Improved Devices for Use in connection with Cart Saddle Trees for Securing the Harness thereto.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 10th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Devices for Use in connection with Cart Saddle Trees for
Securing the Harness thereto.
I, JOSEPH HEPWORTH of Kirkburton near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Saddler
and Harness Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to cart saddle trees and relates to an improved
device or devices to be used in connection therewith by which the harness may be
secured to said saddle trees, the object of my invention being to provide a better
and safer method of attachment for the harness or connecting straps or chains, and
to prevent damage being done to the saddle tree.
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In carrying out the invention, I make the device preferably of metal and either
in one or two parts so as to fit on the underside of the two halves of the saddle tree.
The ends of the device or plates project beyond the sides of the saddle tree and are
provided at the front with yokes or frames adapted to receive the "fore buckles
by which and connecting straps or chains, the collar is secured to the saddle tree,
said yokes or frames being provided with pins, screws or bolts for fastening the
buckles therein.
The opposite ends of the device or devices or plates also form a yoke or frame
in which, by means of a pin, screw or bolt the "rig strap" is secured. The plate
or plates are secured to the saddle tree by screws, nails or similar means, and they
are preferably countersunk so as to leave the under surfaces level and even as at
present.
The connections for securing the harness to the saddle tree are, by the means
described, easily made, and are much safer than when secured by nails or staples,
whilst the damage done to the saddle tree by such nails or staples, especially when
they have to be removed through breakages, is entirely avoided.
Dated 17th dow of Anril 1802
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Devices for Use in connection with Cart Saddle Trees for
Securing the Harness thereto.
I, JOSEPH HEPWORTH, of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Saddler
and Harness Maker, 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 has reference to cart saddle trees and relates to an improved
device or devices to be used in connection therewith by which the harness may be
secured to said saddle trees; the object of my invention being to provide a better
and safer method of attachment for connecting straps or chains, and to prevent
damage being done to the saddle tree.
In carrying out the invention I make the device preferably of metal and either
in one or two parts to fit on the underside of each half of the saddle tree. The
ends of the device or bars project beyond the sides of the saddle tree and are
provided at the front with yokes or frames adapted to receive the "fore buckles "
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page_text: connected to the collar, said yokes or frames being provided with pins, screws or
bolts for fastening the buckles therein. The opposite or rear ends of the devices
or bars also form a yoke or frame in which, by means of a pin, screw, or bolt, the
66 rig" or " crupper strap" is secured.
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The attachment of the "fore buckles" and "rig" or
crupper strap" by the
means described is easily and quickly made, and much safer than when the said
parts are secured by nails or staples, whilst the damage done to the saddle tree by
the nails, especially when they have to be removed for repairing the parts, is
altogether avoided."
In order the more fully to explain my invention reference is hereinafter had to
the drawings annexed, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is elevation of a cart saddle having my improvements applied thereto;
Fig. 2 is plan of the underside of the saddle tree, and
Fig. 3 is plan view of my improved saddle bars or devices detached.
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In the drawings letters a and b represent the bars or devices constructed
according to my invention, by which the "fore buckles " c and " rig" or crupper
strap" dare to be attached to the saddle tree e.
The device is preferably made in two separate parts as shewn, and the mid
portions thereof are flattened and bent or curved to the same angle or curvature
as the underside of the saddle, to which they are secured by nails or screws fas
shewn at Fig. 2; grooves or recesses being first formed in the saddle tree to
receive the said bars a, b, so that they shall not project beyond the undersurface of
the tree.
The extremities of the bars a, b, extend a short distance past each side or edge
of the saddle tree and at the front ends are formed yokes or frames a', 6', whilst
the rear ends are each bored or have openings g formed therein to receive a pin or
bolt h.
The shape or formation of the bars causes the rear ends thereof, when fixed to
the tree, to lie close to each other or near to the centre of the saddle tree as shewn
at Fig. 2, and between said ends the rig or crupper strap d is placed and made fast
therein by pin or bolt passed through the strap and secured to the bars a, b, by
nut . The opposite or front ends of the bars a, b, occupy positions on each side
of the saddle and are adapted to receive the "fore buckles" or straps c connected
with the collar, which are placed between the frames or yokes a¹, b', and made fast
therein by pins or bolts a², 62, passed through the frames and straps and secured by
nuts a³, 18.
The front and rear ends of the aforesaid bars a, b, are turned or twisted so that
the pins or bolts a², 63, and h shall be at right angles respectively with the "fore
buckles "
and rig or crupper strap to be attached thereto, and said pins are
provided with tubes or hollow bushes a, b, and h² free to turn round thereon with
the movement of the straps or buckles through which they are passed and to reduce
friction on said straps.
By means of bars or devices such as a, b, secured to the saddle tree and forming
means for attaching the fore buckles and rig or crupper straps thereto, the pull of
said straps is thus against each other through the bars a, b, and not as formerly,
against the saddle tree and nails or staples securing them thereto, whereby injury
to the saddle tree from such cause is avoided and a safer and more durable
connection obtained. The method of attachment herein described also dispenses
with all nailing of any kind of fore buckle or crupper strap to the saddle tree and
renders it extremely easy to detach any of the parts requiring repair and to
re-attach them when repaired without disturbing the other parts or knocking the
saddle tree to pieces.
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:
Firstly. The devices or saddle bars such as a, b, secured to the underside of each

page_text: balf of the saddle tree and provided at the ends with means for attaching the fore
buckles or straps and rig or crupper straps without nailing them to the tree,
substantially as herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The combination, with a cart saddle tree, of detachable saddle bars a, b,
provided at the front ends with yokes or frames to receive the fore buckles or straps
and forming at the rear ends, when fixed, a frame or yoke to receive the rig or
crupper strap, and pins, screws or bolts and nuts for securing said fore buckles and
crupper strap to the bars, all arranged and constructed in the manner and for the
purposes substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 9th day of January 1894.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents.