US738945A - Violin-bow. - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES Patented September 15, 1903.

MORTIMER B. ROARK, OF DENTON, TEXAS.

VIOLIN-BOW.

SPECIFIOA'HON forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 738,945, dated September 15, 1903.

Application filed April 23,1903- Serial No. 153,952. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTIMER B. ROARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denton, in the county of Denton and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Violin-Bows; 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 appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates particularly to means for attaching the horsehairs to the tip of the violin bow; and it consists of a tip having a mortise which receives the ends of thehorsehairs and a cap having a tenon which fits the mortise and binds the hairs therein. A screw is used to fasten the cap to the tip.

The invention provides simple and efficient means to accomplish the purpose stated without the use of glue. Renewal of the horsehairs may thus be efiected by anyone, since it is simply necessary to loosen the screw and remove the cap.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a violin-tip having my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the tip and cap separated.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the tip of the bow having a mortise 6 therein. The horsehairs are indicated at '7 and the cap at 8. The latter has a tenon 8 of suitable size to fit the mortise and bind the ends of the horsehairs therein. At 9 a screw is indicated to fasten the cap to the tip.

To fix the horsehairs in the bow, the cap is removed and the wisp of hair is placed with its end across the mortise. The cap is then placed, bending the hairs under its tenon in the mortise, and by tightening the screw the hairs are held fast. The use of glue is unnecessary, and the construction permits easy and quick attachment. The parts may be made of any suitable material. In the drawings the invention is shown applied to the head of the bow. It may also be applied to the nut to fasten the horsehairs at the other end.

WVhat I claim as new, and by Letters Patent, is-

1. A clamp for the hairs of violin-bows,comprising a block having a mortise into which the end of the hairs extend, a cap having a tenon in the mortise, and means to bind the cap and block together.

2. A violin-bow having a tip with a mortise therein, a cap detachably secured to the tip and having a tenon in the mortise,'and hairs the ends of which are bound in the mortise under the tenon.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTIMER B. ROARK.

desire to secure Witnesses:

P. MOUNTS, R. H. HoPKINs.

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