US365645A - Hame-fastener - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. S. SMITH.

HAME PASTENER. No. 365,645. Patented June 28,1887.

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JOHN S. SMITH, OF HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAM E-FASTENEFL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,645, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed April 1, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the herough of Hamburg, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harrie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is more particularly related to wooden hames re-enforced by iron plates.

The object of the invention is to secure a strong, secure, and ready fastening for hames.

My improvement consists in the re-enforee given to the body of the hame and the separate attachment upon said re-enforce of the chailrhook and the lever-lock of the respective hame.

The drawings herewith show fully to an expert the manner in which I re-enforce and attach the locking device.

Like letters of reference-indicate similar parts.

Figure 1 represents the hame upon the right-hand side ofthe eollar,showing the chain hook. Fig. 2 represents the hame upon the left-hand side of the collar, showing the lockiug-lever; Fig. 3, a partial edge elevation of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a partial edge elevation of Fig. 1. l

In the drawing, A represents the wood portion of the hame; B, an integral metallic reenforce carried around the lower portion of thehame and properly secured thereto; 0, the usual trace-chain hooks; D,the usual top fastening-loops for leather strap; E, independent chain-hook plate secured to the base of the hame upon the re-enforee plate B, which adds very much to the strength of the same, and has a hook, E, adapted to the lockingchain.

F is the independent locking-lever piece, having a loop, F, for the lever-fastener F", a hinge-joint, F, at the lower end for the lever G, which is secured therein by pintle G. The lever has a perforation, G for a link, II, adapted to pass over the end of the heme. In this link a swivel, I, is secured by its eye I, and to the swivel a series of six or more chain-links, J, are connected, which serve to graduate the space between the hames to the necks or collars of the animals.

The advantages of this fastener over other devices for the same purpose consists in the Serial No. 233,273. (No model.)

additional strength gained by the mode in which the haine is ironed, by an integral piece passing around the lower portion thereof, running upward about one'half thelength of the haine upon the inside and about two thirds the length of the hame upon the outside edge thereof, the readiness with whiehthe connection between the hame is made, and the quickness and security of the look when said connection is inade,with the non-liability to entangle the chain by the introduction of the swivel in the combination.

I am aware (being a manufacturer of hames) that the use of a coupling-chain and lever is not new, and I do not broadly claim the same; but I believe myself to be the first to iron hames,in the manner shown and describechby the use of an integral piece, B, passing around the lower end of said hame, thus being able to use lighter iron and yet add more strength to the hame, and, in combination with said lighter irons, the re-enforcing of the same by the independently applied hook andlever fastening device.

The use of the invention is as follows: The hames being applied to the collar in the usual manner, the hook E is connected with the chain-links J, the lever G being pendent from the hinge F. It is then turned upward against the home and the fastening-loop F dropped over the end of thelever G. There is no other fastening required, as there is no tendency for said loop F to rise, its weight keeping it in position until purposely released.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

In wooden hames having re-enforeing irons B, the attachment to the lower outer face of said irons, respectively, upon one hame of an independently-formed hook-piece,E,and upon the other of an independently-formed leverpieee, F, having a loop, F, in combination with the hinged lever-fastener F adapted to swing over the end of lever G and lock the same in place, the said lever G, chain-links J, and swivel I, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN S. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. EDWARD MILLER, GHAs. W. ADAMS.

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