IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTING HARNESSED ANIMALS TO VEHICLES AND DISCONNECTING THEM
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN ISAAC EMANUEL of 37 Clephane Road, Canonbury, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for " IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTING HARNESSED ANIMALS TO VEHICLES AND
DISCONNECTING THEM " to be as follows:-
The object of these improvements is so to connect horses and other animals to
vehicles that they may be easily and quickly disconnected therefrom.
For this purpose I fix on those parts of the vebicle, shafts, whiffletrees, &c., where
connection is usually made by traces, for each trace I fix a bracket with two armed
pivotting lever, or catch, the short arm of which serves as the trace holder and the
long arm of the same serves as a lever by which the short arm is operated. The
long arm is held in position by a fastening separately pivotted so that it may be
moved on its pivot to engage on or disengage off the long arm, its normal position
being the engaged position in which it is kept by the pull of the trace, and it may
be, by the additional aid of a spring, the trace pulling on the short arm and thus
causing the further end of the long arm to press against the pivotted fastening.
By means of a disengaging cord leading from the pivotted fastening to the vehicle,
the two armed pivotting lever or catch may be at once disengaged when desired,
as for instance, when a horse runs away or becomes dangerously restive, the reins
being let go at the same time. Any number of pivotted fastenings may be so
connected together that the same pull on the disengaging cord may release a
similar number of two armed levers or catches, and consequently the same number
of traces or other connections.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, JOHN ISAAC EMANUEL 37 Clephane Road, Connonbury in the County
of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTING HARNESSED ANIMALS ΤΟ VEHICLES AND
DISCONNECTING THEM, to be as follows:-
The object of these improvements is to connect horses and other animals to
vehicles that they may be easily and quickly disconnected therefrom. For this
purpose I fix on those parts of the vehicles, shafts whiffletrees & where connection
is usually made by traces, for each traco, I fix a bracket with a two armed
pivotting lever or catch, ab the short arm a of which serves as the trace holder,
and the long arm b of the same serves as a lever by which the short arm is
operated. The long arm is held in position, by a fastening a seperately pivotted so
that it may be moved on its pivot to engage on or disengage off the long arm bits
normal position being the engaged position in which it is kapt by the pull of the
truce (and it may be by the additional aid of a spring) the trace pulling on the
short arm a and thus causing the further end of the long arm 6 to press against
the pivotted fastening c.
By means of a disengaging cord d d leading from the pivotted fastenings cc the
two armed pivotting levers or catch at once disengaged whon deaired by means of
the said disengaging cord so when a borse runs away or becomes dangerously
restive, by letting go of the reins and pulling the cord the horse and traces are at
onco released. Any number of pivotted fastenings may be so connected together
that the same pull of the disengaging cord may release a similar number of two
armed levers or catches and consequently the same number of traces or other
connections.
I provide a pivotted guard a to prevent the trace f1 from slipping off the short
arm or holder a when held in its normal position.
Fig 1 shows the trace holders in their normal position, with the traces fixed
thereon.
Fig 2. The traces released from the short arins or holders, and the long arms
released from their fastenings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained, the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed I would observe in
conclusion that I do not limit myself to the precise details therein given and shown
in the accompanying drawings as various modification may be made wherein
whilst retaining the assential features of my Invention but I declare that what
I claim is the application of
Improvements in connecting harnessed animals to vehicles and disconnecting
them as herebefore described and illustrated. or any modification thereof.
Dated this 9th day of April 1885.