Year: 1898

page_text: We, WILLIAM OLIVER WILLIAMSON and JAMES GEORGE WILLIAMSON, both of
8 to 14, King Street, West Smithfield, in the City of London, Provision Merchants,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to vehicles intended to be drawn by a pair of horses, or
other animals and comprises the improved pole-end or fitting hereinafter described.
According to our said invention we provide, at each side of the forward or free
end of the pole, a hook piece the shank of which extends for a suitable distance
along the side of the said pole and is firmly secured thereto by means of bolts,
screws, rivets, or in any convenient manner, and the hook portion of which is
bent outwards at right angles, or thereabouts, to the pole, so as to form an eye
or ring, and has its free end carried beneath the said pole. Sufficient clearance
is provided between the abutting ends of these hooks beneath the pole, and between
the latter and the said hooks, to admit of the chains, rings, or other fastenings for
connecting thereto the collars or equivalent portions of the harness being passed
into the eye or ring portions of the said hooks, or being removed therefrom.
To retain the above mentioned chains, rings, or the like, in position in the eye
or ring portions of the hooks, and prevent any accidental disconnection thereof,
we provide on the underside of the pole a flat spring, the free end of which
normally engages with the inner surfaces of the extensions on the hooks pro-
jecting beneath the pole. This spring has upwardly extending pieces adapted to
prevent the said chain, ring, or other fastening, from passing between the hook
ends and the said pole.
It will be seen that, when it is desired to either pass the chains, rings, or other
fastenings, into the eye or ring portions of the hooks, or to remove them there-
from, all that is required will be to compress the above mentioned spring
sufficiently to allow of the passage of the said chains, rings, or other fastenings,
and upon releasing the said spring it will immediately return to its closed or lock-
ing position.
Our improved pole end or fitting affords the advantage of allowing of the
chains, rings, or other fastenings, being readily disconnected should an accident
occur, such, for instance, as in the event of one or both of the horses falling, and
obviates the inconvenience and danger experienced in such a case with pole ends
or fittings as usually constructed. Our improved pole end or fitting, moreover,
does not project beyond the front or free end of the pole and is not therefore liable
to injury by coming in contact with the rear portions of other vehicles or other
obstructions.
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page_text: We, WILLIAM OLIVER WILLIAMSON and JAMES GEORGE WILLIAMSON, both of
8 to 14, King Street, West Smithfield, in the City of London, Provision Merchants,
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:-
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Our invention relates to vehicles intended to be drawn by a pair of horses, or
other animals and comprises the improved pole-end or fitting hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation,
Figure 2 an end elevation, and
Figure 3 an underside view, illustrating our invention.
According to our said invention we provide, at each side of the forward or free
end of the pole a, a hook-piece b the shank 61 of which extends for a suitable dis-
tance along the side of the said pole a and is firmly secured thereto by means of
bolts or in any convenient manner, and the hook portion of which is bent outwards
at right angles, or thereabouts, to the pole, so as to form an eye or ring, and has
its free end carried beneath the said pole as clearly shown in the drawings.
Sufficient clearance is provided between the abutting ends of these hooks beneath
the pole a and between the latter and the said hooks, to admit of the chains, rings,
or other fastenings as indicated in broken lines at d in Figure 2 for connecting
thereto the collars or equivalent portions of the harness being passed into the eye
or ring portions of the said hooks, or being removed therefrom.
To retain the above mentioned chains, rings, or the like in position in the eye
or ring portions of the hooks and prevent any accidental disconnection thereof
we provide on the underside of the pole and attached thereto a flat spring e the
free end of which normally engages with the inner surfaces of the hooks 6 pro-
jecting beneath the pole a. This spring normally closes the opening between the
said hooks 6 and it has upwardly extending pieces e¹, e¹ adapted to prevent the said
chains, rings or other fastenings from passing between the hook ends and the said
pole and to retain the said chains in position.
It will be seen that, when it is desired to either pass the chains, rings. or other
fastenings into the eye or ring portions of the hooks b, or to remove them there-
from, all that is required will be to nip the above mentioned spring e towards the
pole a sufficiently to allow of the passage of the said chains, rings, or other
fastenings, and upon releasing the said spring it will immediately return to its
closed or locking position.
Our improved pole end or fitting affords the advantage of allowing of the
chains, rings, or other fastenings, being readily disconnected should an accident
occur, such, for instance, as in the event of one or both of the horses falling, and
obviates the inconvenience and danger experienced in such a case with pole ends
or fittings as usually constructed. Our improved pole end or fitting, moreover.
does not project beyond the front or free end of the pole and is not therefore liable
to injury by coming in contact with the rear portions of other vehicles or other
obstructions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. In a vehicle pole-end the combination of a hook-niece secured to each side.

page_text: of the pole and a spring serving to normally close the opening between the said
hook-pieces and to retain the chains in position substantially as set forth.
2. The vehicle pole-end constructed substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of Jan 1800
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants.