US150326A - Improvement in whiffletree-hooks - Google Patents

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L H JUNESL Whiffletree-Hooks.

N0.l50,3-26. Patented April 28,1874,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoEo J. HERVA JONES, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RALPH EMERSON AND WILLIAM A. '.IALOOTT, OF SAME PLAGE.

lii'lPl'lOVElWENT IN WHlFFLETREE-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,326, dated April 23, 1874; application tiled April 6, 1374.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. HERvA JoNEs, of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWhifiietree-Hooks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure l shows aside elevation of one end of whiftletree with my improved hook applied thereto; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; and Fig. 3, a similar view, showing the hook as it appears before being clamped upon the whiffle- The object of my invention is to produce a whiflietree-hool; at a small cost which can be securely fastened in place without external fastenin gs, and yet which cannot fall oft' when the whiiiietree shrinks; which object I attain by Constructing the hook with a central web, to be inserted in a slot in the end of the whifletree, and with transverse iianges or lips projecting laterally from the web, which lips are bent down to clamp the'periphery of the whiftletree.

My hooks are, by preference, formed of malleable metal, with a hook, A, and a central web, B. The lips O D project from this web, their distance apart being equal to the dialneter-of the end of the whiftletree E. A slot is cut in the end of the whit'lietree, into which slot the web is inserted endwise. The lips C D are then bent down, by hammering or by pressure, until they closely hug and securely hold the whittletree. Their ends are bent down and driven into the wood, so as to prevent their slipping endwise.

My improved hook, obviously, may be used for many purposes, such, for instance, as neckyokes, holdbacks for carriages, &c.

I claim- A whiftletree-hook constructed with a central web adapted to be inserted in a slot in the whiftletree, and with flanges adapted to clasp the whietree, as set forth.

In testimony whereofl I have hereunto subscribed my name. Y

J. HERVA JONES. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. STANLEY, J. W. InviNE.

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