US389890A

US389890A - Trace-carrier

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Publication number: US389890A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1905-09-25

Description

(No Model.)

' H. vP. JGHNSON.

TRACE CARRIER.

NQ. 389,890. Patentid Sept. 25, 1888.

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I-IIRAM POLK JOHNSON, OF BRYANTSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,890, dated September 25, 1883 Application filed June 7. 1888. Serial No. 276,407. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, HIRAM PoLK JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bryantsville,in the county of Garrard and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trace-Chain Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trace-chain carriers having for their object to simplify, strengthen, and cheapcn the construction of carriers, and provide improved means for securing the chain therein.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of devices fully set forth hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure lis a perspective view of the improved carrier applied in the operative position to a back-band and having a section of a trace-chain passing therethrough. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the carrier with therpivoted hook swung outward iu dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the base-plate of the carrier, which is provided with the divergent apertured arms B B B, secured by rivets b b to the back-band or webbing C. The center of the base-plate is provided with a bearing, I), and on the plate, over the said bearing, is arranged a bracket, E, having a ring, F, secured thereto, through which to pass the plow-line.

The loop G consists of the swinging hook H and the pivoted hook I. The swinging hook is arranged at its upper end between the bracket and the base-plate,and is provided on its rear side with a trunnion or spindle, h,

. which is mounted in the bearing in the baseplate. The hook I is pivoted at its upper end to the front side ofthe hook H, and is arranged with its open side inward to oppose the open side ofthe hook H, whereby the upturned ends of the hooks bear against each other, and thus form a vertical projection in the lower end of the loop G. The upturned end of the hook H is provided with a stud or projection, K, to t in a corresponding socket or depression, L, in the upturned end of the hook I, whereby the lateral strain upon the loop will be borne by both hooks equally. rIhe extremity of the upturned end of the hook I is provided with an inturned lip,M, which extends within a short distance of the rear side of the hook H. The trace-chain N passes through the loop, and opposite sides of one of the links of the chain are engaged, respectively,in the hooks H I,whereby,although the link is readily engaged in the loop by swinging the hook I outward, it cannot be readily detached (accidentally) for the reason that it locks the said hooks together. The lip on the end of' the hook I is employed to prevent the link, which is within the loop, from being disengaged from the ends of both hooks when the chain is shaken vertically by the motion of the animal.

It will be seen that the loop G is capable of free forward and backward swing, and to prevent this movement from wearing the band or webbing I provide a guide-frame, O, which depends from the base-plate and comprises the divergent side bars, l? P, and the segmental track-bar R, the ends of which are secured or formed integral with the lower ,ends of the said side bars.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. In a trace-chain carrier, the combination of the base-plate having a bearing, I), the bracket carrying a line-ring secured to base plate over the bearing, and the loop comprising the hook H, provided with a trunnion or spindle on its rear side at the upper end, mounted in the bearing D, and the hook I, pivoted to the hook H,substantially as and for the purpose specified. l

2. In a trace-chain carrier,the combination, with the base-plate, ofthe swinging loop pivoted to the plate, and the bracket arranged over the pivoted end of the loop and provided with a line-ring, substantially as specified.

3. In a trace-carrier, the hook H, having an upturned end, in combination with the hook I, pivoted to and facing the hook H, and provided with an upturned end bearing against the upturned end of the hook H, the contiguous upturned ends of the said hooks being adapted to pass through a link of the traccchain, substantially as specified.

4. In a trace-chain carrier,the swinging loop comprising the pivoted hook H, having a projection, K, on its upturned end, and the hook" I, pivoted to and facing the hook H, and provided on its upturned endv with a depression IOO or socket, L, fitting ovei1 the stud K, the said nptux'ned ends of the hooks being adapted t0 pass up through :L lilik of the trace-chain, whereby the link locks the hooks together, substantially as specified.

5. In a trace-chain carrier, the combination, with the inner hook, H, having an npturned free end, ol' the hook I, pivoted to and facing' the hook :1nd bearing :tt ils free nptnrned end against the lfree end ot' the hook 1I, and the nptnrneil lip M on the extremity ol' the upturned end of the hook I, adapted to prevent the engaged link of the trace-chain from being raised from the free contacting ends of the hooks, substantilly as specified.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my si gnzttu re in presence of two Witnesses.

l'IlRAM POLK JOHNSON. Vitnefsses:

G. A. GREENLEA n, Gmo. R. BEAZLEY.