US930577A - Whip-socket. - Google Patents

Description

J. VAN BLARGOM.

WHIP SGGKET.

APPLIoATIoN FILED James, 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ATTOHNE Y J. VAN BLARGOM.

WHIP SOCKET. 'APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 26. 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESS/58 `TOHN VAN BLARCOM, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

l WHIP-SOCKET'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed January 26, 1909. Serial No. L$744,205.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-IN VAN BLARCOM, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a certain newl and useful Improve` ment in VVhip-Sockets; and I do hereby deelare 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 characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to whip-sockets, and it has for its principal object to provide a whip-socket which may be so set as either to pre vent the removal of the whip without the use of a key, or to permit the removal of the whip only after a certain part has been actuated to effect its release, but without the use of a key, or to permit its perfectly free removal at any time.

The essential feature of the invention resides in providing a gripping member 0r members which are vertically movable in the casing or shell member of the device, such gripping member or members and the casing member having the one a cam surface adapted to be impinged by the other and to limit the upward movement of the gripping member or members, which latter normally stand elevated in the casing'member.

In addition to the foregoing the invention consists in means whereby the parts may be locked in the position where the gripping members grip and hold the whip against removal or in the position where they leave the whip free for removal.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the improved whip-socket on line w-w of Fig. l0 and looking toward the left in said figure, showing a whip in place therein, the parts being in such position `that the vgripping members are free to be drawn down-A wardly and `thus release the whip; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the whip-socket asseen in Fig. 1, the whip appearing in section; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 excepting that the gripping members are shown in their depressed position, in which position the whip is free to be withdrawn from the socket; Figs. Ll and 5 are sectional views on the lines x-m and g/ Q, respectively, of F ig. 3; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the member in which the whip seats and in which, in the adaptation/shown, the gripping members are pivoted; Fig. 7 shows the lower part of the whip-socket as it appears in Fig. 1, showing how the gripping members are locked in theirv elevated position; Fig. 8

Vis a view in elevation of the improved whip` socket, with the whip in position therein; Fig. 9 is a vertical central sectional view of the lower part of the whip-socket, taken in `a plane at right angles to that of the sectional views Figs. 1, 3 and 7, that is, coincident with the axis of a certain key barrel, certain parts appearing in elevation; Fig. 10 is a sectional view on the line c-e of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 shows a fragment of the casing in elevation; Fig. 1'2 is a vertical sectional view taken between two of the tumblersin Fig.

10 and looking toward the left in said figure; Fig. 13 is'a plan view of the interior mech anism shown in Figs. 9 and 10 with a certain top-wall removed; Fig. 14 shows the key barrel and the sleeve in which it rotates in section; and, Fig. 15 is a fragmentary vertical central sectional view of a modified form of the invention.

In the drawings, c designates the shell or casing member. This comprises a cylinder b having an internal shoulder c at its upper end and an external threading d at its lower end; a sleeve e introduced into the cylinder' and having its upper end flaring and abut-n ting against the shoulder c and its lower end-portion expanded at f so as to afford circumferential contact with the cylinder b, then contracted at g and having its edge turned outwardly at i to form a shoulder; an annulus z' having `an internal shoulder j; and a freely rotating anti-friction ring` 7,: disposed between the shoulders h and The parts c and z' are forced into the cylinder and are held therein by frictional action. The upper end-portion of the sleeve is formed with a plurality of pairs of vertical slits Z connected at their upper ends by horizontal slits m leaving in each instance a tongue of metal n, which is bowed inwardly to form a. spring clip, suchspring clips coperating to center the whip 0 when introduced into the socket. The shell or casing member also 'comprises a cap p which is screwed into the threaded lower end of cylinder 7).

An invertedU-shaped frame s having a foot-piece t connecting its lower ends is guided in two of three openings g of a wall r of capp, one leg of said frame having on the inside a series of ratchet teeth u and the other having at its upper end one or two teeth o. To this frame is swiveled a member w comprising a disk having pairs of lugs y, and a cup e, the swivel being` afforded by a rivet 1. In the lugs y on pins 2 are pivoted arms 3 at the free ends of which are pivoted jaws 4 having rtheir upper ends 5 flaring and formed with the inclined surfaces or cam-faces 6.

In view of the foregoing` and assuming that the frame s is normally drawn upwardly in the position shown in Fig. l (as will be explained later), in which position the jaws stand contracted, upon introducing the whip o its butt-end will first impinge against the upper flaring ends of the jaws t; the jaws being contracted, the butt of the whip cannot enter until the jaws have been displaced downwardly sutliciently so thatY their camfaces G allow them to open, whereupon it will freely enter the jaws7 which will then immediately rise and be again contracted by their cam-faces wiping` against the ring` c. The gripping members thus atforded by the arms 3 and jaws 4, automatically cooperate with the ring 7c to grip and hold the whip against withdrawal until the gripping` members have been again depressed sufficiently to allow their expansion. By swiveling the member w on the frame s and providing the anti-friction ring 7c the whip may be turned freely in the socket however tightly it may be gripped by the jaws et. Since, under the condition now referred to, the gripping members are normally pressed upwardly, it will be observed that the whip cannot be released by pushing it down against the cup e, in which it seats, for any attempt thereupon to raise the whip is directly opposed by the rise of the gripping members into their gripping position.

The whip o in Figs. 1, 3 and 8 is one having a tapering butt; the whip 7 in Fig. 15 has a shoulder S, and for this type of whip the gripping members are in the form of hoek-shaped jaws 9 pivoted in a disk 10 and having their upper endsv normally forced toward their expanded position by springs 11, the member 12 comprising` disk 10 and the cup 13 for the whip-butt being swiveled to the frame 14 corresponding to frame s in the same manner as cup w is swiveled to frame s.

It will be understood that it is not essential to the automatic gripping of the whip in the socket that its butt be tapering, as in Figs. 1, 3 and 8, or formed with a shoulder, as in Fig. 12, so long as the engagement between the whip and the jaws is such, whether by frictional or positive contact, that the whip tends to displace the gripping members upwardly once the latter are wedged between the whip and some part corresponding` to the ring la.

Channeled uprights 13, having the channeled portions facing each other, are attached to the cap p, being rigidly connected by a sleeve 1l and horizontal walls 15 above and below the sleeve; above the sleeve the two sides of one of the uprights are connected by a vertical wall 17. After the wall r, with the uprights attached thereto, has been placed in position, a key barrel 1S is introduced through an opening 19 in the cylinder o into the sleeve 14, the key-barrel acting to hold the parts against: removal and being itself held from longitudinal dis placement by a screw 20 passed through the cylinder 21 designates the key adapted to be introduced into the barrel 18.

ln the uprights 13 are pivoted upwardly extending pawls 22 and 23, the former being adapted to engage the teeth u, and the latter the teeth n. On a pivot 2st of the pawl 22 are pivoted three tunzblers 25, 26 and 27 the same being movable in openings 23. 2S in the sides of the left hand upright in Fig. 10. Springs 2S) are attached to the tiumblersl 2G and engage a stud 30 projecting from the upright last referred to, thereby pressing said tuinblers downwartlly. The several tumblers have suitable cuts 31 to suit' the wards of the key 21, the tumblers being adapted to penetrate a cross-cut 32 in the sleeve 14 so as to be engaged by the key. rllhe tumbler has a projection 33 which is penetrated by a headed stud 34 projecting from the pawl 32 and between such projection and the pawl is a compression spring coiled about the stud. Now when the tumblers are forced to the left in Figs. 3 or 7 by the key the tumbler 25 acts through the spring 35 to hold the pawl 22 in yielding contact with the teeth n. Thus, if it is desired to lock the gripping members in their contracted position, the key is employed to press the pawl 22 in engagement with the. leg of frame s having the teeth u; the pawl will then prevent the frame from being depressed by means of the foot-piece if.

ln the vertical wall 17 and in the ehau' neled upright 13 carrying said wall is journaled an arbor 3G carrying at its inner end a crank 37 and at its outer end having swiveled thereto a ring 38 which is adapted to slip over the protruding end of the key-barrel and thus hold the arbor against rotation. To the crank 37 is pivotally connected a slide 39 arranged on a headed stem 40 around which is coil-ed a compression spring L't1 interposed between the slide and one of two lugs 42 on the stem 40. The stem penetrates the pawl 23, the lugs holding the stem against longitudinal movement in the pawl.

Upon raising the ring 38 out of engagement with the key barrel, said ring may be employed as a handle to turn the crank 37, the effect of which will be either to move pawl 23 into yielding contact with the leg of frame s having the teeth /v (as in Fig. or out of engagement therewith (as in Fig. 7). Thus, if it is desired to lock the gripping members in the open position, the ring 38 is turned until it causes the pawl 23 to bear against the leg of the frame s having the teeth a; when the frame is now depressed to its lowest limit the pawl 23 will engage ene of the teeth yv and hold it down, in which position the gripping members will be eX- paiided. The pawl and the parts controlling it are maintained in this position by the ring 3S being again allowed to embrace the key barrel.

The tumblers 25, 26 and 27 have the notches 43 and 44, the former having an inclined surface 45. 1When the pawl 22 is retracted, the notches 43 of the tumblers receive the lower edge of the opening 28 of the left-hand upright 13 in Fig. 10. When the key throws the tumblers to the left their inclined surfaces 45 allow them to ride over said edge, so that they ultimately fall, their notches 44 now receiving said edge and holding them against returning. To release the tumbler-s, the key is turned in the direction reverse to that for locking, so that it raises the tninblers and disengages their notches 44 from the lower edge of the opening 28.

In order to make unnecessary the use of a key in locking the gripping members, a

vspring-actuated button 46 may be arranged in the cylinder opposite the ends of the tumblers. When this button is pushed in the tumblers are moved to the left in Fig. 3 the same as they are moved by the key; they cannot be now returned without the use of a key. 4

The meansoperating normally to raise the frame s may be a spring 47 connecting the foot-piece with the lower wall l5.

It will be understood that the improved whip-socket is attached to the dash-board of a vehicle in the same manner as the ordinary whip-socket.

According to convenience or other circumstances the gripping members will normally be either free to be depressed by applying the foot on the foot-piece 15 or be locked in their open position by means of the pawl 23, the driver only securing the gripping members locked in their gripping relation at such times as the whip is not to be frequently used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination of a casing member and a gripping member vertically movable therein, the casing member having a part thereof overlying a part of the gripping member and one of said parts having a cam face engageable by the other part, and means, comprising a spring, acting normally to elevate the gripping member, substanti-ally as described.

2. The combination of a. casing member and a vertically movable mechanism arranged therein and comprising a gripping member, the casing. member having a p art thereof overlying a part of the gripping member and one of said parts having a cam face engageable by the other part, means, comprising a spring, acting normally to elevate the gripping member, and means for locking said mechanism against downward movement, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a casing member and a vertically movable mechanism arranged therein and comprising a gripping member, the casing member having a part thereof overlying a part of the gripping member and one of said parts having a cam face engageable by the other part, means, comprising a spring, acting normally to elevate the gripping member,`and means for locking said mechanism at an elevation lower than its upward limit of movement, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a casing member, a vertically movable mechanism arranged therein, and means, having a part thereof swiveled `to said mechanism on a vertical axis and cooperative with the casing member, for gripping a whip introduced into the casing member, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a casing member, a ring freely rotatable therein on a vertical axis, and means, cooperative and rotatable with and surrounded by said ring, for gripping a. whip introduced into the casing member, substantially as described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 23 day of January, 1909.

JOHN VAN BLARCOM.

Witnesses:

Jol-IN W. S'rnwann, GEORGE VAN BLARcoM.

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