US194096A - Improvement in whip-sockets - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT CEFICE.

DANIEL A. KIMBARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l94,096, dated August 14, 1877 application tiled July 18,l 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. KIMBARK, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new Improvement in Whip-Sockets; and l do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ot' ret'- the whip, to prevent its rattling, and avoid the wear upon the handle of the whip occasioned by the usual construction of the socket.

The invention consists in constructing` the socket from a blank ot' elastic sheet metal or other suitable material rolled into tubular shape, but the edge free to allow expansion or contraction otl the socket as the handle of the whip is inserted or removed, as more fully hereinafter described.

The metal used may be any suitable sheet metal, as brass, or may be hard rubber, cellu loid, or any material capable of being wrought into thin sheets, and possessing a considerable degree of elasticity. From such a sheet a blank is cut into the form substantially as seen in Fig. 2, the width at the top a being substantially the circumference of the socket to be produced. The opposite end b is considerably broader, so as to produce the inclined side c. The lower end is preferably cut into points, as indicated, for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

The blank thus shaped is rolled, the inclined side c inward, and as seen in Fig. 3

rivets or otherwise.

and broken lines, Fig. l, and should be somewhat smaller in diameter at the mou-th than at the bottom. This will give to the edge c in the socket a spiral shape, as indicated in Fig. l. The nature of the metal allows of the expansion of the socket by a force from within, and when that force is removed the socket returns to its normal condition. The points at the bottom are bent inward into a horizontal plane, to form a bottom for the socket, as seen in Fig. 3. On the outer edge an extension, d, is made, as a means for attaching the socket. This may be placed around the bar on the carriage seat or dash, and secured by This extension is not an essential part of the socket, as it may be otherwise attached. i

The internal diameter of the socket is slightly less than that of the handle of the whip- `stock; hence in setting. the handleinto the socket a slight force will be required, which will cause the socket to expand, and the reaction of the elastic material of the socket will cause it to clasp the handle and hold it firmly within the socket, so that it will not move as in the usual socket, and hence the usual wear -upon the handle of the whip will be avoided.

The inner edge c is inclined, to give the inner spiral shape for the purpose of facilitating the introduction of the whip-handle, as the handle, in being introduced, will follow this spiral shape and enter like a screw, forcing the expansion of the socket as the handle is pressed downward. The edge, however, may be made vertical without departing from the principles ot' this invention. r

I claim- The herein described whip socket constructed from a thin sheet of elastic'metal,

rolled or coiled into tubular form, so as to leave the inner edge free, substantially as specified. o

DANIEL A. KIMBARK. Witnesses:

HUME R. BUCHANAN, J As. PEPPER.

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