AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOLDING WHIPS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Chadnor White, of Liverpool Street, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
HOLDING WHIPS AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 20th January 1865, and dated the 25th July 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Chadnor White
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on.
the 25th July 1864.
I, JAMES CHADNOR WHITE, of Liverpool Street, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED.
APPARATUS FOR HOLDING WHIPS AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a plate of metal or any suitable material of
sufficient size, with conveniences for fixing it to any convenient place, to
which plate india-rubber, leather, gutta percha, or other suitable elastic
material is directly or indirectly attached, projecting so that two ends, edges,
or parts of the india-rubber, leather, gutta percha, or other suitable elastic
material meet together, or nearly so, in such a way, that a whip or any other
article being placed between the said two ends, edges, or parts will be held or
supported. The india-rubber, leather, gutta percha, or other suitable elastic
material may, for instance, be in two pieces projecting from the said plate at
an angle, and held in position by two slotted pieces also projecting at an angle
from the said plate at any suitable distance apart.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Chadnor White in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th January 1865.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
CHADNOR WHITE, of Liverpool Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Chadnor White, Her special licence that I, the said
James Chadnor White, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said James Chadnor White, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOLDING WHIPS AND OTHER
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Chadnor White, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office, within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Chadnor White, do hereby
declare the nature, of my said 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. consists of a plate, of metal of any suitable material of
sufficient size, with, conveniences for fixing it to any, convenient place, to which
plate india-rubber, leather, gutta percha, or other suitable elastic material is
directly or indirectly attached projecting so that two ends; edges, or parts of
the india-rubber, leather, gutta percha, or other suitable elastic material meet
together, or nearly so, in such a way that a whip or any other article being
placed between the said two ends, edges, or parts, will be held or supported.
The india-rubber, leather, gutta percha, or other suitable elastic material
may, for instance, be in two pieces projecting from the said plate at an angle,

page_text: and held in position by two slotted pieces also projecting at an angle from the
said plate at any suitable distance apart.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the manner in which the same is to be performed,
reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of Drawings accompanying this
Specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters
denoting corresponding parts throughout all the Figures.
Figures and la represent one modification of my. Invention, in which
two edges of leather or other material marked A, A, are brought together,
and continually pressed together by the spring S working behind the plate B,
which may be made of iron, steel, brass, or any other suitable material, and
in any ornamental shape, as, for instance, a horse shoe. The leathers A, A,
may be rivetted to the holders H, H, or may be made to cover thin sheets of
iron, steel, or brass which are or may be acted upon by the spring S. The
plate B may be attached to any convenient place by screws or nails. or other
modes of attachment by the holes c, c. The article to be held, as a whip,
billiard cuè, &c., is to be inserted between the leather edges A, A, and is
maintained in position by means of the spring S, which clasps two studs d,.d,
on the holders H, H.
Fig. 1 shews an elevation or front view of this modification of my improved
apparatus for holding articles,, and Fig. 1a shews a section of the same;
Figs. 2 and 2 a shew respectively front and side views of a more simple
arrangement, in which the holding edges A, A, are composed of indian-rubber
or other elastic material, and are clenched in the holders H, H, which are
securely attached by rivets r, r, or otherwise to the plate B, so that when any
article is placed or suspended between the edges A, A, it is secured in position
by the elasticity of the. indian-rubber or other elastic material.
Figs. 3 and 3 a represent a different modification of my Invention for the
purpose of holding driving reins when not in use. The spring clip S is to be
hooked on to the dash of a gig or other carriage, and the reins are to be
inserted between the holding edges A, A, which may be of leather or other
elastic material, and are secured to the holders H, H, rivetted to the spring
clip which hangs on the dash in front of the person driving. Fig. 3 a shews
a front view of the rein holder as it hangs on the dash, and Fig. 3 shews the
spring clip whereby it is attached to the dash.
Figs. 4 and 4a shew another modification of my Invention specially
adapted for holding billiard cues and such like articles. In this modification
the holding edges A, A, &c., are cut in a piece of indian-rubber or other
elastic material with holes for the reception of the article to be held. The

page_text: piece of indian-rubber may be either circular or of any other convenient
shape, and may be secured between two ornamental pieces of wood or metal,
and supported by a stand, as shewn. Fig. 4b shews a plan of the top.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention for "An Improved Apparatus for Holding Whips and other
Articles," I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise modifications, details, or relative dimensions, proportions, forms, or
materials, herein-before set forth, as it will be readily seen that the same may
be considerably varied without departing from the Invention; but what I
claim is, an improved apparatus or apparatuses for holding whips and other
articles, constructed substantially and in the manner herein-before described
and illustrated by the Drawings accompanying this Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Chadnor White, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
JAMES CHADNOR WHITE. (L.S.)
Witness to the seal and signature
of the said James Chadnor
White,
CHARLES S. BAKER,
General Patent Company, Limited,
71, Fleet Street,
Agents.