Improvements in or connected with Trace Hooks or Eyes for Carriages or other Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
TRUVIDIONAL DIEVIET
Improvements in or connected with Trace Hooks or Eyes for
Carriages or other Vehicles.
I MARK SAMUEL LUCK of 91 and 93 Lewisham Road Lewisham in the County
of Kent, Coach Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to he as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to trace hooks for
carriages by the introduction or intervention of a block or ball of india-rubber or
other spring so as to break the shock of concussion both at starting and also during
the time of tension. The trace hook or eye in the above case, can be attached
in the ordinary way, either to the splinter-bar or to the futchells of carriage.
By this arrangement it is obvious the abrupt motion, to carriage especially at
starting the vehicle is obviated, thus giving increased comfort to both rider and
horse.
Dated this Thirtieth day of January 1894.
Improvements in or connected with Trace Hooks or Eyes for
Carriages or other Vehicles.
I, MARK SAMUEL LUCK, of 91 and 93, Lewisham Road, Lewisham, in the
County of Kent, Coach Builder, 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 trace hooks for carriages and it consists essentially in
the combination with a trace hook or eye of a suitable spring such as a block or
ball of india-rubber so as to lessen the shock or concussion when starting the
The trace hook or eye can be
vehicle and also during the traction of the same.
attached either to the splinter-bar or to the futchells of the carriage.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan of part of the splinter-bar of a carriage with my spring trace
hook or eye applied thereto :
Figure 2 is a cross section of the same; and,
Figure 3 is a plan partly in section of one of the futchells of a carriage provided
with my spring hook or eye.
a
is the trace hook or eye, and b is the shank of the same; c is the spring which
I apply to the trace hook, such spring being advantageously made of a block or
ball of india-rubber with a diametrical hole through which the shank 6 of the trace
hook is passed; d and e are two metal cups passed centrally over the shank 6 so as
to embrace the ball spring c, the shank working freely through the cup d, whilst
the cup e is formed with a nut or screw-threaded boss f screwing over a
thread g on the rear end of the shank b which is made with a shoulder or stop h at
its front end.
When my spring trace-hooks (or eyes) are to be applied to a splinter-bar i as
shewn in Figures 1 and 2, the shank 6 of the hook a passes freely through the
splinter-bar and the shoulder or stop bears on the front side of the bar, the cup
d

page_text: being provided with a plate or flange ; whereby it can be secured by screws k, k to
the rear side of the bar as shewn.
When, however, the spring hooks or eyes are to be applied to the futchells of a
carriage as illustrated in Figure 3, the shoulder or stop is arranged to bear on
the front of the cup d which is provided with a screw-threaded stud or bolt
whereby it can be secured to the inner side of the futchell m as shewn.
By the use of my spring trace-hooks or eyes it is obvious that an elastic or spring
traction is afforded which considerably lessens the shock which is usually felt
particularly when starting a vehicle having rigid trace-hooks or eyes, thereby
giving increased comfort to both rider and horse.
Instead of employing india-rubber blocks or balls to form the springs of my
trace-hooks or eyes, I can obviously make use of spiral or other springs.
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 :-
1. The combination with a trace-hook or eye for carriages of a spring such as a
block or ball of india-rubber so arranged as to lessen the shock or concussion when
starting the carriage and also during the traction of the same substantially as
herein before described.
2. The improved spring trace-hooks or eyes for carriages constructed arranged
and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 18th day of June 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.