US589962A - Whip-lock - Google Patents

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,962, dated September 14, 1897. Application tiled April 22, 1897, Serial No. 633,291. (No modeLl To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALONZO EGGLESTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVhip-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to whipelocks; and it consists, essentially, of a locking device applied to a dashboard adjacent to the whipsocket to secure a whip against movement when not desired.

The invention further consists in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. Y

The object of the invention is to providea secure locking device for the purpose stated to obviate removal of a whip from its socket and prevent the same from being stolen, the parts being simple and effective in their operation,stron g and durable, easilyand readily applied, and comparatively inexpensive in the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a portion of a dashboard, showing a whip-socket thereon and a whip therein engaged by the improved whiplock. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the improved devices shown removed from the dashboard and in open position. Fig. 3

is a sectional perspective view of the lock,`

showing the parts connected.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates a clip which is mounted over one edge of the dashboard 2 just above the whip-socket 3 and held in'position by a bolt 4.' The inner end of the said clip l supports a cross-piece 5, arranged ver-V tically and having shouldered posts 6 on the Secured to the'said posts are the opposite ends 7 of opposite pairs of clamps S, arranged in vertical alinement above the top of the .whip-socket and having one end of each pair on one side attached to the upper and lower portions of the supporting-bar 9 of a clasp and the similar ends of the opposite pair secured to one side of a lock-casing l0. The bar i) has eX tending centrally therefrom an arm 1l, movably attached and formed with depressions l2 in the upper and lower sides thereof slightly in advance of the outer terminating end. The lock-casing l0 comprises a closed box -like structure with a slot i3` located about the middle of one edge for the passage therethrough ofthe arm ll to permit the lat ter to enter the casing and be locked in connection therewith. lVithin the casing l0 are mounted two rotatable disks 14 and 15, having stems 1G and 17 projecting outwardly therefrom and supplied with disks 1S, which have numerals on the outer faces thereof to form a combination-lock. The disks 14 and 15 are each similarly cutaway at one side, as at 19, and when they are operated or turned to bring the said cut-away portions in line over and above the slot 13 the arm 1l can be readily shoved inward into the casing and locked by turning the said disks 19 to bring the circular portions thereof to bear in the upper and lower recesses 12 and thereby prevent the said arm 11 from being withdrawn from the lock-casing until the said disks 18 shall have again been arranged through a proper combination to bring the straight cutaway portions 19 in line over the upper and lower edges thereof. This combination will be understood by the owner of a vehicle and other proper persons, and by the application of suitable marks on the adjacent side of the lock-easing the numerals on the disks 18 will be properlyarranged to release the arm 11. Vthen the arm 1l is engaged by the disks 14E and 15, the clamps 8 close around the whip at a point above the whip-socket'and prevent disconnection of the said whip from its socket. Of course when the arm 11 is released the whip can readily be withdrawn from and placed in the whip-socket, and by this means a safe and reliable fastening or means of preventing awhip from being stolen is provided.

The several parts of the device can be suitably ornamented and plated and the dimensions thereof increased or diminished as may be found desirable. A

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-4 ICO Vclamps engaging the said cross-piece and the posts of the same, a clasp having a recessed arin attached to the opposite ends of one pair of said clamps, a lock-easing' With a slot in one side attached to the opposite ends of the opposite pair of said clamps, disks mounted in said lock-oase having` cnt-away portions,

and outer disks connected to the aforesaid disks7 substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 15 specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALONZO EGGLESTON.

Witn esses:

JOHN II. GRUBB, C. D. PILE.

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