Improvements in the Method of and Means for Affixing the Tethering Stanchions to the Decks of Cattle-ships.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 4th May,
1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Affixing the
Tethering Stanchions to the Decks of Cattle-ships.
I WILLIAM JOSEPH PITT, of 9, Avenue Road, Weymouth, in the County of
Dorset, Captain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means for affixing
the tethering stanchions to the decks of cattle ships, and has for object to so
construct and arrange the stanchions and the means employed to affix them to the
deck that much greater strength and rigidity are obtained than has been the case
with the ordinary tethering arrangements hitherto made use of.
And in order that this invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings upon which an elevational view of a tethering stanchion is
given in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2 is shown in side elevational view partly in
section, the means employed for affixing the tethering stanchion to the deck of
the ship.
Now in accordance with this invention and to obtain the object above mentioned
I mount the tethering stanchion in a step or block which is bolted to the deck, and
to have the strength and rigidity required to resist any sudden violent pulls
thereon by reason of the animals tethered thereto being thrown off their balance
as so frequently occurs when the ship rolls heavily, I have below the deck and
running parallel therewith, a tie beam to and through which the bolts securing the
stanchion and block or step to the deck pass. Nuts screwed upon the ends of
these bolts hold all securely in position.
The
In the drawings a is the tethering stanchion herein before referred to, which so
as to be adapted for the purpose of tethering sheep or other smaller animals than
cattle, may be provided with a tethering bracket capable of sliding thereupon
and of being fixed in any desired position by means of the set-screws c.
lower end of the stanchion a, I preferably form with a screw thread thereon so
as to enable the stanchion to be screwed into a corresponding threaded hole or
aperture d made in the block or step e. This latter I prefer to make with
inclined ends eel as shewn, and in suitable positions therefor, I have a desired
number of countersunk bolt holes, through which pass the bolts g. h is the deck
and i the tie beam before mentioned, running parallel with the deck and below
same, and to which the stanchion block or step e is securely connected by screwing
up the nuts on ends of bolts g.
The tie beam i aforesaid bears against the deck supporting beams 1, and it will
be at once seen that it is impossible for the stanchion and its supporting-block to
be carried away by any violent or sudden wrench without ripping up the deck
itself, hence is obtained in a simple and effectual manner a method of and means
for affixing the tethering stanchions to the decks of cattle ships, possessing much
greater strength and rigidity than the arrangement heretofore in use, all as
aforesaid.
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 improvements in the method of, and means for, affixing the tethering

page_text: stanchions to the decks of ships, substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn in the drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of stanchion a with step or block e,
bolts 9, nutsk and tie beam for the purpose of affixing the tethering stanchions
to the decks of cattle ships all substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn.
Dated this 4th day of April 1805
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.