Improved Fastening for Securing, without Knot or Tying, Cords, Strings, Ropes, Hawsers, or Tow-lines and such like, and Chains.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 27th May. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fastening for Securing, without Knot or Tying, Cords,
Strings, Ropes, Hawsers, or Tow-lines and such like, and
Chains.
ROBERT MUSTARD 3 Mount Street, Walsall, Railway Goods Agent. I do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Made of steel, wrought or cast iron, brass, or other metal, also wood. The main
feature is its lever action. By strain upon the ropes &c. applied the lever clips
them by opposing pressure, thus the greater the strain the faster it binds. Can be
constructed to release the cords &c. automatically upon the slackening of them,
or to retain them. If retained, pull tight & the strings &c. become fast as before.
Can be fitted to anything & everything with which cords, strings, ropes &c. are
used such as to all railway vehicles & their appliances, capstans, tail chains,
couplings &c. Road vehicles, sea going boats or vessels, house furnishings
window frames &c. &c., clothes poles or posts. All working on precisely the same
principle altho' of different shapes, with or without springs.
Dated this 28th day of April 1892.
R. MUSTARD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fastening for Securing, without Knot or Tying, Cords,
Strings, Ropes. Hawsers, or Tow-lines and such like, and
Chains.
ROBERT MUSTARD 3 Mount Street Walsall, Staffs., Railway Goods Agent.
I 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 :—
Constructed of any metal or wood in the form of a half-hoop A (or half-ring)
which may be fitted or cast to any standard B, spike, ring, swivel or chain-
Working, by means of a lever C. or springs, into the half-hoop A (or half-ring)
which takes the form of a semi-circle A with tapering D after the manner or shape
of a bell bottom, is a grooved K and concave K, fronted tongue E upon the end
of a goose-neck H. lever C. which latter graduates in weight towards the other
end. The lever C. may be fitted transversely or parallel with the standard B. or
other attachment, or by having the standard B as its axis F. as shewn in plan No. 1
of drawings. When the lever C. is fitted parallel with the standard B. a pro-
jection G. shoulder, or bracketed pivot, is provided as the axis F, vide plan No. 2
of the drawings.
The tongue E and goose-neck H as separate from the lever C. itself, may be
manipulated by a spring or springs without the aid of the lever C., thus the
contrivance may be used in positions where the lever would be objectionable, or
from choice.
By raising the lever C. the tongue E & goose-neck H. (as one piece) are moved
towards the wide-part I. or bottom I. of the half-hoop A leaving an aperture J.
above for the insertion of the cords, strings, ropes etc. without threading or passing
them through an eyelet, or circular hole.
The action of the lever C or springs causes the tongue E to clip, grip, or press
the cords etc., against the tapering D-thus securing them by opposing pressure,
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page_text: assisted by the front K. or that part, of the tongue E, which comes in contact with
the cords etc., being grooved K. toothed, or fluted.
The greater the strain upon the cords etc. the greater the binding upon them.
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 :-
J. The half-hoop A (or half-ring) as described is entirely new and such I claim
to be the main part of my invention-allowing the cords etc. to be inserted without
threading.
II. The tongue E and goose-neck H end of lever C. working within or upon the
half-hoop AI also claim protection for whether manipulated by lever C. or by
spring, or springs.
III. I also claim that the tongue E and goose-neck H end of lever C. may he
fitted to or upon a projection G, shoulder, or bracketed-pivot, extending from
either the standard B or half-hoop A to allow the lever C. to be worked at any
angle or parallel with the standard B. as in plan No. 2 of drawings.
Dated this 28th day of January 1893.
R. MUSTARD.