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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
ISAAC F. HAUFF, OF TEMPLE, TEXAS.
C LAM P.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,105, dated November 15, 1898.
Application filed June 2, 1898. Serial No, 682,368. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ISAAC F. IJAUFF, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Temple,
in the county of Bell and State of Texas, have
5 invented a new and useful Clamp, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to clamps; andits ob-
ject is to provide a simple and durable clamp
to be used for any purpose-as, for example,
10 springs upon a vehicle-axle, &c.-which can
be quickly placed in position and as readily
removed and which dispenses with all bolts,
nuts, and screws. This and other objects
and advantages of a clamp constructed in ac-
15 cordance with my invention will be herein-
after more fully shown in the drawings and
particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of my clamp in use. Fig. 2 is an end
20 view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective
view of the clamp members removed. Fig.
4 is a detail perspective view of the locking-
key. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modi-
fied form of clamp in use upon a vehicle-
25 spring.
Corresponding parts in the several figures
are denoted by like characters of reference.
Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 desig-
nate two sections of timber having my im-
3o proved clamp applied thereto, comprising
clamp members 3 and 4, respectively. The
member 4 is in the form of an approximately
U-shaped strap, having its sides formed into
a pair of arms 5 of equal length, the respec-
35 tive ends of which are formed into hooks 6,
disposed upon the outside of the strap. The
other member 3 is also of an approximate U
shape; but instead of being in the form of a
broad strap is simply a thin or narrow clip,
4o having the extremities of its arms 7 bent into
hooks 8, disposed in the plane of the body
and at the outside thereof. These two clamp
members are placed upon the timbers 1 and
2 or whatever is to be secured together, as
45 shown in Fig. 1, having the hooked ends 8 of
the members 3 disposed between the respec-
tive arms 5 of the strap 4, the length of the
arms of the two clamp members being of a
sufficient length for the hooks to register and
5o form an eye into which the keys 9 are adapt-
ed to be placed to lock the members tightly
upon the timbers 1 and 2. Each of thesekeys 9 is wedge-shaped in cross-section, being
preferably elliptical, as plainly illustrated,
with straight edges 10 arranged at the ends 55
of the longest diameter of the ellipse and ex-
tending the full length of the key, which is
formed into a rectangular wrench-head 11 at
one end thereof. By reason of the keys be-
ing elliptical or rounded upon their sides al- 6o
lows of the same being easily turned, as here-
inafter described.
When the clamp members have been assem-
bled as above described, a key 9 is inserted at
each side and between the respective hooked 65
ends of the clamps with the edges 10 trans-
verse, which allows of the key being easily
inserted, when a wrench is applied to the
head 11 and the key turned until the respec-
tive edges 10 are seated in notches 12 in each 70
of the respective hooks, thus firmly drawing
the clamps together and locking the key from
accidental displacement. To unclamp the de-
vice, it is simply necessary to turn the keys
by use of a wrench, and the members are at 75
once free to be removed.
The device as above arranged is used to
clamp two timbers or the like longitudinally
one upon the other; but where the two pieces
cross each other at an angle another form is 8o
necessary, which is shown in Fig. 5. In this
arrangement I have shown a modified form
of clamp for connecting a spring upon the
shaft of an axle, in which 13 designates an
axle and 14 a spring secured thereto by my 85
clamp. The clips 15 correspond to the clamp
member 4, which could be used here just as
well; but the clips 16 differ from the clip 3
by having their hooked ends 17 disposed at
right angles to the plane of the body of the 90
clip in order to aline with the hooks 18 of the
clips 15, the only difference between the two
forms of clamp being the disposition of the
hooked ends of one of the members.
It will thus be readily understood that the 95
clips maybe interchanged and either one used
in conjunction with the other, and instead of
using one clip 3, as in Fig. 1, two more might
be used by forming the key 9 somewhat longer
and arranging the clips at each side of the ico
clamp 4. The clips 3, instead of being nar-
row bands, may be broad straps having the
hooked end portions reduced in width to fit
between the arms 5 of the clamp 4.
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Hauff, Isaac F. Clamp., patent, November 15, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510061/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.