US1588002A - End connecter for chains - Google Patents

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E. H. BISHOP END CONNECTER FOR CHAINS Filed Feb. 14, 1925 EARL'H. BISHOIB, OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. i

END GONNECTER.FOR CHAINS.

The present invention relates to means for connecting the ends of chains, and more particularly the endsof the side chains of" anti-skid chains for automobiles.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a preferred embodiment of myinvention applied in operative relation tothe ends of a chain;

' link and to have the pintle pass through said loop portions and said hole.

Extending from the opposite end of the body portion 2 is a projection 5, the lower edge 6 of which is adapted to engage the I upwardly extending ends 7 of the loop portions 4 of the link when the connecter is engaged therewith as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. I

Y The bodyportion '2has a slot 8 intermediate its endsto receive the cross-bar 9 at the end of a-chain link. This slot extends from the upper edge of the connecter 0bliquely downwardly towards the free end thereof. The slot is deep enough so that its lower edge issubstantially in the same straight line with the center of the hole which receives the pintle 3 and the lower edge 6 of the projection 5. )With this construction, when the ends of a chain are fastened together by the connecter, as illustrated in the drawings, andtension is applied thereto, the pull is exerted in a substantially straight line with little upward thrust on the projection 5.

The manner of engaging the connecter with a link at the free end of a chain is illustrated in Figure 3. It will be noted that the 7 Application filed February Figure 2 is a corresponding plan view,

' body portion.

14,1925. Serial No. 9,096.

must assume a position substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the connecter before it can be engaged with or dis-- engaged from the slot 8. The width of the connecter, measured along a line abextend- 1ng through the center of the upper end of the slot, is slightly less than the length of the opening in the link measured from thecross-bar 9 to the ends 7 of the loop portions 4. The body portion gradually tapers in width from theline ab.to the free end of the body portion. The edge 10 of the body portion at the free end thereof makes an abrupt angle with-the lower edge 11 of said It will be apparent that: p when the chain becomes slackrthe link 12 cannot b-ackout of engagement with the slot 8 because the ends 7 of the link will engage the edge 10 before the cross-bar 9 reaches the upper end of the slot 8. This is illustrated by the chain line position of the link 12 illustrated in Figure 3. In other words, the distance between the upper end c of the slot Sand the oint of intersection 13 of the end edge 10 withthe lower edge 11 of the body length of the opening in the link, sothat the link 12 must be swung out of engagement with the end edge 10 and assume a poportion is substantially grea ter than the ferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the invention is, not limited to the details of construction shown but that it may be otherwise embodied within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim: r

A connecter for tire chain ends, comprising an elongated body member having convexed side edges, oneof which is continuously convexed throughout its length, the said body having a diagonally disposed slot extending inwardly from the other edge intermediate its ends partway across the width of the body, the said continuously'convexed side of the body being shorter than the other side whereby an overhanging tail portion is provided at one end of the body, said conbody injuring the tire with which it contacts, the centers of curvature for the convexed surfaces of the body being out of alignment whereby the central portion of the body is of substantially uniform thickness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EARL H. BISHOP.

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