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New Patents and Mechanical Inventions. [Feb. 1, 



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woe, 

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to show. 

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 Careering swift with fui-y nnconfin'd. 

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pursue : 

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disperse 

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roll, 

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 Precedes the courser, and his rider Death. 

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NEW PATENTS AND MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. 



To TlicHARD Francis Hawkins, of 

 Plumstead, Kent; for certain Im- 

 provements in the Construction of 

 Anchors. 



THESE improvements relate to 

 two points: first, to an improved 

 form and construction of anchors, 

 dtfl'crent fromtiie anchors generally in 

 use ; secondly, to improvements in the 

 construction of anchors similar to 

 those now in use. His improved form 

 nnd coiistniciion of anchors are ns 

 follows: tiic anchor consists of a shank 

 and arms, with what iie calls a crown- 

 piece attached or fastened to it, and a 

 t()g;<!;le, with tlte apparatus nccetsary to 

 fasten them, as heicinarter des-cribed. 

 Tiic shank is so formed, as to consist of 

 two parts towards the crown, forming 

 wiiat is called a throat, each part hav- 

 ing an eye, or hole, or loop, so placed, 

 that the arm of the anchor being 

 passed through tlic two holes may 

 Jrcely work in the same ; and, in so 

 Jbrining tiie shank, the bar or bars of 

 iron, which make the eyes, or holes, 

 or loops, respectively, should continue 

 in one piece at least all round tlic 

 eyes, or holes, or loops, for greater 

 safety, and should then be welded 

 together into that part of the shank 

 which is single, forming what he calls 

 the throat of the anchor. 



The crown-piece, so called because 

 it forms the crown of the anchor, (its 

 situation is between the two eyes, or 

 holes, or loops, before mentioned,) is 

 a, piece of iron which may be wrought, 

 or east, and it has a hole through 

 Avliich the arm of the anchor passes, 

 but in such a manner as to be fixed, so 

 that, wlien the arms turn round in the 

 eyes, or holes, or loops, the crowu- 



piece may turn round with tbem- The 

 interior of the crown-piece, or that 

 part vvhieli is towards the square of the 

 shank and the throat, must be so ad- 

 jristed that the crown-piece may freely 

 revolve and pass through the throat, 

 when the toggle hereinafter mentioned 

 is not in the crown-piece. The arms 

 and the crown-piece may be fixed in 

 various ways; but tiie plan he finds to 

 succeed best is, by what he calls a clip 

 and a wedge, the hole in the crown- 

 piece being square or squarish, and 

 that part of the arms which is to be 

 fastened being also squarish, with a 

 clip on one side and a wedge driven in 

 on the opposite side, by which it is 

 made perfectly tight. The crown- 

 piece has another hole in that part of 

 if, which plays or works between the 

 arms and the throat ; this hole is at 

 right angles to the former hole, and to 

 the plane of the arms ; and into this 

 hole is inserted a long thick piece of 

 iron, which he calls the toggle, and 

 which being fastened in its place, so as 

 to project equally on both sides, by 

 striking against or meeting the throat, 

 prevents the crown-j>iece and the arms 

 from moving or playing round, and 

 stops them at an angle of about fifty 

 degrees ; but the throat and the inner 

 part of the crown-piece and the toggle 

 may be so adjusted in making the an- 

 chor, as to form an angle greater or 

 less : he considers fifty degrees to be 

 the best holding position. The toggle 

 may be fastened in its place in various 

 ways, but the mode he uses is by tho 

 clip and wedge above stated; its 

 length must be such as to make it 

 firmly bear against the throat, and it 

 serves the purpose of a stock, which is, 

 therefore. 



