An Improved Harness Shaft Tug.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Harness Shaft Tug.
FREDERICK CROKER Saddler &c. Mark near Highbridge Somerset do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvement consists in the application to the interior of the tug, of metal
plates or protectors its object being to protect that part of the tug which comes in
contact with iron plates on shafts of carts. The metal plates or protectors are let in
flush with the leather which makes the interior or lining of the tug perfectly
smooth the plates being secured with screws or rivets.
Dated this 25th day of June 1895.
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I FREDERICK CROKER of Mark near Highbridge, Somerset, 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:—
My improvement consists in the application to the interior of the tug of metal
plates or protectors its object being to protect that part of the tug which comes in
contact with the iron plates on shafts of carts. The metal plates or protectors
are let in flush with the leather which makes the interior or lining of the tug
perfectly smooth the plates being secured with screws or rivits.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements together with the mode of
carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1 is a view of one of my improved harness shaft tugs.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through one of the plates before fixing.
Figure 3 is an elevation of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section on the line 1-2.
Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section on the line 3-4.
Figure 6 is a cross section shewing a modification.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide the metal plate or protector A
which is secured within the tug B before the interior or lining leather b' is
inserted.
The plates A are fixed by screws or rivits D which pass through the holes a¹
of the plates A into the body of the tug the connecting portions a' of the plate
being set back so as to be hidden by the lining of the tug which is so cut to fit
the plate that the lining of tug and face of plates are flush thus rendering the
interior perfectly smooth and free from projections. I may use two separate
corner plates A'A' such as shewn in Figure 6 in which case the screws d would
pass direct through the plates from the front as shewn. By these means the
internal wear on the tug from the iron plates on the shaft is relieved by my plates

page_text: as herein before described thus lengthening the wearing life of the tug and
improving the appearance.
may vary the length or shape of my plates to suit the various requirements to
be met with and without departing from the nature of my said improvements.
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
1st. An harness shaft tug having internal metal plates or protectors
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn upon the
accompanying drawings.
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Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
FREDERICK CROKER.