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UNITED
STATES
PATENT FFICEo
WASHINGTON GREEN LEE WOODS, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
TRAC E-FASTEN ER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,655, dated June. 26, 1900.
Application filed March 20, 1900, Serial No. 9,462, (No model.)Tia cdl whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WASHINGTON GREEN
LEE Woois, a citizen of the United States,
residing at San Antonio, in the county of
5 Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a
new and useful Trace-Fastener, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to trace-fasteners,
and has for its object to provide an improved
xb spring-actuated device to prevent accidental
displacement of the trace from the end of a
whiffletree, and at the same time permitting
of the proper removal thereof whenever de-
sired.
15 It is furthermore designed to provide a de-
tachable device which maybe readily changed
from one whiffletree to another and when in
position is firmly connected to the whiffletree,
so as to prevent looseness or displacement
o thereof.
With these and other objects in view the
present invention consists in the combination
and arrangement of parts, as will be herein-
after more fully described, shown in the ac-
25 companying drawings,and particularly point-
ed out in the appended claim, it being un-
derstood that changes in the form, propor-
tion, side, and minor details may be made
within the scope of the claim without de-
30 parting from the spirit or sacrificing any of
the advantages of the invention.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
View of a trace-fastener constructed in ac-
cordance with the present invention and ap-
35 plied to an end of a whiffietree. Fig. 2 is a
longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3
is a transverse sectional view taken on the
line 3 3 of Fig. 2.
Corresponding parts in the several figures
40 of the drawings are designated by like char-
acters of reference.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
1 designates an end of an ordinary whiffle-
tree, having an opening or perforation 2
45 formed in the flattened extremity thereof
and commonly for the reception of a leather
thong to prevent outward displacement of
the trace 3, which is provided with a plural-
ity of the usual slots 4 for the reception of
5o the end of the whiffletree. It will be under-stood that these parts are of common or or-
dinary form and are shown in the drawings to
more adequately illustrate the application
and operation of the present invention.
In carrying out the invention I provide a 55
spring-arm 5, formed of a strip of flat metal,
having its outer end reduced in width and
formed into an upstanding substantially U-
shaped loop 6, which spans or embraces the
trace, and its outer side forms a tongue 7 to 6o
enter the perforation or opening 2 in the end
of the whiffietree, so as to prevent outward
displacement of the trace. Normally this
spring-arm rests flat against the upper flat-
tened side of the whiffietree and is provided 65
at its inner end with a substantially U-shaped
clamp or clip 8, which embraces the whiffle-
tree and has its opposite ends formed into
substantially-parallel ears 9, which are pro-
vided with corresponding perforations for the 70
reception of a suitable fastening 10, prefer-
ably in the form of a bolt, having a nut 11,
to bind the clip firmly upon the whiffletree to
fixedly hold the trace-fastener in place.
It will be noted that an intermediate por- 75
tion of the clip or clamp, preferably midway
between the opposite ends thereof, is bent or
offset laterally to form a substantially U-
shaped seat 12 for the reception of the rear
end of the spring-arm, so that the under face 8o
of the latter may lie flush with the inner face
of the clip, and thereby rest evenly upon the
whiffletree. Also suitable fastenings, such as
rivets 13, are passed through the arm and the
seat portion of the clip, so as to rigidly con- 85
nect the same, and the inner ends 14 of these
rivets project beyond the under face of the
arm and are thereby forced into the wooden
whiffletree, so as to effectually prevent the
clip from accidentally turning thereon and 90
also from slipping longitudinally thereof.
From the foregoing description it will be
apparent that the present invention provides
a simple and efficient trace-fastener which
may be readily applied to any ordinary whif- 95
fletree without altering the latter and with-
out weakening the same by the provision of
perforations therein for the reception of fas-
tenings. Also the trace-receiving loop 6 forms
a convenient handle or finger-piece, whereby roo
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Woods, Washington Green Lee. Trace - Fastener, patent, June 26, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513479/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.