US1038276A - Whip-socket. - Google Patents

Description

J. BOWSER.

WHIP SOCKET. APPLIO'ATIOR FILED AUG. 4, 19. 11;

avwzuto'n -1,038,276, Patented Sgpt.10 ,1912

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' JAMES r. s'owsmz, or xr'rrannine, rnnnsvnvmla To all whom it may concern y Be it known that I, James Y. BOWBER, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Kittannin in the county of Armstron and State of ennsylvania, have invente new and useful Improvements in Whip-Sockets,

' "of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel im rovemenfs. in' looking devices for whip SOCGtS.'

In carryin out m invention it is my object to provij e a w ip lock which may be. readily'attached to any ordinary wh'i socket to-efi'ectively sustain the whip wit in'the. socket without danger of the same bein removed therefrom except by the owner 0 the,

device. Heretofore, in the construction of arm of the said blank being such devices, complicated 'inechanism has,

been employed which not only adds to thecost of construction but which requires-a great amount of time and patience in unlocking the same, so that. the whip may be removed from the sockets a It is my object to overcome the above.re-. cited ob'ections by constructing a whi socket which is formed from a single blan of suitable resilient material the attaching bent to engage the mouth or lip of the socket and being provided'with an e'ngagin member or collar whichis arran' ed direct y above the said mouth and'w'hic is adapted to en age with thewhip to lock the same within e socket, 1 With the above and other objects of'a similar nature in view, the'invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts setnfo'rth in and falling withinjthe sec e of the appended'claim.'

n the accompanying. drawmgs',"Figure 1. is a ers'pective yiew, 01 a" whipsocket provided With'IiY-ffll roved'lock, the-whip bea ing indicated by} e-dotted lines. Fig, 2i'sthe numer moved from the view of a similar view ofthetilbckingelement V I 3-;is, a. plan" the, b anlrp r is formed. n g Referring} nowlto the drawings 'mdetail,

a. which is" provided with an j'ordinary en-' largedor bulging-portion 2 arranged adjat ee s #1 designates the whip s'bcket- Specification of Setters l atent. Pat t djs lppllcation flled August}, I

' I cent its upperortionor mouth; The socket lll-ustrated in t e drawing is of the conven tional t e ordinarily employed on carriages or the li ke, and the same'is merely. shownv to illustrate the application of the improvement thereon. Y

locking device. This viceis constructed of a single piece of suitable resilient material and comprises a central web 4 having its ends formed with elongated strips5 and 6'each of which is adapted to be curved to provide a collar-as will be set forth. The strip 5 is curved around the socket 1 directly below the enlarged portion 2 thereof, and the ends of the said strap may be secured together through the medium of a rivet 7, as illustrated 1n the drawing, or by any other analo ous securing device. The web 4 is continuef downwardly for a suitable dis- ;tance iri,a direct plane with the strap 6 and is then bent upwardly and outwardly and continued to its point of connection with the stra n'ote d that the web 4 tightly engages with both th e 'outer and inner surface of the. socket l'at the enlar ed portion 2 thereof, while the portion of the stra depending from the strap 6. serves as an a ditional contact-for the whip when enga ed by the said strap 6. The strap 6-is rounfed to provide a reduced collar, the said collar bein adapted to overlie the central portion of t e mouth of the socket. The opposite ends of the .strap are extended beyond the said collar to 85 provide oppositely arrangedarms 10, and,

the said arms, are eachformed with an alinirig -opening 11, said o 'ening being -adaptedjto receive the hasp 0 an ordinary spring lock 12.

Fromthe above description taken in con- "nection' with the accompanym drawingsf the simplicity, as well as the'a vantages o 9 "the device, will, it is thought, be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the in- Having thus described the mventlon, 'what 1c aim as new is A whip lock for whip sockets comprising 100 The numeral 3 designates the improved e 6. By this. arrangement, it will be 95. vention appertains w ithout further descripa collar embracing a socket to secure the the socket,' and means for connecting the lock thereto, a strip connected at its lower ends of the said spllt elastic collar. 10

end to the collar and engaging the upper In testimon whereof I-effix-my signature extending upwardly above its engagement Witnesses V end of the socket to prevent the downward in presence 0 two Witnesses. movement of the collar thereon, said strip JAMES Y. BOWSER with the socket, and a split elastic collar JOHN S. FREDERICK, carried by the said extension with relation to STANLEY Gr. SLEASE.

' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner dream,

Washington, I). 0.

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