Improvements in Appliances for Releasing Horses from Carriages.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1899— Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Appliances for Releasing Horses from Carriages.
I, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, 197, George Road, Edinburgh, North Britain,
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in appliances for releasing horses for
carriages, and has for its object to instantly free horses from vehicles in event
of their running away. In the carrying out of my invention I so attach the
ends of the traces to the trace bar of the carriage that by moving a lever in
proximity with the drivers seat, the ends of the traces are disengaged from the
ends of the said bar. A rod is mounted at the front side of the trace bar, which
rod is moved towards the one side or the other by means of an upright pivotted
lever, the upper arm of which lever is operated by the driver; the rod works
through eyes, or their equivalent, which are fixed to the trace bar; by sliding
the rod to the one side, the end of the trace is disengaged from the rod; by
sliding the rod in the opposite direction, the end of the trace is blocked. With
regard to the attachments of the saddle harness to the shafts, I do not attach
them directly thereto but to a tube piece into which the shaft is passed so that
when the horse is released it carries the tube piece along with it.
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In the case of a pair of horses, the neck harness is disengaged from the end
of the pole by a rod mounted along the length of the pole; by sliding the rod in
the one direction say towards the carriage the neck harness attachments are dis-
engaged; the same pivotted lever which frees the traces may simultaneously
operate the sliding rod of the pole; as an alternative the rod may be arranged
parallel with the top of the post but on a pivot so that by depressing the back
end of the rod by a suitable connection of the lower end of the drivers lever,
the front end of the pole rod is raised which motion disengages the ends of the
horses neck harness. By this means the horses are freed from the pole.
In dealing with a dogcart, or two wheeled vehicle, I may prevent the dogcart
from being thrown forward, when the horses are released, by pivoting the body
of the dogcart to the shafts, in such a manner that the back projecting portion
of the pivotted shafts is under the control of a spiral spring which is in distension
when the shafts are in their normal position but when the horse is free from
the dogcart a suitable catch is released in order to allow the springs to close
whereby the back ends of the pivotted shafts are drawn upwards and thus the
forward pivotted portions of the shafts are lowered, so that when the front ends
of the shafts are in contact with the ground, the body of the dogcart remains
approximately at its proper level. The disengaging movement of the sliding
rod on the trace bar may effect the release of the catch portion at the back ends
of the shafts for the purpose of allowing the disengaged spring to collapse.
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page_text: WILLIAM HUTCHISON, 13, Stewart Terrace, late of 197, Gorgie Road, Edinburgh,
Brewer's Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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Safety slip" to release horses from vehicles in the event of runaway or fallen
horses.
Double horsed vehicles.-Fig. 1.
The horses can be instantly released at any turn of the lock by pulling the
lever A, upwards, which fulcrums on the top circular guide bais H, (which has
its radius from the centre of spindle I) and so depresses the spindle I, which
passes through a guide bracket J which is attached to the front of vehicle below
footboard. Attached to end of spindle I is a small quadrant P, which when
spindle is depressed gears into a spur segment L attached to the bottom portion
of the lock of vehicle which is attached to the framework carrying front wheels.-
There is also attached to the spindle I by means of 2 stays, S, a flat semicircular
plate K which radiates from the centre of lock this plate is thrust down on the
uplifting of the lever A, and it so acts on lever T which is fulcrumed at U on a
pin attached to framework of vehicle, this lever in turn, acts on bell crank
lever V, which forces along the rod X to which is connected the pins at B for
ends of traces and so liberates the traces from the double eyed brackets at B.-
Attached to rod X is a spiral spring F which holds the pins at B in position,
E being a fixed collar and Y is a fixed bracket for support of rod X also for
spring bearing against.-
The end of lever V is connected to a sliding rod Z which is connected at other
end to a semicircular lever Q, at W, this lever Q being hinged at one end to
a double eyed bolt R the other end being connected to a pin C, which connects
the detachable socket end D to pole.-
Two wheeled vehicle.-Fig. 2.
The lever A works on a stud pin attached to bracket 6 on right hand side of
vehicle the other end c being rounded and which works in hole at one end of
bell crank lever m, which is worked on a pin d connected to bracket (for support
of same) attached to underside of vehicle the other end of m, having slot hole
for working on pin r which is attached to sliding rod e. which slides in brackets f
that are bolted to the bottom of footboard, the ends of sliding rod e fit into p, p,
to which are connected the traces. o is a fixed collar for keeping a spiral spring k
in position which presses against the bracket f. The spring k is for the purpose
of preventing the sliding back of rod e, out of the double eye bracket p, p, until
it is necessary to effect the release of the horses by pushing the lever A. h, is
a stout flat spring attached to each shaft at one end, the other end bearing on
the bottom of trap.-
The shafts are hinged by pins to brackets ; which are bolted to the underside
of the back portion of vehicle.-s is a chain attached to underside of foot board
and to cross bar of shafts to prevent the springs h from throwing the front
end up too far when the horse is released. -Q, Q, are rubber tips attached to
front end of shafts.-t, t, are slips for attaching ordinary britchin strap to.-
CLAIMS.

page_text: be instantly released by pulling a lever and with same lever the vehicle can be
steered in any direction also leaves the pole or shafts attached to the vehicle.
In the two wheeled vehicle by pulling a lever the horse can be instantly released
and at the same time the body of vehicle shoots up and prevents the occupants
from being pitched out, rubber tips on shafts lessen any concussion.-
No alteration of harness required.—
Dated this 9th August 1899.