US3055333A

US3055333A - Anchor line retaining devices

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Publication number: US3055333A
Application number: US838347A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ryan Stanley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1959-09-04
Filing date: 1959-09-04
Publication date: 1962-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1979-09-25

Description

Sept. 25, 1962 Filed Sept. 4. 1959 8. RYAN ANCHOR LINE RETAINING DEVICES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

57'AA/LE) RYAN ATTozA/Ey Sept. 25, 1962 5. RYAN 3,

ANCHOR LINE RETAINING DEVICES Filed Sept. 4. 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. 574N457 AYA/v ATTORNEY States ite This invention pertains to new and improved anchor line retaining devices.

The boat anchor line or rope can, when employed in a conventional manner, be a substantial hazard for a boat owner and to other boats. When a boat is anchored in a conventional manner such a line extends from the upper portion of a 'boat so as to intersect the water at a substantial distance from the boat proper. An anchor line extending in this manner is apt to be hit by other boats. There is also a substantial danger that it will be severed by another boat. In either of these eventualities there is serious danger of economic loss.

A broad object of the present invention is to provide anchor line retaining devices which substantially eliminate or minimize such danger of economic loss. A more specific object of the present invention is to provide anchor line retaining devices which accomplish this first objective by holding anchor lines during their use so that they extend from the lower part of a boat rather than from the upper part of a boat. Another object of this invention is to provide anchor line retaining devices of this category which contain no moving parts, and which as a consequence of this are to a large extent substantially immune from the effects of corrosion, galvanic action or the like which would, in other related devices, affect the ability of diflerent parts to move relative to one another.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide anchor line holders which are relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which may he easily and conveniently installed upon a boat with a minimum amount of difliculty, and which may be easily used in the intended manner. Still further objects and advantages of this invention will be fully apparent from a consideration of the remainder of this description including the appended claims and the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view showing an anchor line retaining device of this invention installed upon a boat hull;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a portion of the boat hull illustrated in FIG. 1, and the holder illustrated in FIG. 1 in elevation;

FIG. 3 is a view taken at line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIGS. 4 to 8 are perspective views showing the use of the retaining device illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 2 of a modified anchor line retaining device of this invention;

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 3 of this modified device shown in FIG. 9; and

FIGS. 11 to 14 are side elevational views illustrating the use of this modified anchor line retaining device shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

Wherever convenient for purposes of illustration and explanation like numerals are used to designate like parts in the accompanying drawings. These drawings are primarily intended so as to clearly illustrate several preferred embodiments or forms of this invention; they are not to be taken as limiting this invention in any respect. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will realize that anchor line retaining devices as herein described may be modified through the exercise of routine engineering skill without departing from the essential features of this invention as set forth in this specification and as summarized in the appended claims.

As an aid to understanding this invention it can be stated in essentially summary form that it concerns anatent 3,055,333 Patented Sept. 25, 1 962 ohor line retaining devices which are used in combination with a boat hull adjacent to the water line of such a hull. These retaining devices include means by which they are attached to such a boat hull and tortuous rod means extending therefrom. Such tortuous means are adapted to act in the manner of a labyrinth in engaging an anchor line or rope so as to hold this rope so that it extends from the boat hull adjacent to the water line of such a hull during the use of an anchor line retaining device of this invention.

The actual details of this invention are best more fully explained by referring directly to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1 there is shown an anchor line retaining device 10 of the present invention used upon a boat hull 12 so as to hold an anchor line 14 so that this anchor line extends from a cleat 16 on the deck of the hull 12 through the device 10 so as to intersect the water at about the water line of the hull 12. During such use the line 14, of course, is secured to an anchor (not shown).

The device 10 consists of a shank 18 passing through a hole 20 in the hull 12 adjacent to the water line of this hull. Around one end of the shank 18 there is formed an external flange 22 which bears against a sealing washer 24 which in turn bears against the hull 12. The shank 18 is held in place through the use of a nut 26 threaded upon it within the interior of the hull 12. This nut 26 bears against a conventional washer 28 and a sealing Washer 30 in the established manner so that both of the sealing

washers

24 and 30 are held under compression at all times.

A small plate 32 having the general shape of a portion of a cylinder is attached to the shank 18 adjacent to the flange 22 on the exterior of the hull 12. From this plate there extends in a circular path a first tortuous rod 34. Another similar rod 36 extends from the plate 32 parallel to the rod 34 as indicated in FIGS. 2 and 3 of the drawings. It is noted that these

rods

36 and 34 extend from opposite ends of the plate 32 so that a curved end 38 of the rod 34 is located adjacent to the point where the rod 36 is attached to the plate 32 and so that an end of the rod 36 is located adjacent to the point where the rod 34 is attached to the plate. A rod-like finger 42 is secured to the plate 32 directly opposite the end 40 so as to project therefrom. Both the end 38 and the finger 42 diverge from the parallel planes in which the

rods

34 and 36 are located so as to be directed generally away from one another.

The use of the anchor line retaining device 10 is essentially very simple. In FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings this device is shown in use holding an anchor line While the hull 12 is being anchored. When it is used the line 14 extends through the centers of the circles defined by the

rods

34 and 36 as indicated in FIGS. 2 and 4 of the drawings. When it is desired to release this line 14, the line is manipulated from the top of the hull 12 so as to slide between the finger 42 and the end 40 as idicated in FIG. 5. Then it is further manipulated so as to be looped around the rod 34 as indicated in FIG. 6 of the drawings and by adjusting the angle between this line 14 and the hull 12 it is pulled back along the rod 34 as indicated in FIGS. 7 and 8 of the drawings until such time as it slides off of the rod 34. All of these manipulations may be easily carried out from the hull 12 with a minimum of diificulty.

The line 14 may be easily attached to the device 10 before an anchor (not shown) is put overboard. Briefly, in attaching this line 14 it is looped around the device 10 while ends of the loop are held by an individual upon the hull 12. It is then drawn up against this device 10 so that one of the ends of the loop will be engaged by the end 38 and slipped within the rod 34. The line 14 may be then pulled so as to extend out between the end 40 and a finger 42 by manipulation of the angle at which we I the line is held. At this point the anchor (not shown) attached to this line may be put overboard.

In FIGS. 9 and 10 of the drawings there is shown a modified anchor line retaining device 50 of this invention which is similar to the device 10. For convenience corresponding parts of the two

devices

10 and 50 are designated in the drawings by the primes of the numerals previously used and are not separately described in this specification.

In the device 50 from adjacent to the flange 22 there extends from the shank 18 a single tortuous rod 52 extending in essentially a helical path corresponding to in excess of 360 of rotation around an axis; preferably this path corresponds to at least 450 of rotation about such an axis of a cylinder in order to achieve an eflicient holding action. This rod 52 extends in a path around a cylinder as shown. Thus, the rod 52 when viewed in a side elevational view as in FIG. 9 extends in a helical path. This rod 52 terminates in a small bent or locked end 54 extending toward the center of this helical path. For weight reasons the rod '52 is preferably tapered along its length so as to be larger adjacent to the shank 18' than at its end 54.

The use of the device 50 is similar to the use of the device 10. In attaching an anchor line to it a loop is formed in such a line 14' as indicated in FIG. 11 of the drawing and such a loop is drawn up against the rod 52 as indicated in FIG. 12. Then it is pulled outwardly and tension upon it is released slightly as indicated in FIG. 13. At this point an anchor (not shown) attached to the line 14 may be put overboard and such a line will be securely held so as to extend from the hull 12' in a desired manner as indicated in FIG. 14. The line 14 may be released from the device 50 by the simple expedient of drawing it back along the rod 52 either by hand or through the use of an appropriate manipulative instrument, such as a boat hook, until it is free and clear of this device 50.

Those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains will realize that anchor line retaining devices as herein shown and described are very efficient structures for the purpose intended. The simplicity of these devices is considered to be of material importance. Since these devices have essentially no moving parts there is substantially no danger of their operation being aifected by corrosion or the like. Because of the nature of this invention it is to be considered as being limited only by the appended claims forming a part of this disclosure.

I claim:

1. An anchor line retaining device which comprises, in combination: a boat hull having a water line; and tortuous rod means extending from said boat hull adjacent to said water line on the exterior of said hull, said tortuous rod means defining a labyrinth in which said tortuous rod means extends vertically with respect to said hull designed to engage an anchor line so as to hold said line so that it extends from said boat hull adjacent to said water line.

2. An anchor line retaining device as defined in claim 1 wherein said tortuous rod means comprises two separate tortuous rods extending in planes parallel to one another in circular paths, the base of one of said rods being adjacent to the end of the other of said rods, the base of the other of said rods being adjacent to the end of said one of said rods.

3. An anchor line retaining device which comprises, in combination, a boat hull having a water line; a shank secured to said boat hull adjacent to said water line; a first tortuous rod secured to said shank on the exterior of said hull, said first rod extending in a circular path and terminating adjacent to said shank; a second tortuous rod secured to said shank and extending on the exterior of said hull in a circular path and terminating adjacent to said shank, said rods extending in planes parallel to one another, the base of one of said rods being adjacent to the end of the other of said rods, the base of the other of said rods being adjacent to the end of said one of said rods both of said rods extending in a vertical path so that one of said rods has an extremity which is located above the extremity of the other of said rods, the extremity of said other of said rods being shaped so as to provide a curved end extending away from both of said rods; and finger means located on said shank adjacent to said uppermost extremity, said finger means being curved so as to extend away from the planes of both of said rods.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 90,998 DHeureuse June 8, 1869 1,531,746 Fort Mar. 31, 1925 2,526,348 Gouge Oct. 17, 1950 2,581,676 Loaney Ian. 8, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 495,154 Great Britain Nov. 8, 1938