IMPROVEMENTS IN WHIP SOCKETS
Year: 1885

page_text: JAMES COTTRELL Senior of 19 Barr Street Bristol in the City & County of
Bristol Saddler & Harness Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN WHIP SOCKETS to be as follows:-
Being made either of wood iron, brass steel or any other metal vulcanite bone,
ivory &c, If made of wood bone ivory &c the socket is turned as a hollow tube
being smaller at a given point near the top the tube is then split in several places
from the top to within about an inch of the bottom, the said bottom is turned in
wood bone ivory &c to screw on to the tube, encircling the socket at the before
mentioned given point, I put either a spring ring or stout india rubber band, so
that when the whip handle is pushed into the socket at the top the wood sides
expand the spring ring or india rubber band expanding with it, the whip having
passed this ring or band at once falls to the bottom of the socket and is securly
held in its place untill wanted.
If made in iron steel brass or any other metal the socket is formed of two
strips of either of the aforementioned metals securely riveted at the centre this
riveted part forming the bottom of the socket, the other parts or ends are then
turned up so as to form a hollow tulip shaped tube, the ring or band is then
adjusted as in the before-mentiond wood sockets, the action and working in either
case being exactly the same, of couse these metal parts can be (if required) covered
with leather.
If made in vulcanite the socket will be moulded as a tube similar to the wood
one and the bottom will be made in vulcanite to screw on,

page_text: JAMES COTTRELL Sen, Saddler &c 19 Barr Street Bristol in the City and County
of Bristol do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
WHIP SOCKETS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
These whip sockets can be made in either wood iron, brass, steel, or any other
metal, vulcanite, bone, ivory &c, If made of wood, bone, ivory, &c the socket is
turned as a hollow tube as shown at Fig 1 in drawings, being smaller at a given
point being shown at A. Near the top, the tube is then split in several places as
at B from the top to within about one inch of the bottom, said bottom being turned
in wood, bone, ivory &c to screw on (as at C) to the tube, Encircling the socket
at A I put either a spring ring, as shown at A or an india rubber band so that
when the whip handle is pushed into the top of the socket the spring or india
rubber band expands, the sides of the socket expanding with it, The whip having
passed the ring or band, at once falls to the bottom of the socket and is securley
held in position untill wanted, They are also turned in brass or other metal.
If made in iron steel brass or other metal the socket is formed of 2 strips of
either of the aforesaid metals securely riveted in the centre as shown at Fig 2.
sockets are shown by Fig 3. The rivetted part forms the bottom of the socket, the
other parts or ends are then bent up to form a hollow tulip shaped tube the ring or
band is then adjusted as at A the action and working in either case being exactly
the same, These metal parts can be if required covered with leather.
2
The
If made in vulcanite the socket will be moulded or pressed as a tube similar to
the wood sockets, the bottom being made to screw on as shown at C.
Fig 1 represents wood socket entire.
Fig 2 shows bottom of iron or metal socket.
Fig 3 shows iron or metal socket entire.
Fig 4 represents sectional view of wood socket.
Fig 5 represents sectional view of either socket at D..
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
I claim is
1st Wood or metal whip sockets substantialy made as described by drawings.
2nd The spring ring or band as shown at A.
3rd Wood or metal or vulcanite whip sockets with bottom to screw on.
4 Metal whip sockets made of any metal as shown at Fig 3.
Like letters relate to like parts in each drawing.
Doted thin noth donat A11002