Improvements in Pole Heads for Carriages, Vans, Omnibuses, or other Vehicles Drawn by Two or more Horses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pole Heads for Carriages, Vans, Omnibuses, or
other Vehicles Drawn by Two or more Horses.
EDWARD KIPLING 13 Marlborough Square Chelsea London S.W. (occupation
Clerk) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to make the poles of carriages omnibuses, vans, &
other vehicles drawn by 2 or more horses, about 12 to 18 inches shorter than the
existing poles. The pole head to be made with 2 arms projecting from the end in
a curved or angular direction towards the front of the horse's chest, to the extremity
of these arms the pole chains are attached, these arms are not in a fixed position,
but move upwards or downwards with the motion of the horses. The above
mentioned arms and the necessary parts to fix them to the pole to be made of steel,
cast or wrought iron, or any other material most suitable.
10th November 1890.
EDWARD KIPLING.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pole Heads for Carriages, Vans, Omnibuses, or
other Vehicles Drawn by Two or more Horses.
I, EDWARD KIPLING of 13, Marlborough Square, London, 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 improvements in pole heads applicable to carriages,
vans, omnibuses and other vehicles in which poles are used and are drawn by two
or more horses. And its object is to reduce the length of the pole as well as to
keep the pole chains or pole straps more directly in a line with the centre of the
horse collars.
The said improvements consist in the employment of two curved arms pivoted to
the end of the pole in such a manner that they are when in action inclined towards
the centre of the horses' collars, but are in case of accident free to fall down into a
vertical position clear of the horses.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this
Specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
each of the figures.
Figure 1. represents a plan view of the end of a pole fitted with my improved
pole head. Figure 2, is a longitudinal section on the line a, b in the former figure,
and Figure 3, is a front view of the same. Figure 4, is a plan view of one of the
curved arms separately represented, and Figure 5, is a front view of the same.
Figure 6, is a separate front view, Figure 7, is a side view and Figure 8, a
back view of the attachment to the pole head to which said curved arms are
secured.
The metallic attachment A is secured to the end of the pole B by means of the
bolts C, C, and said attachment is provided at each end with a pair of bearings D, D
and d, d, in which the shanks E of the curved arms F, F are mounted and are
secured therein by the nuts G or in any other convenient manner.
By this
arrangement the curved arms F are firmly secured to the pole head and when in
use approximately lie in the position represented in Figures 1 and 3 but they are
free to drop down to the position shown by the broken lines in Figure 3, or to any
intermediate point in case a horse stumbles or falls. The upward motion of the

page_text: arms is preferably limited by the stops or shoulders on the collars of the arms
engaging the central projection on the face of the attachment A.
A shackle H or its equivalent is provided at the extremity of each arm for
the purpose of attaching the pole chains or straps connected to the horses'
collars.
Besides the convenience of a shorter pole and other advantages the risk of
contagion occasioned by different horses biting or nibbling the end of the pole is
greatly reduced as the pole and its connections are more out of reach.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I
claim is:
The combination with the pole of a vehicle adapted to be drawn by two or more
horses, of arms pivoted to the end of said pole in such a manner that in use they
normally project on either side towards the centre of the horses' collars but are
free to fall clear of the horses in case of accident, substantially as herein shown
and described.
Dated this 9th dan of Au1001
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.