US623072A

US623072A - Line-holder

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Publication number: US623072A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 1916-04-11

Description

Patented Apr. ll, I899.-

' J. BROUGH.

LINE HOLDER. (Application filed Oct. 1, 1898.)

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No. 623,072. Patelitefl Apr'. H, I899.

.1. snouan. I LINE HOLDER.

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JOHN BROUGH, OF MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

LINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,072, dated April 11, 1899.

Application filed October 1, 1898.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BROUGH, a citizen of the United States,.residing at Manchester, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to automatically-opcrating rein-holding devices for vehicles to prevent draft-animals from running away from a standing position during the absence of the driver or occupants of vehicles.

The invention primarily consists of a vertically-movable rein-holding toothed bar, an adjustable shaft carrying at one end a pinion meshing with said bar and operating the latter in one direction and on the opposite end a gear engaging an internal toothed disk on one of the wheels, said shaft having a spring surrounding it which is wound thereon by rotation in a forward direction and unwound by the backward movement of the vehicle, which reverses the movement ofthe shaft and pinion and raises the bar upwardly into a normal position, and a shifting lever for sliding said shaft and throwing the gear on the outer end thereof into or out of engagement with the said toothed disk.

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

- The object of the invention is to effectually check unusual movements of ahorse or horses when left standing without requiring the employment of a common hitching-strap and obviatin g the delay incident to hitching and un-. hitching a horse or horses and insuring a safe detention of the draft-animals at all times when desired through the medium of devices carried directly by the vehicle and adapted to be adjusted when not in use to avoid interference with the free movement of the vehicle under ordinary conditions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of the body of a Vehicle and running-gear, showing the improved device applied thereto and as operatin g to draw on the reins. Fig. 2 is a sectional Serial No. 692,428. (No man.)

elevation of the arrangement of parts shown by Fig. 1 and illustrating them in normal position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the arrangement shown by Fig. 2, looking toward the wheel carrying the toothed operating-disk. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation illustrating similar parts, including the toothed disk on the wheel and the gear engaging the same on the operating-shaft of the improved device. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional elevation of a part of the device to illustrate particularly the toothed rein-holding bar, the operatingshaft and pinion therefor, and means for adjusting and returning the several parts to a normal position.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals are utilized to indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates a vehicle-body, which may be of any form or adapted to any particular service and has in connection therewith, as in all such devices, a front axle 2, with opposite wheels 3. On the axle 2 is secured an axlebeam 4, between which and a body-bolster 5 a fifth-wheel or turning-circle 6 is located. Directly secured against the inside of the dashboard or front end 7 of the vehicle-body are a pair of flanged guides 8, in which a toothed rein-holding bar 9 is vertically and spaced apart from each other, and between the same the lower apertured end 16 of a shifting lever 1'7 engages the shaft and is pivoted, preferably, to the body, as at 18, so as to be shifted either to the right or left in a plane parallel with the transverse extent of the dashboard. The shifting lever 17 is adapted to be engaged by a hook or keeper 19, attached at a suitable elevation onthe inner surface of the dashboard or front end of the wagon-body and is intended to hold the shaft 14inward, for a purpose which will be presently described.

On the inner end of the shaft 14 a pinion 20 is keyed and is of less thickness than the toothed rein-holding bar 9, with which it continually engages. Between the nearest collar and the said pinion a spring 21 is coiled about the shaft and has one end secured to said pinion and the opposite end connected to the said collar. On the outer end of the shaft 14 a gear 22 is fixed and is adapted to bethrown into and out of mesh with an internal toothed disk 23, carried by one of the wheels 3 and rotating with the latter. The collars 15 are preferably carried at the opposite ends of a sleeve, which is also fixed to the shaft 14 and engaged by the lower apertured end 16 of the shifting lever to avoid wear directly on the shaft, as will be obviously apparent.

The operation is as follows: WVhen it is desired to leave a vehicle and bring the improved attachmen ts into operation, the shifting lever 17 is thrown to the right and causes the gear 22 on the outer end of the shaft 14 to fall into mesh with the teeth of the disk 23. The reins are then attached to the hook 10 on the upper end of the toothed rein-holdiug bar 9. If the draft animal or animals startto move in a forward direction, the wheel 23, carrying the disk 23, is rotated, and also said disk, and the shaft 14 is revolved in the same direction. The revolution of the shaft Hnecessarily turns the pinion 20,which, meshing with the toothed rein-holding bar 9, causes the latter to move downwardly, as shown in Fig. l, and exert a tension on the reins, which is increased as long as the draft animal or animals continue to advance. A pull of the reins on the animal or animals will necessarily check them and cause a backward movement. During the time that the shaft 14 has been revolving in a forward direction the spring 21 has been wound on the said shaft, and as soon as a backward movement ensues the said spring unwinds through its resiliency or tendency to return to its normal condition, and the revolution of the pinion 20 is reversed, thereby moving the bar 9 driver will shift the lever 17 toward the left until it engages the hook 19, and by this m ovement the shaft 14 is thrown to the rightnntil the gear 22 is disengaged from the disk 23, and in this condition the running-gear of the vehicle is not in the least interfered with either when running straight or turning, and by having the shifting lever in engagement with the hook 19 accidental outward movement of the shaft 14, arising from vibration of the vehicle, will be avoided.

It is obviously apparent that changes in the proportions, dimensions, and detailsof construction might be resorted to without in the least departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a vertically-movable toothed rein-holding bar, an adjustable shaft carrying a pinion on its inner end in engagement with said bar and a gear on the outer end of the same, a wheel having a toothed disk with which the gear on the outer end of the shaft is adapted to mesh, and a spring surrounding a portion of the shaft and having one end attached to one of the bearings of the latter and the opposite end to said pinion.

2. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a vertically-movable toothed rein-holding bar, an adjustable shaft having a pinion on the inner portion thereof in 'continual mesh with the said bar and a gear on the outer end of the same, and a toothed disk with which the gear on the outer end of the shaft is adapted to mesh.

3, In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a vertically-movable toothed rein-holding bar, a shaft having a pinion on the inner portion thereof and engaging the said bar and a gear on the outer end of the same, a wheel having a toothed disk adapted JOHN BROUGI'I.

W'itnesses:

CHAS. S. THOMPSON, HENRY O. THOMAS.