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Description

(No Model.)

B. BARNARD.

HAM-B CLIP.

- Patent ed Jan. 19, 1886.

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EDWARD BARNARD, OF ROME, NEW YORK.

-HAME-CLlP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,411, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed November 3, 1885. Serial No. 181,770. (No model.)

To all whom, it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD BARNARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of New York,have inventedanew and useful Improvement in Hame-Clips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to improvements in hame-clips; and it consists of the peculiar construction and combination of parts, sub stantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

My invention has for its object to provide a hame-clip which shall not be liable to be withdrawn from engagement with the draft-eye of a hame when the device is in use; to provide for the easy and quick detachment of the clip from the hame draft-eye when it is desired to change the character ofthe hame; to provide clip secured to the draft-eye of a wood hame.

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail detached views of the hame-clips foriron and wood hames shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a view of a hameclip having a detachable ball or cap-piece. Fig. 6 is a detail modification.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, A designates ahame of any ordinary construction, of either wood or metal; B, the drafteye thereof; 0, the hame-tug, and D my improved draft-eye rigidly secured to the hametug, and loosely or pivotally connected to the draft-eye of the hame.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 3, the hame-clip for a metallic hame comprises a flat shank, d, having two or more apertures, d, a rounded hook, (Z and a ball or sphere or cap, (1 on the extreme outer end of the hook (1 The shank d is made flat,and is secured to the hame-tug by means of rivets passing through the apertures d thereof and the hame-tug, thus permanently securing the clip to the tug.

The hook cap, or ball, and shank are preferably formed or cast integral with each other, and the book 01 is rounded and engages the draft-eye B of the hame; but, in lieu of casting the cap or sphere d with the hook, the outer end ofsaid hook may be threaded, as at e, and the cap or sphere d provided with a threaded socket, e, adapted to engage the threaded end of the hook. This construction is more fully shown in Fig. 5, and is employed when the hame-clip has been permanently secured to the hame-tug and it is desired to disengage the clip from the draft-eye of the hame to change the character of thehame or substitute other forms therefor. The draft-eye B of a metallic hame extends outwardly therefrom at a considerable distance, and the ball or the cap of the hame-clip may be fitted therein, as shown in Fig. 1, to project outwardly from the eye or lie on the inner face thereof, as shown in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, the hameclip is shown especially adapted for a wood hame; but the clip has the same essential characteristicfeatures of the clip for metallic hames shown in the remaining figures of the drawingsi. e., the shank d, the hook d, and the cap or sphere d When the device is to be used on wood hames,which are especially used for heavywork, it is increased in the thickness of its parts to impart greater strength and durability thereto. The hook d is made larger and thicker in cross-section, and preferably has a smaller degree of curvature, to more closely embrace or fit the draft-eye, and the cap or sphere of the hook is made larger and stronger.

The clip shown in Figs. 2 and 4 may have the removable cap-piece, or cast integral or in one piece, and it is especially adapted to wood hames for heavy work or draft, while the hame-clip for metallic hames is used for buggies and light work. This peculiar construction of hame-clip provides a free and loose joint between the hame-tug and drafteye without any undue wear and strain on saidclip and eye. The ball or cap prevents any accidental disengagement of the clip and eye, and presents a neat appearance, while it serves to provide a firm and secure coupling, and one which is simple, light, and strong.

To secure the device to the hame, the shank is first passed through the draft-eye thereof and secured or riveted to the heme-tug, the hook c7, of the clip engaging the draft-eye.

Vhen the clip with the removable cap or ball is employed, it is removed from the hook to permit the hamc drafteye to be detached or engaged therewith, and the cap or ball again secured on the threaded shank, to prevent the accidental detachment of the clip from the draft-eye.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture,

EDWARD BARNARD.

\Vitnesscs:

WILLIAM WALLACE CHAMBERLAIN, FRED J. BARNARD.

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