Improvements in Harness.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
Improvements in Harness.
I, VICTOR PAULIN BERRURIER, of St. Cyr, France, Manufacturer, 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 relates to harness, the object being to provide a new and improved
harness made of metal throughout without any portion of leather or cords.
The wire ropes I employ for manufacturing the various parts of the harness
and the metal plates employed in the construction of certain elements, are prefer-
ably made of steel, iron or copper or like metal, galvanized or nickel plated for
preventing the same from oxidation; such wire ropes are secured on water tight
and imputrescible bands for preventing the animal from any injury caused by the
friction of said ropes.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters
and figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, shows the reins of the harness with the bit and bridle.
Fig. 2, shows the new metal collar.
Fig. 2, is a transverse section of D Fig. 13.
Fig. 2, shows a vertical section of one side of same, with the breast portions
stuffed out in the usual way.
Fig. 3, is a view of the saddle provided with a ridge or back band and a shaft
(or tree-) holder.
Fig. 3, is a sectional view of the saddle.
Fig. 4, shows the crupper and breeching straps of the harness.
Fig. 5, shows the crown strap of the head stall.
Fig. 6, shows a portion of the rein, provided with the attaching hook.
Fig. 7, is a view of the new breast band of the harness.
Fig. 8, shows the detached shaft (or tree) holder.
Fig. 9, shows the saddle-girth.
Fig. 10, represents the trace of the harness.
Fig. 11, shows the halter.
Fig. 12, the snaffle bridle of said harness.
Fig's. 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, are details of the collar.
Fig. 18, is a detail of the saddle-girth.
Fig. 19, shows the manner for securing a wire-rope to a woven band.
Fig's. 20, 21, 22, and 23, are detail views, hereinafter referred to.
The reins or bridle of the new harness shown as completely mounted in Fig. 1,
of the drawings are made of wire-rope throughout, said ropes being secured on
linings or woven bands; the blinkers A, A, of the bridle are made of sheet metal.
The collar shown in Fig. 2, is likewise made of metal and composed of hoop
iron and metallic sheet 1; except the breast portions stuffed out in the usual way.
The bow D, of the collar shown in Fig. 13, as seen from inside, has a number of
threaded perforations a, b, c, d, the perforations a, a, serving to secure the hinging
pieces B. Fig's. 14, and 15, of the top part of the collar, the perforation
serves

page_text: to receive the guide e of the rein Fig. 2, and perforation e receives the hame draft f
Figs. 2, and 2, and perforations d, d, are provided for securing screws serving
to shorten or to lengthen the collar by means of hinge C, Fig's. 16, and 17, acting
as a lock, the eye of said hinge being internally threaded to receive an
externally threaded lock bolt h. Said hinge B, Fig's. 14, and 15, is secured to the
outside of bow ]) by means of screws i, i, extending through perforations i, i',
in said hinge. Said hinge C forms the closure of the lower part of the collar and
is secured to bow D by screws k, k, extending through perforations 1, ¹, connected
to each other by longitudinal slits, to permit said screws to be moved from one
perforation to the next, the screws being somewhat loosened and the heads thereof
withdrawn from their depressed seats, the collar being thus adapted to be
lengthened as desired.
Each side of the collar shown in Fig's. 2, and 2, is likewise made of metal
(except the breast portions stuffed out in the usual way) and composed of a
steel sheet 1 held between hoop irons 2, 2, by means of rivets or equivalents 3, 3, 8.
The hinge plates or hinges B and C are independent from the body of the collar
and secured to the same by means of screws i, i, and k, k, respectively, said hinge
plates being slotted and apertured as shown in Fig's. 14, 15, 16, and 17, so that
they can be moved on the collar, to lengthen or shorten the same as desired.
The saddle shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3, is made of metal throughout as shown
in Fig. 3, and composed of metal sheets (soft steel) 4, 5, and 6, secured together
by means of the guides e¹, e¹ and rivets or equivalents not shown or in any other
suitable way. The upper part of the saddle is strengthened by means of a metal
plate 7, to securely hold the usual hook 8 in place.
I preferably employ hemp-fabric for making the waterproof bands, said fabric
being made water-proof by means of a rubber solution.
The wire-ropes of the harness are preferably held between two woven bands by
means of stitchings made on both sides of said wire ropes.
The girth is secured to the harness in any well known or usual manner.
The saddle-girth, shown in Fig's. 9, and 18, of the drawings, is provided with
four loops carrying rollers J secured to the rope of said girth by means of a
splicing.
The trace, Fig. 10, of the harness, has one of its ends attached to a chain g, to
lengthen or to shorten the same as desired, the other end of the trace being
provided with a loop r; the chain is connected together by means of splicings
The halter, Fig. 11, and the snaffle bridle, Fig. 12, are made of wire ropes and
woven bands secured together as indicated by dotted lines by way of example in
Fig. 19.
For attaching the various parts of the harness together I have provided a peculiar
automatic locking device, shown in Fig's. 20, 21, 22, and 23; Fig. 20, showing
the same in inoperative position, and Fig. 21, showing the device in operative
position.
The improved device consists of a bolt t provided with a depending pin t
extending into a socket secured into the body of the wire rope; said pin has
at its lower end, a disc plate, against which presses a coil spring the tension
of which tends to maintain the bolt in operative position. The rope to be attached
has an eye plate y, the slot of which corresponds to the dimensions of bolt t,
which is further provided with a downwardly projecting lug ¹, said plate y having
a corresponding opening. To attach the two ropes together I have but to
slip bolt into slot z, and to produce a slight traction on said bolt while rotating
the same until lug extends into opening, and the action of coil spring will
maintain the bolt in place, until it is withdrawn for detaching the two elements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. An improved harness consisting principally of wire ropes being non-oxidable

page_text: or galvanized in any suitable way, and water tight imputrescible woven bands for
preventing the animal from being injured by the friction of said ropes, sub-
stantially as set forth.
2. In an adjustable harness collar the combination of suitable hinge-plates,
provided with a number of perforations connected to each other by a longitudinal
slot, in which the fastening screws are adapted to be moved when the same are
loosened, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In an improved harness of the class described the combination of an
automatic locking device embodying a bolt, held in operative position by the
action of a suitable spring, said spring being lodged in a socket secured in the
body of the rope and said bolt extending through a slotted plate provided on
the rope, to be attached to the former, and having means for receiving a suitable
lug or equivalent provided on said bolt, substantially as set forth and for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 25th day of November 1898
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, Paddington, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.