereby the boat is suspended or supported.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Thomas Lambert, have hereunto
sėt my hand and seal, the Eleventh day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
¨H. T. LAMBERT. (L.S.)