Improvements in Whips.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Whips.
I, JAMES RICHARD DOE, Whip Maker, trading as Peter Doe and Sons, of
32, Beech Street, London, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention for improvements in whips relates to the means for attaching the
thong to the handle and has for its object an improved construction of keeper, to
replace the leather keeper at present in use, whereby the thong is allowed free
movement in all directions.
According to this invention, an eye is attached to the end of the handle. This
eye may be formed from the steel centre or may be made separately and attached
thereto. A link or billet is fitted into this eye and to it the thong is attached.
It will be seen that by this arrangement the thong is allowed free movement in all
directions while the leather keeper previously employed, which quickly wore away,
is replaced by the metal link or billet. Moreover the arrangement is better
suited to allow free movement, than the metal link sometimes used, which
rotates on a pivot.
The link or billet may be covered with leather or the like. A second link may
be employed if desirable and so constructed as to be capable of turning upon a
pivot attachment.
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I, JAMES RICHARD DOE, Whip Maker, trading as Peter Doe and Sons, of
32, Beech Street, London, E.C., 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:-
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This invention for improvements in whips relates to the means for attaching
the thong to the handle or whip stock and has for its object an improved con-
struction of keeper, to replace the leather keeper at present in use; whereby the
thong is allowed free movement in all directions.
According to this invention an eye is attached to the end of the handle. This
eye may be formed from the steel centre of the whip stock or may be made
separately and secured thereto. A link or billet of any suitable form is attached
to this eye and the thong is attached thereto. It will be seen that by this arrange-

page_text: ment the thong is allowed free movement in all directions while the leather keeper
previously employed, which quickly wore away, is replaced by the metal link or
billet. Moreover the arrangement is better suited to allow free movement than in
the metal link sometimes used, which rotates on a pivot.
The link or billet may be covered with leather or the like, or a leather keeper
may be employed. A second link may be employed if desirable, and may be so
constructed as to be capable of turning upon à pivot attachment.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, represents one method of securing the
eye A, to the whip-stock according to my invention, namely by grooving two
sides of the end of the whip-stock to allow the two shanks H, H, of the eye A, to
fit in. The ends I. I, of the shanks H, H, are sharpened so that they can be
driven into the stock. The thong E, is fixed to the double-eyed link C, which is
linked to the eye A.
Fig. 2, represents the eye B, as integral with the steel centre F, running through
the whip-stock.
Fig. 3, shows another method of connecting the thong E, to the whip-stock.
The thong E, is therein shown as attached to a swivel D, the eye G, of which is
attached to the eye A.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be utilised, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. The improvement in whips-consisting of attaching the thong to a link
or billet connected to an eye rigidly attached to the whip handle or stock.
2. The improvement in whips-consisting of attaching the thong to a suitably
made link or billet which is connected to an eye formed out of the end of the
steel whip centre.
3. The improvement of whips-consisting of attaching the thong to a swivel
whose eye is connected to an eye on the end of the whip-stock, and which may
be formed either from the steel centre or may be made separately and attached
to the whip-stock substantially as described.
Dated this 1st dove of July 1800.