An Improved Harness Saddle or Van Pad, and Apparatus for making the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th July, 1898
Date of Application, 20th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Harness Saddle or Van Pad, and Apparatus for making
the same.
GEORGE HILL WILLIAMS, Shurton Lodge, Bridgwater, Somersetshire, Retired
Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:→
This invention cosists of a strong press made of metal or wood to which is
fitted a strong screw or some other power which forms the top part of the saddle in
one solid piece of leather or some material that may be used as substitute for
leather.
There is a faceing fixed round the edge with rivets wired or sewn.
This top part is then fixed to a wooden trea made for the purpose and fitted
with metal plates at the mouth of the grove for the backband and to hold fittings
for the reins and a metal plate on the top to hold the pedestal and the crupper
loop and fastened together with bolts and screws.
The under part or padding can be made to take out when required and is
fastened by points from the trea that fit in pockets on the pad and clasps in the
gullet.
The top or any part of this harness saddle can be dyed or patented as in patent
leather any colour when part made or finished.
The press above mentioned has the following construction
The top part is made to lift off for the leather to be placed in position to be
pressed and formed and then the top is forced or screwed down.
The under part of the press is made with a projection or ridge and an opening
is made in the top part to fit this and forms the groove for the backband.
There is a rise in the front part to suit the shoulder of the animal.
19007
An Improved Harness Saddle or Van Pad, and Apparatus for making
the same.
I, GEORGE HILL WILLIAMS, of Shurton Lodge, Bridgwater, in the County of
Somerset, 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:-
My invention has for its object an improved harness saddle or van pad and
apparatus for making the same by which such articles are made more durable
with an improvement in appearance while bein much more waterproof than those

page_text: Figure 1 is a front view of a harness saddle made in accordance with my
improvements.
Figure 2 is a similar view of a van pad also made in accordance with my
improvements.
Figure 3 is a diagram illustration of the apparatus such as used for carrying
my invention into effect.
Figure 4 is a section through Figure 3 on the line 1-2
Figure 5 is an enlarged section through Figure 2 on the line 3-4.
Figure 6 is a section through Figure 2 shewing a modification in the attachment
in the inner lining.
In carrying my invention into effect I form my harness saddle of one piece of
leather or other suitable material A so as to allow of the portion a² being raised up
to form the groove for the back band B to pass through.
For effecting this I provide an apparatus such as shewn by Figure 3 consisting
of a strong press formed of metal wood or a combination of both the top part E
being raised clear of the leather A which is placed in position upon the inner mold
or block F and is pressed into the required shape by the pressure of the top part E
this being effected by the screw H and nut J. The lower part F of the press is
provided with the projecting ridge fl and a corresponding recess e¹ in the top
part E thus forming the groove a for the back band to pass through when the
mouth portions are cut away. A rise is also provided at the front a³ to suit the
rise in the shoulder of the animal and other projections may be formed in a
similar manner. I do not however confine myself to this particular form of
apparatus for pressing the leather into the required shape. A facing K is fixed
around the edge of the leather A. by riviting wiring or sewing and the top part
of the saddle thus prepared is then fixed to the wooden tree L prepared for the
purpose and which is fitted with metal plates at the mouth a¹ of the groove a² for
the backband B and also to receive the fittings such as the pedestal crupper loop
and rein terrets M which are fastened thereto by suitable bolts and screws.
The top or any part of the harness saddle may be dyed or patented any colour
either when part made or finished. The underpart or padding N can be made to
take out when required being fastened by points from the tree L which fit in
pockets 12 and having similar horizontal pockets and points 21 in the gullet P.
In the case of van pads such as shewn by Figure 2 the leather cover A is pressed
in a similar manner to that described with regard to the saddle by which means
the internal groove a² is formed of one piece.
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:-
1st. The improved harness saddle and van pad in which the groove a² is formed
in one with the cover A substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The mode of and means for pressing the leather A into the form of a harness
saddle or van pad substantially as herein set forth and shewn.
3rd. The improvements in harness saddles and van pads substantially as herein
set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of April 1898.
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.