US1167211A - Whiffletree. - Google Patents

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J. L. PADGETT.

WHIFFLETREE..

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, m5.

1,167,211, Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

JAMEs L. PADGETT, or 1111211, mississirri, assreivon ononn-rirrnmo WALTER. c.

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Specification of Letters latent. f Patented an. 4:, 1916.

Application filed March 1, 1915. Serial 110111301.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES L. PADGETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mize, in the county of Smith and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whifi'rletrees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the'invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in whiffle-trees. Y

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of whiffle trees and to provide a combined swingle-tree and double-tree designed particularly for use in plows, for breaking ground but adapted also for various other purposes and capable of eliminating the dropping of the swingletrees and double-trees when turning at the may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whiffle-tree constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through one end of the whiifle-tree.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention 1 designates a whifiie-tree bar provided with central and end cuffs 2 and 3 carrying forwardly extending hooks 4 and 5 which are adapted to be connected to the traces of a pair of horses or other draft animals. The central cufi 2 is equipped with a pair of the hooks 4 and the end cuffs 3 each have a single hook. The central end is also provided with a rearwardly extending loop 6 suitably secured to the cuff and adapted to be connected with a plow clevis or'the like.

Each of the cuffs is constructed of a single piece of flat metal bent to embrace the whlifle-tree bar 1' and the central cuff is providedv at one of its meeting edges with the hooks 4 preferably formed integral with the cuff by being drawn out of the metal of the same and having rectangular shanks 7 square in cross section but any other form of shank may of course be employed.

The cuff is provided at its other meeting edge with forwardly projecting stems or arms 8 fitted against the shanks 7 of the hooks 4 and providedat opposite sides with lugs or flanges 9 which embrace the shanks 7 of the hooks 4. The end cuffs are provided at one of their meeting edges with the hooks 5 which have shanks 1O rectangular in cross section and engaged by lugs or flanges 11 of arms or stems 12 extending from the other meeting edge of the end cufis. By this con struction thecuffs are firmly secured to the whiifle-tree bar and'the hooks are'also braced and supported. The meeting edges of the cuffs may also be welded together to provide a solid continuous cuff. The whiffie-tree bar is preferably constructed of wood to provide a light device which may be easily handled and while the combined swingle-tree and double-tree is designed particularly in use on plows when breaking the ground it also may be advantageously employed for various kinds of hauling and similar operations.

What is claimed is 2-- 1. A whiffle-tree of the class described including a bar, and central and end cuffs embracing the said bar and each constructed of a single piece of fiat metal bent to embrace the bar, the central cuff being provided with a pair of forwardly extending hooks and the end cuffs having a single hook, said hooks being drawn of the metal. I

2. A whiifle-tree of the class described including a bar, a central cuff constructed of fiat metal bent toembrace the bar and provided at one of its edges with rigid forwardly extending hooks having shanks conneoted to the oufi, said cufi being provided at its other meeting edge with spaced lugs or flanges embracing the shanks of the hooks.

3. A whiflie-tree of the class described including a bar, provided with a central cufi formed from a single piece of flat metal bent to embrace the bar and having meeting edges at the front of the bar, a pair of hooks rigid with and extending from the cuff at the said meeting edges and a loop extending rear- 10 wardly from the cuff and carried by the same.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. PADGET'J. Witnesses:

HOMER CURRIE, J. D. MORTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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