Horse Releaser (Patent No: 135234)

Inventor: Bell, Hugh Herbert

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description: Claim
1. The combination with an axle members, of clips engaged with the axle member forwardly extending spaced ears carried by the clips, forwardly extending eye bolts engaged in the axle between the clips, a shaft slidably engaged in each pair of ears and in the adjacent eye bolts movement into and out of position to extend across the space between the ears, said ears being arranged for the engagement of shafts therebetween, a spring for each of the sliding shafts and arranged to hold the said shafts out of position to extend across the space between the ears, a downwardly directed member carried by the inner end of each of the sliding shafts, a forwardly directed eye member carried by the lower end of each of the downwardly directed members, a latch member for each of the sliding shafts, said latch members being located in position to receive the downwardly extending members of the shaft thereagainst to hold the sliding shafts against the action of the springs, and means connected with the eye member for movement thereof to rotate the sliding shafts to bring the downwardly extending member of the shafts out of engagement with the latch members.
2. The combination with an axle member, of clips engaged with the axle member, forwardly extending spaced ears carried by the clips, forwardly extending eye bolts engaged in the axle between the clips, a shaft, a shaft slidably engaged in each pair of ears and in the adjacent eye bolts for movement into and out of position to extend across the space between the ears, sand ears being arranged for the engagement of shafts and arranged to hold the said shafts out of position to extend across the space between the cars, a downwardly directed member carried by the inner end of each of the sliding shafts, a forwardly directed eye member carried by the lower end of each of the downwardly directed members, a latch member for each of the downwardly directed member, a latch member for each of the sliding shafts, said latch member being located in position to receive the downwardly extending members of the shaft thereagainst to hold the sliding shafts against the action of the springs, and means connected with the eye members for movement thereof to rotate the sliding shafts to being the downwardly extending members of the shaft out of the engagement with the latch member, said latch member being recessed to receive the downwardly extending member of the sliding shaft.