Improvements in Harness Shaft Tugs.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Harness Shaft Tugs.
A communication to me from RICHARD MEHNERT and FRIEDRICH LUTZMANN,
both of Dessau, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in snap harness rings or holders
by means of which the, shafts of vehicles can be readily attached to or released
from tlie harness saddle, and adjusted in a higher or lower position upon the
latter as desired.
The harness saddle of the ordinary kind is buckled tightly by means of a belly
strap round the body of the horse, one of the improved rings or holders being
attached to the said strap upon each side. The ring consists of a hollow circular
ring one fourth of which is cut away so that a smaller half ring may fit and slide
within it, in such manner that when the smaller one is pushed into the outer one
the 'shaft can be introduced into the ring through the opening, which is then closed
by the inher half ring retlirning to its former position by the action of a helical
spring enclosed in the outer hollow ring.
Or instead of the arrangement described, the outer ring may be solid, one fourth
of it being cut away and attached to the remainder by means of a hinge upon which
it turns freely, the outer end of the hinged piece being held in its place when
closed by nieans of a spring hook or catch provided with a handle by which it
can be released when desired.
A helical or other spring is also connected to the short moveable piece so that
the latter flies open when the catch is released.
The side of the main ring has also formed upon or attached to it a U shaped
bracket, within which the belly strap fits, and is held in its place by a pin
passing behind it through the sides of the bracket at the upper end, and a roller
turning upon a pin upon the sides of the bracket at its lower end. The upper pin
is provided with a lever or arm directed downward and having at about the middle
of its length a pin or stud directed outward and engaging with one or other of a
series of perforations in the strap, by means of which the height and position of
the ring of holder can be adjusted as desired:
The sides of the bracket may be bent over the back of the strap so as further to
secure the latter in its place, and the lever may be prolonged downward and
provided with a handle at its lower end.
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EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant:
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in Harness Shaft Tugs.
A communication to me from RICHARD MEHNERT and FRIEDRICH LUTZMANN,
both of Dessau, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers.
1, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co:; Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement and accompanying drawing, that is to say :—
This invention has for its object improvements in snap harness rings or holders
by means of which the shafts of vehicles can be readily attached to or released
from the harness saddle, and adjusted in a higher or lower position upon the latter
as desired.
In the accompanying drawing, which is in illustration of the invention, Figures 1
and 2 are front and side views respectively of a harness saddle with snap rings or
holders, Figures 3, 4, and 5, are back, side, and front views of the holder on a
larger scale. Figures 6, 7, and 8, are side, front, and back views of a modified
form of the holder.
The harness saddle A of the ordinary kind is buckled tightly by means of a belly
strap B round the body of the horse, one of the improved rings or holders C, in
which the shafts are held, being attached to the said strap B upon each side. The
ring or holder C, Figures 1 to 5, consists of a hollow circular ring one fourth of
which is cut away so that a smaller half ring may fit and slide within it, in such
manner that when the smaller one is pushed into the outer one the shaft can be
introduced into the ring through the opening, which is then closed by the inner
half ring returning to its former position by the action of a helical spring enclosed
in the outer hollow ring.
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Or instead of the arrangement described, the ring or holder C, Figures 6, 7,
and 8, may be solid, one fourth of it C being cut away and attached to the
remainder by means of a hinge upon which it turns freely, the outer end of the
hinged piece being held in its place when closed by means of a hook or catch J
provided with a handle or ring by which it can be released when desired. The
hook is kept closed by a spring K.
A helical spring M is also connected to the short moveable piece C) so that the
latter flies open when the catch is released, the other end of the spring M being
attached to the main ring C, round the hinge.
The side of the main ring C has also formed upon or attached to it a U-shaped
bracket or segment D within which the belly strap B fits, and is held in its place
by a pin E passing behind it through the sides of the bracket at the upper end, and
a roller F turning upon a pin upon the sides of the bracket at its lower end.
The upper pin E is provided with a lever or arm directed downward and having
at about the middle of its length a pin or stud G directed outward and engaging
with one or other of a series of perforations H in the strap B, by means of which
the height and position of the ring or holder C can be adjusted as desired.
The sides of the bracket or segment D may, as shewn in Figure 8, have its
sides N bent over the back of the strap B so as further to secure the latter in its
place, and the lever may be prolonged downward and provided with a handle at
its lower end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
An adjustable ring or holder, consisting of a ring C, opening at its upper part
and provided with a U-shaped bracket or segment D, having an adjustable pin or
stud G, which can be inserted into one or other of the holes II in the belly strap of
the harness, substantially as described and shewn in the drawing.
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.