US235568A

US235568A - Hame-hasp

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Publication number: US235568A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1897-12-14

Description

(N0 Model.)

J. L. POINSETT.

, Hame Hasp. No. 235,568.

Patented Dec. 14,1880.

Fig. 1.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICEQ JOSEPH L. POINSETT, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

HAME-HASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,568, dated December 14, 1880.

Application filed July 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH L. Ponvsnrr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Hasps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of hame hasps or fasteners in which the two parts of the fastener are connected by a spring-latch.

It consists in the combination, with ametal strap secured to one of the hames and formed with a tongue having an enlarged end, of a metal strap secured to the remaining hame and formed with a slot to receive the tongue, two lugs formed upon the slotted strap, a catch pivoted to work between the lugs, so as to engage the tongue when the latter is passed into the slot, and a spring acting upon the lever-handle of the catch.

The object of my invention is to provide a strong, durable, and reliable hasp, so that the hames can be quickly and securely fastened and released, avoiding all strain on the catch while the harness is on the animal. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my improvement in working position on the hames of a horse-collar. Fig. 2 is a bottom-plan view of my improvement. Fig. 3 is a top-plan view of the same. Fig. 4. is a front view of one of the prongs. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on line :10 00, Fig. 2.

A represents an ordinary horse-collar; a a, ordinary hames, B, a metal prong or strap, which is fastened to one hame in the ordinary manner. It may be forked to fit both sides of the heme (1, instead of being attached to one side, as shown.

B represents a prong or strap at the end of the opposite hame. Prong B is provided with a tongue, 0, having an enlarged end, 0, said tongue being made to fit in a correspondingshaped slot on prong B. This tongue and slot is made to project forward in front of the plane of the hame a, as shown in the drawings. I prefer to have the tongue 0 and slot 0 of oval shape on one side, though the plane of the taper may be straight and on both sides instead of one.

F represents lugs, between which a catch, D, is hinged.

D represents a spring under the lever end of catch D, so that the tension of the spring will hold the catch in position. (Shown in Fig. 6.

The form of catch and spring can be variously modified without departing from myinvention.

It is evident that my attachment may be applied to the ends of split collars as well as to hames, as herein shown.

I claim- In a hame-iastener, the combination, with a metal strap, B, secured to one of the hames, and formed with a tongue, C, having an enlarged end, 0, of the metal strap B, secured to the remaining hame, and formed with the slot 0, to receive the said tongue, the lugs F F, a catch, D, pivoted to work between the lugs, and a spring, D, acting upon the lever-handle of the catch, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH L. POINSETT.

Witnesses:

E. E. Woon, J NO. E. J ONES.