Year: 1883

page_text: I. MALCOLM MACLEOD of Malmesbury Wilts and of Teignmouth Devon seek
leave to amend the specification of Letters Patent, No. 846 of 1883, as shown in
red ink in the copy of the original specification hereunto annexed-by inserting
at page 3 line 1 after the letter E, the words "or the saddle flap under the stirrup
leather E us at line 40.
At line 2 same page to alter 5th word "is" into " may be" also after the
letter B to insert the words "or to the saddle tree."
My reasons for making this amendment are as follows The first correction
has been omitted by mistake, though inserted in line 40. The 2nd correction is to
show that either plan will do.
(Signed) MALCOLM MACLEOD,
Patentee.
In the matter of Letters Patent granted to Malcolm Macleod No. 846
of 1883.
I hereby grant leave to the said Malcolm Macleod to amend the Specification
filed in pursuance of the said Letters Patent, in the manner proposed.
Dated this 24th day of June 1884
H. READER LACK,
Comptroller-General.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Malcolm Macleod of Malmesbury & Teignmouth in the
Counties of Wilts and Devon respectively for an Invention of AN IMPROVED
SADDLE DAD
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Malcolm Macleod at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1883.
MALCOLM MACLEOD of Malmesbury and Teignmouth in the Counties of Wilts
and Devon respectively "AN IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR."
This Invention consists in adapting the saddle-bar as ordinarily constructed to
turn in any direction, except downwards, with the pull or strain exerted upon the
stirrup leather by displacement or dislodgement of a rider, or from other cause, so
that the leather may be released either over or backwards from engagement with
the bar in a manner corresponding to that in which it is at present released by a
backward pull or strain only.
At the front, the bar is secured to the tree of the saddle by means of a double
hinge, instead of being rivetted as usual, and at the back it is supported in a plain
or spring hook fixed to the saddle, from which hook it is disengaged when the
bar is turned upside down. The latter is then free to turn in any direction on the
double hinge, and thus the stirrup leather is as readily released in any other
direction as, in the ordinary way, backwards. A spring acting upon the bar
prevents it from turning up in the absence of any undue strain. The bar does not
become detached from the saddle.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Malcolm Macleod in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th August 1883.
MALCOLM MACLEOD of Malmesbury and Teignmouth in the Counties of Wilts
and Devon respectively, AN IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR
My said invention consists in adapting the saddle-bar, as ordinarily constructed,
to turn in any direction, except downwards, with the pull or strain exerted upon
the stirrup leather by the displacement or dislodgement of a rider, or from other
cause, so that the leather may be released either over or backwards from engage-
inent with the bar in a manner corresponding to that in which it is at present
released by a backward pull or strain only.
At the front, the bar is secured to the saddle-tree, or to a plate affixed to the
saddle-tree, by means of a double hinge instead of being rivetted as usual, and at
the rear it is supported in a plain or spring hook fixed to the tree or plate, from
which hook it is disengaged when the bar is turned upside down. The latter is
then free to turn in any direction on the double hinge, and thus the stirrup
leather is as readily released in any other direction as in the ordinary way
backwards.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood, I now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings and the figures and letters marked thereon.
Under the method illustrated at Fig. 1, the bar A is secured at its front end to
the plate B by the hinge C and at the rear it is suspended from the hook D. The
plate B is attached to the saddle-tree. As, by an upward pull exerted on the
stirrup leather E, the bar A is turned upward on the hinge C the rear end of the
bar becomes unhooked and the bar is then free to turn further upwards and to turn
forwards on the hinge F. The stirrup leather is thus withdrawn from the bar in
the direction of the strain. The bar may or may not be furnished with an ordinary
thumb-piece M.
A second method of carrying my said invention into effect is shown at Figs 2,
24, 3 and 34. Fig. 2A is a rear end view of Fig. 2. The bar A is suspended from
the round staple & at the front end and from the hook D at the rear.
The edges
of the hole formed in the bar-to receive the staple G are rounded to correspond
therewith. Lateral play due to the nature of the hinge thus formed is obviated
by the tongue a normally lying behind and bearing against the back of the tongue o
formed on the plate B. As the bar is turned upward, the tongue a is withdrawn
from behind the tongue c, the rear end of the bar leaves the hook D and the bar
is then free to turn in any direction on the hinge G, as seen more particularly at
Fig. 3. The arm L, Fig 3ª, either formed in one piece with or fixed to the plate B
and extending backwards therefrom is employed to prevent the leather È from
leaving the bar A more readily backwards than is requisite. As the leather tilts
up on being pulled backwards, friction is produced between it, the arm L and the
lower limb of the bar.
In the modification of my said invention illustrated at Fig. 4, the upper limb of
the bar A is suspended by the hinges e, e. The lower limb of the bar is hinged
at F to the upper limb and normally rests upon the block or ledge H which
prevents the hinge F from acting while the bar is in the position shown. But
when, by the upward pull exerted on the stirrup leather, the bar is drawn outwards
clear of the block or ledge H, the strain causes the hinge F to act and the leather
is withdrawn from the bar,

page_text: To prevent the bar turning upwards except when acted upon by the requisite
upward pull, as aforesaid, so that the leather shall not be withdrawn when not
desirable, the device shown at Figs 2, 24, 3, 3 and 4 may be employed. It
consists of a lever J extending backwards underneath the stirrup leather E or the
saddle flap under the stirrup leather E where it normally lies. It is may be
hinged at I to the plate B or to the saddle tree. Above the hinge I is a pawl K
carried on the end of the lever J which extends upwards for the purpose; or the
pawl K may be made in one piece with the lever J as shown at Fig 34. The
pawl K tends to keep the bar A in its normal position, and in this it is assisted by
the rider. When an undue upward pull is exerted on the leather E the bar A, as
it rises on the hinge G and hook D, turns the lever J outwards and forwards and
the bar becomes clear of the pawl K and free to turn as required on the rounded
staple as herein before described.
In the modification shown at Figs 5, 6 and 7 the lever J, pivotted at its front
end at the back of the plate B at a point below the centre of the staple G and
suspended at the opposite end by the hinge j from the arm L extending backwards
from the plate B, depends vertically below the saddle-flap O, Figs 6 and 7. When
the saddle-bar A is in its normal position, the hook m formed on the back thereof
is engaged with the hook n formed on the lever J as seen more particularly in the
end view, Fig 6.
As the bar A is pulled upwards by a strain on the leather E, the saddle-flap O
bas to be lifted by the lever J before the hooks m, n, turning on different centres,
become disengaged and free the bar A to turn in the required direction. Fig 7
represents a position of the bar and the hooks as the lever is being raised.
For the same purpose aforesaid of preventing the bar turning upwards except
when acted upon by the requisite upward pull, the staple C, with flat sides, shown
at Fig. 1, may be split vertically to form a spring and be furnished at each side
with a shoulder tending to impede the rising of the bar until, by the upward strain
on the bar, the split staple is compressed to the required degree.
Under a further modification in this particular, a lever passing between the
upper and lower bands of the stirrup leather is employed. One end of this lever
bears upon the bar which is thereby held down. The other end of the lever-is
normally kept down by the pressure thereon of the upper band of the leather.
When, by an upward pull on the whole stirrup leather, the last mentioned end of
the lever is turned upwards by the pull of the band below it, the bar is free
to rise.
Having now described my said invention and some of the modes in or under
which the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I claim as the
invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent.
Firstly, The saddle-bar acting substantially as hereinbefore described and shown,
whereby the stirrup leather is as readily released in any direction as in the ordinary
way backwards.
Secondly. The use in a saddle-bar of a movable arm or lever placed below the
bar (or the equivalent for such bar) acted on by the stirrup leather or the saddle
flap underneath the stirrup leather to keep the saddle-bar down, but which arm,
lever or its equivalent when sufficiently pressed upon by the upward pull on the
stirrup leather either turns on its hinge or yields so as to free the saddle bar and
allow it to turn and disengage the stirrup leather, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the drawings.
In witness whereof I, the said Malcolm Macleod, have hereunto set my hand
and seal this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Malcolm Macleod of Malmesbury & Teignmouth in the
Counties of Wilts and Devon respectively for an Invention of AN IMPROVED
SADDLE BAR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Malcolm Macleod at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1883.
MALCOLM MACLEOD of Malmesbury and Teignmouth in the Counties of Wilts
and Devon respectively,
« AN IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR,"
This Invention consists in adapting the saddle-bar as ordinarily constructed to
turn in any direction, except downwards, with the pull or strain exerted upon the
stirrup leather by displacement or dislodgement of a rider, or from other cause, 80
that the leather may be released either over or backwards from engagement with
the bar in a manner corresponding to that in which it is at present released by a
backward pull or strain only.
At the front, the bar is secured to the tree of the saddle by means of a double
binge, instead of being rivetted as usual, and at the back it is supported in a plain
or spring hook fixed to the saddle, from which hook it is disengaged when the
bar is turned upside down. The latter is then free to turn in any direction on the
double hinge, and thus the stirrup leather is as readily released in any other
direction as, in the ordinary way, backwards. A spring acting upon the bar
prevents it from turning up in the absence of any undue strain. The bar does not
become detached from the saddle.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Malcolm Macleod in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th August 1883.
MALCOLM MACLEOD of Malmesbury and Teignmouth in the Counties of Wilts
and Devon respectively, AN IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR
My said invention consists in adapting the saddle-bar, as ordinarily constructed,
to turn in any direction, except downwards, with the pull or strain exerted upon
the stirrup leather by the displacement or dislodgement of a rider, or from other
cause, so that the leather may be released either over or backwards from engage-
ment with the bar in a manner corresponding to that in which it is at present
released by a backward pull or strain only.
At the front, the bar is secured to the saddle-tree, or to a plate affixed to the
saddle-tree, by means of a double hinge instead of being rivetted as usual, and at
the rear it is supported in a plain or spring hook fixed to the tree or plate, from
which hook it is disengaged when the bar is turned upside down.
The latter is
then free to turn in any direction on the double hinge, and thus the stirrup
leather is as readily released in any other direction as in the ordinary way
backwards.
=
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood, I now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings and the figures and letters marked thereon.
Under the method illustrated at Fig. 1, the bar A is secured at its front end to
the plate B by the hinge C and at the rear it is suspended from the hook D. The
plate B is attached to the saddle-tree. As, by an upward pull exerted on the
stirrup leather E, the bar A is turned upward on the hinge C the rear end of the
bar becomes unhooked and the bar is then free to turn further upwards and to turn
forwards on the hinge F. The stirrup leather is thus withdrawn from the bar in
the direction of the strain. The bar may or may not be furnished with an ordinary
thumb-piece M.
A second method of carrying my said invention into effect is shown at Figs 2,
24, 3 and 34. Fig. 24 is a rear end view of Fig. 2. The bar A is suspended from
the round staple Ğ at the front end and from the hook D at the rear.
The edges
of the hole formed in the bar-to receive the staple G are rounded to correspond
therewith. Lateral play due to the nature of the hinge thus formed is obviated
by the tongue a normally lying behind and bearing against the back of the tongue c
formed on the plate B. As the bar is turned upward, the tongue a is withdrawn
from behind the tongue c, the rear end of the bar leaves the hook D and the bar
is then free to turn in any direction on the hinge G, as seen more particularly at
Fig. 3.
The arm L, Fig 34, either formed in one piece with or fixed to the plate B
and extending backwards therefrom is employed to prevent the leather E from
leaving the bar A more readily backwards than is requisite. As the leather tilts
up on being pulled backwards, friction is produced between it, the arm L and the
lower limb of the bar.
In the modification of my said invention illustrated at Fig. 4, the upper limb of
the bar A is suspended by the hinges e, e. The lower limb of the bar is hinged
at F to the upper limb and normally rests upon the block or ledge H which
prevents the hinge F from acting while the bar is in the position shown. But
when, by the upward pull exerted on the stirrup leather, the bar is drawn outwards
clear of the block or ledge H, the strain causes the hinge F to act and the leather
is withdrawn from the bar.
To prevent the bar turning upwards except when acted upon by the requisite
upward pull, as aforesaid, so that the leather shall not be withdrawn when not
desirable, the device shown at Figs 2, 24, 3, 34 and 4 may be employed. It

page_text: consists of a lever J extending backwards underneath the stirrup leather E where
it normally lies. It is hinged at I to the plate B. Above the hinge I is a pawl K
carried on the end of the lover J which extends upwards for the purpose; or the
pawl K may be made in one piece with the lever J as shown at Fig 34. The
pawl K tends to keep the bar A in its normal position, and in this it is assisted by
the rider. When an undue upward pull is exerted on the leather E the bar A, as
it rises on the hinge G and hook D, turns the lever J outwards and forwards and
the bar becomes clear of the pawl K and free to turn as required on the rounded
staple Gas herein before described.
In the modification shown at Figs 5, 6 and 7 the lever J, pivotted at its front
end at the back of the plate B at a point below the centre of the staple G and
suspended at the opposite end by the hinge j from the arm L extending backwards
from the plate B, depends vertically below the saddle-flap O, Figs 6 and 7. When
the saddle-bar A is in its normal position, the hook m formed on the back thereof
is engaged with the hook n formed on the lever J as seen more particularly in the
end view, Fig 6.
As the bar A is pulled upwards by a strain on the leather E, the saddle-flap O
has to be lifted by the lever J before the hooks m, n, turning on different centres,
become disengaged and free the bar A to turn in the required direction.
represents a position of the bar and the books as the lever is being raised.
Fig 7
For the same purpose aforesaid of preventing the bar turning upwards except
when acted upon by the requisite upward pull, the staple C, with flat sides, shown
at Fig. 1, may be split vertically to form a spring and be furnished at each side
with a shoulder tending to impede the rising of the bar until, by the upward strain
on the bar, the split staple is compressed to the required degree.
Under a further modification in this particular, a lever passing between the
upper and lower bands of the stirrup leather is employed. One end of this lever
bears upon the bar which is thereby held down. The other end of the lever is
normally kept down by the pressure thereon of the upper band of the leather.
When, by an upward pull on the whole stirrup leather, the last mentioned end of
the lever is turned upwards by the pull of the band below it, the bar is free
to rise.
Having now described my said invention and some of the modes in or under
which the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I claim as the
invention secured to me by the herein before in part recited Letters Patent.
Firstly, The saddle-bar acting substantially as herein before described and shown,
whereby the stirrup leather is as readily released in any direction as in the ordinary
way backwards.
Secondly. The use in a saddle-bar of a movable arm or lever placed below the
bar (or the equivalent for such bar) acted on by the stirrup leather or the saddle
Bap underneath the stirrup leather to keep the saddle-bar down, but which arm,
lever or its equivalent when sufficiently pressed upon by the upward pull on the
stirrup leather either turns on its hinge or yields so as to free the saddle bar and
allow it to turn and disengage the stirrup leather, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the drawings.
In witness whereof I, the said Malcolm Macleod, have hereunto set my hand
and seal this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one' thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
MALCOLM MACLEOD (L.s.)