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Description

(No Model.)

O. J. COOPER & H. S. BOLLINGER.

OOGK'EYE.

PatentedJu'ly 28,1885.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. COOPER AND HARRY S. BOLLINGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS TO CHARLES J. COOPER AND HERBERT OF SAME PLACE.

W. COOPER, BOTH COCK EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,907, dated July 28, 1885. Application filed February 26, 1884. Renewed June 4, 1895; (No model.)

T all whom it 17mg concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES J. COOPER and HARRY S. BOLLINGER, both citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cockeyes, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to the formation of a cockeye in a novel and peculiar manner, so that the end bar and one arm or side of the loop end with which the trace is connected shall be detachable.

In making new harness it is usual to use a I 5 solid cockeye, but when the same becomes worn or broken and repairs are required, it is necessary, after cutting out or otherwise removing the cockeye first used, to have the one which is inserted in place thereof separable or formed of detachable parts, so as to avoid any cutting of the trace.

, \Ve have illustrated our invention by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved device when the parts are connected or united. Fig. 2isaplan view of the same, showing the reverse side when the parts are united. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the eye end and one side or arm of the trace end, and further show- 0 ing the openings through which passes the shouldered end bar and the rivet or shouldered projection on the detachable side arm. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the detachable side arm and end bar which is secured to or united with 5 the parts shown in Fig. 3 by means of the rivets or shouldered projections shown.

Like letters refer to like parts in the several views.

A represents my improved device when the 0 parts are united.

a. is the eye end, which is connected to the whiffletree.

1) indicates the trace end or loop through which the trace passes.

E is that part of my device consisting of the eye end a and the fixed arm dof the trace end.

F is that part of my device formed by the detachable end bar, h, in connection with the detachable side bar, is, of the trace end.

m represents the shouldered end of the end bar, h, while at indicates the opening in the side arm, k, through which the shouldered end an of the end bar passes.

1" indicates the centrally-located opening forward of the eye and between the same and the trace-loop, through which passes the shouldered projection or rivet on the lower end of the side arm, 7c.

sis the pivot, rivet, or projection formed by shoulderin g the side arm, k, which pivot passes 69 through the opening r when the parts are united.

o is the depression in the fixed portion of the cockeye, into which the shouldered end of the side bar rests or fits.

We are aware that cockeyes have been formed with a screw-bolt passing through the end of the trace and forming the end bar of the trace-loop. This construction, however, is unsafe, because the screw is liable to work 70 out of place, and is further expensive, as it requires countersinking for the head of the screw in one of the side arms of the trace-loop, and requires the cutting of a screw-thread both on one end of the end bar and within one end 7 5' of the other side arm of the trace-loop.

Our improved device is cast of malleable iron in the precise form shown, requiring no lathe turning or drilling,which makes it comparatively inexpensive.

The special advantages of the construction shown as constituting our invention are that, by separating the trace end of the cockeye in this manner, we are enabled to place the parts together readily and without loss of time, and by heading the bolt end .or shouldered end m of the end bar, h, over or upon the outside of the side arm, k, and by passing the pivot 8 through the opening 0' and heading the outer end of said pivot on the under side,we are en- 0 abled to form a cockeye which possesses all the essential requisites of a solid construction.

It will be readily seen that the parts are placed together or united by passing the shouldered end of the end bar through the opening near the end of the fixed side bar, and by pass ing the projection or pivot on the lower end of the detached side bar through the opening shown for receiving the same.

Instead of using the shouldered projection or pivot s, an opening may also be cast or otherwise formed near the end of the detached side bar, and a rivet or small bolt may be passed through such opening and the opening r beneath, and the parts thus joined or united together.

While we have not especially described the depression 0 shown in Fig. 3, into which the lower shouldered end of side arm, 7c, fits, it will be seen that this construction adds materially to the strength, and that the uniting of these parts in the manner shown forms a connection which prevents motion between the parts and gives afirmn'ess or solidity which could hardly be otherwise attained.

By the novel construction which we have described we are enabled to form a cockeye especially adapted for repairing, which. pos- 'sesses the requisites o1 cheapness and durability, and which can be readily applied by any farmer or workman, without going to the expense of employing the skill of a harnessmaker.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a cockeye having its loop end formed with two detachable parts, substantially as set forth, and means for holding said parts together, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a cockeye having the loop end formed of two parts detachable from each other, said parts having the headed projections and openings for said projections, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a trace and cockeye, said cockeye having its loop end formed with the two detachable parts, substantially as described.

CHARLES J COOPER. HARRY S. BOLLINGER.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK O. GooDWIN, E. F. RUNYAN.

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