US362165A

US362165A - Clasp for harness

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Publication number: US362165A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 1904-05-03

Description

(No Model.)

D. W. LEWIS.

CLASP FOR HARNESS. l

No. 362,165. Patented May 3,1887.

n H r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL IV. LEVIS, OF ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.

CLASP FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,165, dated May 3,1887.

Application led February 19, 1887. Serial No. 228,228.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at city of Albert Lea, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap- Fastenings, of which the following is a specieation, reference being had therein to the aecompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a snap -fastening adapted to be used upon reins, bitching-straps, &c., constructed as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my improved fastening, showing the two parts connected together and attached to a rein or strap. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line mw of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the fastening, showing the tWo parts of the fastening connected. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line yy of Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the two parts separated. Figs. 6 and 7 are side views showing the positions of the two parts when they are being connected together.

The fastening is constructed in two parts.

A designates the plate of one part, provided with an eye, c, a central opening, a', lugs b b', bearing b2, and a snap-button, c. This button may be attached to the plate in any desirable position and by any suitable devices. In the accompanying drawings the button is attached near the eye end of the plate by means of a neck, c', inserted through a slot in the plate and through a hole in a washer or frictionplate, c2, and is secured in place by a pin, ci, inserted through the extended end of the neck, as shown. The slot inthe plate is provided with a spiral spring, d, adj usted to bear against the neck of the button.

B designates a plate provided with an eye, f, and a shouldered tongue, l1., constituting the other portion of the fastening. The portion of the opening ct through the plate A which is next to the button is enlarged to readily admit the tongue, which is inserted at this part of the opening, and is extended through it far enough to allow the shoulders d to clear the lugs b, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. From this position the tongue is readily moved into the position shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, with its shoulders against the bearing b2 and its end bearing against the side of the (No model.)

button. Then pressure upon thetongue causes the button to spring outward, allowing the end of the tongue to pass into its seat in the plate, and the button automatically springs over the end of the tongue, securely holding it in place. The outer portion of the plate B is securely held in place by the lug b.

To disconnect the parts of the fastening, the button is sprung outward, so'as to release the end of the tongue, which is then moved into the position shown iu Fig. 6 of the drawings, and is withdrawn from the plate A.

It is evident that the tongue may be inserted edgewise through a slot or suitable opening in the plate A by twisting the strap or rein sufficiently to place the tongue in that position; but where the reins or straps are heavy and rigid they are not readily twisted sufiiciently to allow the tongue to be inserted thus edgewise; hence the eonstructionshown, though not essential, is preferable.

This fastening may be as readily attached and detached as the ordinary snap-hook, and is not at all liable to become detached in use; and this fastening is capable of being constructed so as to be more ornamental than the snap-hook. It is capable of use not only as a snap-fastening for reins and bitching-straps, but also as a snap buckle for connecting the parts of harness.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a plate, A, having the opening a', and the plate B, having the shouldered tongue h, of the snap-button c, constructed and arranged, substantially as set forth, to automatically fasten'the tongue in place, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the plate A, having the eye a, opening a', lugs b b', and bearing b2, the plate B, having the eye f and'shouldered tongue h, and the snap-button c, constructed and arranged, substantially as set forth, to automaticall y fasten the tongue in place, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL \V. LEWIS.