Improvements in Whips.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Whips.
I, JOHN WILLIAM MIDDLETON of Holly Ville, Kingston, Jamaica, Hardware
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the mode of attaching a whip lash or
thong to the stock or handle, forming the subject of previous Letters Patent dated
September 23rd 1890 No. 15011, and it has for its object to obviate the objection of
unsightliness and to strengthen the socket in which the lash or thong is held as
described in the Specification of the said former Patent, without in any way
detracting from the security of the connection, the facility with which the lash may
be connected to the stock, or a new one substituted for one which has become worn
out or broken.
The object of the aforesaid prior invention was to replace the old method of
binding a whip lash to the stock with waxed thread, by an easy means of attach-
ment which admitted of a new lash being attached when required, without recourse
to the services of a whip-maker, and it consisted essentially of a conical tubular
metal socket fixed to and forming a prolongation of the whip-stock or handle
provided with a side aperture through which the lash was threaded until the butt
end of the lash was drawn tightly into the tubular socket, the latter being tapered
to correspond to the form of the lash whereby a secure connection between the lash
and socket was ensured.
As however the butt end of the lash remained visible at the side aperture in the
socket and as the strength of the latter was necessarily somewhat diminished by
cutting away the metal to form the aperture, it is now designed to remedy these
defects by one of the following ways, whereby a neat finish and greater strength
are imparted to the socket.
According to one improvement, the socket, constructed as above described, is
enclosed in an outer tightly-fitting tubular sheath or sleeve adapted to be slid upon
the socket and to entirely cover the aperture therein, said sleeve being secured in
position on the socket preferably by a bayonet joint formed by a stud fixed on the
socket being received in a hollow rim or groove pressed up in the sleeve. Any
other preferred means of securing the sleeve may however be employed, the
essential feature being that the sleeve shall cover and conceal the aperture and
reinforce the socket at the point at which it is weakened by the formation of the
aperture.
According to another improvement, the tapered socket, instead of being
permanently connected to the whip-stock or handle as heretofore, is united, by a
screwed bayonet, or other secure and easily detachable joint, to a cylindrical ferrule
or end piece permanently secured to the whip stock or handle, so that the tapering
socket may be readily removed to permit of the lash being threaded and drawn
through it from the rear end until the butt end of the lash is tightly wedged in
the socket which may then be secured to the ferrule by the above mentioned joint
whereby the use of the side aperture in the socket is wholly dispensed with.
To prevent the joint becoming unscrewed or detached by the long continued
flourishing of the whip, it may be cross-pinned or otherwise secured against acci-
dental disconnection, as will be readily understood.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Whips.
I, JOHN WILLIAM MIDDLETON of Holly Ville, Kingston; Jamaica, Hardware
Merchant, 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 improvements in the mode of attaching a whip lash or
thong to the stock or handle forming the subject of previous Letters Patent dated
the 23rd day of September 1890 No. 15,011 and it has for its object to obviate the
objection of unsightliness and to strengthen the socket in which the lash or thong
is held as described in the Specification of the said former Patent without in any
way detracting from the security of the connection or the facility with which the
lash may be connected to the stock or a new one substituted for one which has
become worn out or broken.
The object of the aforesaid prior invention was to replace the old method of
binding a whip lash to the stock with waxed thread by an easy means of attach-
ment which admitted of a new lash being attached when required without recourse
to the services of a whip maker, and it consisted essentially of a conical tubular
metal socket fixed to the whip stock or handle and provided with a side aperture
through which the lash was threaded until the butt end of the lash was drawn
tightly into the tubular socket, the latter being tapered to correspond to the form
of the lash whereby a secure connection between the lash and socket was ensured.
As, however, the butt end of the lash remained visible at the side aperture in the
socket and as the strength of the latter was necessarily diminished by cutting away
the metal to form the aperture, it. is now designed to remedy these defects by one
of the following ways whereby a neat finish and greater strength are imparted to
the socket.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein Figure 1 is an external view, Figure 2 is a longitudinal
section, and Figure 2 a cross section on a larger scale (on line 1-1 Figure 2) of
the socket illustrating one form of my improvement. Figure 3 is an external view,
and Figure 4 a longitudinal section of another form of my improvement.
These drawings are made to an enlarged scale, say about twice full size. The
same letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.
According to the improvement illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 24, the socket a
constructed as above described is enclosed in an outer tightly-fitting tubular
sheath, or sleeve b adapted to be slid upon the socket and to entirely cover the
aperture e therein, said sleeve being secured in position on the cylindrical part a of
the socket, preferably by a bayonet joint formed by a stud d fixed on the socket
being received in a hollow rim or groove e pressed up in the sleeve, the stud entering
the groove through a longitudinal slot in the end of the latter. Any other
preferred means of securing the sleeve may; however, be employed, the essential
feature being that the sleeve shall cover and conceal the aperture and reinforce
the socket at the point at which it is weakened by the formation of the aperture c.
For instance the sleeve might be merely driven tightly on, or might be secured by
an internal screw-thread cut in the rear end of the sheath screwing upon a thread
cut upon the rear end of the cylindrical part of the socket a which might be
made of extra diameter and thickness at this point to enable the thread to be
cut upon it. The socket a is screwed and pinned or otherwise permanently
attached to the whip stock g and when it is required to replace the lash it is only
necessary to remove the sheath b in order to disclose the aperture c.
According to the improvement illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 the tapered socket
instead of being made with a side aperture in its cylindrical portion is made in two
lengths a and a united by a screwed bayonet or other secure and easily detachable

page_text: joint at h, the part a being permanently secured to the whip stock or handle g.
The tapering socket a' may thus be readily removed to permit of the lash being
threaded and drawn through it until the butt end k, of the lash is tightly wedged in
the socket a which may then be secured to the part a by the above mentioned joint.
The joint h, whether of the screw, bayonet, or other form, would be fitted tightly
enough to prevent it becoming unscrewed or detached by the long continued
flourishing of the whip and to further guard against this it may be cross-
pinned or otherwise secured against accidental disconnection, as will be readily
understood.
The lash is made in the usual way and the butt end is stiffened and thickened
by a tapering core of whalebone or equivalent elastic material whereby an
elegant form is imparted to the lash in the usual manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. The combination, with the tapering socket having a side aperture for the
insertion of a whip lash as described, of an outer tubular sheath or sleeve enclosing
and reinforcing the apertured part of the socket, substantially as specified.
2. The combination, with the tapering socket having a side aperture for the
insertion of a whip lash as described, of an outward tubular sheath or sleeve
enclosing and reinforcing the apertured part of the socket, said sheath or sleeve
being secured to the socket by a bayonet joint connection formed substantially as
specified.
3. The herein described tapering tubular socket for a whip lash made in two
lengths united by an easily detachable joint as described so that the tapering socket
portion is removable for the insertion of the lash whilst the other part is
permanently affixed to the whip stock, substantially as specified.
Dated this 20th day of December 1892.
.
· J. W. MIDDLETON,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.