Improvements in connection with Reins for Driving Horses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28.h Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 28th Dec.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Reins for Driving Horses.
DAVID MARSH SKINNER 49 Church Street Boltou Lancashire Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:
The object of this invention is to provide means of driveing horses by special
arrangements of reins as hereinafter set forth. I provide two short reins or pieces.
of leather which are detachabley connected to each side of the bit with a buckle or
hook or any other suitable fastener. In centre of short reins I connect my roller
staple and the end I connect another roller staple which is to answer as a keeper
for the driveing reins. I then attach one end of the driveing reins to any suitable
part of the harness say stud on saddle or to rings on traces or to the trap shafts.
or any other suitable part. Then the reins are passed through the roller keeper
over the other roller staple and back through the roller keeper of the said short
reins to the hands of the driver after being connected to the opposite side of the
saddle.
1000
DAVID MARSH SKINNER.
Improvements in connection with Reins for Driving Horses.
DAVID MARSH SKINNER 144 Clarence Street Bolton in the County of
Lancashire Ironmonger late of 49 Church Street Bolton I 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 consists in roller staples, two arrangements of which are shown in
the drawing sent herewith. One of these staples is attached by means of a short
rein to each side of the bit used for driving a horse, and through it the reiu from
the driver's hand is passed and then fastened to the saddle, instead of going directly
to the bit.
The object of the invention is to give the driver greater control over his horse.
The principle on which the invention is based is that of the 'single movable
pulley.'
Referring to the drawing,
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation of the roller staple with swivel arrangement, &
Fig. 4. is a view of the same, looking in the direction of the arrow.
Fig. 2. is a view with the lower part in section, & Fig. 3 is an elevation, of the
arrangement without swivel.
Figs. 2. & 3. show the short rein in position.
One end of the short rein is attached to the roller staple as shown at C, the
other end is fastened to the bit.
The driving rein is passed between the two
and back again between the two rollers at B.
suitable part of the harness, such as either the
the other end is in the hand of the driver.
rollers at B, round the roller at A
Then one end is fastened to some
stud or the rings on the saddle, and

page_text: D is a roller simply to prevent the rubbing of the laps of the driving rein as
they pass each other.
Whatever force the driver may exert on that part of the rein between his hand
and the roller staple, nearly the same force will be communicated to the continuation
of the rein between the roller staple and the saddle. Hence the power of the
driver as felt at the bit will be nearly doubled.
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 1
claim is
That by my staple arrangement the rein instead of going direct to the bit is
passed over a roller and fastened to the saddle, and as each lap of the rein will
exert nearly an equal pull on the bit the power of the driver over the horse will be
nearly doubled.
Dated this 26th day of Dasambon 2004
Pro DAVID MARSH SKINNER,
Chas. F. Howard.