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(No ModeL) S. A. BAILEY, COMBINED ANTIRATTLER, SHAFT SUPPORT, AND SAFETY STRAP. vNo. 591,318. Patented Oct. 5, 1897.

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SELDEN A. BAlLEY,-OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED ANTIRATTLER, SHAFT-SUPPORT, AND SAFETY-STRAP."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,318, dated October 5, 1897. Application filed April 26, 1897. Serial No. 633,990. (ll'o model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SELDEN A. BAILEY, a. citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York, in the county of New York, in the State of New York,have invented a new and useful Combined Antirattler, Shaft-Support, and Safety-Strap for Thill-Oouplings, of

which the following is a specification.

' The objectof this invention is to provide for buggies and other Vehicles a combined shaft-support, antirattler, and safety-strap which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and cheap to manufacture and which may be readily applied to wagons already in use as well as to those in process of construction.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of a thill-couplin g embodying this invention, including a crosssection of the axle and a fragment of a thill, a portion of a jaw of the axle-clip being broken away and the parts being in the position which they assume when the thills are elevated in horizontal position for use. Fig. 2 represents a plan View of the under side thereof. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1, the parts being in the position which they assume when the thills are swung upright out of use, one jaw of the axleclip being broken off to show the position of the eye of the thill-iron relative to its bolt and the extended axle-plate when the thill is so elevated. Fig. 4 represents, on an enlarged scale, afraginent of the axle-clip in section and the eye of the thill inelevation, showing the positionof the latter relative to the bolt and plate when the thill is in horizontal position for use.

The same reference-numbers indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The axle has two axle-clips, to which th thills are shackled. The axle-clip (shown in the drawings) has the usual jaws 21 and 22,through which the shackle-bolt 23 is passed.

The thill-iron is attached to the thill by bolts 41 and 42 or by other means. The eye 31 of this'thill-iron has an opening somewhat larger than the shackle-bolt 23, on which it is pivoted, in order that it may have some lateral play on said bolt. This eye is preferably provided on its exterior rear portion with a fiat face 32.

land 28.

eye '52 at its rear end.

The clip-yoke 25, which passes under the axle and connects the ends of the clip spanning the axle, has a forward extension 26, whichprojects under the shackle-joint of the thill and serves as abearing-surface forthe eye of the thill, as hereinafter described. This extension is provided with dependent lugs 27 A curved spring 50, constructed of stiff plate-steel, connects the axle-clip with the thill and serves in'such connection as an antirattler, shaft-support, and safety-strap. This spring has an approximately straight portion 51 at its front end, adapted to fit the under side of the thill or thill-iron, and an It is rigidly fastened at its front end to the thill by any suitable meansas, for instance, by the bolt 42, which also serves to hold the thill-ironand it is pivoted or shackled at its rear end to the axle-clip by means of a bolt 29, which passes through the eye 52 and through the shackle-jaws 27 and 28 of the yoke of the axle-clip. From its point of pivotal conn ection with the axle-clip the spring bows outward and thence curves slightly inward toward the thill, being approximately of ogee shape in its preferable form. The shackle of the spring is disposed adjacent to and substantially in line vertically with the shackle of the thill to the axle-clip, and this arrangement of the shackle-joints in connection with the two opposite curves of the spring permits the thill to be swung downward so that its free end will touch the ground, and upward into verticalposition when not in use.

When the horse is harnessed to the Vehicle, the tension of the springs, as 50, is such as to hold the eyes, as 31, of the thill-irons, as 30, firmly in contact with the clip-yoke extension, as 26, so that rattling isprevented.

When the vehicle is not in use, the thills are preferably swung into upright position, and the flat faces, as 32, of the thill-irons engage the extended clip-yokes, as 25, and assist the springs, as 50, in holding the thills in this position.

The spring-50 being fastened at one end to the thill and at its opposite end to the axle clip serves also as a safety-strap for preventing an accident in case a shackle-bolt which secures the thill to the axle-clip should break.

In suchan emergency the spring acts in the capacity of a shaft-iron and all danger of the shaft falling and striking the horse on the heels is avoided.

It will thus be observed that my device performs the triple function of an antirattler, a shaft-support, and a safety-strap.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a thill-coupling the combination of an axle-clip, a thill shackled thereto, a metallic spring rigidly fastened at one end to the thill and shackled at the other end to said clip at a point adjacent to and vertically in line with the shackle of the thill, said spring being bowed outward permitting the thill to rest on the ground or in upright position and serving as a support, as a safety-strap, and as an antirattler.

2. In athill-coupling, the combination of an axle-clip, a thill shackled thereto, a metallic spring rigidly fastened at one end to the thill and shackled at the other end to said clip at a point adjacent to and vertically in line with the shackle of the thill, said spring being curved inward near its point of connection with the thill and bowed outward in its rear portion, permitting the thill to rest on the ground or in upright position and serving as a support, as a safety-strap and as an antirattler.

3. In a thill-coupling, the combination of an axle-clip having shackle-jaws, and a clip-yoke extending under said shackle-jaws and also provided with shackle-jaws, a thill having a thill-iron shackled to thejaws of the axleclip, the eye of said thill-iron having a flat face for engaging said yoke, and a metallic spring fastened to the thill and shackled to said clip.

4:. In a thill-coupling, the combination of an axle-clip, a clip-yoke thereon, a thilliron shackled to said clip, the eye of said thill-iron having a flat face for engaging said yoke, and a spring fastened at one end to the thill and at the other end to the axle-clip.

5. In a thill-coupling, the combination of an axle-cli p, the bow thereof having shacklejaws, and the yoke having a front extension projecting under said jaws and provided with shackle-jaws, a thill-iron, the eye of which is pivoted to the jaws of said how and adapted to bear on said front extension, and a spring connected at one end to said thill-iron and shackled at the other end to the shackle-jaws of said yoke, said spring operating to hold the eye of said thill-iron in contact with said front extension when the thill is in operative position and thereby serving as an antirattler.

6. In a thill-coupling, the combination of an axle-clip, a thill shackled thereto, a spring rigidly fastened at one end to the thill and shackled at the other end to said clip at a point directly under and vertically in line with the shackle of the thill.

7. In a thill-couplin g, the combination of an axle-clip, a thill shackled thereto, a spring rigidly fastened at one end to the thill and shackled at the other end to said clip at a point directly under and vertically in line with the shackle of the thill, said shackles forming a close joint whereby the eye of the thill-iron is adapted to bear firmly against the clipyoke.

S. A. BAILEY. Vitnesses:

M. F. BOYLE, J. B. GLAUTICE.

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