IMPROVEMENTS IN STIRRUP IRONS
Year: 1840

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BRYAN
I'ANSON BROMWICH, of Clifton-on-Teme, in the County of Worcester,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Thirteenth day of May, in the third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Bryan l'Anson Bromwich, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege,
and authority, that I, the said Bryan I'Anson Bromwich, my exors, adors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Bryan l'Anson Bromwich, my exors,
adñiors, 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 expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STIRRUP IRONS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I,
the said Bryan I'Anson Bromwich, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in Her said 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Bryan I'Anson Bromwich, do hereby declare that the nature of my Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a stirrup iron, constructed according to my Invention.
Figure 2 is an edge view thereof. Figure 3 is the frame or upper part shewn
separately. Figure 4 shews the lower part of the stirrup iron whereon the
foot rests. Figure 5 shews a section of Figure 4. Figure 6 shews the rollers
employed by me separately, and Figure 7 shews the eye for the stirrup strap
separately, it being attached to the stirrup iron by a swivel joint, or it may be
permanently affixed to the upper part of the stirrup iron. In the Drawing
there will be found two peculiarities, first, the using of a series of rollers
on the frame or upper part of the stirrup iron; and, secondly, a mode of
applying a surface of leather or other substance for the tread of the foot,
and for this purpose the lower part of the stirrup is formed into a frame, to
receive such leather or other similar substance in place of the foot resting on
the iron framing constituting the lower part of the stirrup iron. It should be
stated that the same letters are used to indicate the same parts wherever they
occur, a, a, being a series of rollers which turn freely on the frame or upper
part of the stirrup iron; the object of such rollers being to enable the foot
coming out of the stirrup more readily, in case of the rider falling off his horse
and dragging in the stirrups. c is the eye for the stirrup strap; d is the lower
part of the frame of the stirrup, which is made suitably for receiving the
bottom of leather e, which is fastened therein by means of the screws f.
The Drawing clearly shews the nature of each of the parts separately, and also
combined into a stirrup iron, by which the workman will readily be able to
construct my Invention; and I would have it understood that what I claim is,
first, the mode of constructing stirrup irons by the application of the
rollers a, a.
b
And, secondly, I claim the mode of applying the surface e for the foot of
the rider to rest on, as herein described.
And I also claim the privilege of placing the rollers in contact with each
other, or of fixing piece of metal between them that will not revolve on the
frame.
a
In witness whereof, I, the said Bryan l'Anson Bromwich, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty.
BRYAN (L.S.) TANSON BROMWICH.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Tenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord 1840, the aforesaid Bryan I'Anson Bromwich came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Speci-
fication aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in
5 form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty.