An Improved Fastening for Harness.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Harness.
ROBERT WILSON of Hillside Aspley Road Wandsworth Commercial Traveller
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This my invention has for its object the ready release of horses in case of thier
falling and putting them to as readily. It is applicable both to traces for pair or
single horse vehicles, to back band buckles and to pole pieces as well as to chains
for carts &c.
Each piece of furniture consists of a square and a Ing, the square having one or
two sides movable as an eccentric or eccentrics which when turned inwardly by a
lever attached to it or them.detains or detain the lug which is attached to the
leather or chain of the harness and when turned in the opposite direction releases
or release the lug and thus detach the horse from the vehicle without-removing the
harness.
January 25th 1905
ROBERT WILSON.
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I, ROBERT WILSON of Hillside, Aspley Road, Wandsworth Commercial
Traveller, 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 :-
My invention consists of an improved fastening for harness its object being the
ready release of a horse or horses in case of its or their falling and the putting it
or them to as readily. The improved fastening is applicable to various parts of
harness among others to single horse and pair horse traces, to pole pieces, to back
band buckles or tugs and to chains when used with or without leather harness.
My improved fastening comprises three main parts viz.: a lug on one of the
parts to be coupled or fastened, a square or frame on the other part to be coupled
or fastened the said square or frame receiving the lug, and an excentric or cam
constituting one side of the square or frame and capable of being turned on its
axis by means of a lever so as according to requirement either to retain the lug
and thereby fasten the parts or to release the lug and thereby unfasten the parts.
The accompanying drawings represent various forms of my improved fastening
as applied to different parts of harness.
Figures 1 to 3 represent a fastening suitable for a single horse trace or pole
piece;
Figure 1 being a side view of the lug portion of the fastening; Figure 2 a side
view of the frame and excentric portion and Figure 3 a section on the line 3-3 of
Figures 1 and 2 showing the two portions fastened or coupled.
Figures 4 to 7 represent a fastening suitable for a pair horse trace, Figure 4
being a side view of the lug portion; Figure 5 a side view of the frame and
excentric portion; Figure 6 a back view of the excentric cam and its lever and
Figure 7 a section on the line 7-7 of Figures 4 and 5.

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Figures 8 to 11 represent a fastening suitable for a back band buckle; Figure 8
being a side view partly in section and Figure 9 a front elevation of the fastening
applied to the buckle; Figure 10.a front view of the lug piece detached, and
Figure 11 a view of the excentric and lever detached.
Figures 12 and 13 are respectively, a front view and a side view the latter partly
sectional showing a fastening suitable for chain harness.
Figures 14 and 15 are respectively a plan and a side view the latter partly
sectional illustrating a modification of the excentric and lever.
Figure 16 is a section on line 16-16 of Figure 15.
Referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3, A is the lug constituting one portion of
my fastening; it forms one end of a frame like piece B which has a bar C to
which the leather end D is attached. E E E are three sides of the frame.or
square. of the other part of my fastening; the frame has a bar F to which the
leather end G is attached. H is the excentric or cam which constitutes the fourth
or outer side of the said frame; this cam can be turned axially on the cross bar J
by means of the lever or handle K. In order to couple the two portions of the
fastening the lug A is inserted between the excentric H and the opposite side E of
the frame with the nose of the lug against the flat portion of the side Ę as seen in
Figure 3 the excentric and its lever K being then in the position seen in Figure 2.
The excentric is then turned axially on the bar J by means of the lever K into the
position seen in Figure 3 in which position the lug is securely held in place by the
excentric. In order to avoid any risk of the excentric becoming accidentally
released the side E of the frame is divided transversely at L so as to give it a
certain amount of resiliency and enable it to press the incline M of the excentric
against the incline N on the side E2 of the frame. When it is required to release
or uncouple the fastening the excentric is returned to its former position by means
of the lever K, and the lug A is thereby free to leave the frame; in order to
assist the lug in leaving the frame there is a protrusion P on the excentric which
as the excentric is turning comes against the frame B of the lug and pushes
it out.
The fastening shown in Figures 4 to 7 will be understood from the description
already given of the fastening shown in Figures 1 to 3.
In the fastenings shown in Figures 8 to 11 the side E of the frame of the
fastening constitutes part of the back band buckle and the usual tongue Q is
attached thereto and the lug A is open in the middle as seen in Figure 10 so as to
clear the said tongue. In this fastening a transverse division in the frame side E
and the inclines M and N described in connection with Figures 1 to 3 are not
necessary because when the end of the back band R has been passed through
the loop S Figure 8 there is no risk of the lever or excentric becoming accidentally
released.
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The fastenings shown in Figures 12 and 13 will be understood without further
explanation; but it may be stated that C¹ is an eye in the lug frame B to receive
the chain D' and that the chain G' is linked to the bar F of the frame E E E².
The modification of the excentric and lever illustrated in Figures 14, 15 and 16
is intended for fastenings the material of which is of two soft a nature to have
sufficient resilience to prevent the lever and excentric becoming released by jars
or the like.
In this case the lever K is mounted at its inner end on a pin or stud T
situated in a slot U in the excentric H and is free to turn on the pin T within the
limits allowed by the slot U at right angles to its movement on the axis J; this
..movement on the pin T allows the lever to be first moved sideways and then by
a reverse movement be engaged under the spring V which is fastened to the leather
part D of the harness.
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. 1
claim is :-
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page_text: be coupled or fastened a square or frame on the other part to be coupled or
fastened the said square or frame receiving the said lug and an excentric or cam
capable of being turned on its axis by means of a lever so as according to
requirement either to retain the lug and thereby fasten the parts or to release the
lug and thereby unfasten the parts substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
2. The several modifications of fastenings for harness substantially as herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1895.
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, Loudon, Chartered Patent Agents.