US1216297A - Whip-socket. - Google Patents

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B. F. ERWIN. WHI-P SOCKET."

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, l9l5.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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BENJAMIN IE. ERWIN, 0F FAIRFAX, MISSOURI.

WHIP-SOCKET.

Application filed October 9, 1915.

To all who 11bit may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ERWIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfax, in the county of Atchison and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in whip sockets and more particularly to what is known as a safety whip socket.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a whip socket which is simple and inexpensive in construction and pro vided with means for securely locking the whip therein.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a whip socket having a lock therein which can only be operated by an authorized person having a key thereto.

. With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more clearly understood from the following description and drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the socket showing the whip in dotted lines,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the socket showing a top plan of the locking element which is partly in section,

Fig. 3 is a fragmental side view showing the face of the releasing mechanism, and

Fig. 4 is a detail of the key for operating the look.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the socket which is cylindrical in form, closed at the bottom, and open at the top. The whip locking element comprises two semi-circular members indicated at 2 and 3, respectively, the member 2 being rigidly connected to the socket 1 by means of rivets 4. The member 3 is in no way connected to the socket, but is pivotally connected to the member 2 at 5 and a spring 6 is connected at the pivot point and engages both the members 2 and 3, normally holding the members open.

A spring-catch member 7 is secured to the semi-circular member 2 and the free end is bent at right-angles, as shown at 8 and is adapted to engage the shoulder formed by the depression 9 in the member 3. A

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

Serial No. 55,015.

rod 10 is connected to the member 3, passes through the socket 1, and is provided with an enlarged head the purpose of which will be presently described.

A rod 11 passes through the socket 1 and on its inner end is provided with a cam 12 which is adapted to normally lie beneath the spring-catch 7. A cylindrical plate 13 is formed on the opposite end of the rod 11, on the outside of the socket, and is provided with two or more openings 14 the purpose of which will be presently described. A casing 15 open at the top surrounds the plate 13 thereby holding the same in position.

A key is indicated at 16 and is provided with a forked end forming arms 17 adapted to enter the openings 14 in the plate 13. This key is used for unlocking the safetycatch. whereby the whip may be removed from the socket. ihe whip is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings and designated by 18.

Having fully described the detailed construction of my device, it is thought that the operation and advantages will be clearly understood. In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the safety device is shown in locked position with the whip held in the socket against removal by any unauthorized person. When it is desired to remove the Whip the arms 17 of the key 16 are placed within the openings 14 of the rotatable plate 13 and by rotating the plate 13 the cam 12 is rotated, thereby raising the spring-catch 7 and disengaging the right-angled extension 8 from the shoulder formed by the notch 9. The spring 6 will then swing the member 3 upon the pivot thereby releasing the whip whereby it may be removed from the socket. When it is desired to again lock the whip, it is only necessary to insert it within the socket and by pressing upon the enlarged head of the rod 10, the member 3 is brought into engagement with the whip and the catch 7 is raised by the inclined end of the member 3, thereby allowing the right-angled eX- tension 8 to engage in the socket 9.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a

In a Whip socket, the combination with a body having semicircular members therein and a catch for connecting the semicircular members, of means for releasing the catch, said means comprising a rod aassing through the body a cam formed on the inner end of the rod, a plate secured to the opposite end of the rod and having openings therein, a casing secured to the body and engaging the outer face of the plate,

and means engaging the openings in the plate for rotating the same.

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

BENJAMIN F. ERWIN. Vitnesses H. A. SLY, R. A. GILES.

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

Washington, D. C.

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