IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FOR TAKING IN, STOPPING, AND STOWING WIRE AND OTHER PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Taylor, of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES FOR TAKING IN, STOPPING, AND STOWING WIRE AND OTHER
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Taylor at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1880.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
JAMES TAYLOR, of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester.
AND RELATING TO APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FOR TAKING IN, STOPPING, AND
STOWING WIRE AND OTHER ROPE CABLES, IN PART APPLICABLE OTHERWISE."
My Invention consists,―
Firstly. In an arrangement of sheaves or pulleys for taking in steel or iron wire,
or other spun cables, and which sheaves or pulleys may also be arranged to act as
cable stoppers and as riding or mooring bits, and are applicable also as deck bits,
windlasses, or capstans generally for mooring, hauling, and warping purposes.
According to my Invention I mount in a suitable base or casting, and fixed or
keyed onto suitable shafts or spindles, a duplex system of sheaves or pulleys, the
top of each shaft or spindle forming a mooring or fastening bit. The sheaves or
pulleys are driven by a worm and wheels or other equivalent gearing, the worm
wheels being mounted on the same axis as the sheaves and pulleys, and are driven
by the worm, which may receive motion from a hand, hydraulic, or steam power.
The mooring or fastening bits may be arranged with friction or dead clutches to
gear into and drive the sheaves or pulleys, so that when out of gear the sheaves or
pulleys run loose on their shafts or spindles. The sheaves or pulleys may be made
to act as cable stoppers by providing the sheaves or pulleys with suitable friction
cones, or clutches, brake, or brakes, the sheaves or pulleys being loose on their
spindles when the brake is off. This arrangement also serves as riding or mooring

page_text: bits. In operation the cable or rope to be hauled is crossed from sheave to sheave,
and can be made fast by crossing it round the bits in opposite direction.
My Invention consists,-
Secondly. In certain appliances for handing wire rope or like cable when taking
in slack or paying out. According to this part of my Invention I may use a pair
of rollers covered with india rubber or similar yielding substance arranged to be
worked by a hand crank or by the power giving motion to the bits, and so con-
structed that one roller is capable of being lifted, folded, or opened out from the
other for the purpose of receiving, locking in, or releasing the rope to be handed or
stowed away.
My Invention consists,―
Thirdly. In an arrangement for stowing wire or like cable. According to this
part of my Invention I used a fixed or revolving crinoline and drum guard in the
cable locker arranged so that the cable automatically coils round the crinoline,
umbrella frame, or conical drum as it is payed into the locker. The bottom or outer
casing of the locker may be fixed or made to revolve, and the locker may be made
portable if desired.
My Invention is applicable for use with cables for ships' anchors, and for general
use for warping and hauling on board ship, especially salvage ships, and for towing
purposes. It is also applicable in coal pits or mining shafts, railway yards, ware-
houses, tunnelling purposes, warehouse and other lifts, cranes, shear legs, and
travelling cranes and derricks.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd April
1881.
JAMES TAYLOR, of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
AND RELATING TO APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FOR TAKING IN, STOPPING, AND
STOWING WIRE AND OTHER ROPE CABLES, IN PART APPLICABLE OTHERWISE."
My Invention has for its object certain improvements in and relating to
apparatus and appliances for taking in, stopping, and stowing wire and other rope
cables, and is in part applicable otherwise; and the following is a description of my
Invention in such full, clear, and, concise terms as to enable any one skilled in the
art to which it belongs to make and use the same, reference being had to the
accompanying five Sheets of Drawings making a part of this Specification, and to
the figures and letters of reference marked thereon, like letters and figures being
used to denote the same or corresponding parts throughout the various views.
My Invention consists,―
Firstly. In certain arrangements of sheaves or pulleys for taking in steel or iron
wire, or other spun cables or ropes, and which sheaves or pulleys may also be
arranged to act as cable stoppers and as riding or mooring bits, and are applicable
also as deck bits, windlasses, or capstans generally for mooring, hauling, warping,
and stowing purposes.
According to this part of my Invention, reference being had to,-
Figures 1 (a part sectional elevation of a horizontal example of my Invention),
2 (a plan of Figure 1).
Figure 3 (a part sectional elevation of another horizontal example of my
Invention), 4 (a plan of Figure 3, shown partly in section).
Figures 5, 5, (Sheets 2 and 3, a part sectional elevation of a vertical example of
my Invention), 6, 64, (Sheets 2 and 3, a plan partly in section of Figures 5, 5).
Figures 7 (a side elevation of another vertical example of my Invention), 8 (an
end view of Figure 7).
Figures 9 (a side elevation of another example of my Invention) 10 (an end
view of Figure 9).
Upon reference to the Drawings, it will be seen that I mount on a suitable base
or casting A a duplex system of sheaves or pulleys B, B, B, B, carried on suitable
shafts or spindles C, C, C, C. In the example, Figures 1 and 2, the top of each
shaft or spindle, C may be carried up, as shown at C¹, and form a mooring or
fastening bit. The sheaves or pulleys B are driven by a worm D, which gears into
the worm wheels E. Other equivalent gearing may be substituted, as hereafter
illustrated. The worm wheels É are keyed onto and mounted on the same axis C
as the sheaves and pulleys B, and are driven by the worm D, which may receive
motion from any hand, hydraulic, or steam power. The mooring or fastening
bits C may be arranged, as shown at Figure 1, with friction or dead clutches, such
as F, which gear into and drive the sheaves or pulleys B, which latter are loose on
the shafts or spindles C, the friction clutches F sliding on a feather or keyway
on the shaft or spindle C, and being brought into operation by the screw nut F¹,
the horns F of which bear on the friction clutch as shown. Thus, when out of
gear, the sheaves or pulleys B run loose on their shafts or spindles C. The sheaves
or pulleys B may be made to act as cable stoppers, as the friction clutches F serve as
brake or brakes, the sheaves or pulleys B running loose on their shafts C when the
brakes F are off. This arrangement also serves as riding or mooring bits.
In operation the cable or rope G to be hauled is crossed from sheave to sheave,
as shown at Figure 2, and it can be made fast by crossing the end over the
bits C¹..

page_text: In the examples shown at Figures 3 and 4 the duplex sheaves or pulleys B
are arranged in connection with a duplex system of stowing drums H, H. These
drums H, H, are driven by the bevel gear I, J, each drum being driven indepen-
dently from its sheaves, and being arranged to take in or stow the wire rope or
cable from the sheaves B, B. It will be seen that the drums H are driven by the
bevel wheel J, which is keyed onto the shaft L. The drum H is loose on the
shaft L, and is constructed preferably with a centre covered with wood and
corrugated iron sides or shields, between which the rope is wound. The friction
requisite to cause the rotation of the drum H is effected by binding the drum up to
and against the sides of the spur wheel J by means of the screw gear K. Sufficient
friction can be given to cause the drum to merely take in the required amount of
the rope, and adjust the tension of the rope between the drum H and the sheaves B.
The driving gear I, J, may be positioned as shown at Figure 4, or as shown at I¹, J',
Figure 3.
In the example shown at Figures 5, 5, 6, 6ª, there is represented a vertical
arrangement of my Invention, designed as a combined apparatus for taking in,
stowing, and stopping wire rope or like cables and paying out the same on board
ship. The framework A which carries the sheaves or pulleys B is mounted on the
deck Q, Q, as shown at Figure 5, and the stowing, or taking in drums are mounted
and located below the deck Q, Q, as shown at Figure 54, which is a continuation of
Figure 5. The sheaves B, B, are driven by the vertical worm D, and the worm
wheels E, E. Over the worm D and on the same shaft is mounted a capstan by
which the apparatus may be operated by capstan bars, or by a messenger chain, as
will be understood. If desired the apparatus may be worked from a donkey engine,
or the main engines through the bevel gear I and the shaft J¹¹. As previously
described in reference to Figure 1, the pulleys B are loose on their shafts C, and
are brought into operation through the friction clutches or brakes F. In this
example the pulleys B, B, and the dram H represent the gear for working the port
cable and anchor, and the pulleys B', B¹, and the drum H₁ represent the gear for
working the starboard cable and anchor. The drums H, H', are loose on their
shaft L, and are provided with friction clutches M, which are operated by the hand
gear K as shown. N, N, are wooden discs attached to the drums H and arranged
for the application of strap friction brakes. The drums H, H¹, have centres
covered with wood on which the cable is wound and corrugated metal sides or
arms H. The drums are rotated by the worm and wheel gear J, as shown at
Figures 54, and 6A, which is worked by the gear I through the shaft I". In this
example, if desired, gipsey chain wheels may be substituted for the port or
starboard sheaves or pulleys B, B, or B¹, B'. By this arrangement a combined
chain and rope apparatus is produced, for example see Figure 6B
In operation the dotted lines G represent the wire rope cable passing through
the hawse pipe in the bow of the ship at G₁ see Figure 5A, and round the
sheaves B, B, as shown at Figure 5.. From the sheaves B, B, the rope cable passes
under the deck Q and onto the drum H, as shown at Figure 5^.
For taking
in the cable the friction clutches F are tightened up so as to cause the sheaves B
to rotate when the worm D is operated. The operation of the worm D through
the gears I, J, imparts rotation to the drum H, the friction gear K of which is
likewise tightened. The drum H thus takes in the slack of the wire cable Gas
it is being wound in by the sheaves or pulleys B. When the motion of the
apparatus is arrested, the friction gears of the sheaves or pulleys B, and the friction
gears M, N, of the drum H cause the apparatus to serve as a cable stopper or riding
or mooring bits. To prevent sudden jerks on the cable, paying out the cable by
overcoming the friction when a steam motor is used, I connect a portion of the
cable G to a lever which operates the valve of the engine sufficiently to cause the
apparatus to take in or recover the portion paid out by the jerk.
The example shown in Figures 7 and 8 illustrate a vertical arrangement of my
Invention, in which the sheaves or pulleys B are driven by a pinion and the
toothed wheels E, E; as in the previous examples, the sheaves or pnlleys B, B, are

page_text: loose on their shaft C, and are brought into gear through the friction clutches F,
and their motion can be controlled or arrested by strap friction brakes on the
discs a, a, on the pulleys B, or by the brakes b on the driving shaft d.
The example shown in Figures 9 and 10 illustrate a vertical arrangement of my
Invention, showing a single arrangement of sheaves or pulleys B worked by a
pinion D and toothed wheels E, E. In this case the friction gear and clutch is
shown applied to the upper sheave only. This arrangement is particularly applicable
as a light windlass and cable stopper, and can also be applied to tow ropes.
Figures 9 and 10ª show a modification of Figures 9 and 10, the shafts C being
fixed and the pulleys B loose thereon.
Figure 11 illustrates a sectional elevation, and
Figure 12 an end view of a taking in drum suitable for use in connection with
the examples illustrated at Figures 7, 8, 9, and 10, 94, 10ª.
My Invention consists,-
Secondly, in certain appliances for handing wire, rope, or like cable, when taking
in slack or paying out.
Figure 13 is a side elevation, and
Figure 14 an end elevation of such an apparatus, which consists of a pair of
rollers R, S, covered with india rubber or other yielding substance. The rollers
are worked by a hand crank and toothed wheels T. The upper roller R is capable
of being lifted away from the roller S by its bearing being in the quadrant U the
lever and weight W .control the roller R. The cable G passes between the
rollers R, S, as shown.
My Invention consists,―
Thirdly, in an arrangement for stowing wire or like cable. An example of this
part of my Invention is illustrated at Figure 15 in sectional elevation; X is a
fixed or revolving crinoline of lattice iron work, arranged in the drum guard Y and
set in the cable locker. The wire cable G automatically coils round the crinoline X
as it is payed into the drum Y, as shown at Figures 15 and 13.
My Invention is applicable for many and various uses, such as windlasses for
ships cables, and for general use for warping and hauling on board ship, especially
salvage ships, and for towing purposes. It is also applicable in coal pits or mining
shafts, railway yards, warehouses, tunnelling purposes, warehouse, and other lifts,
cranes, shear legs, and travelling cranes and derricks.
Having now described my Invention, and shown how the same may be put into
practice, what I claim is,
First Mounting sheaves or pulleys such as B loose on their shafts, or axis and
fastening, or bringing them into operation through friction clutches, fast or keyed
to the saune shaft or axis, and friction brakes, such as herein described and shown
in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second. The arrangement and combination of sheaves or pulleys and mooring
bits, as herein described and shown at Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings hereto
annexed.
Third. The arrangement and combination of sheaves or pulleys and mooring
bits, as herein described and shown at Figures 3 and 4 of the Drawings hereto
annexed.
Fourth. The arrangement of sheaves or pulleys or mooring bits, in combination
with friction stowing drums, as herein described and shown at Figures 3 and 4 of
the Drawings hereto annexed.
Fifth. The arrangement and combination of sheaves or pulleys, friction clutches,
gearing and frictional stowing drums, as herein described and shown at Figures 5,
54, 6, 64, and 6, of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Sixth. The arrangement of sheaves or pulleys, friction clutches, brakes, and
operating gear, herein described and shown at Figures 7 and 8 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Seventh. The arrangement of sheaves or pulleys, friction clutches, and operating

page_text: gear herein described and shown at Figures 9 and 10, 9ª. and 104, of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Eighth. The arrangement of rollers for handing wire rope cable, as herein
described and shown at Figures 13 and 14 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Ninth. The various arrangements of friction drums for taking in and stowing
wire rope or like cable, as herein_described and shown at Figures 3 and 4, 5, 6A,
11, and 12, of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Tenth. The use of corrugated metal plates for the sides of the friction stowing
drums, as herein described and shown in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Eleventh. The crinoline and drum stowing apparatus for wire or like cable, as
herein described and shown at Figures 15 and 13 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Taylor, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirty first day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
JAMES TAYLOR. (L.S.)