US1113869A - Guy-rope anchor. - Google Patents

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J. BILBIE. GUY ROPE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1914.

1, 1 1 3,869. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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JOE BiLBIE, or MATEWAN, wns'r VIRGINIA.

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Application filed May 2, 1914. $eria1No. 835,991.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1 914.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, Jon BILBIE, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Matewan, in the county of Mingo and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guy-Rope Anchors, of which the following is a specifica tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to guy rope anchors.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this character which shall be adapted for use in connection with mining of any kind, in which the use of guy ropes machines, in rock quarries, or with derricks is necessary, and have to be anchored to rocks or trees, the construction of the device being such that when once seated in the object, whether it be a rock, or a tree, the greater the strain or draft applied to the guy rope the greater will be the holding capacity of the anchor, so that accidental unseating of the latter while in use will be positively prevented, and further, so to construct the anchor that it may readily be released from the object with which it is combined. With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction andarrangement of parts of a guy rope anchor, as will be here inafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the anchor, the locked position of the grip being indicatedby dotted lines; Fig.2 is a top plan view of the anchor; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The anchor comprises a stock designated generally 1, and a grip designated generally 2, these parts being constructed preferably of soft steel. The stock is approximately a flat structure and is provided at one end with a hook 3 around which the guy rope or cable will be secured,

and which is of less width than the stock, the other end of the latter being provided with a cam face 4, the face of the stock between the base and the inner end of the cam being gradually inclined outward, so that the stock as a whole, when viewed from the side, is

approximately wedge shaped. Adjacentto the hook end of the slot there is provided a longitudinal slot 5, which is preferably of rectangular form, and is designed to be engaged bya lug 6 disposed at right angles to the length of the grip, and being transversely reduced in width, so that the outer sides of the grip and stock may be in alinement. The lug projects beyond the outer face of the "stock and is provided with a transverse orifice 7 to receive a cotter pin 8 by which the two members of the anchor are held as-. sembled. The slot 5is considerably longer thanthat portion of the lug which is dis posed therein, so that the stock "will be permitted to have free longitudinal movement through an extended range relative to the grip. The inner face of the grip is inclined man opposite direction to the faceof the stock, and its outer end is provided with a cam 9 designed to coact with the cam 4, and terminates in an outturned spur which is inset normally upon the ad acent end of the stock. a

In the use of the device, a hole is drilled in a tree or rock. of sufiicient size to receive the combined stock and grip, and the two parts assembled, as shown in Fig. 1, are inserted .in the hole, the lug resting against the outer wall of the slot 5. The guy rope is now attached to the hook 3, and upontension being exerted upon the former, longitudinal outward movement is imparted to the stock which will cause the cam 4 to ride against the cam 9 and thereby force the spur outward and into the wall of the hole. As will be apparent, the greater the strain on the cable or rope, the greater will be the gripping or biting action of the spur, so that accidental separation or releasing of the anchor from the wall of the hole will be positively prevented. When it is desired to release the anchor, it will only be necessary to drive the stock inward byimpact upon the hook, thus to relieve the spur from engagement with the wall of the hole, whereupon the anchor will be free to be removed.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that although the improvementsherein described are, simple incharacter, that they will be thoroughly efficient for the. purposes designed, and will coact in the presentation of a practical and positively acting anchor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isfz v i A giiyropeanehor comprising asit'oek pr o vvl'x'en seated in an opening, lateral play of 1'3 vided' at one end with a hook and at its other the anchor therein will be precluded. end With a cam and intermediate ofits ends In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my with a longitudinal slot, a grip having one signature in the presence of two Witnesses. end provided with a transversely orificed lug JOE BILBIE to engage the slot and its other end with an upstanding spur and With a cam to engage WVitnesses: that of the stoek, the stock and grip being C. W. OvERsTREE'r, of the same Width from end to end, whereby H. M. COLEMAN.

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