An Improved Method of Connecting Horses with Agricultural or Farm Implements and Machinery.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 7th June. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Connecting Horses with Agricultural or
Farm Implements and Machinery.
PHILIP HAMPTON CARLILE WEEKES, Cowfold, near Horsham, Sussex, Gentleman
Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention is an improvement upon the pole system and is so arranged that
instead of leading in a straight line from its attachment to the machine, it is bent
vertically and returned horizontally, having a cross bar or bars or convenient
fastening to rest upon the saddle of the horse or horses, thus placing the weight of
the machine upon the saddle or saddles of the horse or horses instead of upon the
collars, as is the case with the present pole system, the improved pole being made of
iron, steel, wood, or suitable material; it may also be of any sectional shape, such as
circular, square, oblong, triangular, angular, oval or tee..
The vertical end of the pole is made so as to be easily detached to facilitate the
harnessing or unharnessing of the horse or horses, and the part of detachment may be
made, telescopical, slot & pin or any other convenient way.
The pole at any convenient position may have an arrangement for attaching the
whipple trees or the main whipple tree may work upon a socket or swivel around the
vertical pole.
1 may also arrange for raising or lowering the pole, to have at its point of detach-
ment or thereabouts a ratchet or other convenient means.
At the saddle or saddle bars I may also make them to have a sort of half moon clip
or clips to rest upon the saddle or saddle pads, being so arranged as to have a
screw which either raises or lowers these clips or clip upon the cross bar or bars.
All bars and whipple trees may also have slots for the purpose of giving play
between the inachine and the horse or horses.
It is obvious that without departing from the nature of my Invention, several
modifications may be made, for instance, I may attach the horse or horses direct to
the machine by means of chains or other suitable fastening at the same time using the
improved pole.
I may run the pole beyond the cross bar or bars for the purpose of conveying a
strap or chain to the collar or collars of the horse or horses and I inay take this strap
or chain from the pole straight to the cross bar or bars or to a convenient part of
the harness, thence pass it through a ring or slot and return it to the collar or
collars so as to bring the line of tare in such a position as to enable the machine to
be backed.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Connecting Horses with Agricultural or
Farm Implements and Machinery.
PHILIP HAMPTON CARLILE WEEKES (owfold, near Horsham in the County of
Sussex Gentleman 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 Invention relates to an improved method of connecting horses with agricultural
or farm implements or machinery. For the purpose of describing my Invention in a
simple manner I intend to illustrate it in the first place by a sketch as shewn in Fig. 1.
A. represents the wheel or wheels of a mowing or other machine & B. the point of
دوم

page_text: attachment to the present existing pole. At B. I attach my improved method of
attachment which is a vertical standard C. & may be either made of a solid piece of
sylindrical square or otherwise, the pole D. fitting telescopically into it and adjusted
so far as height goes by means of a plug screw or ratchet wheel somewhere about E
and for the purpose of stiffening this I may use a connecting rod F. which may be
worked by means of a collar & thumb screw or by hook in either the pole D. or
standard Č. Fig. 2. is an end view & from the pole D. I pass a cross rod or bar G.
so as to carry the weight of the machine upon the backs of the horses and at the ends
or convenient distances I place clips H. H. to fit upon the saddle pads of the horses
and these clips may be fitted with springs or any appliance to give play to suit the
method which I claim in my invention & a swivel or wheel may for the same purpose
be used at the point or connection with the pole D. & bar G. Without departing
from my Invention I may make modifications for instance I may bring my pole into
operation as in Fig. 3. by attaching an upright standard at any part of the ordinary
pole as B. and then take the cross bar G as in Fig. 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is,
The described arrangement wherein the weight of the implement or machine is
placed directly upon the horse or horses backs instead of as is the case now upon
their withers.
Dated this 9th day April 1890.