US116261A - Improvement in devices for worming and serving rigging - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISVAIAH W. BOWDEN AND JOSEPH- D. BEACH, OF PENOBSCOT, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR WORMING AND SERVING RIG'G-ING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,261, dated June 27, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IsAIAE W. BowDEN and JOSEPH D. LEACH, of Penobscot, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Device for W orming and Serving Rigging 5 and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of our invention, which will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawing forming a part of this specication, in which- Figure l shows a side elevation of the worming device; Fig. 2, a plan of same; Fig. 3, an end view of same; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the mallet attachment for serving; Fig. 5, a section of same, showing the adjustable truck; Fig. 6, an end view of the mallet-head.

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The object of our invention is to facilitate the work of serving rigging, doing'it more effectually, in much less time, and with a smaller number of men than by the Amethod now pursued. We employ, in effecting our purpose, a handle having reels attached for holding the filling or spun yarn and two heads, either one of which can be put onto said handle, one being used for putting on the filling or worming the rope, and the other for serving it with the spun yarn after it has been wormed. The worming is now done entirely by hand, and is, of course, a laborious operation, besides being liable to the imperfections ot' hand-work. The serving is done with a mallet designed for this purpose; but our device for accomplishing it has many advantages over the mallet now used, and overcomes many of its disadvantages, as will be more fully explained by reference tothe accompanying drawing.

A, Fig. l, shows' the handle with the reels a a for holding the lling or spun yarn. These reels are provided with thumb-screws b for the purpose of regulating the tension of the yarn as it passes oft' and is wound upon the rope. They have handles c for convenience in winding the yarn upon them. This handle A is attachable to the worming device B or the mallet-head C for serving, as shown in Fig. 4, and forms an essential part of the device in both cases. The Wormer B consists of a head, D, channeled for the reception of the rope E, and provided with teeth d, adjustable straps e e for securing the rope, and

guides ff running diagonally across the bottom oi' the channel g so as to t into the spiral grooves formed by the strands of the rope, so that as the wormer is turned over and around the same the guides may cause said wormer to advance in the direction of the length of the rope. The guides fand f are. adjustable by means of thurnb-screws h h and slots i z', so that the distance between them may be varied and adapted to different sizes of rope and still iit the grooves. For hawserlaid 7 rope they would be cast so as to lie across the channel g, in the direction shown by the dotted lines. The teeth a receive thestrands of lling from the reels between them, and guide them into the grooves between the strands of the rope to be wound. As many reels may be used as the rope to be wound has strands, each yarn passing into its appropriate groove in the rope, and lling it preparatory to its being served. In the drawing, Fig. 1, four reels are shown, a, a a a.

The operation of worming is as follows: The strands oi' filling are secured to one end of the rope, seen at E, which is then placed in the channel g of the head, and the guides ff moved until they fay into the grooves between its strands. The straps e e are then tighten ed, the tension of the reels regulated by the thumb-screwsb, and the iillin g yarn guided through the teeth el into the grooves in the rope. The whole device is then turned over and around the rope, advancing along it as it moves around b y reason ofthe diagonal guides, drawing the yarn from the reels as fast as required, and winding it tightly into the spaces between the strands of the rope. When enough of the rope has been wormed the ends of the tilling are fastened in the usual manner. By this device several strands of filling can be wound on at once by adding to the number of reels, while by the old hand process only one could be put on. When the worming has been completed the rope is ready for serving. The handle A is removed from the Wormer B and inserted in the mallet-head. (See Fig. 4.) In the drawing of the mallet-head only two reels are shown,i'0r convenience in description. This mallet-head differs fromgthe ordinary head both in the manner in which the spun yarn is taken from the reels and the tension of said yarns regulated, and in having a truck, j, which serves to prevent the corners of the mallet from digging into the rope and.

hindering its progress, and also assists it in moving` alongv upon the rope as the serving is wound on. This truck projects below the groove in the mallet in which the rope is plaeed, and thus keeps it away from the corners o. (See Fig. 6.) It is placed upon a rod, k, which is inserted in that end of the mullet-head which is at the ri ght hand of the operator when the mallet is in use. The cavity in which it is inserted is sufficiently` large to allow a lateral play to the rod and its attached truck. Said rod is secured in place by the pivot at l, and its lateral motion-is regulated by means ofthe thumbscrews m m ou each side of the inallet-head. These allow the rod and its truck to be thrown from side to side, either to the right or left, and secured in either position or in the middle of the head, if desired. By thus setting the truck upon an angle with the end of the inallet, as the inallet is turned over and around the rope, as usual, this truck rolls around the rope and draws the wallet-head along' faster or slower, as the angle is more or less large. As before stated, the yarn can be wound directly upon the reels, turning them by means of their handles.

In the present form of ma-llet the single reel used is removed from the handle and the serving yarn wound on by hand. The yarns, as they are taken from the reels, are guided and kept from interfering; with each other by being passed through the guides n u, as many of these guides being used as there are yarns to be wound on.

that we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for worming rope, consisting of a channeled head, D, attached to a handle7 A, and having,` adjustable guides f j straps e e, and reels a af or their equivalents, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The truck j, attached, as specified, to the end of a serving-mallet, and having a lateral adjustment by means ofthe thuinb-serews m m or other equivalents, as specified.

I. W. BOXVDEN.

J. D. LEAGH. Witnesses:

FRANK CLEMENT, J AMES LEAGH.

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