Improved Vice or Olamp for Holding Bits and other Parts of Harness while being Cleaned.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Vice or Olamp for Holding Bits and other Parts of
Harness while being Cleaned.
I, GEORGE WILSON of 38 Market Place, Ranmoor, in the City of Sheffield,
Coachman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved appliance or vice for holding "bits" and
other parts of harness while being cleaned.
Hitherto these articles while being cleaned are held in any way the man may find
convenient and usually by the man placing his foot or feet upon them, and bending
down while he cleans and rubs them with his hands, in this uncomfortable and tiring
position.
I propose to make my appliance or vice as follows; a suitable plate with bolt
holes or some other means by which it may be secured or held to a beam, upright,
wall, or other place, is made with a projecting arm having its outer end curved to
half of a circle or thereabouts, and close underneath this arm is a similarly formed
arm pivotted to the arm so as to be capable of opening and closing, and its
end is curved in the opposite end to the upper arm and when closed form the greater
part of a circle.
Two semi-cylindrical wood jaws are fastened in these ends of the arms, and are
formed with a central longitudinal groove, and the ends are concaved.
The two arms are connected by a screw provided with a handle by which they
are opened and closed.
The bits are held between these wood jaws, and a hook may be attached to the
movable jaw to hold chains and the like.
Doted the 24th dox of Monch 1801
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Vice or Clamp for Holding Bits and other Parts of
Harness while being Cleaned.
I, GEORGE WILSON of 38 Market Place, Ranmoor in the City of Sheffield,
Coachman 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved appliance being a vice or clamp for holding
bits, and other parts of harness, and any other article while being cleaned.
Hitherto such articles as bits, stirrups and other parts of harness have been held
in any way that suggested itself to the man, often by putting a foot upon the
article, and rubbing it while in a bent position, and in many other ways.
I propose to construct a special appliance for the purpose of holding such articles,
and I have illustrated it in the annexed sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1, represents a side elevation of my improved appliance.
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page_text: a wall, beam, or other place, and which may therefore be varied in form to suit such
various positions.
This part A, is made with, or has affixed to it a projecting arm B, having its
outer end b, curved to part of a circle, and either above or below this fixed arm,
but preferably above it as shown, I arrange another arm C, pivotted or pin-jointed
at the end next to the plate A, so as to be capable of opening and closing, its outer
end being also curved similar to that of B.
These curved ends are to receive two wood jaws D, of semi-cylindrical form,
between which various articles may be held without damage, and it will be found
convenient to prepare the wood jaws D, with a longitudinal groove d, and to make
one or both ends dished or concave.
The jaws are opened and closed upon the article between them by means of
a screw E, provided with a handwheel F, but a cam or other vice closing device
may be substituted for the screw.
On the plate or back part A, I form a rack or series of hooks G, and upon the
pivotted arin C, I have a reversed hook H, which together form a means of
stretching and holding parts of harness and the like, while being cleaned.
When the vice or clamp has to be fixed to the underside of a beam for example,
the upper part of A, with the rack G, may be omitted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
1. A vice or clamp for holding bits, and other parts of harness, and other
articles while being cleaned or otherwise operated upon, as hereinbefore described
and shown in the drawings.
2. In a vice for harness cleaning and like purposes the combination of two closing
arms C, and B, with jaws D, and hook H, with a back support A, provided with a
rack or teeth G, as hereinbefore described, with reference to the drawings.
3. A vice or clamp for harness cleaning and like purposes, having two arms B,
and C, provided with wood jaws D, and closing screw E, or its equivalent, as
herein before described, and with reference to the drawings.
Dated the 22nd day of October 1894.
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.