US292208A

US292208A - Horse-detacher

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Publication number: US292208A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 1901-01-22

Description

, UNITED 4STATI-3s PATENT OFFICEQ eHAUNoY L. 'cRoWELn or rEoRIA, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,208, dated January 22., 1884.

` Application filed October 31, 1883. (No model.)

. To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LCHAUNGY LCROWELL, of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and'State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Horse- Detaching Device; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which#- l Figure l represents a perspective-view of the same; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the single-tree hook; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the holdback-hook.

The object of this invention is the construction of single-tree and holdback-hooks that may be readily detached from the traces and holdback-straps by the occupants of the carriage while in motion.

In the drawings, D represents the singletree hook, capable of detachment from the traces b means of a cord or stra) D running therefrom to within easy reach, of the occupants of the carriage, and C is one of the holdback-hooks, so designed as to automatically release the holdback-strap therefrom when the horse leaves the shafts of the carriage.

A is one of the shafts; B, the cross-bar; R, the single-tree. Upon leach end of the singletreeR is astrong metal ferrule, E, at the outer endof which is a hook, E. A cylindrical hole, F, is bored into-each end of the singletree, and a coiled spring, S, and a small rod, F, inserted into each of said'holes F. As the ends of the single-tree are both alike, I will limit my description to one alone. As shown in Fig. 2, the rod F is impressed by the spring S against the vinner face of the hook E. Projecting upward and partially Abackward from the ferrule E is a hollow boss, E2, within and at the upper end` lof whichis pivoted the angle-iron N N. rIhe arm N of this angle-iron projects downward into a slot cut through the rod F, while the other end, N, extends approximately horizontally for a short distance, and is furnished with a strap or cord, D.

In using my single-tree hook, when it is desired to4 attach the trace thereto, I pull the end N 3 of the angle-iron N N away from the single-tree, and its end N consequently presses the rod F against the spring S away from the hook E. When the said rod F has been sufciently'retraeted, the puncturedend of the trace is put between said rod and the hook E', and the angle-iron N released. Ihe spring S then forces the end of the rod F back into the opening of the trace and against the hook E. The traces are in this way-most securely held to the single-tree, and can be in no way released therefrom except by raising the arm N.

To detach the traces from the hooks D all that the arms N with the hands, or by pulling the v cords or straps DC Since the horse is secured to the shafts by means of the holdback-straps, as well as by the traces to the single-tree, it is not sufficient to make'the traces alone detachable by the occupants When there is danger of a run-away, for there would still be the holdbacks binding the carriage to the horse. I therefore construct the holdback-hooks C asshown in Fig. '3. rIhis vconsists of a hook, C, cast as a part of the standard C', by which it can be screwed to the upper side of the shaft A. To this same standard, at M2, is pivoted the curved shank M, at theother end of which is the hook M. Said hook is arranged in such away as to permit its being dropped down infront of the convex face of the hook C, or to be raised up and back away therefrom. In using this hook, the loop of the holdback-strap is put into the hook M, the same being raised A C, it slides from said hook M, and the horse is entirely detached from the carriage.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

In :i horse-detuohing device of that kind in l In testimony that I claim the foregoing in- '1o which there is :t Cylindrical opening, F, fervention I have hereunto set my hand this 22d rule E, having` hook E', and i rod, F, at erioh day of October, 1883. end of the single-tree thereof, as shown, the combination, with such a single-tree, fel-rule, CHAUNCY L. (JROMIELL. and hook, of hollow boss E2, formed as a part of said ferrule, the angle-iron N pivoted XVitnesSes: to and in the saine, and the rod F, having a I. D. BASTOW, slot therein, as and for the purpose set forth. J. M. MORSE.