Improvements in Cleats or Brackets for Supporting Fore and Afters in Ships' Hatches and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 2nd July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cleats or Brackets for Supporting Fore and Afters
in Ships' Hatches and the like.
I, WILLIAM ROBSON NISBET, of Wallsend-on-Tyne, Blacksmith, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention is a stamped or pressed steel plate cleat for holding the iron or
steel fore and afters upon which the wood hatch covers rest in ships' hatchways,
when the said fore and afters are made of angle, tee or bulb bars.
The cleat according to my invention is illustrated in the Figures 1, 2, 3 & 4 of
the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 (side view) represents the cleat riveted to the hatch coaming one at
each end with tee bar fore and after in position.
Figure 2 (front view) represents the cleat riveted with a three or four rivet
connection to hatch coaming one at each end with tec. bar fore and after resting
in position.
Figure 3 (plan view) represents the cleat riveted to hatch coaming one at each
end shewing projection (c) on which the flange of fore and afters rest.
Figure 4 (front view) represents the centre cleat riveted with a three or four
rivet connection to hatch coaming one at each end which is made larger to receive
the centre fore and after made up of bulb plate and double angles, bulb being
pared off in way of cleat.
A. Denotes the flat part of cleat which is riveted to hatch coaming.
B. Denotes the boss standing out from A. The boss may stand out any dis-
tance and also be of any length. The slot down the centre of boss is made a
suitable width and depth to receive the centre or side fore and afters, the sides
of boss prevent the fore and after shifting athwartships and on the bottom of
the boss the fore and after rests.
C is the projection on which the flange of the fore and after rests.
D is the fore and after when in position.
My object in providing the stamped or pressed steel plate holding cleat is to
reduce weight, to give more strength and to save expense, also to prevent the
breakage which so frequently happens with metal cleats generally used for ships'
hatches and similar purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The stamped or pressed steel plate cleat substantially as shewn, for the pur-
pose hereinbefore described, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In the cleat for holding iron or steel fore and afters the combination of
the plate A. with the boss B. arranged substantially as hereinbefore described
llustrated in the accompanying drawing.
the combination of

page_text: the plate A. and the boss B. with the projection C. arranged substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
4. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the cleat for
holding iron or steel fore and afters substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.