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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOSEPH H. WRIGHT, OF HENDERSON, TEXAS.
AUTOMOBILE-PULLER.Specification of letters Patent.
Patented Oct. 25, 1921.
Application filed January 27, 1920. Serial No. 354,376.
To all who'ntit may concern:
Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. WRIGHT, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Hen-
derson, in the county of Rusk and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in an Automobile-Puller, of
which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to new and useful im-
provements in an automobile attachment and
10 more particularly to an automobile puller.
The principal object of the invention is the
provision of a device adapted to be secured
on the hub of the wheel for pulling the auto-
mobile out of mud or sand where the wheel
15 would ordinarily spin without propelling
the vehicle.
Another object of the invention resides in
the construction of the device in such a man-
ner that it may be screwed upon the hub of
20 the wheel after removing the ordinary hub
cap.
Still another object consists in the provision
of a rope or cable so constructed that one end
may be secured to the automobile wheel and
25 the other end to a stake or other suitable ob-
ject.
With these and other objects in view my
invention consists in the novel details of
construction and arrangement of parts which
30 will be more clearly understood from the
following specification and drawings in
which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my
device in position ready for use.
35 Fig. 2 is a top plan, and
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the
sleeve adapted to be secured to the wheel hub.
In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates
the automobile body which may be of usual
40 construction and 2 indicates the rear wheel
of the automobile constructed with the usual
hub 3. As is well known the hubs of auto-
mobile wheels now commonly in use are ex-
teriorly threaded to receive an interiorly
45 threaded hub cap. My attachment, adapted
to be used for pulling the automobile out of
mud, sand, or other places where the wheel
spins instead of propelling the vehicle, is
adapted to be secured to the exteriorly
50 threaded portion of the hub after the hub
cap has been removed.
My attachment comprises a sleeve 4 open
at each end as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the
drawings, The sleeve is interiorly threaded,adjacent one end, as indicated at 5, and is
provided adjacent the opposite end with
alining openings 6 for a purpose to be later
described. The threads 5 are adapted to
engage the threads on the hub 3 when the
device is to be used.
In connection with the sleeve 4 I use a
rope or cable 7. This rope or cable 7 is
provided on one end with a hook 8 which
is adapted to be engaged with one of the
wheel spokes as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of
the drawings. The opposite end of the
rope or cable 7 is looped to form an eye 9
which is adapted to be placed over the top
of a stake 10 or other suitable member
driven into the ground. While I have de-
scribed the rope or cable as being looped to
form the eye it will be understood that I55
60
65
70might make the rope or cable straight on
the end and then tie it around the stake or
other objects when desired. For applying 75
or detaching the sleeve 4 a rod 11 may be
passed through the alining openings 6 and
can be grasped by the hand for turning the
sleeve.
From the above detailed description it is 60
thought that the advantages as well as the
manner of using my device will be clearly
understood. As stated in the objects of the
invention it is my purpose to provide a de-
vice which may be easily connected to the 85
hub of a wheel for pulling the automobile
out of mud, sand, or other places where the
wheel spins instead of propelling the vehi-
cle. When it is desired to use the device
the usual hub cap is removed and the sleeve 90
4 is threaded upon the hub by having the
threads 5 engaging the exterior threads on
the hub. As above stated a rod 11 may be
passed through the alining openings 6 for
rotating the sleeve. The rope or cable 7 is 95
first passed under the sleeve, and if desired
may be given one wrapping, and the hook 8
is engaged with one of the wheel spokes.
The stake 10 is driven into the ground and
the eye 9 placed thereover as more clearly 10
illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When
this has been done the engine is then started
and the operation of the wheel 2 will wrap
the cable or rope 7 upon the sleeve 4 and
the automobile will thus be pulled from the 10
mud. While I have described the use of a
stake 10 it will be understood that the end
of the rope or cable might equally as well1,394,703.
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Wright, Joseph H. Automobile-Puller., patent, October 25, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257039/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.