Improvements in Metallic Saddle-trees.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Saddle-trees.
I, ALFRED HENRY MORRIS, of The Melbourne Coffee Palace, Bourke Street, in the
City of Melbourne, and Colony of Victoria, Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention of improvements in metallic saddle-trees consists, first, in making
the point of the tree that fits into the pocket of the panel, loop-shaped instead of in
the form of a single stem or leg. This makes it stronger and more suitable for ordinary
saddles.
Second. In affixing the spring-bar to a metallic saddle-tree by means of an iron
strap, thereby avoiding the perforations of the tree, and also in attaching said spring-
bar to the point of the tree by means of a double-headed U-shaped rivet.
Third. In connecting the crupper loop to the stem of the metallic saddle-tree by
bending the stem of said crupper loop around the tree and brazing it when in position,
instead of fastening said loop by means of a rivet passing through a hole in the tree.
Fourth. In providing the spring-bar with a hole in that part which projects over
the point of the saddle-tree, and between the two sides of the loop constituting the
first point of my invention, said hole being for the purpose of receiving a rivet to
attach the flap of the saddle which is placed on the outside of said loop-shaped point,
and through a strap which passes on the inside thereof. This makes the saddle inuch
firmer and more secure.
Referring now to my drawings,-
Figure 1 shows top view of a metallic saddle-tree constructed according to my
invention,
Figure 2 side view thereof, and,
Figure 3 perspective of same.
Figure 4 represents the spring-bar full size, and,―
Figure 5 section thereof on the line < x.
Figure 6 represents on a larger scale iny crupper loop.
My loop-shaped point is marked A (see Figures 1, 2 and 3)-the iron strap by
which the spring-bar is attached to the tree is marked B in Figures 4 and 5, and the
double-headed U-shaped rivet is marked C. The crupper loop-the stem of which is
bent around the tree and brazed when in position-is marked D, while the hole in the
spring-bar for receiving a rivet to connect together the flap of the saddle on the
outside with a strap on the inside, is marked E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is :-
1. Metallic saddle-trees having their points made with a loop instead of a single
stem as hitherto.
2. Metallic saddle-trees having their spring-bars attached thereto by means of an
iron strap, and also attached to the points by means of double-headed U-shaped
rivets.
3. Metallic saddle-trees having the crupper loop hooked on and brazed thereto,
instead of being rivetted.

page_text: 4. Metallic saddle-trees having spring-bars, each of which has a hole in that part of
which projects over the loop-shaped point for receiving a rivet to attach the flap on
outside, and the strap on the inside thereof.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and
A. H. MORRIS.