An Improved Rope Clip for Use in Collieries, Mines, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: -Date of Application, 25th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rope Clip for Use in Collieries, Mines, and the like.
We, WILLIAM MARSHALL of The Headlands, Liversedge, Colliery Manager
and THOMAS GREENWOOD of. Union Foundry, Heckmondwike, Engineer, both in
the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide an efficient and effective rope clip for
haulage purposes to be employed in collieries and mines and similar works.
We construct our improved rope clip in the form of a suitable metal frame or
casting, in which is a suitable recess or groove, one end of this frame is in the form
of a hook, and rests upon the hauling rope, the other end being attached to the
chain or rope secured to the corves or other vehicles.
Within the aforesaid recess or groove works a suitable cam upon a stud or shaft,
this cam raises or lowers a suitable loose die, immediately underneath the hook of
the clip frame, and having a concave face, this cum and die are operated by a
suitable handle upon the cain stud or shaft.
When the clip is placed upon the hauling rope, the handle aforedescribed is
moved raising or lowering the cam and loose die as desired, which immediately
grips the rope firmly, and efficiently for hauling purposes.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of May 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: form of a hook or eye G, to which may be attached the chain or rope secured to
the corves or other vehicle.
The other end is in the form of a hook or jaw H, having a concave or hollow
face.
Within the aforesaid recess or groove F, works a suitable cam J, pivotted upon
a stud or shaft K; this cam raises or lowers a suitable loose die, jaw or clip L,
immediately underneath the hook or jaw H of the frame, and also having a concave
face M, this cam and loose die or jaw are operated by a suitable handle N upon the
cam stud or shaft K.
When the clip is placed upon the hauling rope D, in an under rope clip, see
Figs. 1 and 2, the handle aforesaid is moved, lowering the cam and depressing the
loose die, which immediately grips the rope firmly and efficiently for hauling
purposes.
In an over rope clip see Figs. 3 and 4, the loose die or jaw L is raised, and
operates upon the haulage rope P as before described.
Also to allow for wear and tear of the loose dies, jaws or clips, and the cam, also
for increasing the grip of such jaws or clips we preferably construct the cam with
one side extended from the centre of the said cam as shown at Figs. 1 and 4, so that
the more the lever or handle is depressed the grip upon the rope is correspondingly
increased.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Constructing a rope clip for haulage purposes in collieries, mines, and the like,
consisting of a frame E, having a recess or groove F, and hook or jaw H, loose
die, jaw or clip L, and cam J, upon stud or shaft K, operated by suitable handle N,
in the manner substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Thirteenth day of February 1895
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicants.