AN IMPROVED SHAFT-TUG FOR HARNESS AND MODE OF ATTACHING BACK-BAND TO SAME
Year: 1884

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DEVIFICATION,
I THOMAS WATSON HILL of 9 Market Place Hendon in the County of Middlesex,
Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED
SHAFT-TUG FOR HARNESS AND MODE OF ATTACHING BACK-BAND TO SAME" and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I make the tug of metal and leather or other soft material combined, or of
metal alone, as hereafter described. According to the first way I make a metal
form of the desired shape and cover the outside or inside or both outside or inside,
with leather or other soft material to prevent the metal rubbing other parts of the
harness or horse.
The metal form may either be a simple band sewn between two layers of leather
or it may be covered only on the outside, in this latter case to assist in attaching
the leather a groove is made on the outside of the metal all round into which the
leather or other soft material is let in, and fastened by elastic glue or other suitable
means. If an ordinary buckle is used for the back-band it may be attached to the
top of the metal part by a cross rivet or pin or other mechanical means.
Instead of the usual buckle I use the new kind of fastener hereafter described.
A bottom loop is attached to the tug, and this may either be cast on the metal
form, or be welded on to it; or it may be formed of wire covered with leather, or
of leather alone, and attached to the metal part or leather covering in any
suitable way.
To enable my invention to be better understood I will proceed to describe the
same by aid of the accompanying drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a view partly perspective showing my improved tug and the form of
fastener I use with same instead of the usual buckle.
Figure 2 a side view of same, and of back-band partly in section.
Figure 3 a horizontal view of part of the tug.
Figure 4 a plan of back-band showing a slot in same with metal plate rivetted
on outside to protect the leather.

page_text: The plate may either be on the outside as shown, or between the leathers. For
the purpose of adjusting the tugs the back band is made with several slots.
Similar letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all the
figures.
a, is the outside leather covering b, the inside, c the ordinary loop e, the bottom
loop; the fastener or holder in place of ordinary buckle; g the back-band; h
metal plate rivetted to same; i metal tug-form.
To attach the back-band to the tug the slot part must be turned at right angles
to it, to enable the flat head of holder f to be passed through the slot and the band
turned round and drawn through loops cand e and consequently close to outside
of tug, the two ends of the back band being buckled under the horso in the
usual way.
The holder fand loop e are attached to or under the metal form by cross pin or
otherwise.
If the metal form is made with a groove outside and sewn between two leathers,
a filling in piece k of leather is inserted in the groove and attached in any suitable
way to the outside covering; this will give additional support to the sewing and
assist in keeping the metal frame in its place.
By the use of the bottom loop e the usual friction and riding up and down of the
back band in the tugs, is prevented.
For cheapness and rough work the outside and inside coverings may be
dispensed with.
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
1 In tugs for harness, the combination of a metal form covered or partly covered
with leather or other soft material, fastener f and slot in back-band, substantially
as bereinbefore described and shown.
2 The combination of a tug, the holder or fastener f, and slot in back-band.
3 In tugs for harness, the use of the bottom loop e.