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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
AMANDA I. GROSSMAN, OF CUERO, TEXAS.
HORSE-RELEASER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,310, dated March 8, 1898.
Application filed June 16, 1897. Serial No. 641,027. (No model)To all whom it -may COnCerf:
Be it known that I, AMANDA I. GROSSMAN, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Cuero,
in the county of De Witt and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Horse-Releasers; and I do de-
clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact
description of the invention, such as will en-
able others skilled in the art to which it ap-
io pertains to make and use the same, reference
beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and
to the letters of reference marked thereon,
which form a part of this specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
is devices for releasing fractious animals from
vehicles, and has for its object the provision
of a simply - constructed appliance having
such adaptation and possessing advantages
in point of efficiency in operation and dura-
20 bility, and added to these the appliance is
susceptible of being readily attached to ex-
isting vehicles without modification of con-
struction, may be readily manipulated, and
in no way interfere with the operation of driv-
25 ing.
The nature of my invention will become
clearly apparent from a reading of the fol-
lowing description, which is directed to the
details of construction and operation, and in
30 connection with such description attention
is called to the accompanying drawings, in
which-
Figure 1 is a plan view of the driving-gear
of a vehicle with my invention applied there-
35 to, the parts being shown adjusted in position
for driving. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but show-
ing the relative position of the parts after the
release of the animal has been effected. Fig.
3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my
40 invention.
Referring to the said drawings by letter,
A A denote the shafts or hills of a vehicle,
and B is the singletree, to which the traces
are removably attached, said singletree be-
45 ing of usual construction with the exception
that in each of the ends thereof is a longitudi-
nally-disposed socket b, having a metallic
lining, preferably in the nature of an inserted
cup-shaped device. Fastened to each end of
50 the singletree is a loop c, provided with a per-
foration c', which is for a purpose to be pres-
ently explained.Secured to and extending crosswise of the
shafts or thills is a plate d, to which is piv-
otally connected a bar e, the connection be- 55
ing made centrally of the plate and bar by
means of a bolt or pin f, which allows of the
bar being turned in conjunction with the
singletree, to which it is adapted to be con-
nected, as will shortly appear. The bar e 6o
carries at each end a sleeve-bearing e', which
may be formed integrally therewith or sepa-
rately and secured thereto, and these bear-
ings are provided in practice as pivot-bear-
ings for the vertical portions g' g' of two arms 65
g g, said arms extending forward of the piv-
otal connections to the ends of the singletree,
at which point inward-projecting ends g2 g2
are provided which are adapted to pass
through the perforations in the loops c and 70
to enter the sockets b. From the upper ends
of the portions g' extend transversely por-
tions g3 g', which are flexibly joined at their
meeting ends by any suitable connection,
such as g4. The arms g are connected near 7
their outer ends by a crosswise-extending
spring h, which by its action serves to main-
tain the engagement of the arm ends with the
singletree.
In Fig. 1 the parts are shown in the posi- 8o
tion they assume when the animal is attached
to the vehicle, the attachment being made by
the engagement of the trace ends with the
arm ends g2, which latter are passed through
the trace-holes. The animal is harnessed to 85
the shafts or thills in a manner which will
permit of ready disconnection therefrom, and
to effect the release of the animal from the
vehicle it is merely necessary that the por-
tions g3 be flexed or moved forwardly by hand, 90
which causes the arms to be moved outwardly
to disengage the arm ends g2 from the trace-
holes. The traces being now unattached the
animal is free to disconnect himself from the
vehicle. The loops c operate as clearers and 95
insure the disengagement of the traces from
the arm ends as the latter are drawn out-
wardly, as otherwise the engagement might
be preserved even after the arm ends have
been moved away from the singletree. 100
My invention, as will appear from the fore-
going, is extremely simple both in construc-
tion and operation. When the animal is at-
tached to the vehicle, there is no danger of
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