US1181000A - Cane-sling. - Google Patents

Description

W. C. GREGG.

CANE SLING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13. 11915.

Patenmdl Apr. 25,1916.,

'ILLI c. canes, OF HacKE sacK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'ro THE annaa CONY, LIMITED, OJF F YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. 25, fara.

Application filed January 13, 1915. serial NO. 2,047.

To all 'whom 'it may com'em:

Be it known that ll', WILLIAM C. GREGG,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the village of Hackensack, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, (whose post-ofice address is Hackensack, New Jersey,) have invented a new and useful Tmprovement in Cane-Slings, which inventlon is fully set forth in the following Specification. v

Although this invention' is intended, primarily for holding bundles of sugar-cane and transporting the bundles as units, yet the invention can be applied to other articles as Well.

One object of the invention is to PI'OVldG a device which will conform to the varyng and more or less circular contour of the bundles of sugar-came or other articles.

Another object is to produce an improved device which is unfailing and certam in its operation, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, simple to use, and durable during prolonged servlce from season to season. The various features of construct1on and arrangement, and the resulting advantages,

' gitudinally through Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top View of the same; and Fig. 4.18 a detail.

The block or frame consists of the two members 1 and 2, connected together by the pivot 3. Each member consists of two sub- -stantially flat sides Or faces united by the transverse web-portions, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

4 is a pulley journaled in the outer end of the member 1. The chain Or rope 5 passes around this pulley and its free end is detachably connected to the outer end of member 2, as hereinafter described.

6 is a latch, located in member 1 and j ournaled upon the pivot 3. 4

7 is a spring interposed between a webportion of member 1 and the latch 6. The arrangement is such that the springcauses the latch to clamp the chain against the pulley, so that although the chain can be drawn freely outward, past the latch, yet it cannot be drawn in the other direction.

If desired, this latch can be provided with a handle 8, by whlch it may be lifted manually out of the path of the chain, which latter can then travel freely in either direction.

In the outer end of the member 2 is pivoted the catch 9, shown as crescent-shaped to provide the nose 10 and the hook 11, for recelving ring 12 on the free end of the chaln. Tn the Same member 2 is pivoted the look 13, havlng the handle 14. The parts are so shaped and arran ed'that the nose 10 lies behlnd the look 13 w ose periphery prevents the catch bemg swung farther outwardly. Butthe look is cut-away at 15 (see Fig. 4), so that when the handle 14 has been shifted (to the rlght 1n Fig. 2) the nose 10 can pass out and the catch will release the ring 12 (a'nd the end of the chain). A spring 16 IS mterposed between the web of member 2 and a pro ection 17 on the look. This spring normally holds the parts in the position indicated in Fig. 2.

The Outline of member 1 is such as to cover and protect the pulley and all of the latch and its spring except the handle 8. Tn like manner thesides of member 2 cover and protect all of the look 13 and its spring' except the handle, and also the nose of the catch; but this member 2 is so shaped, and the catch so located, as to expose the hook 11. Preferabl'y the end of this hook (When in normal position) extends almost to the look, so as to prevent accidental escape 'of the ring 12.- v

The manner of using the sling will now' ccumulated. Then the ends of the chain are drawn upward and the ring. 12 engaged over the hook 11 of its catch 9 (the handle 14 and the hook being first shifted to permit this). And then the' other end of the chain is drawn outward, around the pulley 4, until canes. The complete bundle may now be hoisted (as indicated in Fig. 1) or otherwise handled and transported. When it is desired to release the bundle, a pull upon handlc 14: (to the right in Fig. 1) in'stantly and automatically releases thering and its end of the chain, and the bundle is at once discharged from the sling.

The invention has been described with great particularity of detail but only for the sake of clearness; and it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction and arrangement of the arts. P It will also be understood that if desired there may be two Or more Chains, each provided With a similar arrangement of jointed members 1-2, each containing a pulley and its latch 6, as Well as a catch 9 and its lock 13.

W'hat is claimed is: v

1. In a cane-sling, the combination of two members pivotally connected together, a cable-bearing-surface on one member with a detent co-acting therewith and journaled on the pivot of said members, and a device carried by the other member for detachably securing the end of a cable.

2. In a cane-sling, the combination of two members pivotally connected together and each oomprsing two substantially parallel flat faces united by web-portions for inclosing a separate interior compartment, a cable-bearing-surface within one of said .compartments, a co-acting spring-pressed detent journaled within that same compartment upon the pivot of said members, and a device carried by the other member for detachably securing the end of a cable.

3. In a cane-sling, the combination of two members pivotally connected together, each comprising two substantially parallel flat faces united by Web-portions for inclosing an interior compartment, a cable-bearingsurface and a co-acting detent located within one of said compartments, a hook pivotally located within the end of the other compartment and protruding therefrom, a catch for said hook pivotally journaled within that second compartment, and a spring bearing against said catch and against a portion of the web of said compartment respectively.

4.-In a cane-sling, the combination of a frame having substantially flat sides connected by transverse web-portions, a second frame of similar construction, a pivot connecting the two frames together, a detent located within one of said frames and journaled upon said pivot 'to engage a cable passing through that same frame, a spring 'interposed between a portion of the web of said frame and said detent to'force the latter against said cable to prevent it passing in reverse direction, a device journaled within the other frame for detachably holding the end of said cable, and spring-actuated means Within that second frame for normally holding said device in position to securely hold the cable.

5. In a cane-sling, the combination of a rope or chain, a member having two parts pivotally connected one to the other, one of said parts engaging said rope intermediate its ends and normally slidable thereon .in one direction Only, a spring-pressed latch mounted on said pivotal connection to pre- Vent sliding in the opposite direction, and means carried by the other of said parts for normally engaging one end of said rope to form an adjustable loop.

6. In a cane-sling, the combination of a rope, a member having two parts pivotally connected one to the other, one of said parts engaging said rope intermediate its ends and normally slidable thereon in one direction only, a spring-pressed latch mounted on said pivotal connection to prevent sliding in the opposite direction, spring-pressed means carried by the other of said parts for normally engaging one end of said rope to form a loop, and additional means to'release said engaging means at will.

7. In. a cane-sling the combination of a rope, a block normally slidable thereon in one direction, a latch to prevent sliding in the opposite direction, a second block carrying means for normally engaging one end of said rope to form a loop, means for releasing said engaging means, and a pivot joining both of said blocks and providing a bearing for said latch.

8. In a cane-sling the combination of a rope, a clamp slidable thereon, a latch carried by said clamp and adaptcd to engage said rope to prevent sliding except in one direction, and means to release said latch and permit sliding in the opposite direction at Will, a second clamp Carrying means for normally engaging One end of said rope, additional means for releasing said engaging means, and a pivot connecting said clamps one to the other and providing a bearing for said latch.

'In testimony whereof I have signed this Specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. GREGG.

Witnesses MARY .SULLIVAN, HELEN SEITZ.

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