Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
WILLIAM WRIGHT No. 4 Albert Terrace Morley Street Plymouth Devon Brass
Finisher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
I take a hollow ball or cup withr a hole through the centre, in the ball or cup I fix
rubber wheels or any suitable material in a suitable position then I take a straight tube
or any suitable shape with as many slots in it as there are wheels in the ball or cup
then I pass the tube through the ball or cup when the wheels enter the slots in the
tube making a complete whip holder, so as the whip is placed in the holder, the
wheels revolve, grasping the whip, as the whip is withdrawn the wheels revolve,
allowing the whip to come out freely without injuring the Handle.
WILLIAM WRIGHT.

page_text: I, WILLIAM WRIGHT, of No. 4 Albert Terrace, Morley Street, Plymouth, Devon,
Brass Finisher, 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 :-
My Invention is devised with a view to overcome the disadvantages hitherto
experienced with whip holders, as ordinarily devised.
In accordance with my Invention a whip holder is so constructed as to enable the
whip to be retained thorein without the risk of the latter becoming jerked out of
position owing to the jolting of the vehicle, or otherwise dislodged, say for instance
by branches of trees or from other like causes; as also of preserving the handle of
the whip from injury by scratching or rubbing against the sides of the holder.
In order that my Invention may be the better understood I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of my
improved whip holder. Figure 2 is also an elevational view of same, partly in section.
Figure 3 is a plan-with the upper portion of the ball or cup and screwed cap
hereinafter referred to, removed-and Figure 4 illustrates my Invention as applied
to ordinary whip holders.
In carrying out my Invention, I employ a divided hollow ball or cup B, B¹, in the
centre of which I form a hole through which is inserted the upper portion of a con-
taining tube for the reception of the handle of the whip. A suitable framework b>,
contained within said hollow ball or cup B, B', carries a number of wheels A, of
india rubber, or other like resilient material, free to revolve within suitable brackets c.
The containing tube aforesaid is furnished with slots a formed therein, corresponding
in number with the wheels A aforesaid, the latter entering said slots a of the containing
tube C; and the whole being retained in position by the screwed cap D fitted to the
upper portion of the tube C aforesaid.
Upon the handle of the whip being inserted into the mouth of the improved whip
holder constructed in accordance with my Invention as above described, the wheels A
are caused to revolve, at the same time firmly gripping the whip bandle; and again
caused to revolve in the opposite direction when the whip is withdrawn, thus allowing
of the insertion of the whip handle therein, and removal therefrom with great ease
and facility.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the number of wheels employed, or the material

page_text: of which same are formed, nor do I restrict myself to any particular arrangement
for retaining said wheels in position, but I declare that what I claim and wish to
secure by Letters Patent is :
In whip holders, the employment of wheels formed of india rubber or the like
resilient material, disposed in any convenient position therein, substantially as and
for the purposes herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
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