IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS
Year: 1880

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jabez Evans at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th October 1880.
JABEZ EVANS, of Cradley Heath, in the County of Stafford, Anchorsmith.
'IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS."
My Invention consists in constructing anchors with the two arms and the
toggles in one piece, the shank to which they are pivotted being placed between
the two arms, so that both the arms work at the same time in the same direction.
Upon the underside of the toggles are stops or locks which bear upon shoulders
upon the shank, and take the strain when the anchor is in use.
The outer edge of the toggles is made curved, so that the one will prevent the
arms from falling flat, and enable them to grip, and at the same time the other will
lie level with the shank, and not be liable to be injured. With these anchors I use
a stock to throw them into position.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Jabez Evans in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th April
1881.
JABEZ EVANS, of Cradley Heath, in the County of Stafford, Anchor-smith.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS."
My Invention consists in constructing anchors with the two arms and the toggles
in one piece, the shank to which they are pivotted being placed between the two
arms, so that both the arms work at the same time in the same direction.
Upon the underside of the toggles are stops or locks which bear upon shoulders
upon the shank, and take the strain when the anchor is in use.
The outer edge or surface of the toggles is made curved or inclined, so that the
one will prevent the arms from falling flat, and enable them to grip, and at the
same time the other will lie level or nearly so with the shank, and not be liable to
be injured. With these anchors I use a stock to throw them into position.
But to make my Invention better understood I will now proceed to describe the
same by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 is a side view of an anchor constructed according to my Invention;
Figure 3 is a side view of the anchor shewing the position it occupies when in use.
Similar letters in all the Figures represent similar parts.
:
a, a, are the two arms of the anchor constructed in one piece with the toggles b, b;
c is the shank placed between the two arms a, a, which pivot thereon at the crown
pin e, so that both arms work at the same time in the same direction, as shewn at
Figure 3 f, f, are the palms of the arms; the underside of the toggles at g, g,
(Figure 2) forn stops, which, when the anchor is in use, bear upon the shoulders d, d,
on the shank c, so as to take the strain, as seen in Figure 3; h, h, are the outer
inclined (or curved) edges of the toggles b, b; i is the ordinary stock fastened in
the usual manner; j, shackle, and A, crown of the anchor.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the best means with
which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down, but what
I do claim is,―
The improvements in anchors, as herein before described and represented in the
accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jabez Evans, have hereto set my hand and
seal, this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty one.