A. NEW OR IMPROVED HAULAGE CLIP FOR WIRE ROPES AND OTHER ROPES
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, SAMUEL MORGAN, of Baxterley, near Atherstone, Warwickshiro, Colliery
Deputy, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A. NEW OR IMPROVED
HAULAGE CLIP FOR WIRE ROPES AND OTHER ROPES" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
My Invention relates to a new or improved haulage clip for wire ropes and other
ropes and has for its object to provide a haulage clip which shall be cheap and
simple in construction and that can be very readily connected and disconnected,
without any liability to become loose, whilst in motion. It is especially applicable
for connecting to, and disconnecting waggons and other vehicles from, endless wiro
ropes in motion on tramways and railways.
I will at once proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings
the manner in which my said Invention is to be performed; the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the corresponding Figures.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation; Figure 2 in plan and Figure 3 in end
elevation a haulage clip constructed according to my Invention and shewn
connected to a wire or other rope. Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same
disconnected from the rope and Figure 5 is a cross section on line Y. Y of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a cross section on line Z. Z of Figure 1 and Figure 7 is a cross section
on line X. X of the same Figure.
Figure 8 represents in side elevation; Figure 9 in plan and Figure 10 in end
elevation & modified form of the haulage clip illustrated in the preceding Figures
and constructed according to my Invention and shewn connected to a wire or other
rope. Figure 11 is a side elevation of the same disconnected from the rope;
Figure 12 is a cross section on line Y. Y of Figure 11 and Figure 13 is a cross
section on line Z. Z of Figure 8.
I will first describe my Invention with reference more particularly to Figures 1
to 7 both inclusive.
A, A' are two clipping-plates of metal, preferably of wrought iron or steel, formed
at their bottom parts a and a¹ so as to clip the rope R and being held together by
the pin B passing through them. A ring or shackle P serves to attach the clip to
a waggon or other vehicle. The said pin B fits loosely and is screwed and provided
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page_text: with a locking nut 6 having a set screw b¹ so that the distance which the said
clipping-plates are apart can be adjusted for ropes of different sizes. C is a lever
working on a fulcrum pin c passing through the said clipping-plates as shown. One
end of the said lever Ċ is formed as a handle c¹ and the other end c³ is formed as
a wedge. Above the said pin B the said clipping-plates A, A¹ diverge and then
incline towards each other, as shewn in section in Figures 5 and 6, and at the
bottom of the said inclined parts I prefer to make a hole a' in each clipping-plate.
The action of my improved haulage clip as above in part described is as
follows: To connect the haulage clip to a rope R the lever C is raised, as shewn in
Figure 4 and 5, and the clipping-plates A, A' being thereby free to open they are
dropped one on each side of the rope; the pins e¹, e³, and e³, e rivetted to the
clipping plates A and A¹ respectively prevent the rope riding up between. The
lever C is now depressed until it reaches the pin D rivetted to one of the clipping-
plates, and the wedge-shaped part c³ forces out the top parts of the clipping-
plates A, A¹ and so causes the bottom parts a, a' to close on and grip the rope R
and to be firmly connected thereto. When the lever is raised the clip will be
disconnected as hereinbefore described and shewn in Figures 4 and 5.
Instead of using a lever of the first order as herein before described with reference
to Figures 1 to 7 both inclusive I, may use according to my Invention as a
modification of the above, a lover of the second order as illustrated by Figures 8
to 13 both inclusive. In this case the-wedge-shaped part c³ of the lever O is formed
between the handle c' and the fulcrum pin c and has its thin end downwards and
its fulcrum pin c may serve also to connect the shackle P. The clipping-plates A,
A¹ diverge above the pin B and near their top parts a', as they incline towards
each other to prevent the lever C rising when the clip is in use.
The other parts
of this haulage clip and its operation are similar to that hereinbefore described and
illustrated with reference to Figures 1 to 7 both inclusive as will be readily
understood, and having read the Provisional Specification of James William
Smallman filed on the 2nd day of July 1884, No. 9663 I hereby disclaim the
invention as set out in said Provisional Specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In a haulage clip for wire and other ropes the combination of a pair of
clipping-plates with a wedge-shaped lever all arranged to operate substantially as
herein set forth and illustrated with reference to Figures 1 to 7 both inclusive.
2. In a haulage clip for wire and other ropes the combination of a pair of
clipping-plates with a wedge-shaped lever all arranged to operate substantially as
herein set forth and illustrated with reference to Figures 8 to 14 both inclusive.
Dated this 22nd day of Ontahan 1001