IMPROVEMENTS IN SLIPPING APPARATUS FOR READILY AFFIXING AND DETACHING HORSES FROM VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FRANCIS JOHN BINGHAM of Blacksmith Hill, Potton in the County of Bedford,
Brewer do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SLIPPING APPARATUS FOR READILY AFFIXING AND DETACHING HORSES FROM
VEHICLES" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a quicker means of attaching horses to
and detaching them from vehicles than any at present in use. This means is of
very great advantage for all two horse vehicles, where a pole is used, such as
Carriages, Omnibuses, Drays, Fire Engines &c and especially in the event of a
horse falling down as very great difficulty is often experienced with the means now
used in releasing it from the vehicle but with my slipping apparatus one or both
horses can be instantly detached from the pole and as quickly attached again.
My slipping apparatus is made in the following manner :-
At a short distance from the end of pole I fix a box or drum in which is a spring
fitting into and working round the pole and holding said box or drum in position.
From the front of this box or drum there is a bar or clasp which fits close on end
of pole when the whole apparatus is in position, and which has a ring attached to
it by which the box or drum may be drawn forward and allow of the eyes of collar
chains being slipped on to the gudgeon By releasing the ring the spring draws the
whole back into position and the eyes of chains are held securely on the gudgeon
between the end of drum and the bar or clasp aforesaid.
To detach the horse or horses it is only necessary to pull the ring attached to the
apparatus when the eyes of chains will be slipped off the gudgeon instantaneously.
Dated this Tenth day of March 1901.

page_text: I, FRANCIS JOHN BINGHAM, of Blacksmith Hill, Potton, in the County of Bedford,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SLIPPING APPARATUS FOR READILY AFFIXING AND DETACHING HORSES FROM
VEHICLES ; "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 accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is
to say :-
The object of this Invention is to provide a quicker means of attaching horses
This means is of
to, and detaching them from vehicles, than any at present in use.
very great advantage for all two-horse vehicles where a pole is used, such as
Omnibuses, Drays, Fire Engines, Carriages &c, and especially in the event of a
horse falling down, as very great difficulty is often experienced, with the means
Dow used, in releasing it from the vehicle; but with my slipping apparatus one or
both horses can be instantly detached from the pole, and as quickly attached again.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood reference is had to
the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 representing my slipping apparatus attached
to the pole of a vehicle, and Figure 2 shewing the same in section. Similar letters
of reference refer to like parts in both figures.
My slipping apparatus is made in the following manner:-At a short distance
from the end of pole I fix a box or drum a in which box or drum is a spring b
fitted into, and working round the pole c and holding the box or drum a in position.
From the front of box or drum a there is a bar or clasp d which fits close on end
of pole a when the whole apparatus is in position, and which has a ring e attached
to it, by means of which the box or drum a may be drawn forward and allow of
the eyes of collar chains ƒƒ being slipped on.
By releasing the ring, the spring b draws the whole back into position, and the
eyes of collar chains ff are held securely on the end of pole c between the end of
box or drum a and the bar or clasp d.
To detach the horse or horses, it is only necessary to pull the ring e attached to
the apparatus, when the eyes of chains will be slipped off instantaneously.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The general construction and arrangement of slipping apparatus for readily
affixing and detaching horses from vehicles, substantially as hereinbefore set forth
and described.
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