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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, OF BOWIE, TEXAS.
MACHINE FOR DRIVING HORSES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,311, dated June 27, 1893.
Application filed July 27, 1892. Serial No. 441,372. (No model.)To all wlbhon it nzay concern:
Be it known that I, SAMUEL WILLIAMS, of
Bowie, in the county of Montague and State
of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
5 ful Improvements in Machines for Driving
Horses; and I do hereby declare the following
to be a full, clear, and exact description of the
invention, such as will enable others skilled
in the art to which it appertains to make and
to use the same.
This invention relates to a new and im-
proved horse-whipping or driving machine,
and has for its object the production of sim-
ple and highly efficient means for whipping
15 or driving horses connected to horse power
machines, such as thrashers, fans, bark-mills,
and the like.
The invention comprises a whip-carrying
lever pivotally mounted on one end of the
20 sweep-lever of a draft horse power, and means
for moving said lever so that the whip will be
caused to strike the draft horses.
The invention further comprises a lever piv-
otally secured to a rock-shaft or frame mount-
25 ed on one end of a sweep lever, springs at-
tached to said lever at one side, a spring con-
nected to said rock-shaft or frame, a whip be-
ing carried by said lever, a cord or strap con-
nected to said lever for operating the same in
30 opposite directions, and a strap or chain for
tilting said rock-shaft or frame or holding it
so that said lever and whip will be in any de-
sired plane for effecting the whipping of one,
two or more horses.
35 The invention further comprises the detail
construction, combination and arrangement
of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set
forth and particularly pointed out in the
claims.
40 In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1
is a view in perspective of my improved horse-
whipping mechanism, shown in connection
with the sweep-lever of a power machine. Fig..
2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical
45 sectional view.
Referring to the drawings, A designates a
sweep-lever of a horse-power machine (not
shown) pivotally secured at its center, as at a,
so that it is free to revolve in a circle; and a'
o50 is a hollow post rigidly connected to said
sweep-lever at the center thereof,'the lowerend of said post having an opening a2 in one
side. Within this lower end are two pulleys
a3, a4. A draft-attaching loop a5 is connected
to one end of sweep-lever A to permit of the 55
attachment thereto of the draft horse or
horses.
B is a frame provided with a lower arm b
having two rings b' projecting therefrom and
loosely encircling post a', the lower ring rest- 60
ing upon a shoulder b2 of said post. This
frame has two upper vertical looped portions
b3 in the inner one of which are mounted two
pulleys b4, Yb. The post a' is free to revolve
with the sweep lever without moving frame B. 65
C is a rock-shaft or frame having its ends
supported by journal boxes d attached to a
board or support d' rigidly secured on one
end of sweep-lever A. This shaft or frame is
open along its top, and from it project two 70
corresponding arms d2. To the outer side of
this shaft or frame is connected one end of a
coil spring d3, the other end thereof being at-
tached to a board or support d'. To this shaft
or frame is attached one end of a chain or 75
strap d4, which is passed beneath pulley a2 of
post a', and up through said post and then
over the pulley b5, and to it is connected a
cord d5 which is passed over one of two pul-
leys d7 supported by a post ds, or some other 80
suitable point, such as the side of the build-
ing. A ring d9 is attached to the outer end
of this cord d5 so that the operator can read-
ily operate the latter. These pulleys are of
peculiar formation. The projecting sides or 85
flanges x have grooves or recesses x' formed
therein, so that the cord d5 can be firmly
held at any point by simply drawing it into
any one of such grooves or recesses. A swivel
d10 within post a' forms part of chain d4 to 90
permit of the turning of sweep-lever A with-
out causing said chain to wind or run un-
evenly on the pulleys.
Between the arms d2 of shaft or frame C is
pivotally mounted a lever D, having a cylin- 95
drical portion, and a lower quadrant e, which
latter is supported at its ends by inclined bars
e' fast with said cylindrical portion. In the
outer periphery of this quadrant is a groove
e' which terminates in a tubular portion e3. ico
To a cross-rod e4 of a plate e5 pivotally con-
nected at e6 to lever D are attached the up-
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Williams, Samuel. Machine for Driving Horses., patent, June 27, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173447/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.