An Improved Buckle for Cart Bridles, Halters, and other like Harness.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
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PROVISIONAL DILUITIVATION.
An Improved Buckle for Cart Bridles, Halters, and other like
Harness.
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I, ALFRED ERNEST KELLAWAY, of Mount Charles, Saint Austell, in the County
of Cornwall, Harness Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention relates as hereinafter described to an improved buckle for cart
bridles, halters and other like harness and has for its object to provide means
whereby such buckles prevent the constant ripping out of the leather forming
the front and chin-stay and causing the strain to come on the turn of the leather
in the loops instead of being sewn in the end of the checks as heretofore, thus
saving the cheeks, from being weakened by the punching of holes therein.
My invention consists essentially of a buckle somewhat of a rectangular shape
divided at the middle by a bar which carries the tongue, the said bar I prefer-
ably groove outwards so as to allow the turn of the tongue lying flush with the
said bar. On one end of the said buckle I form a semicircular loop to carry the
throat strap and on the opposite end I form a rectangular loop to carry the front.
To the lower portion of the said buckle is formed a rectangular loop also.
My improved buckle will enable the cheeks of the bridle being fixed to the lower
bar instead of up and around the tongue bar and the other straps adjusted in
their respective places.
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My said invention may by slight modification be applied to halters or head
collars to prevent the rising up of the front on the head of halters. I mako
my improved buckle in any metal and of any pattern and either whole or single
as. circumstances may require to carry invention into effect.
Dated this 6th September 1897.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Buckle for Cart Bridles, Halters, and other like
Harness.
I, ALFRED EARNEST KELLAWAY, of Mount Charles, Saint Austell, in the County
of Cornwall, Harness Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention relates as hereinafter described to an improved buckle for cart

page_text: bridles, halters, and other like harness and has for its object to provide means
whereby such buckles prevent the constant ripping out of the leather forming
the front and chinstay and causing the strain to come on the turn of the leather
in the loops instead of being sewn in the end of the cheeks as heretofore thus
saving the cheeks from being weakened by the punching of holes therein.
My invention consists, essentially of a buckle somewhat of a rectangular shape
divided at the middle by a bar which carries the tongue, the said bar I prefer-
ably groove outwards so as to allow the turn of the tongue lying flush with the
said bar. On one end of the said buckle I form a semi-circular loop to carry the
throat strap and on the opposite end I form a rectangular loop to carry the front.
To the lower portion of the said buckle is formed a rectangular loop also.
My improved buckle will enable the cheeks of the bridle being fixed to the
lower bar instead of up and around the tongue bar and the other straps adjusted
in their respective places. My said invention may by slight modification be
applied to halters or head collars to prevent the rising up of the front on the head
of halters. I may make my improved buckle in any metal and of any pattern,
and either whole or single as circumstances may require to carry my invention.
into effect.
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The nature of my invention will be more clearly understood from the accom-
panying drawings, the same letters of reference indicating similar parts
throughout.
Figures 1 and 2 represent in front and end elevation respectively a buckle con-
structed according to my invention detached from the bridle.
Figure 3 shows a front view of the same buckle with the straps attached.
Figures 4 and 5 represent in front and end elevation respectively a modifica-.
tion of my improved buckle.
A represents the buckle frame divided by the bar B which carries the tongue C,
the bar B is grooved or cut away at D to receive the turn of the tongue E which
therefore allows it to lie flush with the bar B, F is a loop to keep the chinstay
strap G in its place, the semi-circular loop H is arranged to carry the throat
strap I, and the loop K to carry the front strap J.
The arrangements of the said loops and straps prevent the ripping out of the
front of the chinstay J owing to the strain coming on the turn of the leather in
the loop instead of being sewn to the end of the cheeks M. The arrangement
shown at Figures 4 and 5 is adapted for use for halters or head collars.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
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The improved buckle for cart bridles, halters, and other like harness consist-
ing of the frame A, the bars B and F and the loops H and K substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose
set forth.