Improvements in Means for Attaching Traces to Harness Collars, Hames, or Breast Bands.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1898-Accepted, 11th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Attaching Traces to Harness Collars,
Hames, or Breast Bands.
I, LEWIS PETER FORD, of 72, Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of London,
formerly Her Majesty's Attorney-General in the Transvaal, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates more particularly to means for attaching traces to harness
collars having no hames, but is also applicable to the attachment of the traces to the
hames or to the breast band, and the object of my invention is to provide such a
form of attachment as shall be free from noise in use and at the same time afford
facility for speedily connecting and disconnecting the traces with and from the
collar, hames or breast band.
For this purpose I provide each trace with a shackle, which is pin-jointed to
an attachment fixed one to each side of the collar or breast band or to each
hame, on which pins the shackles are capable of swivelling, thereby avoiding the
noise consequent on the use of the ordinary hooks, and in order to facilitate
the connection and disconnection of the shackles from the said attachments,
I provide spring catches which, on pushing the swivel pins into position within the
eyes of the swivels and attachments, will automatically lock said pins in position,
whilst on releasing said spring catches, the said swivel pins can be readily removed
and the traces thereby liberated. To facilitate removal of the pin a suitable pull
may be attached thereto, which may act as a lever and when used be caused to release
the spring catch.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Means for Attaching Traces to Harness Collars,
Hames, or Breast Bands.
I, LEWIS PETER FORD, of 72, Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of London,
formerly Her Majesty's Attorney-General in the Transvaal, 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:—
The invention relates more particularly to means for attaching traces to harness
collars having no hames, but is also applicable to the attachment of the traces to the
hames or to the breast band, and the object of my invention is to provide such a
form of attachment as shall be free from noise in use and at the same time afford facility
for speedily connecting and disconnecting the traces with and from the collar,
hames or breast band.

page_text: In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried
into effect. I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to describe
the same.
Fig. 1 is a face view of one form of attachment for connecting the traces to harness
collars, hames or breast bands.
Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof and Fig. 3 is a similar view partly in section.
Fig. 4 is a face view of a slightly modified form of apparatus and Figures 5 and 6
are edge views thereof the latter being partly in section.
Fig. 7 is a face view of an apparatus similar to that shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 but
having means for releasing and readily withdrawing the spring pin and Fig. 8 is an
edge view of the same partly in section.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide each trace with a shackle a provided
with a screw b. These shackles are perforated at their outer end and are pin jointed to
the attachment fixed to each side of the collar or breast band or to each hame.
In Figures 1, 2 and 3 I have shown the shackle a provided with a pin c having a
spring catch c¹ upon which is a stud or enlargement c² fitting into a recess d¹ formed
in one of the leaves or knuckles of the attachment d.
When the pin c is pushed into position within the eyes of the swivel and attach-
ment they will be automatically locked in position by the spring catch whilst on
releasing said spring catches the swivel pins can be readily removed.
In Figures 4, 5 and 6 I have shown a slightly modified form of apparatus. In
this case the swivel pin c* has not attached thereto a spring catch but is held in
position by means of a spring split pin e passing through a perforation in the end of
the shackle and engaging in a circular groove c³ formed around the swivel pin c*.
The split pin e is preferably provided with a circular eye e¹ as shown in the drawings
by which it may be readily withdrawn. I also prefer to attach the pin e to the
shackle a by means of a piece of gut e² or other suitable material to prevent it
being lost.
In all the figures of the drawings I have shown the attachment d with a bifurcated
draft d² by which it may be attached to a collar hame or breast band but it will be
understood that any other suitable form of draft may be employed.
It will be understood from the above description that the apparatus is perfectly
silent in use and should a horse fall the traces may be readily released from the
collar hames or breast band by withdrawing the swivel pin c having first depressed
the spring catch c¹ or by withdrawing the swivel pin c* having first withdrawn the
split pin e.
In Figures 7 and 8 I have shown an apparatus similar to that shown in
Figures 1, 2 and 3 provided with a swivel pin c having a spring catch c¹. This
apparatus is however provided with a suitable pull f pivoted at f¹ to the swivel pin c.
The pull has a projecting portion f2 provided with a stud f5 which comes into
contact with the spring catch c¹ and releases the same when the pull is moved into
the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8. The swivel pin c may then be withdrawn
by means of the pull f. When not in use for withdrawing the swivel pin c the pull f
may rest in close contact with the draft d² as shown at Fig. 7 and in dotted lines at
Fig. 8.
The pull is preferably pivoted to the pin c in such a manner that it will
not rattle, that is to say the pivot pins are a tight fit or leather washers f³ may be
employed between the nuts f and the face of the pull so as to apply friction. The
pull itself may be covered with leather.
The end of the trace is attached to the shackle in the usual manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. An attachment for attaching traces to harness collars, hames or breast bands
consisting of a shackle, to which the trace is attached, provided with a swivel pin by

page_text: means of which it is attached to the part connected to the harness collar, hames or
breast band substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In means for attaching traces to harness collars, hames or breast bands the
combination of a shackle provided with a swivel pin having a spring catch and means
for attaching the same to the collar, hame or breast band, substantially as herein
shown and described.
3. In means for attaching traces to harness collars, hames or breast bands, the
combination of a shackle provided with a swivel pin having a spring catch, a lever
or pull to release the spring catch and means for attaching the same to the collar
hame or breast band, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated May 0th 1000
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.