Appliance for Securing Fractured Carriage Poles, Whipple Trees, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1889-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Appliance for Securing Fractured Carriage Poles, Whipple Trees, and
the like.
We, BRUNO SCHEUER, Engineer, Linienstrasse 128 GEORG MEHNE, known as
SCHARFENBERG
WALLACH, Secretary, Greifswalderstrasse 61, and HERMANN
Georgenkirchstrasse 46, all of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, 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:
Our invention has for its object to enable the driver of a waggon, carriage or other
vehicle to rapidly and effectively secure together the parts of a fractured pole, whipple
tree, and the like, so that it may serve as effectually as if it were unbroken during
the remainder of the journey, whereas at present the driver can only bind the parts
together in a very defective manner and is generally obliged to interrupt his journey
iu consequence hereof.
According to the present invention we employ for the above purpose a combination
of metal bars, provided with spikes and loops, with a series of flexible straps with
buckles or other fastenings, so arranged at a right or other angle to the bars, that
on the driver wrapping the straps round the pole at the fracture, the bars are
applied thereto in a direction parallel to the pole, so that on then driving the spikes
of the bars into the pole by blows until the bars lie close against the pole, and then
drawing the straps tightly round them, the fracture will be secured in the most
effectual manner.
Thus the advantage of the present appliance over any similar appliance that may
have been used before is, that firstly, the several parts thereof are combined
together as a whole, and can consequently be instantaneously applied, secondly, no
separate nails or screws are required for fixing on the bars, this being effected by
mere blows with a stone or other object at hand, and thirdly, the securing is effected
rapidly and simply by drawing tight the buckles of the straps, instead of by lengthy
and insufficient tying with cords.
The said appliance is shewn on the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1
shews the same as applied to a broken pole, Fig. 2 shews it opened out, and Fig. 3
shews a side view of one of the metal bars.
The appliance consists of from two to four or more metal bars a, on one side of
which are formed loops d d through which are passed straps 6 which may be secured
to the one end bar by rivets o; on the other face of the bars are fixed or formed
spikes e with intervening teeth if necessary. At Fig. 1, A and B are the two parts
of the pole to be united, being fractured at the point C; the bars a a, having been
applied so as to extend equally to either side of the fracture, the spikes e e are driven
in, and the straps b, are drawn tightly round and secured by the buckles. The two
parts A and B will then be securely held together in the longitudinal direction by the
spikes e, while they are prevented from being shifted or deflected laterally relatively
to each other by the bars a held tightly against them by the straps b. The fastening
can afterwards be as rapidly removed and preserved for future use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
An appliance for securing together the fractured parts of carriage poles, whipple
trees and the like, consisting of two or more metal bars a having spikes e on their

page_text: one side, and which are connected together by straps with buckles b, fixed by
rivets c, or otherwise, to one of the bars, and passing through loops d formed on
the other bars, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 19th day of June 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.