An Improved Attachment for Securing the Pole to Carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec.,
1898
An Improved Attachment for Securing the Pole to Carriages and
other Vehicles.
I, FRIEDRICH WILHELM BRÖSICKE, of 14, Grosse Burgrasse, Rathenow, in the
Empire of Germany, Master-Smith and Cartwright, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an attachment for the poles of vehicles, whereby the
pole can be secured in place in a very easy and expeditious manner.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which:
Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the end of a carriage pole constructed according to my
invention.
Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation.
Both of these figures show the hinge closed.
Fig. 3 shows an outside elevation of Fig. 2 with the hinge open.
The pole a of the vehicle is provided with a hinged end piece b, the latter having
At a short distance from the hinge
at its front end a pivotted tightening lever c.
joint the pole is recessed to partly embrace a transverse rod or bar, the hinged part
being similarly recessed to embrace the other part of the bar g which is firmly
secured to the vehicle, and provided with an enlarged conical bearing surface to
receive the hinge joint.
The front end of the tightening lever c is provided with a hook or nose f which
engages the upper end of the buckle & acted upon at its lower end by a coiled or
other suitable spring d¹ secured in a recess or slot in the projecting boss of the
pole a. The recess may be closed by a cover plate e as shown.
Το
Thus when the hinge and tightening lever are in the closed position as shown in
Fig. 2 the action of the spring will keep the pole a firmly attached to the pin g.
unloose the pole the tightening lever is moved round as shown by the arrow in
Fig. 2, upon which the buckle is disengaged and the spring loosened, the hinged
part 6 being then free to open as shown in Fig. 3.
b
When the hinge is loosened, the pole will fall to the ground by its own weight.
This arrangement will be found especially useful when the horses fall, as the pole
can be readily disconnected. The spring being disposed inside the boss on the pole,
cannot be injured and all rattling of the parts is obviated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
An atttachment for securing the pole to carriages and other vehicles, consisting of
an end piece hinged to one end of the pole, the front end of said end piece being
connected to a tightening lever, the front end of which is provided with a nose or
book to engage with the upper end of a spring buckle, whereby the hinged end

page_text: piece and pole, are caused to embrace between them a transverse bar firmly attached
to the vehicle, the bar being preferably. provided. with an enlarged conical bearing
surface, substantially as herein described and set forth.
Dated, this 4th day of October 1900
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 171, Queen Victoria, London.