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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
WILLIAM RAMSEY JACOBS, OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS.
CARRIAGE-TOP PROP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,077, dated July 31, 1888.
Application filed November 12,1887. Serial No.255,009. (No model.)To all whonm it 7may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM RAMSEY JA-
coBS, a citizen of the United States, and a resi-
dent of Sulphur Springs, in the county of
5 Hopkins and State of Texas,have invented cer-
tain new and useful Improvements in Fasten-
ings for Top-Prop Connections; and I do de-
clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact
description of the invention, such as will en:-
io able others skilled in the art to which it apper-
tains to make and use the same, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, and to let-
ters or figures of reference marked thereon,
which form a part of this specification.
15 Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation
of this invention as applied to a vehicle-top, a
vertical section of the latter being shown.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken crosswise of
the bolt. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken
2C where the broken line x x is marked on Fig.
2. Fig. 4 is a back view.
The invention relates to improvements in
prop joints for vehicles; and it consists in the
construction and novel combination of parts
25 hereinafter described, illustrated in the draw-
ings, and pointed out in the claims hereto ap-
pended.
Referring to the drawings by letter, A des-
ignates the bow of a vehicle top, and B the
30 prop secured to the rear edges thereof.
Heretofore the prop stein has been secured
to the side of the bow; but in the present in-
vention it is secured to the rear edge, so as not
to weaken the bow in any manner. The prop
35 has the usual bolt, C, passing through the cast-
ing or sleeve D, which bolt has the head E, that
rests on one side of the casting, and the not F,
screwing on its other tapped end.
f is a thimble which screwson the bolt C and
40 rests against one end of the casting or sleeve
D. The said casting has at its ends the cir-
cumferential flanges G H, which flanges rest
against the opposite sides of the bowv, the
sleeve itself resting against the edge of the bow.I I are projections or extension-plates run- 45
ning upward and downward from the sleevein
the rear edge of the bow, and provided each
with a countersunk opening. Through the
said openings screws are passed to secure the
prop in place on the edge of the bow. 5o
Some of the advantages of the invention are
as follows: By securing the prop to the edge of
the bow instead of the side, where it is usually
secured, the bow is not penetrated and weak-
ened, but is rather strengthened bythe flanges 55
of the sleeve which fit against its opposite
sides. The device is of simple construction
and more easily attached than any of the forms
in general use. The prop is less liable to twist
or bend, as it is strongly supported at its base, 60
which rests on the edge of the bow. The bow
is prevented from splitting, as it is not perfo-
rated from side to side, and no screws or pins
are driven through it.
Having described my invention, I claim- 6;
1. In a prop-joint for vehicles, the combina-
tion, with the bow, of the prop-casting having
circumferential flanges secured to the edge of
the bow, substantially as specified.
2. In a prop-joint for vehicles, the combina- 7c
tion of the bow, the prop-casting having the
circumferential flanges lying against the oppo-
site sides of the bow, and the opposite exten-
sion-plates lying against and secured by screws
to the rear edges of the bow, substantially as 75
specified.
3. In a prop joint for vehicles, the combina-
tion of the bow A, the casting D, provided with
the flanges G and extension-plates I, the bolt
C, having the head E, the nut F, and the thim- So
ble f, all constructed and arranged substan-
tially as and for the purpose specified.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
WILLIAM RAMSEY JACOBS.
Witnesses:
C. P. WALLING,
C. M. HOUSTOn.
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Jacobs, William Ramsey. Carriage Top Prop., patent, July 31, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171808/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.