Improvements in or relating to Disengaging Gear for Ships' Boats.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th June, 1900—Accepted, 13th Oct., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Disengaging Gear for Ships' Boats.
I, ALFRED CYRUS BROADBRIDGE, of 14, Merton Grove, Bootle, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, an Officer in the Mercantile Marine, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in or relating to dis-
engaging gear for ships' boats, by the application of which such boats are more
readily released from the falls than hitherto immediately on being waterborne.
According to my invention I fit a hook at or near each end of the boat. These
hooks are formed of iron, steel, phosphor bronze, or other suitable metal, and
of sufficient strength to sustain the weight of a ship's life-boat fully equipped,
provisioned, and loaded with persons.
The hooks are so formed that the rings are incapable of falling inboard and
slipping away.
The lower blocks of the falls are fitted with rings, (preferably elliptical) which
engage the hooks, and thereby sustain the boat when hanging to the davits or
other suspending gear.
On lowering the boat in the usual manner the rings automatically disengage
themselves from the hooks when the boat is waterborne, thus leaving the boat
afloat and entirely free from the tackle.
D. 1411 T..1 1000
ALFRED CYRUS BROADBRIDGE.
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C.
Improvements in or relating to Disengaging Gear for Ships' Boats.
ALFRED CYRUS BROADBRIDGE, of 14, Merton Grove, Bootle, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, an Officer in the Mercantile Marine, 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:
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in or relating to dis-
engaging gear for ships' boats, by the application of which such boats are more
readily released from the falls than hitherto immediately on being waterborne.
According to my invention I fit a hook at or near each end of the boat. These
hooks are formed of iron, steel, phosphor bronze, or other suitable metal, and
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of sufficient strength to sustain the weight of a ship's life-boat fully equipped,
provisioned and loaded with persons.
The hooks are so formed that the rings are incapable of falling inboard and
slipping away.
The lower blocks of the falls are fitted with rings, (preferably elliptical) which
engage the hooks, and thereby sustain the boat when hanging to the davits or
other suspending gear.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing.
a is an elliptical ring attached to the lower block of one of the falls. is
one of the hooks, the stem b' being riveted to the keel or keelson of the boat
or otherwise attached thereto. The upper back end 2 of the hook is formed so
that the ring a cannot cant over the same and be thrown from its position and
engagement with the hook when the boat hangs inclined from the horizontal.
The boat is fitted with two of these hooks, one forward and one aft, the horns 63
being turned inboard; the forward hook b being towards the bow, and the after
hook towards the stern.
On lowering the boat in the usual manner the rings automatically disengage
themselves from the hooks when the boat is waterborne, thus leaving the boat
afloat and entirely free from the tackle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. In disengaging gear for ships' boats, the particular form or construction
of hooks arranged and operating in combination with the rings on the falls, sub-
stantially as set forth.
2. The improved disengaging gear for ships' boats, substantially as set forth.
A. C. BROADBRIDGE.
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C.