(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. , I. A. STORER, BUNTLINE FOR REEFING SAILS, No. 272,171. Patented Feb, 3, 1883,

. PETERs, Photo-Lithographer, Washington, D.C. (No Model.) 3 sheets-Sheet 2. I. A. STORER. BUNTLINE FOR REEFING SAILS, No. 272,171. Patented Feb. 13, 1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Tetters Patent No. 272,171, dated February 13, 1883. Application filed October 30, 1882, (No model.) To all whom it may concern: Let A represent the deck of a vessel, B the Be it known that I, IRA. A. STORER, of San upper portion or head of the top-mast, C the Francisco, county of San Francisco, State of top-gallant mast, D the top-gallant yard, E California, have invented an Improved Sail the top-sail yard, and F the top-mast cross and Gear; and I hereby declare the following tree withoutriggers.f. I have here shown also 55 to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof. the top-gallant back-stays c and the top-mast Myinvention relates to certain improvements back-stays b. in sails and their running-gear; and it con S represents the top-gallant sail bent to the sists in the addition of certain lines, which I top-gallant yard, and its clews hauled to the IO call “purchase-buntlines,” whereby a portion sheave-holes of the top-sail yard by the sheetsa. of the sail may be hauled up to render the Q are the halyards of the top-gallant yard. clewing up of the remainder an easier matter, P represents a pin-rail, which for conven and in certain strengthening-ropes upon the ience I here show as a means of securing the forward part of the sail, as will hereinafter running-rigging. fully appear. - The innermost ropes, d, are the clew-lines. My invention will be best illustrated in its These pass up through the cross-tree through application to a top-gallant sail, and accord block ti but instead of passing thence directly ingly I have herein represented that sail and to and being secured to the clews, they pass the gear appertaining thereto. through a block, t, attached to the clews, up When a sail is very large, as these sails are, to another, t, hung under the top-gallantyard, great difficulty is found in clewing up. This and down again to block t, to which they are has led to the placing upon large vessels of secured. The block it is placed some distance two yards-the upper and lower top-gallant out on the yard, with what object will be here yards-and of bending on each a top-gallant inafter fully explained. The next ropes are 75 25 sail-upper and lower. These sails, are each the buntlinese. These pass up and are suit. worked by its own set of running-gear, and ably guided over the top of the sail and down the advantage obtained is in dividing a large to its bunt on forward part of sail. The next sail into two smaller ones, each of which is are the leech-lines l, which also are suitably comparatively easy to be handled; but the ob carried over on forward side of sail and to the 30 vious objections to the plan are, that a sail is leech-rope on each side. These are the ordi more effective as a single sail than when the nary running-rigging of this sail. same amount of canvas is made into two sails, When there is little wind or a calm, the sail that there is too much weight aloft, that it can be clewed up in the usual manner with requires too much gear, and that two yards out difficulty; but when the wind is high it is 35 and gearing are more expensive than one. a difficult matter to handle so much sail. The object of my invention is to retain the When the sheets are let go and the yard single large sail, and by a proper arrange clewed down on the cap, the sail bellies outso ment of additional running-gear avoid the dif. much that it is difficult to clew it up. To ificulty of clewing up, and also, by a proper remedy this difficulty I haul up a portion of strengthening of the sail, to economize in the the sail snug under the top-gallant yard, thus 90 character of the canvas and still have the sail reducing the stretch of canvas and allowing as strong as before. the remaining portion to be handled by the Referring to the accompanying drawings, regular running-rigging. The outermost ropes, Figure 1 is a view of the after part of the sail, l, I call the “purchase-buntlines.” These will 45 showing the purchase-buntlines in connection be seen to advantage in Fig. 3. They consist with the usual running-rigging. Fig. 2 is a of Manila, rope up to a block, c, on each side, view of the forward part of the sail, showing through which they pass down to and are se. the strengthening-ropes and a part of the pur cured to the outriggers f of the cross - tree. chase-buntlines. Fig. 3 is a view of the after This only shows one Way of getting the pur C part of the sail, showing the purchase-bunt chase, though any suitable arrangement of . lines alone for better inspection. tackle would answer. Their continuations

22, (marked h') consist of wire rope. Of these there Across the forward side of the sail, on a line are two legs on each side, both attached to the above its center, is roped on a band a small block v. One leg of these lines on each side hemp rope, R., horizontally, and two similar passes up through the upper sheave of a fiddle ropes, R', vertically from said rope R to the 45 5 block, ac, thence out to a poiut near the ends foot of the sail-one on each side of the center. of the top-gallant yard when the sail is set, The tops of these ropes R are passed through where they are continued as chain and pass the sail and form eyes gy, for securing a leg of down through an iron cleat on the yard-arms the purchase-buntlines. These are strengthen to a point about one-thirtl of the distance down ing-ropes and serve a double object-llamely, So Io the sail, and are secured to the leech-ropes, as strengthen the sail to prevent it from splitting shown. The other leg of the wire passes up in hauling up the purchase-buntlines, and en on each side through the lower sheave of fiddle able me to use lighter canvas and have the block ac, thence out to the quarter of the yard, sail equally strong. through a cleaton the forward side of the yard, Having thus described my invention, what I 55 15 and down abaft the sail to a point on the same claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters horizontal line with the points of attachments Patent, is of the other legs on the leech. Here they are 1. In combination with a sail and running toggled through an eye, y, which is made by rigging to haul it up, the purchase-buntliues carrying the upper ends of the vertical ropes h, and h', the latter having two legs, one of 6. 2o R' (explained hereinafter) through the sail. which is attached to the leech on each side be Now, in handling the sail, the first thing is low the yard, and the other attached to the to clew the yad down on the cal), as usual, after part of the sail on the same line as the then man the purchase-buntlines h, together first legs are attached and on each side of the with the clew-lines and the ordinary buntline, vertical center of the sail, substantially as and 25 let go the sheets, and clew up the sail. The for the purpose herein described. effect of the purchase-buntlines is to haul up 2. The sail S, having the horizontal strength about one-third of the sail ciose under the yard. ening-rope R and the vertical strengthening Cofnparatively little wind can get in it, as it is ropes R', and running-rigging to haul it up to drawn snug up. This leaves a portion of the the yard, in combination with the purchase 7 o 3o sail to handle with the other gear. The clew. buntlines hand h', the legs of the latter being lines haul up the clews to the block t”, which by attached to the leech on each side at the ends of being out a little distance on the yard leave rope R, as shown, and to the after part of the slack leech for furling the sail. sail, to the tops of the ropes R', all arranged The whole advantage of these purchase-bunt substantially as and for the purpose herein de 75 35 linesis to take up sufficient of the sail to render scribed. it easy to handle the remainder. To sheet the In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand. sail home, let go all the gear exceptiug the purchase-buntlines. These, by holding a por IRA. A. STORER. tion of the sail to the yard, render the hauling Witnesses: 4o of the sheets home very much easier, especially A. MAYERS, in a strong breeze. J. H. BLOOD.