IMPROVEMENTS IN POLE END FITTINGS FOR VEHICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Hill of Heywood in the County of Lancaster
Mechanic and William Pollitt of the same place Manufacturing Chemist.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Hill and William
Pollitt at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March
1883.
RICHARD HILL of Heywood in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic and WILLIAM
POLLITT of the same place, Manufacturing Chemist, "IMPROVEMENTS IN POLE END
FITTINGS FOR VEHICLES
"
Our Invention relates to the means for the attachment of horses to the ends of
the poles of vehicles and has for it's object to facilitate the attachment and release
of the horses. We provide the metal end piece to which the horses are attached
with eyes which are formed in two parts one part being permanently attached to.
the pole.end and the other part being a swivel piece which is fitted to be rotated
so that the eyes become open hooks to receive the chain rings. When the swivel
piece is turned back the said rings are prevented from becoming disconnected. To
keep the swivel piece in position we employ a spiral or other suitable spring
which tends to draw the swivel piece towards the other part and to draw a
projection, rib or shoulder into a recess whereby the swivel piece is locked. To
enable the swivel piece to be readily unlocked and turned we prefer to form it
with a handle or aperture into which the fingers enter.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Richard Hill and William Pollitt in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th September 1883.
RICHARD HILL of Heywood in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic and WILLIAM
POLLITT of the same place, Manufacturing Chemist "IMPROVEMENTS IN POLE END
FITTINGS FOR VEHICLES
"
Our Invention relates to the means for the attachment of horses to the ends
of the poles of vehicles and has for its object to facilitate the attachment and release
of the horses
Referring to the accompanying sheet of Drawings Fig 1. is a plan of the pole end
fitting, Fig. 2. is a sectional elevation of the metal end piece B, at A. A. Fig 3. is
an elevation in section of an arrangement on the underside of the metal end piece,
Fig 4 is a section thro' D. D of the swivel piece C, and Fig 5 is an end view of the
arrangement as shewn in Fig 3.
B. is a cylindrical, square or other shaped hollow metal end piece which is the
part permanently fixed to the pole end X of the vehicle and is provided at one
extremity (viz opposite the end fixed) with two suitably shaped projections E E
one on each side which form part of the eyes F. F. to receive the chain rings G. G.
and a recess H which is provided for the reception of the shoulder or projection
rib I of the swivel piece C. When the shoulder or projection rib I is in the
recess H the swivel piece C is then locked with the metal end piece B and the
corresponding projections J. J. one on each side of the swivel piece C engage with
the projections E E of the metal end piece B thus forming the eyes F F to secure
the chain rings G G or other connections attaching the horses to the pole end of
the vehicle as shewn in Fig. 1.
The swivel piece C is fitted to and retained in the metal end piece B by means
of a spiral or other suitable spring K inserted between the end of the hollow metal
end piece B and the nut L attached to the stud M. of swivel piece C. The office
of the spring K also being to keep the swivel piece C in any suitable position
when it is desired to open or unlock the eyes F F for the purpose of attaching or
releasing the horses from the pole end of the vehicle as the case may be this is
effected by drawing the swivel piece C. in the direction suitably to disengage the
shoulder or projection rib I from the recess H. When the swivel piece C is drawn
sufficiently far so as to disengage the shoulder or projection rib I from the
recess H the swivel piece C is then free to be rotated in the position as shewn
in Fig. 2
For the more effectually operating the unlocking of the swivel piece we provide
the said swivel piece with a handle as shewn. On the underside at one extremity
of the metal end piece B is a projection or ring N as shewn in Fig. 2. with an
aperture provided for the reception of a hook for the purpose of attaching to the
pole end a horse or horses in advance of those attached to the pole end by means
of the chain rings G. G. or other connections through the eyes F F. Fig. 3
represents another arrangement which we adopt and apply on the underside of the
metal end piece B, the head P is pressed against the hook which is supported in the
jaws R R upon the pin S by means of a spiral or other suitable spring T inserted
between the head P and U and is prevented from rotating on the pin S until the
head P is disengaged with the notch of the hook Q when the same falls in the
position V the disengagement of head P and the hook Q is effected by drawing
the button W connected to the stud O. and the head P in the direction suitably to
release the head P from the notch of hook Q.

page_text: Having described the nature of our said Invention and the manner in which the
same is operated we wish it to be understood that we claim first the arrangement
of the pole end fitting comprising the swivel piece C the metal end piece B the
spring K and the nut L as herein described and shewn by the annexed Drawings.
Secondly The arrangement in combination with the pole end fitting comprising
the hook the head P. and the spring Tas herein described and shewn by the
annexed drawings
In witness whereof we the said Richard Hill and William Pollitt have hereunto
set our hands and seals this Twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
RICHARD HILL
(L.S.)
WILLIAM POLLITT (L.S.)