Improvements relating to Rat-guards for Attachment to Hawsers or Ropes Leading from Ship to Shore or the like.

摘要

22,304. Tombs, J. Oct. 10. Guards for preventing access of vermin. - In a self-adjusting guard against rats for ships' ropes &c., a slotted clamp-plate 3 is slidably connected by a pin 12 and slot 11 to a guard-plate 1 having a curved slot 9 with a rectangular corner 10 in which is secured a saddle plate 2 to engage the rope. When the guard is pressed on to the rope, the plate 3 is caused to turn by a spring 6 connected to the plate 1 and the handle 8 on the clamp-plate 3, and the rope is securely held between the slot 10 of the plate 1 and the slot 4 of the plate 3. The plate 3 may be locked by the engagement. of a catch 14 with holes on a link 13.