US2831450A - Boat anchor handling means - Google Patents

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Apnl 22, 1958 H. A. scr-HELE 2,831,450

BOAT ANCHOR HANDLING MEANS Filed July 12. 1954 2,831,450 BOAT ANCHOR HANDLING MEANS Herman A. Schiele, Chicago, lll.

Application July 12, 19s4,seria1No. 442,610

1 claim. (ci. 114-210) The invention relates to devices for manipulating anchors for boats.

One object of the invention is to provide a device which can be conveniently manipulated to place the anchor aboard the boat.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which can be conveniently manipulated for releasing the anchor into its operative position.

Other objects will appear from the detailed description.

The invention Vconsists in the several novelfeatures hereinafter set forth and more particularly dened by the claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the anchor-manipulating device with the anchor suspended in lowering it to or raising it from the bottom of the body of water;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section illustrating the anchor selfretained aboard the boat;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section with the anchor in a position it assumes while it is raised onto or being lowered from the boat;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the pivoted device for guiding the shank of the anchor around the sheave.

The invention is exemplied with an anchor which includes a body a of the mushroom type and a cylindrical shank b having one of its ends rigidly secured to a mushroom head and a line or cable c having one of its ends hitched to a loop or edge d which is pivotally connected to the free end of the shank, and its other end extended for tying to a cleat or any suitable part of the boat to cause the boat to be held by the anchor and rope when the anchor is caught on the bottom of a body of water.

The invention comprises a means for controlling the anchor during lowering and lifting operations, which includes a sheave lil which has a peripheral concave groove 11 in which the cable cis guided, a bracket which is xedly secured on a suitable part, such as a portion of the bow of a boat e, a pivot pin 12 in said bracket and on which the sheave is journalled. This bracket comprises a flat rearwardly ared member 14 which is secured by screws 15 to the boat, an upwardly and forwardly inclined member 16 which overhangs the bow of the boat and a pair of integral upstanding ears 17 in the upper portions of which the pin 12 is mounted. The cable c extends around the upper front portion of sheave 10. One end of cable c is hitched as at 18 to an eye or link 19 which is pivotally connected to the free end of shank b of the anchor, and its other end is extended so that it may be tied to any available part or a cleat on the boat when the anchor is dropped.

The device provided for controlling the movements of the anchor responsive to the manual manipulation of cable c, comprises: an arm, generally designated 2t) which is pivotally supported by pin 12. The arm 20 comprises: a pair of transversely spaced side members 2l tting between the upstanding ears 17 of the bracket which is United States Patent C secured on the boat and an integral transverse member 22 between side members 21. The pin 12 on which the sheave 10 is journalled extends through the side members 21 and permits the arm 20 to swing vertically and concentrically of the sheave 10. The transverse member 22 is provided with an opening or eye 23 through which the cable c extends and which is of suicient area for the passage of the shank b through members 22 to and from the sheave 10. The rim of eye or opening 23 is curved in cross section to direct the upper end of the shank into said eye and is also adapted to be engaged by the shank after its upper end has been pulled above the eye for swinging the` arm 20 to guide the shank around and over the sheave in response to a pull upon cable b. The inner side of transverse member 22 of arm 20 has an abutment 25 for engaging the bracket on the boat, limiting the downward pivotal movement of arm 20 and positioning eye 23 for guiding the shank to engage the sheave 10 in response to a pull on cable c after the anchor has dropped below said arm. In lowering the anchor after it has been raised over the sheave, the anchor will be shifted forwardly around the sheave until the anchor drops oil the sheave and is suspended on the cable, as shown in Fig. l. During this manipulation of the anchor around the sheave, the shank b will be guided by eye 23 to move downwardly around the sheave and will swing the arm 2i) downwardly until it is arrested by abutment 2.5'. As the lowering of the cable is continued, the shank b will drop away from sheave 10 and below eye 23, and the cable will extend from the sheave and through said eye for lowering the anchor to any desired extent. Flared extensions 24 on the side members 21 of arm 2b are adapted to engage the ears 17 on the bracket on the boat to limit'the upward and rearward pivotal movement of the arm 20 relatively to said bracket. These extensions 24 arrest the pivotal movement of the arm 20 after the upper end of shank b has shifted arm 20 into the position shown in Fig. 2. Continued rearward pull on the cable will then roll the shank rearwardly on the sheave until head a of the anchor is arrested by the sheave and the shank extends into the position shown in Fig. 2. The weight of the shank b will then be disposed to self-retain the anchor on the boat.

A characteristic of the invention is that the anchor can be manipulated from its lowered position into selfretained position on the boat by a pull on the cable, and released from said position to drop by a pull on the cable. This makes it possible, for example, when fishing, for the user to raise and lower the anchor from any portion on the boat by the manipulation of the free end of the cable and to dispense with manually releasable locking devices for the cable.

The operation will be as follows: One end of cable c may be tied to the boat at any point within reach of the user of` the boat. The cable will extend from its tied end to and around the upper and front portion of sheave 10 and through eye 23 in arm 20 to the free end of shank b of the anchor holding on the bottom of the body of water so that the boat will be prevented from drifting. When the boat is anchored and it is desired to anchor the boat in a diterent location, the anchor can be raised onto the boat and lowered by manipulation of the free end of the cable c. A pull upon the cable c will initially hoist the anchor off the bottom until it is suspended by the cable from sheave 10. During further pull on the cable, the free end of shank b will pass through eye 23 and into engagement with the front of the sheave 1t), as shown in Fig. 3. During further pull on the cable, the shank-engaging eye 23 will rock arm 20 and guide the shank around and over the sheave until said arm is arrested in the position shown in Fig. 2 by the engagement of flared extensions 24 with the ears es '17 on thebracket on Vthe boat. cable will Ibe lrearward on the shank'and vapplied to `roll it rearwardly on the sheave until the head of the anchor is arrested by the sheave, The center of gravity of the anchor will then be rearward ofthe sheave. 'The cable is then released so that the shank b will drop onto the bracket on the boat, and the anchor will overlie the sheave and be self-retained on the boat. When it is desired to drop the anchor, the user will apply an upward pull or Vyank on the free end of the cable which will rock the anchor on the sheave and incline the shank 'forwardly and downwardly so the head of the anchor will cause the shank to roll forwardly on the sheave until the free end of the shank moves oit the sheave, slides downwardly through eye 23 and the anchor is free to drop.

The'invention exempliiies a device for lowering and lifting operations of the anchor which is operable by a pull on the cable while the end of the cable remains tied on the boat. This enables the user to raise or lower the `anchor from any place on the boat within reach of the cable, and dispenses with locking devices which require separate release when the anchor is to oe lowered. For example, if the user is fishing from the stern or middle ,of the boat, he can raise and lower the anchor without changing his location for that purpose.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Continued pull on the` Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to lsecure by Letters Patent is:

A device for raising andflowering a boat anchor which includes a shank, a head, and a cable extending from a boat attached to the free end of the shank, comprising: a. bracket mounted on the boat, a sheave journalled to rotate on the bracket on a substantially horizontal axis and having a periphery engaged by the cable, an arm pivotallysupported on the bracket, including an eye which swings around the sheave, and through which the shank is adapted to be pulled by the cable, said arm being swingable between a first position wherein said eye is disposed Vhorizontally and a second position wherein said eye is disposed substantially vertically, stop-means on said arm engageable with said bracket for holding the eye in said rst position to guide the shank into engagement with one side of the sheave by a pull upon the cable, and means on said arm engageable with said bracket for holding the arm to support the eye over the sheave in said second position where a further pull on the cable will pull the shank through the eye until the anchor is supported on the upper portion of the sheave.

References Cited in the iile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 377,183 White Jan.,31, 1 888 453,851 Abbott June 9, 1891 2,554,804 Amundson May 29, 1951

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