Improvements in and relating to Connections or Hooks Applicable to the Harness of and Vehicles Drawn by Draught Animals and for other Analogous Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Connections or Hooks Applicable
to the Harness of and Vehicles Drawn by Draught Animals
and for other Analogous Purposes.
I RICHARD HILL of No. 4 Rose Street Heywood Mechanician in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to connections, attachments, or hooks applicable to the
harness of and to vehicles drawn by draught animals which invention consists
principally of a divided hook connection attached to any convenient part of the
harness of a draught animal or to a carriage, waggon, or other vehicle. According
to another part of my invention the application thereof to a vehicle consists of the
divided hook piece before named and a spring attachment which serves the purposes
of a "Tug Post" and drawhook combined which is adapted to relieve the strain or
work from the shoulders of the animal.
As constructed my invention consists of two hook shaped pieces which are
mounted on a pin or stud carried by a bracket capable of being attached to the
harness, or the said pin is carried by a hollow socket or barrel piece within which is
provided a coil spring intercepting one end of a fixed piece or bar attached to the
vehicle and the one end of the socket piece.
The two hook shaped pieces are adapted to loosely swivel on the pin and to open
froin each other but when closed a circular opening is formed which retains the rings
or connections attached to the pole of a pair horse vehicle or the rings and
connections on the traces of the harness which hook like pieces are held firmly
together by means of a catch piece and spring or a suitably shaped headed screw
threaded piece adapted to be operated by the hand.
When desired the harness connections may be readily released from the closed
hook piece by pushing back the spring or turning the screw threaded piece the
divided parts of the closed hook open and when such divided hook piece is attached
to the spring "tug post" piece and is in use the pull or strain is transmitted
through the coil spring as the socket piece moves with relation to the fixed bar on
the vehicle compressing the coil spring more or less according to the pull on the
closed hook piece thus relieves more or less the work or strain from the shoulders of
the animal.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Connections or Hooks Applicable
to the Harness of and Vehicles Drawn by Draught Animals
and for other Analogous Purposes.
.
I RICHARD HILL of No. 4 Rose Street Heywood Mechanician in the County of
Lancaster 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 relates to connections attachments or hooks applicable to the harness
of and to vehicles drawn by draught animals which invention consists principally of a
divided hook connection attached to any convenient part of the harness of a
draught animal or to a carriage waggon or other vehicle. According to a modification
of my invention the same may be attached to any spring connection or tug post
provided with a spring on the draw bar of a vehicle.
Fig. 1 represents the divided or split hook, part in section.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 represents the hook open to receive a ring or connection of the harness or
any attachment on a vehicle.
Fig. 4 is a view shewing the spring arrangement.
As constructed my invention consists of two hook shaped pieces a, b, mounted on
a pin or stud c carried by a link d for attachment to or forming part of the harness
or the said part may be suitably attached by means of any convenient intercepting
. spring to the harness.
The two hook shaped pieces are adapted to loosely swivel on the pin c and to
open from each other see Fig. 3, but when closed a circular opening or ring, g, is
formed see Fig. 1 which retains the ring or any other connections which may be
attached to the pole of a pair horse vehicle or the connections on the drawbar of a
vehicle or the harness of the animal which hook like pieces are held firmly together
by means of a catch piece e, actuated and maintained in position by the aid of a
spring piece f, which piece e is free to turn on the stud e².
When desired the harness connections may be readily released from the closed
opening or ring 9 of Fig. 1 by pressing back the piece e to position as shewn in
Fig. 3 thus releasing the part el from the part al, and allowing the parts a and b to
separate see Fig. 3, and thus allow of connection or disconnection of any parts of
the vehicle or harness with relation to the said divided hook. When the part d¹ is
attached to the harness and an intercepting spring h interposed in the tube h¹ Fig. 4
the strain or jars on the shoulders of the animal may be to some extent relieved.
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:-
The divided or split hook consisting of parts a, b, e and f with or without a
spring attachment d¹ and h substantially as and for the purposes herein fully set
forth.
Mach 1905
J. H. BUTTERWORTH,
For the Applicant.