Improvements in Horse Collars.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1899--Accepted, 13th Aug., 1899
Improvements in Horse Collars.
I, ANTRUM ALLEN, of Melrose, Bulmershe Road, Reading, Berks, Saddlers
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in horse collars whereby collars having
a wide channel or groove between the forewale and body on the outside of the
collar for the reception of the hames are so formed that no extra line or lines
of stitching appear on the inside surface of the collar, so that the said inside
surface presents the appearance usual in collars not so provided with a hame
channel.
According to my invention, I use for making the forewale of the collar a piece
of leather or other required material of greater width than is used for a collar
of ordinary construction, and instead of sewing the body of leather or other
material to the edge of the front barge on the inside of the forewale, I attach
it at a convenient distance away from the said edge so as to leave a considerable
free width of front barging.
Having attached the body in this way I now sew the said free width of front
barge to the back barge of the forewale so as to form the hame channel, leaving
a back barge of ordinary width to sew down to.
When the collar is now made up in the ordinary way the seam of stitching
which connects the front barge to the back barge to form the hame channel, will
be covered on the inside of the collar by the body and will consequently not
show on this side.
To prevent the formation of a ridge at the pole or wither part of the collar
where extra hame room is not required, I cause the two seams of stitching to
converge and melt at this point.
The back barging has a number of slits or nicks cut therein, from the edge
thereof up to the seam connecting it with the front barging, in order to allow
the barging more play at the turns when filling forewale of collar; the stitching
being finished off at each nick.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
ANTRUM ALLEN, "Melrose," Bulmershe Road, Reading, Saddlers Ironmonger,
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 follow-
ing statement:.
My invention relates to improvements in horse collars whereby collars having
a wide channel or groove between the forewale and body on the outside of the
collar for the reception of the hames are so formed that no extra line or lines
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page_text: of stitching appear on the inside surface of the collar so that the said inside
surface presents the appearance usual in collars not so provided with a hame
channel.
According to my invention I use for making the forewale of the collar a piece
of leather or other required material of greater width than is used for a collar
of ordinary construction and instead of sewing the body of leather or other
material to the edge of the front barge on the inside of the forcwale, I attach
it at a convenient distance away from the said edge so as to leave a considerable
free width of front barging which is illustrated in the sectional drawing which
illustrates the forewale when made up. The forewale of the collar which is of
greater width than is general used being from N to 0. The body of leather or
other material A-G is sewn to the forewale by the row of stitching A B. The
considerable free width of front barging is A C:
Having attached the body to the forewale by the row of stitching A B I now
sew the said free width of front barging A C to the back barging L K inserting
between the two thicknesses of outside leathers or other required material a strip
of firm leather or some substitute E F to give it firmness thus uniting all three
thicknesses of leather by the row of stitching C D.
After the two seams of sewing A B & C D there then remains a back barge
of ordinary width to sew down and the afterwale is sewn down to the forewale
in the usual way as in collars not provided with a hame channel at the point M.
When the collar is now made up in the usual way the seam of stitching C D
which connects the front barge to the back barge to form the hame channel will
be covered on the inside of the collar by the body A G and will consequently not
shew on this side.
To prevent the formation of a ridge at the pole or wither part of the collar
where extra hame room is not required I cause the two seams of stitching to
converge and meet at this point.
The back barging has a number of slits or nicks cut therein, from the edge
thereof up to the seam connecting it with the front barging, in order to allow
the barging more play at the turns when filling the forewale of collar; the stitch-
ing being finished off at each nick.
The figure shows a transverse section of the collar.
A-B. 1st row of stitching which sews the leather or other material forming
the forewale together and uniting the forewale with the basil or other material
forming the bodyside.
CD. 2nd row of stitching which forms the hame channel.
E-F. The piece of leather inserted between the two thicknesses of outside
leather.
H-I. The afterwale which is sewn to barging just below the 2nd row of stitch
ing at point M.
A-G. The basil or other material forming the bodyside.
NO. The leather for forming forewale including from barge and back barge.
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:-
An improvement in horse collars whereby collars having a wide channel or
groove between the forewale and body on the outside of the collar for the reception
of the hames are so formed that no extra line or lines of stitching appear on the
inside surface of the collar so that the said inside surface presents the same appear-
ance usual in collars not so provided with a hame channel.
Dated this Eighth day of May 1800
ANTRUM ALLEN,
Applicant.