IMPROVEMENTS IN WHIPS AND WHIP HOLDERS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WHIPS AND WHIP HOLDERS."-A com-
inunication from abroad by John Gibson, junior, of Albany, in the State
of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 6th March 1868, and dated the 20th September 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th September 1867.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
5 Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WHIPS AND WHIP HOLDERS,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a means whereby whips may be
held in position upon carriages or other vehicles.
The Invention consists in making the whip tubular at its butt end so that
.it may be held in an upright position upon a suitable stem or holder.

page_text: The Invention further, consists in a stem or holder formed of metal or other
suitable material which is provided with an india-rubber or elastic ring, and is
attached to any appropriate or desired portion of the vehicle, and serves to
sustain the whip when provided with a tubular butt.
The Invention further consists in constructing the "loading" at the butt of
the whip in the form of a socket, so that no additional expense is involved in
making the butt of the required tubular form. The lower end of the socket in
the butt is screwed internally, and the base of the stem is screwed also, so
that by giving the whip a turn or two on the stem it will be secured retained
upon the holder or stem.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 20th March 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WHIPS AND WHIP HOLDERS," being a communication to me
from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Edward Newton, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
The object of this Invention is to provide a means whereby whips may be
held in position upon carriages or other vehicles without the objections
incidental to the use of the holding devices of socket construction hitherto
employed, which are not only comparatively expensive, but are also extremely
liable to injury, and from the use of which the whips are frequently prematurely,
worn by their rubbing contact with the socket.
The Invention consists in making the whip tubular at its butt end, so that
it may be held in an upright position upon a suitable stem or holder.
The Invention further consists in a stem or holder formed of metal or other
suitable material which is attached to any convenient part of the vehicle, and
serves to sustain the whip when it is provided with a tubular butt, as herein-
before mentioned.
The Invention further consists in the combination of a stem or holder with
a whip formed with a tubular butt, whereby the efficient operation of the
principal features herein-before indicated is effectually secured.
The Invention further consists in constructing the "loading" at the butt of
the whip in the form of a socket, so that no additional expense is involved in
making the butt of the required tubular form, at the same time that the
surface around the socket being hard and smooth no wearing away of the
same is liable to occur..
The Invention further consists in certain novel means whereby the more
secure retention of the whip upon the holder is obtained.
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In the accompanying Drawings, Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a whip
and whip holder constructed according to this Invention; Fig. 2 is a side
view and partial section shewing a modified form of the same; Fig. 3 is a
side view and partial section shewing another modification of the same;
Fig. 4 is a view of the butt end of a whip made according to this Invention;
Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same; Fig. 6 is a, side view shewing one
form of the whip holder; Fig. 7 is a side view shewing another form of whip
holder.
A represents the stock of the whip made in any suitable manner, and of
any appropriate material. Fitted into the butt of this stock is the "loading" B,
in the outermost portion of which is formed a socket A* made preferably of

page_text: somewhat tapering form, and nearly but not quite circular in its cross section.
The loading B is intended to be made of cast or malleable iron or other
suitable material, and may be made in two parts, which are furnished with
studs a at their outer ends. Each of the studs fits into a recess of corré-
sponding form in the other part of the loading. One of the aforesaid parts
of the loading is furnished with a rivet b, which passes through a hole formed
in the other part, and is headed over and connects the halves or parts together,
the outermost portions of such parts being held more closely by the ferrule c
secured around the extremity of the stock. The holder shewn at C consists
of a metallic or other stem of a tapering form corresponding to the taper of
the socket of the whip, and by preference circular in its cross section. This
stem or holder is formed with a base d adapted to be secured upon a
horizontal surface or support, or with one, as shewn at e in Fig. 7, capable of
being secured to a vertical support, or the base may be otherwise fashioned
to be fitted upon an inclined or other surface. Provided at any desired
point upon the stem or holder C (but preferably near the pointed or conical
upper end thereof) is a broad and shallow circumferential groove, in which is
placed a ring or band f of india-rubber or other like substance. The stem or
holder being secured to any desired portion of the carriage, sleigh, or other
vehicle, the butt of the whip (when the whip is not in use) is slipped upon
the stem or holder, as shewn in Fig. 1, and is held in the required vertical
position by the holder. Any looseness of the whip upon the holder is
prevented by the rubber ring f packed closely between the holder and the
sides of the socket in which it is placed, any accidental displacement of the
whip being also thus provided against. The escape of air from the socket
when the stem C is forced into the same is allowed through the space
afforded between the stem and the sides of the socket by the slight difference
in the form of their transverse sections.
In order to provide for a more effectual retention of the whip upon the
holder the outer end of the socket A* may, when desired, be formed with a
female screw, as shewn at 9 in Fig. 2, and the base of the holder being
formed with a circular portion h, having a screw formed thereon. The whip
after being placed upon the holder is turned around to screw the portion h of
the holder into the female screw just mentioned, thereby fastening the whip
to the holder. Instead of this the outer portion of the socket may have
formed in its surface a groove a', Fig. 3, from which. to the end of the
socket extends a longitudinal groove b¹. At the lower end of the holder C
is a short spur c', so that when the whip is placed upon the holder

page_text: the groove b¹ will allow the spur c¹ to pass up to the groove a¹. The whip
is then partially turned around, thus bringing the spur c¹ into the groove a¹,
so that the spur will confice. the whip upon the holder. In either of the
two cases last mentioned an annular washer m of india-rubber or equivalent
material should be placed around the lower end of the holder, as shewn
in Figures 2 and 3, and also in Fig. 6, so as to be interposed between
the butt of the whip and the base of the holder when the whip is placed
on the latter. By thus providing for the retention of the whip in position
without the use of the ordinary socket (encircling the lower end thereof)
many decided advantages are secured, among which may be enumerated
the cheapness with which the devices berein-before described may be
manufactured and employed, the cost of the holder made according to
this Invention being only about one-fourth of that of the ordinary socket ;
the durability of the holder is many times greater than that of the ordinary
socket, and it may be placed close to the dash board of the vehicle, while the
ordinary socket would necessarily project some distance therefrom; further-
more the holder C may be placed in positions upon the sleigh or vehicle
where the attachment of the usual socket would be inadmissible; it cannot
become filled with moisture or dirt, as frequently occurs with the ordinary
socket, to its own detriment and that of the whip it is employed to hold; the
holder C may be silver plated or otherwise ornamented, and while holding the
whip in such manner as not to injure or abrade the same serves to expose to
view the entire stock thereof instead of hiding the lower or ornamented
portion of the whip stock, as is the case with the ordinary socket; moreover,
this whip is held snugly upon the holder, and is fixed in the desired upright or
other position.
Having now described the Invention which has been communicated to me
as aforesaid, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent,-
First. Constructing whips with tubular butts, as and for the purpose
specified.
Second. The stem or holder C attached to any suitable part of the vehicle,
for the purpose specified.
Third. Constructing whips with tubular butts in combination with conical
stems or holders, as herein set forth.
Fourth. The "loading" of the whip constructed with the socket A*, as
herein set forth.
Fifth. The use of the india-rubber ring or band f upon the stem or holder C,
as and for the purpose specified.

page_text: Sixth. The devices or means herein, described whereby the whip may be
securely fixed to the base or lower part of the stem or socket.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Eighteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON.
(L.S.)