Improvements in Equestrian Spurs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Equestrian Spurs.
I, ARTHUR COCHRANE HAMILTON, of Spencer House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Gen-
tleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;
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My invention relates to spurs for use by horse-riders and has for its object to
provide means whereby the rowel or pointed wheel can be arranged so that the
points of the latter can project or not as desired.
According to my invention the end of the neck of the spur is formed with two
slots connected together and the pivot or pin upon which the rowel is mounted is
arranged so that it can be placed in either of the said slots. One of these slots
is placed in such a position that when the rowel pivot is lying in it the points of
the rowel are behind the surface of the end of the neck whilst when the pin is
in the other slot the points project in the usual manner. The slot which holds the
pivot when the points thus project is preferably undercut so as to avoid the liability
of the rowel being accidentally moved to its inoperative position.
Dated this 10th day of December 1897
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
I, ARTHUR COCHRANE HAMILTON, of Spencer House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Gen-
tleman, 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:-
1
My invention relates to spurs for use by horse-riders and has for its object to
provide means whereby the rowel or pointed wheel can be arranged so that the
points of the latter can project or not as desired.
According to my invention the end of the neck of the spur is formed with two
slots connected together and the pivot or pin upon which the rowel is mounted is
arranged so that it can be placed in either of the said slots. One of these slots
is placed in such a position that when the rowel pivot is lying in it the points of
the rowel are behind the surface of the end of the neck whilst when the pin is
in the other slot the points project in the usual manner. The slot which holds the
pivot when the points thus project is preferably undercut so as to avoid the liability
of the rowel being accidentally moved to its inoperative position. As an addi-
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page_text: tional security against such accidental movement of the rowel I advantageously
provide the neck of the spur with a suitable catch.
In the accompanying drawing:-
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Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part of a pur made according to the invention
and shewing the rowel in its operative position:
Figure 2 is a plan thereof;
Figure 3 is
position:
view similar to Figure 1 but showing the rowel in its inoperative
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the end of the neck of the spur with the rowel
removed; and,
Figure 5 is an end view of my improved spur.
a is the rim of the spur and b is the neck thereof. c, are the two slots which
are formed in the outer end of the neck b the said two slots being connected
together by the slot (2.
is the rowel, the said rowel being of ordinary construction and being loosely
mounted upon a headed pin or pivot which passes through the slotted portion of
the spur neck b. When the said pin or pivot e is passed into the slot r, the rowel
points project beyond the surface of the end of the neck b, that is to say, the
rowel is in its operative position as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, and when the
said pine is passed back through the slot into the slot the rowel points are
behind the surface of the end of the neck, that is to say, the rowel is in its in-
operative position as indiccted in Figure 3. The slot is undercut as will be
seen clearly on reference to Figures 3 and 4, the object being, as above described,
to prevent the rowel being accidentally pushed back to its inoperative position.
f is the catch or clip the said clip being shewn made of spring wire pivoted to
spur at fit is adapted to be sprung into the usual slot in the end of the
spur neck b, when it is to retain the rowel in position and is turned into the posi-
tion shewn in dotted lines in Figure 2 when it is desired to shift the rowel from
one position to the other.
the
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a spur, providing the end of the neck with two slots connected together
and arranging the pivot or pin upon which the rowel is mounted so that it can
be placed in either one or other of the said slots whereby the rowel is caused either
to project beyond the end of the neck or to be withdrawn within the said neck,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. A spur wherein the neck is formed with two slots connected together and
the rowel is loosely mounted upon a pivot or pin which works in the said slots,
substantially as, and for the purpose, herein before described.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved spur, hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of September 1898
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.