Improvements in and connected with Whip Sockets.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Lett 10th July. 1891-Accepted. 15th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Whip Sockets.
THOMAS CHARLES MALLET Surgeon Lowdham near Nottingham do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
The whip socket is made so that it shall be movable on its attachment to the side
of the carriage or conveyance so that when any force is brought to bear on the
upper part of the whip, as when the latter comes in contact with the branch of
a tree overhanging the road or an arch spanning the road or the top of the
coach house &c. the whip shall fall backwards or forwards (according to the
direction of the force) & then spring back into the upright position again when
the force is removed, so as to prevent the whip or the socket from being broken
by such force of contact.
Dated this 30th day of October 1890.
THOMAS CHARLES MALLET.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Whip Sockets.
THOMAS CHARLES MALLET Lowdham near Nottingham Surgeon 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:-
The whip socket is mounted in a holder, fixed to the side of the carriage, cart, or
other similar road vehicle, the holder being so constructed, that if the upper part of
the whip meets with any obstruction the holder turns and lowers the whip, thus
preventing the same being damaged or broken,
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 represents a plan, partly in section of one of my improved whip socket
holders designed for vehicles which require the whip to stand a short distance from
the side.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a whip socket holder designed for carrying
the whip closer to the side of the carriage than the design shown in Fig. 1.
In both figures the same reference letters indicate similar parts.
The whip socket is placed in a ring a Fig. 1 which is fastened to a tube b
carrying near its other end a cam c which is held to a cam d by a spring e and
pin The cam d is secured to, or made with a plate y which is fixed to the
carriage side h.
When the ring a is turned, motion is communicated to the cam c which then
rises up the cam d, and compresses the spring e; then when the ring is released
the spring e expands, forces down the cam c and returns the ring to its original
position.
which
The ring may be turned in either direction, and it is prevented from turning
a complete circle by a suitable stop, or by arranging the spring to act as a stop.
In Fig. 2 the ring a is connected direct to the cam c and carries the pin
When the ring is
is passed through the fixed cam d and fitted with a plate k.
turned the spring e is compressed, the action being the same as for Fig. 1.
I have only shown two kinds of holders but I may arrange for the cam d to slide
and the cam c to turn only, or I may arrange to return the ring to its original
position by means of a flat or other spring.
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page_text: 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 :-
A movable whip socket holder, constructed and arranged substantially as shown
and described in the accompanying drawings and Specification.
Dated this 9th day of July 1891.
THOMAS CHARLES MALLET.