An Improvement in Riding and Driving Reins, Bridles, and such like for Horses.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
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Punication, and oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Riding and Driving Reins, Bridles, and such
like for Horses.
I, WILLIAM FREDERICK SINTON, of Hamilton's Bawn, County Armagh,
Ireland, Merchaut, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to ding and driving iens, bidles, and such like, for
horses.
At present boise reins, bridles, etc. are made of leather, but, under my invention,
I manufacture them, preferably, from unbleached (or green) linen cut into lengths
and then folded to the proper width and strength and stitched the whole length
with four or other number of rows of stitching. The reins and bridles are sub-
sequently boiled in a decoction to keep them soft and pliable and to preserve them
from 1otting
Reins, bridles, ctc. cau be made of cotton or hemp fabric instead of linen.
The reins, bridles, etc, can be finished and dyed in any well known manner.
Dated this 21st day of October 1895.
H. D FITZPATRICK,
Glasgow and London, Agent.
An Improvement in Riding and Driving Reins, Bridles, and such
like for Horses.
I, WILLIAM FREDERICK SINTON, of Hamilton's Bawn, County Armagh,
Ireland, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be pei formed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to ding and diving ieius, bridles, and such like straps
for horses, etc.
At present horse reins, bridles, etc, are made from straps of leather, but, under my
invention, I manufacture the straps, preferably, from unbleached (or green) hnen
cut into lengths and then folded to the proper width and strength and stitched
the whole length with four or other number of rows of stitching. The stinps are
subsequently treated with a compound so as to keep them soft and pliable and to
preseive them from lotting.
The straps can be finished and dyed in any well known manner.
I will now procced to describe a mode of cauying out my invention which I
have found to give good results.
The linen (preferably No. 67 or thereabout) is cut and folded to the requned
length and breadth for the desired stiap and it is then sewn lengthwise with four
rows of stitching, and, after this has been done, it is saturated, coated, or painted
with the following compound.
Raw linseed oil, with about 2 per cent. of sugar of lead, about 50 paits

page_text: The aw linseed oil and suga of lead are put into a vessel, capable of holding
three times the quantity, and are heated over a gentle fire for about 4 hours then a
strong fire is kept up for about an hour, the liquid being stiri ed all the time with
a wooden spoon, until, when a part of it is lifted out on the spoon, it falls in long
tough threads; when the liquid comes to this consistency it will begin to increase
in bulk until finally the vessel will be just about running over when it must be
at once taken off the fire and the liquid allowed to cool to a certain extent.
The coal tar should be boiled to the consistency of bees-wax and then, while hot,
mixed thoroughly with the boiled oil.
The gutta pei cha should, before adding it to the compound, be dissolved in
bi-sulphide of carbon, or in equal parts of methylated spirits and oil of turpentine.
It can be made almost any desired shade by thoroughly mixing with it in suitable
proportions, lamp black white lead or other colouring matter.
The stiap is to be saturated in and well coated with the compound and after it
has received its first coating it is put though light rollers; when about half dry it
receives another coating, and, if linen is used of say 24 threads to the inch, it may
be necessary to give also a third coating.
When the coatings are quite dry the stiap is well rolled and then varnished with
the best vainish.
In damp weather heated air may be used for dɩying
The straps may be made of cambuc, or of cotton or hemp fabric.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
Straps for reins, bridles and such like made substantially as herembefore
descubed.
Dated this 16th day of July 1896.