Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application. 24th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 22nd Jan.,
1889
1 JOSEPH COWLEY of No. 35 Sheaf Street Sheffield in the County of York
Saddlery Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to, and consists in making, a new and more useful construction
of link than heretofore, to be used with the hames of harness.
In the upper portion of this link a hole or opening is formed of a suitable size and
shape, through which the strap of the martingale or breast plate is passed and then
buckled or fastened. This will have the effect of preventing the martingale or breast
plate strap from slipping from side to side or otherwise as in the present form of
link. The inner top side of the link is "swaged" or made flat, instead of circular,
and below the hole or opening it is bevilled down or so shaped as to more completely
fit in between the body of the horse's collar and its "forewail."
The advantages attained by using this improved link will be that the strap of the
martingale or breast plate will not slip or slide about but will always keep in the
centre; the back part of the link will fit better into or to the horse's collar than
hitherto; and the back part of the link being swaged or flattened will not allow
the hames to get locked at the back as so frequently happens with the old form of
link.
BRISTOW HUNT,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JOSEPH COWLEY of No. 35 Sheaf Street Sheffield in the County of York
Saddlery Manufacturer 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 in writing, and on reference to the accompanying
drawing, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to and consists in making a new and more useful con-
struction of link than heretofore, to be used with the hames of harness. This link is
termed a "Kidney Link" and it is especially applicable for use with pair-horse
harness.,
In order that my said invention may be fully understood, one of the links as made
in accordance therewith is illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings, on
which Figure 1, is a front elevation or view of the link, Figure z, a plan of the same,
and Figure 3, is a section made on the line A-B, in Figure 1.
In the upper portion of the link a, a hole or slot or opening b, as clearly shown in
Figure 1, is formed and made of the necessary size and required shape, through
which hole or slot the strap or billet of the martingale or breast plate is passed and
is then buckled or fastened; this will have the effect of preventing the martingale or
breast plate strap or billet from slipping from side to side, or otherwise, as in the
form of link hitherto used.
The inner top side of my link is swaged or made flat, as seen at c, Figure 3, instead
of being circular, and below the hole, slot, or opening it is bevilled down as seen at d,
Figures 2, and 3; or it is so shaped as to more completely fit in between the body of
the horse's collar and its "forewail," or wale."
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Among the advantages attained by using my improved Kidney Link are:-its
greater safety, and by reason of its being bovilled it will fit in between the forewail
and the body of the horse's collar with perfect ease, and further will prevent a
recurrence of that which has so frequently caused horses to run away, namely; the
hames coming out at the bottom of the collar.
The strap or billet of the martingale or breast plate will not slip or slide about but
will always keep in the centre of the link, instead of working from side to side as in
the ordinary link. The back part of the link will fit better into or to the horse's
collar than hitherto, and being swaged or flattened it will not allow the hames to
get locked at the back, as so frequently happens with the old form of link. In
the using of my improved link the silver or brass or other plating of the harness will
not be scratched or get worn, and when the hames are hung up by the ring for
cleaning or for other purposes the eyes of the hames, owing to the shape of
the back part of my link, cannot come in contact with each other by running down the
back.

page_text: 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 :-
The novel construction, application and use, of an improved and more useful link
for harness hames, in which a hole, slot, or opening is provided, and the link bevilled,―
for the purposes hereinbefore set forth, all being substantially as described, and as
illustrated on the accompanying explanatory drawing.
Dated this 15th day of December 1888.
BRISTOW. HUNT,
Aldine Chambers, High Street, Sheffield,
Agent for the Applicant.