US184096A

US184096A - Improvement in rein-holders

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Publication number: US184096A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 1893-11-07

Description

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REIN-HOLDER.

Patented Nov. 7,1876'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGEQ EPHRAIM MEARS, OF ATTICA, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN REIN-HOLDERS.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,096, dated November 7, 1876; application led August 21, 1876.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM MEARs, of Attica, in the county of Fountain and State of indiana, have invented a new and Im proved Rein-Holder, of which the following is a speciflcation:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view; and Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, vertical transverse and horizontal sections on lines x :v and y y, Fig. 1, of my improved rein-holder.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Theinvention has reference to that class of devices by which the reins are securely' retained intheir position when not used by the driver, and the invention consists in the improvement of rein-holders, as hereinafter described.

ln thedrawing, A represents a suitable frame that is attached to the dash-board, supportin grod or other part of the carriage. rI he frame A is provided with a longitudinal recess, a, with beveled sides, toward which the upper part of the frame is rounded oli' to admit the ready introduction ot' the reins. A \/-shaped follower or wedge-piece, B, is pivoted at the lower end to frame A, so as to swing readily into the recess a, being retained in the same by a spring, B', pressing on one side of the follower B, and by a transverse brace, C, at the opposite side, that holds it ush with the frame A. Projectingside lugs b of recess a secure the followerB against lateral displacement by the laction of the reins. The upper end of the follower B is tapering or pointed,

to facilitate, in connection with the roundedoff part ofthe frame A, the slipping in of the reins at both sides of the follower. The lower end of the follower, retaining-lever., or presserbar is provided with a projection, d, which enters a recess, c, in the plate e, being held therein by the spring B. Said projection and recess form the pivot or joint of the follower, and will permit the ready detachment of the latter from the supporting-plate by simply removing the spring from contact with the follower. '.Ihe follower holds the reins drawn in from the top, in tight manner, the pressure thereon being increased the greater the strain exerted on the reins. By pulling the reins back the follower clears the recess of the frame and admits the ready detaching of the reins.

The rein-holder may be made of wood or metal, and of suitable ornamental shape, ac'- oording to the style Vof the vehicle to which it is applied.

I am aware that it is not, broadly, new to use a spring-pressed pivoted plate for retaining reins between the same and a stationary relatively arranged as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

EPHRAIM MEARS. Witnesses:

THOMAS P. CAMPBELL, JOHN J. GLAYPooL.