Year: 1885

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* I JOHN ARCHBOLD of Beau Vale, Newthorpe in the County of Nottingham,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows.
The object of this invention is the construction of a simple description of clip
whereby a tram car or other weight to be hauled can be readily and securely
connected to an endless haulage rope in any position along its length and as readily
disconnected therefrom, and consists of a pair of jaws connected at their upper.
extremities to the eye of the hook or say to the link of a chain attached to the weight
to be hauled whilst their lower extremities are grooved on their inner faces and
opposite each other to grip the rope passing between them. These jaws are tapered
on the outside and are surrounded by a metallic strap or staple which when pushed
down on to the thicker part which is nearest the groove, so effectually locks the
two jaws together and firmly grips the haulage rope between them.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.
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page_text: Improvements in Clips for Endless Rope Haulage.
I JOHN ARCHBOLD of Beau Vale Newthorpe in the County of Nottingham,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the construction of a simple description of clip
whereby a tram car or other weight to be hauled can be readily and securely
connected to an endless haulage rope in any position along its length and as readily
disconnected therefrom, and consists of a pair of jaws connected at their upper
extremities to the eye of the hook or say to the link of a chain connected to the
.weight to be hauled, whilst their lower extremities are grooved on their inner faces
and opposite each other to grip the rope passing between them. These jaws are
tapered on the outside and are surrounded by a metallic strap or ferrule which
when pushed down on to the thicker part which is nearest the groove so effectually
locks the two jaws together and firmly grips the haulage rope between them.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a drawing illustrative of
my improvements and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance
of the letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig. 1. is a side view and Fig. 2. a front view (drawn about full size) of my
improved haulage clip.
This improved clip consists of a pair of jaws a. and b., the jaw a, forming one
piece with the hook c. whilst the jaw b. is hinged or jointed at its upper extremity
to the jaw a. as illustrated.
The lower extremity of each of these jaws is provided with a groove or channel d.
on its inner face and which grooves are opposite to each other upon their respective
jaws, so as to grip the haulage rope e. between them as seen more clearly in Fig. 1.
These jaws are tapered on the outside and are surrounded by a metallic sliding
strap or ferrule f. which when pushed down on to their thicker parts so effectually
locks the two jaws together and firmly grips the haulage rope e between them. In
order to disconnect the grip it is only necessary to knock up the strap or ferrule f
when the two jaws will open as indicated by the dotted radial line in Fig. 2.
This improved clip is specially suitable for connecting wagons, tram cars or other
haulage vehicles to the wire or other rope employed for hauling the same the
hook c. serving to connect the clip to the ordinary draw bar or link upon the
wagon or tram car whilst the jaws are capable of opening so as to grip the haulage
rope in any position along its length and to be as readily disconnected therefrom.
In Figs. 3. and 4 are represented by a side and front view respectively a modi-
fication of my invention which only differs from the foregoing in the two jaws g.

page_text: and h. not being hinged together as in Figs. 1. and 2. but linked together at their
upper extremities by the eye or ring i. of the connected hook j. as illustrated.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what
I claim is :-
.
The improved construction and arrangement of haulage clip, substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.