US345013A

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Publication number: US345013A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-07-06
Anticipated expiration: 1903-07-06

Description

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0. O. WIGHTMAN.

CHECK HOOK FOR HARNESS.

Patented-July 6, 1886.

N. PETERS, PllnbLkIwgmphur. Washington, D. C.

tJ'NITEo STATES PATENT OFFICE,

OLIN C. II IGHTMAN, OF MOHAWK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALFRED DENNISON, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-HOOK FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 345,013, dated July 6,1886.

Application fil d February 6, 1886. Serial No. 191,0l5. (N0 mollel.)

170 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, OLIN (J. Wrerrrrmn, of Mohawk, in the county of Herkiiner, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Oheck-Hooks,ofwhich the following, takcn in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of checkhooks which are detachable from the harnesssaddle to slacken the check-rein connected with said hook, and are adapted to be replaced on the saddle to tighten the check-rein; and the invention consists in an improved construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure I is a vertical longitudinal section of my automatic resetting check-hook. Fig. 11 is a perspective View illustrating the operation of releasing the check-hook from its supporting plate or bracket, and Fig. III is a side view showing the operation of the check-hook for connecting and disconnecting the check-rein to and from the same. s

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the supporting plate or bracket of the check-hook, which plate or bracket is provided with a screw-threaded stud, s, or other suitable and well-known means for attaching it to the saddle-tree.

From the plate A rises a case, A, which stands with its plane at right angles to the saddle of the harness, and is formed with a forwardly-facing mouth, m, the bottom of the interior of which is formed with a catch or shoulder, a, as illustrated in Fig. I of the draw- Du a stud-pin, s, rigidly attached to the center of the interior of the case A, is pivoted a drum, b, to which is attached one end of a suitable strap, (1, the opposite end of which is attached to the heel or base of the checkhook C. A spring, 6, attached at one end to the stud-pin s, and at the opposite end to the drum b, is coiled in such a direction as to cause the resilience thereof to rotate the drum in a direction to wind the strap d thereon, and thus draw the check-hook 0 toward the supporting plate or bracket A. The heel or base of the hook is of a shape to allow it to enter the mouth m of the case A, and isformed with a catch or shoulder, 0, adapted to interlock with the catch or shoulder a. The mouth at is slightly above the base of the drum 1), and thus the strap (1 is caused to draw the heel of the check-hook C downward, so as to yieldingly retain it interlocked with the shoulder a, and at the same time hold the free end of the check-hook against the exterior of the case, so as to close thepassage to and from the check-hook and prevent accidental disconnect-ion of the check-rein from the said hook. The yielding STIPPOPlTOf the check-hook allows a person to crowd the free end of said hook down and away from the case A. sufficiently to pass the check-rein into or out of the hook, as represented in Fig. III of the drawings.

D denotes a t-ripper for releasing the checkhook from the hook or catch a, said tripper consisting of a lever pivoted to the rear of the plate or bracket A, and having one end extending forward to the shoulder a, so as to lie under the heel or base of the check-hook when interlocked with the said shoulder. The rear end of the lever D projects upward and terminates with a forward curvature, so as to allow a person seated in the carriage and holding the driving-reins to throw one of the reins across the front of the lever, as illustrated in Fig. II of the drawings, and when the rein is thus brought to bear on'the lever D a slight pull on the rein draws thelever rearward,and thereby causes the forward end of the lever to raise the heel' of the check-hook off from the shoulder or catch a. The check-hook is thus released to allow the horses head free play to drink. In this operation the band d is unwound from the drum b, and the spring 0 is wound up.

When it is desired to recheck the horses v head, the driving-rein is to be thrown off from the lever D, and then by pulling on the reins, so as to draw up the horses head, the strap d is allowed to be wound on the springactuated drum b, and automatically draws the checkcheck-hook from the shoulder a by means of the driving-rein,substantiall y as described and I 5 shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and aflixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer, in the State of New York, 20

this 2d day of February, 1886.

OLIN 0. 'WIGHTMAN.

Witnesses:

S. E. COE, J. B. RAFIER.