US487277A - Neck-yoke - Google Patents

Description

1 3M 16 J WK 6120a Geo Gl. T760 mm.

F. W. KLINE 82: G. G. THOMAS.

NBGK YOKE.

(No Model.)

No. 487,277. Patented D90. 6, 1892.

7 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK IV. KLINE AND GEORGE G. THOMAS, OF EDISON, OHIO.

N EC K-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,277, dated December 6, 1892.

Application filed Juno 2, 1892. Serial No. 435,309. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK W. KLINE and GEORGE G. THOMAS, citizens of the United States, residing at Edison, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Neck-Yoke, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in neck-yokes, and it has special reference to means for attaching the neck-yoke to the end of a pole; and it consists of the construction and arrangement of parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the attachment of the neck-yoke to the end of a pole by a construction of parts which is simple and effective, strong and durable, easily handled, and readily understood.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pole, showing the improved construction in connection therewith. Fig. 2 isa central longitudinal vertical section of a portion of the pole and the improved device. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the parts of the device removed from the neck-yoke and the pole and disconnected from each other.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the pole, and 2 theneck-yoke. To the end of the pole is fitted an elongated thimble or sleeve 8, which is preferably constructed of metal and has a projection 3*, with obliquely-arranged sides, to form an arm 4 at the front end thereof, which is flattened and has an opening therethrough, as at 5. On the neck-yoke is fitted a sleeve 6, having rearwardly-projecting arms or ears 7, which embrace the flattened portions 5 of the arm 4 and are pivotally connected thereto. By

this means the neck-yoke is permitted to have a free lateral movement, but is sustained in free vertical position and prevented from falling or moving above or below the ends of said arms 4.

The construction of the device herein set forth is simple, strong, and durable, and the thimble or sleeve, with its projection and arm, may be formed from a suitable metal and by preferred means. The device also provides for readily connecting the parts of the harness to the neck-yoke by virtue of the position of the latter in a horizontal plane. Furthermore, the lines are prevented from catching on the end of the pole and the device en tire may be readily and quickly applied to any form of pole now in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a neck-yoke, the combination of a sleeve or thimble fitted over the front end of a pole and having a front tapered end of increased thickness and of quadrangular pyramidal form, from the center of which horizontally projects a flat arm or extension witha vertical opening therethrough, and a sleeve mounted on the neck-yoke and having rearwardly-extending horizontal arms spaced apart and embracing and pivoted to the aforesaid arm or extension, thereby holding the neck-yoke at a distance from the end of the pole and sustaining it in a horizontal position, and the front end of the sleeve or thimble reinforcing the same against Wear and fracture, the rear ends of the said horizontal arms being rounded and located in advance of the lower termination of the quadrangular pyramidal center, and the pivot connecting said parts, extending through the same, and headed on both ends, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK W. KLINE. GEORGE G. THOMAS.

WVitnesses:

O. M. KLINE, I. T. MCLAIN.

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