CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HARNESS FOR BEASTS OF BURDEN
Year: 1846

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DANIEL
SYDNEY HASLUCK, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Thirteenth day of August, in the tenth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Daniel
Sydney Hasluck, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Daniel Sydney Hasluck, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, and such others as I, the said Daniel Sydney Hasluck, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times during the term of years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England
Wales, the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in all Her Majesty's Colo-
nies and Plantations abroad, and in the Islands. of Jersey, Guernsey,
Alderney, Sark, and Man, an Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF HARNESS FOR BEASTS OF BURDEN," being a communication from
a Foreigner residing abroad; in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said Daniel Sydney Hasluck, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and scal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
and to cause the same to be inrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Daniel Sydney Hasluck, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following description thereof,
reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
These Improvements in the Manufacture of Harness for Beasts of Burden,
and which form the subject of the present Patent, and have been communi-
cated to me by my Foreign Correspondent as aforesaid, consist in constructing
the framing or foundation, and some other parts of the harness, principally of
metal, and in a novel mode of attaching the leather parts thereto. In the
accompanying Drawings Figure 1 is a perspective representation of that part
of the harness which the Inventor denominates the "crutch part" of the
saddle tree, and which is in fact the foundation of the harness; and Figure 2
is a perspective view of the cantle, or what is generally known as the seat or
saddle. Both these parts are constructed of metal, as shewn in the Drawing,
and are connected together when the harness is complete in the manner here-
after described. The metal or iron foundation or "crutch" is formed in the
manner shewn in Figure 1, and has holes made in it in various places to
receive the fastenings whereby the other parts of the harness are attached to
the foundation. The crupper loop is connected to the hinder part of the
metal foundation a, a, by means of a square-headed projecting stud 6 that is
firmly secured to the foundation, and passes through a square hole made at the
inner end of the crupper loop piece, which is further secured by a screw at c,
that also assists in connecting the cantle or seat to the foundation, as will
hereafter more fully explained. d is a hole for receiving the fastening which
connects the fore part of the cantle to the foundation, and also serves for
securing the hook for the bearing reign. e, e, are holes for receiving screws,
whereby the leather is fixed to the metal foundation, and f is a groove or
countersunk part made in the framing on each side for the purpose of receiving
the back band, which is secured by a screw that carries the terret, and is
screwed into the holes g. A part of the metal at the upper part of the
"crutch" or foundation is cut away at h for the purpose of reducing the
weight of this part of the harness. Figure 8 represents in section the method
of attaching the leather flaps or skirts to the metal foundation. The large
flap or skirt is seen at i, i, and the smaller or short flap or skirt at j. These
two flaps or skirts are connected together by stitching, as shewn in Figure 4,
and they are both secured to the upper part of the foundation or crutch by
means of screws e, e. The back band k runs under the small skirt or flap

page_text: and between it and the larger one, and is secured to the foundation as before
mentioned by the screwed end of the terret which passes through the two
flaps or skirts i and j and the back band k, and enters the hole in the metal
foundation, seen at g in Figure 1. When the leather flaps or skirts have thus
been properly attached on both sides of the framing, the cantle or seat (shewn
detached at Figure 2) is secured in its place (as seen at Figures 4 and 5).
The attachment in front is effected by means of a screw or bolt m, which
passes through the hole d, Figures 1 and 2, in the cantle, also through a hole
at the inner end of the bearing-rein hook n, Figures 4 and 5, and terminating
in the hole d, Figure 1, in the metal foundation, by means of the screw m,
which enters the hole c, seen in Figure 1. When all the parts are secured
together in the manner just described and shewn in Figure 4, the saddle will be
complete with the exception of the pad, which is placed inside, and is attached
in the manner usually adopted when the ordinary wooden trees are employed.
Having now described the Invention that has been communicated to me by
my Foreign Correspondent as aforesaid, I would observe, in conclusion, that I
lay no claim to those parts above shewn and described which have been used
before the date of my Patent for similar purposes. But what I consider to be
new in the above-described improvements, and therefore wish to claim as the
Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is
the peculiar method above shewn and described (or any modification thereof)
of constructing harness for beasts of burden, and connecting together the
several parts of which the same is composed in the manner above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Sydney Hasluck, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
D. S. (L.S.) HASLUCK.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Fifth day of February,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Daniel Sydney Hasluck came
0 before our Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to
the tenor of the Statute in that case made and provided.