US1119252A - Mooring-cleat. - Google Patents

Description

W. R. DONNELL.

MOOBING OLBAT.

APPLIOATION FILED mums, 1014.

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WILLIAM R. DONNELL, OF BATH, MAINE.

MOORING-CLEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914:.

Application filed February 12, 1914. Serial No. 818,315.

T 0 all whom it may 0011mm:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. DONNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bath, in the county of Sagadahoc and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mooring-Cleats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and. exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in mooring cleats.

One object of the invention is to provide a cleat of this character having a detachable cable connecting member by means of which the end of a cable may be securely fastened to the stationary member of the cleat thus obviating the necessity of tying or wrapping the cable around the cleat each time the boat to which the latter is applied, is moored.

Another object is to provide a cleat of this character which will be simple, strong, du-

rable and inexpensive in construction, ei'li' cient and reliable in operation and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of my improved cleat; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view thereof taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 41 is a detail perspective view of the detachable member of the cleat; Fig. 5 is an outer end view of the cleat.

My improved cleat comprises a tubular body portion or barrel 1, which may be of any suitable size and shape and which is here shown as being cylindrical and which is provided with a circular bore 2 extending entirely through the barrel or body 1. The inner end of the bore 2 is enlarged to form an annular shoulder 3 and said enlarged end of the bore is internally threaded as at 1. In one side of the barrel or body 1 is formed a bayonet slot comprising a main longitudinally disposed portion 5 which opens through the outer end of the barrel and extends back a suitable distance therein. The inner end of the main portion 5 of the slot connects with a short transverse portion 6 and the opposite end of this portion connects with a short longitudinal portion 7 of the slot which forms a locking recess and is provided for a purpose hereinafter described.

The barrel or body 1 of the cleat has secured to one side thereof at its opposite ends lateral right angular-1y projecting posts 8 on the inner ends of which are formed segmental plates 9 which may be formed integral with or rigidly secured to the sides of the barrel or body 1 in any suitable manner. On the outer ends of the posts 8 are annular base flanges 10 which are adapted to engage the surface to which the cleat is attached. Formed on or rigidly secured to the ends of the posts 8 are longitudinally extending threaded studs or bolts 11 which are adapted to be inserted through the object to which i the cleat is secured and have applied there to clamping nuts 12 whereby the cleat is securely fastened in operative position.

The parts described in the foregoing com prise the stationary member of my improved mooring cleat and with the barrel or body of said stationary member is engaged a detachable member comprising a bolt or plunger rod 13, the diameter of which come sponds with the diameter of the bore 2 of the barrel or body 1 with which said bolt or plunger rod has a sliding operative engagement. On the outer end of the rod or bolt 13 is formed an eye 11 in which is adapted to be secured one end of a mooring cable. Projecting laterally from one side of the bolt or plunger rod substantially midway between its ends is a locking stud 15 having a diameter corresponding to the width of the slot formed in the barrel 1 and having a length corresponding to the thickness of the metal forming the walls or sides of the body or barrel 1. When the bolt or plunger 13 is applied to the stationary member of the cleat the inner end of the bolt is inserted in the outer end of the bore 2 and the bolt is turned until the stud 15 thereon is in line with the outer end of the main longitudinal portion 5 of the bayonet slot in the barrel 1 after which the bolt or plunger rod is further projected into the barrel until the stud 15 reaches the inner end of the longitudinal portion 5 of the slot at which time the bolt is turned in the proper direction for engaging the stud 15 with the transverse portion 6 of the slot until said stud reaches the end of said transverse portion at which time the bolt is projected forwardly or outwardly until the stud 15 comes into locking engagement with the recess or short longitudinal portion 7 of the slot. This engagement of the stud 15 with the recess v7 securely fastens the bolt or plunger in engagement with the cleat and prevents said bolt or detachable member of the cleat from being casually disengaged from the stationary member until the bolt is pushed inwardly a sufficient extent for disengaging the stud 15 from the recess 7.

The bolt or plunger rod 13 is yieldingly held in looking engagement with the barrel 1 by means of a coiled spring 16 which is arranged in the inner end of the barrel between the inner end of the bolt or plunger rod 13 and a screw plug 1? which is screwed into engagement with the enlarged threaded outer end of the bore 2 of the barrel. The outer end of the spring 16 is engaged with the annular shoulder 5 formed by the enlarged outer end of the bore 2 and said end of the spring is securely fastened by the plug 17 when screwed into the enlarged end of the barrel, said plug clamping the end of the spring between its inner surface and the shoulder 3 as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. By thus fastening the spring it will be seen that the same will be securely held in position in the barrel 1 to receive the inner end of the bolt or plunger rod 13 when the latter is engaged with and pushed into the outer end. of the barrel, said spring holding the stud 15 in operative engagement,

with the recess 7 at the end of the transverse slot 6 after the plunger has been inserted and turned in the barrel to a locking position as will be readily understood.

By providing the spring 16, all danger of the bolt or plunger rod jarring loose in the barrel 1 is obviated, said bolt or plunger rod, however, being readily removed from the barrel by pushing the bolt back in the topics of this patent may be obtained for connection of this character may be used. When constructed and arranged as a mooring cleat as herein shown and described the stationary member 1 thereof will form an eflicient and rigid cleat around which a cable may be wrapped or otherwise secured.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and arrangement of the invention will be readily understood withoutrequiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the i vention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: a

In a mooring cleat, a stationary member comprising a barrel having therein a longitudinal bore and a bayonet slot, said bore having its inner end enlarged and threaded thereby forming an annular shoulder, means to attach said stationary member to a suitable support, a detachable member comprising a bolt having on its outer end an eye, a locking stud carried by said bolt and adapted to be brought into locking engagement with said bayonet slot whereby the bolt is detachably fastened to said stationary member, a spring arranged in the inner end of said barrel and having an operative engagement with, the inner end of said boltwhereby the latter is yieldingly held in locked engagement with the stationary member, said spring having its outer end engaged with the annular shoulder formed by the enlarged outer end of the bore in said sta tionary member, anda screw plug engaged with said enlarged threaded inner end of the bore and adapted to clamp the end of the spring inengagement with said annular shoulder whereby the spring is fastened in the bore of said stationary member.

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM R. DONNELL.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR d. DUNTON, Eva J. CARLTON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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