Improvements in Draught Gears for Horses or other Animals.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught Gears for Horses or other Animals.
I, ALEXANDER DIAMANTIDI, of Freiland, Lower Austria, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to draught gears for carriages drawn by animals, and haa
for its object to so construct the draught gear as to enable the animals to start
the carriage easily, and without undue effort.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a plan, and
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Figure 2 a front elevation of my improved draught gear.
A is a vertical bolt secured to the carriage frame, B B are two horizontal bell
crank levers fulcrumed on the bolt A, and crossing each other like the two halves
of a pair of scissors; to the outer ends C, C¹ of such levers the swinglo trees or
traces are secured. D is a powerful spring arranged between the rearwardly bent
ends of the short arms of the levers.
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When the carriage has to be started the levers B B are in the first place turned
around the bolt A by the draught exerted by the animals or team, as indicated by
dotted lines in Figure 1, whereby the spring D is compressed, and in this the
animals have to overcome a gradually increasing resistance which greatly facilitates
the starting of the carriage, and notably relieves the animal or team.
One of the levers, viz., Bi, is forked and has secured in it a sleeve B on which
the other lever turns, and this sleeve is fitted on the bolt A.
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My improved draught gear differs from the known elastic draught gears by
the following features: The spring is arranged on the rear side of the levers BB¹
where there is sufficient place for it, and where it does not interfere with the free
movement of the animal or team; the spring is arranged transversely to the
direction of the draught, it acts by compression, and has a comparatively large
play.
Improvements in Draught Gears for Horses or other Animals.
I, ALEXANDER DIAMANTIDI, of Freiland, Lower Austria, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—

page_text: My invention relates to draught gears for carriages drawn by animals, and has
for its object to so construct the draught gear as to enable the animals to start
the carriage easily, and without undue effort.
Referring to the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification-
Figure 1 is a plan and
Figure 2 a front elevation of my improved draught gear.
A is a vertical bolt secured to the carriage frame, B B are two horizontal bell
crank levers fulcrumed on the bolt A, and crossing each other like the two halves
of a pair of scissors; to the outer ends C, C¹ of such levers the swingle trees or
traces are secured. D is a powerful spring arranged between the rearwardly bent
ends of the short arms of the levers.
When the carriage has to be started the levers B B' are in the first place turned
around the bolt A by the draught exerted by the animals or team, as indicated by
dotted lines in Figure 1, whereby the spring D is compressed, and in this way the
animals have to overcome a gradually increasing resistance which greatly facilitates
the starting of the carriage, and notably relieves the animal or team."
One of the levers, riz., B', is forked and has secured in it a sleeve B on which
the other lever turns, and this sleeve is fitted on the bolt A.
My improved draught gear differs from the known elastic draught gears by
the following features:-The spring is arranged on the rear side of the levers B B'
where there is sufficient place for it and where it does not interfere with the free
movement of the animal or team; the spring is arranged transversely to the
direction of the-draught, it acts by compression and has a comparatively large
play.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
A draught gear comprising a vertical bolt secured to the carriage frame, a pair
of horizontal bell crank levers fulcrumed on such bolt and crossing each other like
the halves of a pair of scissors and having their inner short arms bent rearwardly,
a spring arranged between the ends of the inner short arms of such levers and
adapted to be compressed on turning forward the outer ends of the long arms of
such levers and means for counecting the outer ends of the long arms of such
levers with the harness of the animal or team.
Dated the Sixth day of September 1898.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.