AN IMPROVED WHIP HOLDER
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International
Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lanc, in
the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED WHIP HOLDER."-A communication from abroad
by Daniel Talcott, of the City and State of New York, United
States of America.
Sealed the 17th July 1868, and dated the 13th February 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lako
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th February 1868.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office,'
No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED WHIP HOLDER," a communication, to
be as follows, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
forming a part of this Specification, the same letters wherever they
occur referring to like parts:-
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved whip holder; Figure 2 is a
longitudinal section of the same on the line x, x, Figure 4; Figure 3 is

page_text: a front view of the said whip holder; Figure 4 is a lower side view of
the same.
A represents the base of the whip holder having two ear pieces c
attached to its front side about half an inch apart; between these
ear pieces is a wedge-shaped metal projection D about half an inch in
depth. The object of this wedge-shaped projection is to cause the
whip-holder fingers E, which are secured to a centre pin F between
the ear pieces, to contract towards each other in consequence of the
weight of the whip held between them drawing their outer ends down
to a horizontal position. The shanks of the fingers are forced apart
by the wedge, and the outer ends of the fingers are made to operate
like a pair of pincers. When inserting the tip of the whip between the
fingers the latter are pressed up, as shown in dotted lines, Figure 2;
the points of the fingers are then separated by means of the wedge D,
thus admitting the whip stock freely between them; then by
releasing the whip its weight will cause the fingers to bite as
they assume their horizontal position, and thereby hold the whip
firmly.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, .Consulting
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors
give and grant unto mc, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,

page_text: exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED WHIP HOLDER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Robert Lake, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, 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 accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification, the same letters of reference
wherever they occur refering to like parts:-
Figure 1 is an upturned view of the whip holder;: Figure 2 is a
longitudinal cut section of the same; Figure. 3 is a side view of the
same showing a whip stock suspended therein; Figure 4 is a front
view of the whip holder.
Letter A is the base or back to which the working parts or fingers
are attached, which is made of metal or other suitable material of any
required size and form to give it symmetry and strength, and having
through its face a screw hole B by which it may be secured to the wall
or other suitable support. On the front side of the base is formed two
ear pieces C at about half an inch apart; between these and attached
to the base about on a line with the lower edges of the ear pieces is
formed a wedged-shaped ledge of metal D of about half an inch more
or less in depth. The object of this wedge is to cause the whip holder
fingers E secured upon a centre pin F between the ear pieces to
contract towards each other in consequence of the weight of the whip G
drawing the outer ends of the fingers down. By so doing the shanks
of the fingers are forced apart by the wedge D and the outer ends
of the fingers made to operate like a pair of pincers to bite upon the
sides of the whip stock to hold it from falling. To make the fingers
operate more perfectly and accommodate whip stocks of various sizes
the two fingers are curved slightly and made to work loosely on the
centre pin F, and also have the inner faces of the shanks varied in

page_text: thickness from the lower to the upper edges thereof, so that when the
outer ends of the fingers are elevated to insert the whip stock the thin
edges allow the fingers to expand, and as the weight of the whip causes
the fingers to descend the thick edges of the shanks acting on the
wedge D cause them to contract towards each other to bite and hold
the whip securely from falling. To make the two fingers have a
simultaneous upward and downward motion a pin H is inserted
through their shanks just back of the centre pin F, thus making the
two fingers always act in unison with each other.
I claim the combination and arrangement of the several parts herein-
before described, or any two or more of the said several parts, when
used for the purpose of making a whip holder or holder for any other
article or instrument.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (U.S.)