A New or Improved Driving Rem stop.
Year: 1897

page_text: A New or Improved Driving Rem stop.
I, FRANZ FISCHER, of 164, Charles Henry Street, in the City of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described new or improved driving rein
stop which is designed for fixing in any required position on driving reins to
prevent the reins from slipping through the driver's hand by the pull of the
horse and also to enable the reins to be readily attached to and held by some part
of the vehicle when the driver alights therefrom.
This improved driving rein stop is constructed and used as follows:
My invention consists of a small ring or frame preferably of an oblong shape
and of the proper size to thread on to the two reins which thus pass through the
ring or frame. Jointed to one side of the ring or frame is a metal tongue or
finger which passes through holes in the reins and takes against the other side of
the frame and thus secures the stop to the reins. Each rein has a series of holes
formed in it for the tongue or finger to pass through as aforesaid so that the
position of the stop on the reins can readily be altered and the stop fixed in any
position required. The tongue or finger is by preference made of a curved shape
so as more readily to be inserted in the holes in the reins.
When using the driving reins with the rein stop fixed thereto as above described
the reins are held in the driver's hand in the usual way and the stop is so fixed
on the reins as to be just at the back of the driver's hand and take a bearing
against the same and thus effectually prevent the reins from slipping forward or
being pulled through the driver's hand.
The ring or frame is by preference made of metal covered with leather,
although it may be made in other ways.
When the rein holder is fixed to the reins as above described the reins can
readily be attached to and held by a projecting stud or other suitable part of
the vehicle the stud passing between the reins against the rein stop, or the reins
may be dropped into a fork or notched part fixed on the vehicle through which
the rein stop will not pass.
* Dated this 21st day of September 1897
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, FRANZ FISCHER, of 164, Charles Henry Street, in the City of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists of the herein described new or improved driving rein
stop which is designed for fixing in any required position on driving reins to
prevent the reins from slipping through the driver's hand by the pull of the
horse and also to enable the reins to be readily attached to and held by some part
of the vehicle when the driver alights therefrom.
..
This improved driving rein stop is constructed and used as I will describe by
referring to the accompanying drawing on which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a
driving rein stop constructed in accordance with my invention shewn fixed on a
rein; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same and Fig. 3 is a front view of the same shewing
the rein in section; Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same; Fig. 5 is a
sectional front elevation of the same; Fig. 6 is a sectional plan of the same;
Fig. 7 shews the metallic parts of the same separately; Fig. 8 shews how one of
my improved rein stops can be used with two reins; Fig. 9 is a sectional side
elevation and Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a modified form of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures of the drawing.
My invention consists of a small oblong ring or frame A of the proper size
inside to thread on to one of the reins (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10) or
to thread on to both of the reins as shewn in Fig. 8, so that the reins or one
of the reins pass through the ring or frame A. Jointed to one side of the ring
or frame A is a metal tongue or finger B which passes through a hole such as cl
in the rein C¹ or the reins C¹ C² and the outer end of the finger B takes against
the other side of the frame A and thus secures the stop to the rein or reins. Each
rein has a series of holes formed in it for the tongue or finger B to pass through
as aforesaid so that the position of the rein stop A on the reins can be readily
altered and the stop fixed in any desired position. The tongue or finger B is
by preference made of a curved shape as shewn in Figs. 4, 7 and 9 so as to more
readily be inserted in the holes in the reins.
When using the driving reins with the rein stop A fixed thereon as above
described, the reins are held in the driver's hand in the usual way and the stop A
so fixed on the reins as to be inside the driver's hand and take a bearing against
the same and thus effectually prevent the reins from slipping forward or being
pulled through the driver's hand. The pull on the reins against the stop is in
the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 9. When the rein
stop A is fixed to the reins as above described the reins can readily be attached
to and held by a projecting stud or other suitable part on the vehicle the stud
passing between the two reins against the rein stop or the reins may be dropped
into a fork or other notched part fixed on the vehicle through which the rein stop
will not pass.
The ring or frame A of the rein stop A is by preference made of a flat metal
band a¹ shewn separately by Fig. 7 forming the core of the rein stop and this is
surrounded by a half round core a² of leather and the whole enclosed by a leather
covering a³ as which is sewn round the edges at a³. The metal band a¹ is pierced
and indented at a as shewn for the hooked end of the tongue B to engage with

page_text: this hooked tongue B being jointed between the ends a7 a8 of the said band as
shewn in Fig. 7.
Figures 9 and 10 shew another way of making my improved rein stop. In this
case the ring or frame 'A is made of cast metal of a rounded oval shape outside
and with a central oblong hole a³ for the rein or reins to pass through and is
also cast with a pin a¹0 at one side on which the tongue or finger B is jointed the
other side of the ring or frame A having cast in it a recess a" for the outer end of
the tongue or finger B to engage 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. The herein described improved driving rein stop consisting of the rounded
oblong ring or frame A adapted to thread on to the rein or reins and provided
with a tongue or finger B jointed to one side of the frame and adapted to pass
through a hole in the rein or reins and to take against the other side of the frame
and secure the rein stop in position substantially as described.
2. The combination and employment with driving reins of a rein stop or rein
stops constructed and arranged and applied to said reins in any of the ways sub-
stantially as hereindescribed and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 21st day of June 1898.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.