AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR THE HAMES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Buck Goodman of the firm of Scholefield
Goodman and Sons of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Merchants
for an Invention of ". AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS
FOR THE HAMES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS communicated to him
from abroad by F. O. Minor of New Orleans in the United States of
America
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Buck Goodman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1883.
"
⚫FREDERICK BUCK GOODMAN of the firm of Scholefield Goodman and Sons of
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Merchants AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR THE HAMES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
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[communicated to him from abroad by F. O. Minor of New Orleans in the United
States of America]
The hames of horses and other animals are ordinarily fastened to the horse or
animal by means of a short chain engaging with or hooking on hooks at the lower
ends of the hames. In case the horse or animal falls or if for other reason it is
desired to remove the hames it commonly happens great difficulty occurs in
unfastening the hames.
The object of the said invention is to facilitate the unfastening of the hames
when for any reason it is desired to do so.
The said invention consists in constructing the fastenings for hames in the
following manner
One end of the, chain is connected to the lower end of one of the hames in the
ordinary way. The other end of the chain is connected by means of a swivel
junction to a hook which hooks into a loop at the lower end of the other hame.
The said hook is not made in one piece but its two arms are made separate and
are connected by a joint at the curve of the hook. The free arm of the hook is
Price 621

page_text: longer than the other arm to which the swivel is connected. The said free arm is
prolonged beyond the joint and the prolonged part is bent or doubled so as to be
parallel or nearly so to the other part of the said arm. When the hame is in
use the free arm is kept in its normal position by the pressure exerted between 'the
loop it is hooked to and the prolongation the said pressure keeping the long free
arm of the hook close to the other branch of the hook. When in case of accident
or otherwise it is desired to unfasten the hames the long arm of the hook is turned
upon its joint so as to open out the two branches of the hook when the loop can
slide from off the long arm of the hook and the lower ends of the hame become
thereby separated

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Frederick Buck Goodman in the Patent Office on the 5th January
1884.
FREDERICK BUCK GOODMAN of the firm of Scholefield Goodman and Sons of
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Merchants "AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR THE HAMES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS"
A communication to me from abroad by F. O. Minor of New Orleans in the United
States of America.
The hames of horses and other animals are ordinarily fastened to the horse or
animal by means of a short chain engaging with or hooking on hooks at the lower
ends of the hames. In case the horse or animal falls or if for other, reason it is
desired to remove the hames it commonly happens great difficulty occurs in
unfastening the hames.
The object of the said invention is to facilitate the unfastening of the hames
when for any reason it is desired to do so.
The said invention consists in constructing the fastenings for hames in the
following manner.
One end of the chain is connected to the lower end of one of the hames in the
ordinary way. The other end of the chain is connected by means of a swivel
junction to a hook which hooks into a loop at the lower end of the other hame.
The said hook is not made in one piece but its two arms are made separate and
are connected by a joint at the curve of the hook. The free arm of the hook is
longer than the other arm to which the swivel is connected. The said free arm is
prolonged beyond the joint and the prolonged part is bent or doubled so as to be
parallel or nearly so to the other part of the said arm. When the hame is in use
the free arm is kept in its normal position by the pressure exerted between the
loop it is hooked to and the prolongation, the said pressure keeping the long free
arm of the hook close to the other branch of the hook. When in case of accident
or otherwise it is desired to unfasten the hames the long arm of the hook is turned
upon its joint so as to open out the two branches of the hook, when the loop can
slide from off the long arm of the hook and the lower ends of the hames become
thereby separated:
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings
the manner in which the said invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, a pair of hames provided with a fastening
constructed according to this invention; Figure 2 represents the hames in the act
of being unfastened; Figure 3 represents in section and Figure 4 in plan the hame
fastening drawn of the full size and Figure 5 represents the parts in the act of
being unfastened; Figures 6. 7. 8 and 9 represent parts of the fastening detached,
drawn to the same scale as Figures 3. 4. and 5.
The same letters indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the Drawings.
b are the hames; c is the chain one end of which is connected by the loop d
(shown separately in Figure 8) to the bottom of the hame a. The other end of
the chain c is connected by the swivel junction e to the fastening hook f, g, the
said hook taking into the loop h (shown separately in Figure 9) the said loop h
being hooked to the lower end of the other hame b. The hook f, g constituting
the essence of the fastening is made in two parts or arms jointed together. One of
these parts or arms is marked f and consists of a fork (shown separately in Figure 7)
in which the swivel junction e of the chain c works. The other part or arm

page_text: marked g (shown separately in Figure 6) is free and is jointed to the forked arm or
branch fat i. The free arm or branch g constitutes a lever by which the fastening
is operated. The said free end or branch g is prolonged inwards beyond the joint
and is bent or doubled at g² which bent part g2 in its normal position is situated
within and lies parallel or nearly parallel to the fixed forked part or branch f
(see Figures 3 and 4)
When the hames are fastened together the bar h2 of the loop h lies in the
slot at the bent or doubled part g2 of the free arm or branch g and crosses the
recess 2 in the arm or branch fand the said free arm or branch g of the fastening
hook is situated parallel with the chain c as seen in Figures 1 and 3.
When the
free, arm g is in this position the bar h² of the loop.h is situated, above the
joint and the. pressure exerted by the. hame, through the said bar h2 upon the
bent prolonged part g2 of the free arm or, branch g tends to keep, the said free
arm, close to the forked arm or branch f of the hook; that is, in the position
represented in Figures 1 and 3 and thereby preserve the parts in their fastening
positions.
In order to unfasten the hames in case of an accident to the horse or for
removing the hames, it is only necessary to turn the long or lever arm or branch g
of the hook upon its joint i so as to cause it to take the vertical position represented
in Figures 2 and 5. In taking this position the bent part g2 acting upon the
bar of the loop h brings the said bar below the joint when the said loop can
slide from off the long arm or branch g of the hook and the lower ends of the
hames a, b become thereby separated.
'By this invention the fastening of the lames is very secure and the unfastening
of the bames is effected with great rapidity and certainty.
.
Having now described the nature of the said invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I claim as the
said invention of "An improvement or improvements in fastenings for the hames
of horses and other animals."
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The combination with the chain c and loops d, h and swivel connection e, of a
fastening hook composed of the part or arm g, g² and the forked part or arm f, f2
the two parts or arms of the said fastening hook being jointed together and acting
'substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Frederick Buck Goodman have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four
FREDERICK BUCK GOODMAN (L.S.)
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Witness, RICHP LEEK
Vicarage Road
King's Heath
Birmingham
FREDERICK BUCK GOODMAN (L.S.)