Improvements in Trace Fasteners.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Trace Fasteners.
I, ARTHUR ROBERT SHARP, of 9, Durley Road, Stamford Hill, in the County
of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which has
been communicated to me from abroad by Charles Walke, of North Parade,
St. Thomas' Mount, Madras, India, Engineer,) to be as follows:-
My invention relates to trace fasteners or holders for harness, and has for its
object to provide simple and efficient fasteners or holders which can be used for
either or both ends of a trace, and by the use of same, traces are absolutely secured
and can be easily and quickly attached and detached under all circumstances.
Traces are generally permanently fixed to the collar hames at one end, and the
other is adapted to be either looped over a roller bolt on the vehicle, or an eyelet
hole therein is passed over a hook or flat-headed pin upon the vehicle, the latter
being sometimes provided with a hole to receive a pin, or strap point for further
security.
According to my invention the trace fastener or holder consists of a metal pin
upon which a metal stop piece of U or other suitable shape is freely pivotted about
its central part, and counterweighted at its lower part so as to hang normally in
vertical position and form a head or stop. This pivotted piece may be of
uniform thickness or slightly tapered in cross section to suit trace eyes.
To fix a trace end the stop piece is held lineable with the pin, the trace eye
slipped over it onto the pin, and when released it resumes vertical position and
prevents trace being accidentally detached.
These fasteners or holders may be fixed to the shaft, or splinter bar, or other
suitable part of the vehicle, and they may also be fixed to the collar or breast strap
or in other desired position.
Dated this 21st day of June 1895.
J. C. CHAPMAN,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trace Fasteners.
I, ARTHUR ROBERT SHARP, of 9, Durley Road, Stamford Hill, in the County
of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which has
been communicated to me from abroad by Charles Walke, of North Parade,
St. Thomas' Mount, Madras, India, Engineer,) aud 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 trace fasteners for harness, and has for its object to
provide simple and efficient fasteners which can be used for either or both ends of
a trace, and by the use of same traces are absolutely secured and can be easily and
quickly attached and detached under all circumstances.
Traces are generally permanently fixed to the collar hames at one end, and the
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page_text: other is adapted to be either looped over a roller bolt on the vehicle, or an eyelet
hole therein is passed over a hook or flat-headed pin upon the vehicle, the latter
being sometimes provided with a hole to receive a pin or strap point for further
security.
My improved fastener consists of a pin adapted to be fixed to the vehicle or
harness and having pivotted upon it near its cuter end a metal stop piece which is
to be raised to slip the trace eye on to the pin and which will then resume its
normal position and effectually prevent the trace becoming accidentally detached.
I will describe my invention in reference to the accompanying drawing in
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 an end elevation of the fastener in normal
position;
Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the pivotted end stop raised to a horizontal
position to receive the trace;
Fig. 4 is a plan showing the trace applied;
Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the fastener fitted to the hames of a collar.
B is the metal pin near one end of which a metal stop piece A of U or other suitable
shape is pivotted upon a pin or rivet b about its central part preferably nearer to its
upper extremity and so as to allow free movement. The piece A is preferably counter-
weighted at its lower part so as to hang normally vertically as in Figs. 1 and 2 and
form ahead or stop to the pin B. The other end of the pin is adapted for
fixing to shafts, or the ends of a splinter bar or any other part of the vehicle or
harness from which the draught is intended to be taken. The pivotted piece A
may be of uniform thickness or slightly tapered in cross section to suit the form of
trace eyes; for example in Fig. 3 it is shown of such shape as to fit the form of
eye in the trace shown in plan Fig. 4^.
To fix the trace end the stop piece A is beld up lineable with the pin B as in
Fig. 3; the trace eye is then slipped over it on to the pin as shown dotted, and
when released the piece A at once falls by gravity and resumes vertical position
and prevents the trace being accidentally detached. Fig. 5 shows the same
fastening rivetted to the hames of a horse collar whereby the trace may be easily
liberated at the collar end and thus obviate the necessity of cutting the trace in
case of accident. The fastener may in the same way be fixed to a breast strap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
(as communicated to me from abroad) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
✔
The improved trace fastener substantially as herein described which consists of a
pin B adapted to be fixed to the vehicle or harness and having pivotted upon it
near its outer end a metal stop piece A preferably U-shaped and counterweighted
and operating in the manner above set forth.
Dated this 16th day of March 1896.