Year: 1887

page_text: I, JAMES WILLIAMS, L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng., of Belsize House, Walsall in the County
of Stafford, Dental Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its main object the construction and employment of a saddle bar
of which the barrel or part around which the stirrup leather is passed may, in a very
simple and convenient manner, be readily turned outwards so as to admit of the
leather being easily placed therearound or removed therefrom, and thus the incon-
venience be obviated which is usually experienced in placing a stirrup leather around
and removing it from a saddle bar of the usual construction; but the invention refers
also to means whereby the outer end of the barrel when made capable of being turned
outwards, is supported from the corresponding end of the upper part of the bar, and
to means whereby the self-detachment of the leather from the bar is facilitated, in
case of a rider falling with his or her foot in the stirrup.
A
According to this invention; the barrel or part around which the stirrup leather is
placed is hinged at its forward end to the other part of the bar by means of a vertical
(or approximately vertical) pin, so that it may be turned outwards therefrom.
thumb-piece, of a description frequently employed with saddle bars, is connected with
the outer or hinder end of the barrel by means of the usual knife-blade joint employed
for such purpose, but the outer end of the thumb-piece is formed with projections
thereon which pass over the end of the upper member of the bar on each side of the
usual slot therein into which the thumb-piece closes up, in order to support the outer
end of the barrel. The thumb-piece is made, preferably, to slant outwards from its
linged end when closed up, in order that it may the more readily be opened by the
backward pressure of the stirrup leather, in case of an accident of the character

page_text: before described; and in order to facilitate the disengagement of the leather from the
barrel, after the thumb-piece has been opened as described, in case of such an
accident, the barrel may be hinged loosely to the other part of the bar, by making it
an easy fit between jaws within which it is hinged, and forming the hole, through
which the hinge-pin passes in the barrel, slotted, or otherwise, in which case the
barrel will fall into an inclined position immediately the thumb-piece has been opened,
and the leather will readily slip off therefrom. The barrel has a tendency to turn
outwards immediately the thumb-piece has been opened, and thus further facilitate
the disengagement of the stirrup leather.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Walsall and Wolverhampton,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JAMES WILLIAMS, L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng., of Belsize House, Walsall in the County
of Stafford, Dental Surgeon, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and the letters of reference marked thereon (that is to say) :-
:―
This invention has for its main object the construction and employment of a saddle
bar of which the barrel or part around which the stirrup leather is passed may, in a
very simple and convenient manner, be readily turned outwards horizontally, or
approximately so, so as to admit of the leather being easily placed therearound or
removed therefrom, and thus the inconvenience be obviated which is usually
experienced in placing a stirrup leather around and removing it from a saddle bar
of the usual construction; but the invention refers also to means whereby the outer
end of the barrel, when made capable of being turned outwards, is supported from the
corresponding end of the upper part of the bar; and the means whereby the barrel
is capable of being turned outwards facilitate the self-detachment of the leather from
the bar, in case of a rider falling with his or her foot in the stirrup, this being one of
the objects of the invention.
I will proceed to describe the invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings. Figure 1 is a side elevation of a saddle bar constructed according to this
invention, and shews the bar for fixture to the right hand side of the saddle.
Figure 2 is a plan of figure 1, with the barrel closed in as shewn in figure 1, and
figure 3 is also a plan of figure 1, but with the barrel shewn to be turned outwards or
open. The barrel A around which the stirrup leather is to be placed is hinged at its
forward end to the other part B of the bar by means of a pin a so that it may be
turned out horizontally at right angles to such part (as shewn by figure 3) or at other
angle as may be desired. A spring (shewn by broken lines figure 1) is fixed at the
back of the part B, and when the barrel A is closed in, as shewn by figures 1 and 2,
the free end of the spring bears against the inner side face of the forward end of the
barrel and thus presses an acute-angled corner e of the barrel against the part B and
retains the barrel in its closed-in position. If from any cause the barrel A is opened
out, the free end of the spring is forced back by the forward end of the barrel, and
when the barrel is in the position shewn by figure 3 the free end of the spring bears
upon the transversely slanting end 2 of the barrel and retains the barrel in its open
position. The barrel A can be readily turned out sideways as shewn for passing the
stirrup leather thereover, and is then easily pushed back into its closed position where
it is retained by the spring. In case, however, of a rider being thrown with his foot
in the stirrup, the stirrup leather slips off backwards from the barrel as in the ordinary
bar, if the pull is backwards, but if the pull is sideways the bar is pulled outwards
and the leather readily slips off sideways.

page_text: Figure 4 shews a modification of the invention in which a thumb-piece d, of a
description frequently employed with saddle bars, is connected with the hinder or
outer end of the barrel by means of the usual knife blade joint employed for such
purpose. The thumb-piece is shewn in its closed position by full lines and in its
open position by broken lines.
Figure 5 shews in side elevation, and figure 6 in back elevation, a modification of
the invention in which a thumb-piece d is employed having projections d¹ d¹ on each
side of the top to pass over the hinder end of the part B and thus support the outer
end of the barrel A. A slot is formed in such end of the part B into which the
thumb-piece d is pushed edgeways so as to allow the projections d¹d to bear on each
side on the end of the part B, as shewn specially by figure 6. In this modification
the hole through which the pin a passes in the barrel may be slotted in a direction
lengthways of the barrel, and the jaw in the part B within which the barrel A is
carried be formed a somewhat easy fit and thus allow of the barrel inclining somewhat
downwards immediately the thumb-piece is opened back, and of still further inclining
downwards as it is itself opened out, whereby in either case the slipping off of the
strap is considerably facilitated. In this modification the spring & may be dispensed
with as the thumb-piece d retains the barrel in its closed position, and it is not of
course essential in either modification, though convenient, that it should be retained
in its outward position.
b
In either modification above described the axis of the pin a may be slightly inclined,
if desired, so as to cause the barrel A to slant in a downwardly direction as it opens,
and thus facilitate the slipping off of the strap.
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. The improved saddle bar hereinbefore described in which the barrel is hinged to
open outwardly in a horizontal, or approximately horizontal, position or in a position
inclining somewhat downwards, substantially as described.
2. The improved saddle bar herein before described in which a barrel A hinged to
open outwardly has its outer end supported from the fixed part of the bar by means of
a thumb-piece hinged to the barrel and catching upon the top of the fixed part of the
bar, substantially as described.
3. The several modifications of saddle bar substantially as described with reference
to the drawings herewith for the purpose or purposes set forth.
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STEPHEN WATKINS,
Walsall and Wolverhampton,
Agent for the Applicant.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Walsall and Wolverhampton,
Agent for the Applicant.