US68618A - Benjamin s - Google Patents

Description

I Paltented Sept 10. 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN S. FLETCHER, of Cornish, in the county of Sullivan, and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Securing the Reins of Animals that are Harncssed to Vehicles, to prevent them from falling or being dragged down around their heels,l and fasten a boot, apron,

er other article to the dash-board of a vehicle; and I do hereby declare the. following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of .this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, and

Figure 2 a. side elevation of my invention.

Figures 3 and 4 are two views of a. modification of the saine.

A is a'plate, having countersunk holes for screws, by which it may be attached to the inside ot' the dashboard of a carriage, either vertically, as seen in figs. 1 and 2,01' horizontally, as in figs. 3 and 4. B is a cylindrical hub, show/nin dotted linesin iig. 1, and partially seen in iig. 2, rigidly attached to, or in one piece with, thc plate A, and surrounded and covered by the cam C, which is free to revolve around the hub B, and is kept from lifting oil from it by a'rivet-head on the'steni a of the hub, or by a screw' or equivalent device. The cam c has a-knurled fillet. around its top, for convenience in turning, and has a slot or opening, I), through its ring, running spirally, or like the thread of a screw, for about one`third of its circumference. D is a lever, which swings on a joint at c, and has a short arm, d, projecting into the spiral slot 11,80 that as the cam C is revolved the end ofthe lever D is moved to or from the plate A. This last is provided Awith two ridges, c e,'whieh are serratedor furnished with teeth, and the edgeof the lever next the plate is similarly serrated, and closes in between the ridges e e, so as to hold securely whatever may bc placed between them. l

Fig. 3 is an elevation of thc same device, but showing the cam C as enclosed withina cylinder or case B, rigidly attached or in one piece with the plate A, which ease'B has a slot,f, through-which the arm d of the lever D may project into the groove or spiral slot b of the cam'C.

Fig. el is a section through the plate A and the case B, showing the cani C and its slot b in elevation. The cam C in this ease may be a solid cylinder, as shown, or be h`ollow, with the 'edge of its top knurled for convenience in turning, and may revolve upon a spindle projecting from thc plate A, furnished with a rivet-head, a screw, or other device, to keep-the cam C in its place.

The parts of my rein-'holder may bo made of any suitable material, as wrought or cast metal, Zinc. The reins are brought over the top oi' the dash-board, and a couple of turns made around the lever D, or'thcir bight passed between it and the plate A, while the lever is in the position shown by dotted lines, iig. 2, when the earn C is turned, so as to'close the lever into the plate A, as 'shown in full lines, same figure.

Having thus fully described '/myv invention, what I'claiin therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l y p The combination of theplate A with its serrated ridges' e e, andthe levcr'Dwith 'the revolving cam C, either surrounding a hub,.B, or enclosed within a case, B, asl-,set forth, and arrangedand operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

In testiinony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses-- 'BENJAMIN FLETCHER..

Witnesses:

EDWARD D. Bimini, L. J. HUnD.

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