Improved Haulage Clip, and Releaser thereof.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Haulage Clip, and Releaser thereof.
I HENRY COPSON PEAKE of Buchanan Road Walsall Staffordshire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved haulage clip and releaser therefor and has
for objects to provide an effective clip for use in collieries and other works where
an endless cable is used for the traction of tubs, trams, or waggons and further to
provide an automatic releaser therefor which shall come into operation at any given
point, and obviate the danger and difficulty at present experienced in this work
which is generally performed by men or boys who have to get in front of the tubs
or waggons whilst they are travelling and release a screw.
In accordance with this invention the clip consists of two pieces of wrot iron
placed one upon the other and each being provided with a semi-circular groove in their
meeting surfaces in which the endless cable lies. The lower one of these pieces of
wrot iron is formed with an upright spindle or projecting piece at its centre which
passes through the upper wrot iron block or piece and terminates in a screw thread.
Upon this screw thread works a screw down block formed with four horizontal
arms each terminating at the extremity in an upright handle. The upper one of
the two pieces of wrot iron forming the clip is formed with an arm or connecting
rod for attachment to the tub or waggon.
When in work the cable is placed in the grooves aforesaid formed in the meeting
surfaces of the clip and the screw block turned down so as to cause a grip upon
the cable.
At the point where it is desired to release the tub or waggon from the cable
I arrange and fix a series of 4 or more iron uprights alongside the cable. The clip
block above described is guided up to the first of the uprights by means of an
angle iron placed upon the opposite side of the cable. The uprights as the tub or
waggon passes act upon the arms of the screw down block and unscrew the block
thereby releasing the clip from the cable and the tub or waggon is brought to a
standstill.
Dated this Seventh day of May 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
I, HENRY COPSON PEAKE of Buchanan Road Walsall Staffordshire 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:-
This invention relates to an improved haulage clip and releaser therefor and has
for objects to provide an effective clip for use in collieries and other works where
an endless cable is used for the traction of tubs, trams, or waggons and further to
provide an automatic releaser therefor which shall come into operation at any given

page_text: point, and obviate the danger and difficulty at present experienced in this work
which generally performed by men or boys who have to get in front of the tubs
or waggons whilst they are travelling and release a screw.
And in order that the invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings and the
letters and figures of reference marked thereon that is to say.
Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a waggon fitted with the haulage clip
constructed in accordance with this invention and shewn as approaching my
improved automatic releasing apparatus which is also illustrated in side elevational
view in this figure.
Fig. 2 is a view in plan of the same and
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively an end elevation and a longitudinal section of the
haulage clip.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures.
Now in accordance with this invention the clip consists of two pieces of wrot iron a, b,
placed one upon the other and each being provided with a semicircular groove or
grooves e in their meeting surfaces in which groove or grooves the endless cable d
lies. The lower one 6 of these pieces of wrot iron is formed with an upright
spindle or projecting piece bat its centre which passes through the upper wrot
iron block or piece a and terminates in a screw thread as shewn. Upon this screw
thread works a screw down block e formed with four horizontal arms f each
terminating at the extremity in an upright handle f¹. The upper one a of the two
pieces of wrot iron forming the clip is formed with an arm g for attachment to the
tub or waggon h.
When in work the cable is placed in the grooves c aforesaid formed in the meeting
surfaces of the clip and the screw down block e turned down so as to cause a grip
upon the cable.
At the point where it is desired to release the tub or waggon from the cradle
I arrange and fix a series of four or more iron uprights i alongside the cable.
The clip block above described is guided up to the first of the uprights by means
of the angle iron k suitably positioned for the purpose. The uprights i as the tub or
waggon passes act upon the arms of the screw down block e and unscrew the
block thereby releasing the clip from the cable and the tub or waggon is brought
to a standstill.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improved haulage clip and releaser therefor substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The haulage clip cousisting of the two wrot iron pieces a and b formed at
their meeting surfaces with grooves c for the insertion of the cable and having a
screw down block e provided with handles and working upon the screwed spindle
or projection 6' of the lower portion of the clip, which spindle 6' passes through
the upper portion a of the clip, all substantially as and for the purposes herein before
described and shewn.
3. In combination with the haulage clip hereinbefore described and claimed the
automatic releaser therefor consisting of the uprights i and guide plate k arranged
and operating substantially as hereinbefore set forth and shewn.
Dated this 11th day of March 1895.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.