IMPROVE- MENTS IN ANCHORS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Robert Augustus Glover, of Brading,
in the Isle of Wight, Master of Arts, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ANCHORS."
Scaled the 30th November 1869, and dated the 2nd June 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Robert
Augustus Glover at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 2nd June 1869.
I, FREDERICK ROBERT AUGUSTUS GLOVER, of Brading, in the Isle of
Wight, Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention of improvements in anchors is to adapt
to anchors a device which will prevent the flukes or palms of the
anchor from fouling the cable, or in other words will prevent the cable
from getting round the arms of the anchor. To this end I fix in the
sides of the shank of the anchor at or near the centre of gravity of the

page_text: anchor a pair of studs or centre pins, to which I adapt a pair of tumbling
arms, either of which will extend from the shank to the palm. The
outer ends of these arms are connected together by curved bars arranged
on each side of the shank, and as the tumbling arms are arranged to
turn easily on their centre pins, it will be understood that when one of
the palms of the anchor enters the ground the lowermost tumbling arm
will be thrust back under the upper palm of the anchor, and will
thereby prevent the cable from passing under the palm and fouling
the anchor.
In conjunction with my present Invention my other improvements in
anchors patented 7th January 1869, and May 12th, 1869, may be
employed as devices for fishing and handling the anchor by means of
a cable attached thereto at or near the centre of gravity on the shank
of the anchor. In order to let fall an anchor on the principle set forth
in the Specification of my Patent of January 7th, 1869, an eye hook,
cross bar, or other equivalent device may be adapted to the outer ends
of the tumbling levers of my present Invention, so that the anchor may
be suspended thereby, ready to be let fall in the right position to cause
the palm to enter properly. The device patented by me, May 12th, 1869,
for fishing anchors, may be used in conjunction with my present.
improvements by forming eyes on the shank when making the anchor,
or by fixing a pair of eyes or hooks thereon.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 2nd December 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
ROBERT AUGUSTUS GLOVER, of Brading, in the Isle of Wight, Master of
Arts, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
Her special licence that I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,

page_text: my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Frederick Robert Augustus Glover, 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 Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick Robert
Augustus Glover, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 Scal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
do licreby 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 thercon (that
is to say):-
The object of my Invention of "Improvements in Anchors" is to
adapt to anchors a device which will prevent the flukes or palms of the
anchor from fouling the cable, or, in other words, will prevent the cable
from getting round the arms of the anchor at the time that the ship is
lying at anchor.
The manner in which this is effected will be best understood by
referring to the accompanying Drawing, in which Fig. 1 represents an
anchor in the ground, and with my anti-fouling device adapted thereto.
I fix in the sides of the shank a of the anchor, and at or near the
centre of gravity of the anchor a pair of studs or centre pins b, to which
I adapt a pair of tumbling arms c, c', cither of which will extend from
below the shank a to outside of the palm d, both inclusive. The outer
ends of these arms are connected together by curved or straight bars c³
arranged on each side of the anchor, and as the tumbling arms c, c', are
arranged to turn casily on their centre pins b, it will be understood that
when one of the palms of the anchor enters the ground, as shewn in the

page_text: Drawing, the lowermost tumbling arm c¹ will be thrust back, and will
thus carry the arm c under and beyond the upper palm of tho anchor,
and thereby prevent the cable e from passing under the palm and
fouling the anchor. To guard against the liability of partial entry the
lowermost tumbling arm must be slightly lashed to the shank.
In Fig. 1 the anchor is shewn in the position it would be in when tho
cable held in tension is about to be disengaged, but when the ship is
riding at anchor the cable will sometimes get into the position indicated
by the dotted lines, and on continuing to swing round with the tide the
cable would get under the palm and round the upper arm if it were not
prevented from so doing by my improved anti-fouling device.
In conjunction with my present anti-fouling device my other improve-
ments in anchors, patented Seventh January One thousand cight
hundred and sixty-nine, and May Twelfth, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine, may be employed as devices for fishing and handling the
anchor by means of a cable attached thereto at or near the centre of
gravity on the shank of the anchor. In order to let fall an anchor on
the principle set forth in the Specification of my Patent of January
Seventh, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, an eye hook, cross
bar, or other equivalent device may be adapted to the outer ends of the
tumbling levers c, c', of my present Invention, as shown at f*, Fig. 2.
The anchor is suspended by means of the eye hook from a link or
shackle, or other equivalent device attached to (that is forming a link
of) the cable through which the eye hook is passed, and is temporarily
secured by a pin in the manner described in my Patent of the Soventh
January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine; the anchor will
thus be suspended ready to let fall in the right position to cause tho
lowermost palm d to enter the ground properly. The devioc patented
by mc, May Twelfth, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, for
fishing anchors may also be used in conjunction with my present
improvements, by forming two or more eyes i, i, on the shank, which
may be arranged laterally or continuously, or as shown at Fig. 1, when
making the anchor, or by fixing a pair of eyes or hooks thereon, as
described in the Specification of my former Patent already referred to.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in Anchors,"
and having explained the manner of carrying the same into effect,
I claim as the Invention secured to mic by Letters Patent as aforesaid,

page_text: the adaptation to anchors of tumbling levers, or any analogous devico
whereby the cable may be prevented from fouling the arms of the
anchor, as herein set forth.
In witness whercof, I, the said Frederick Robert Augustus Glover,
have hereunto set my hand and scal, the Second day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
ninc,
FREDERICK R. A. GLOVER. (L.S.)