Improvements in or relating to Poles and Shafts for Two or More Horses Harnessed Abreast.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Poles and Shafts for Two or More
Horses Harnessed Abreast.
I ALFRED MENDEL of 3 Thiergartenstrasse, Dresden, Saxony, German Empire,.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to obtain the same advantages for two or more horses harnessed abreast
as are obtained by the shafts of a one-horse vehicle by which an equal distribution
of the vertical pressure on the horse's neck or on the two sides of the horse is-
effected, and by which the stopping of the horse is greatly facilitated, I adopt the
following arrangement or construction.
For a pair of horses 1 fit to the front part of the pole curved pieces which extend
in front around the horses' breasts and to the outside of each horse. The straps-
which depend from the sides of each saddle are fastened at the outside of the horse
to the curved piece, while at the inside of the horse they may be fastened to the
pole. The traces can be attached as usual to the collars. In order to allow the
horses to be led into or out of their places between the pole and the curved pieces.
these pieces can be hinged so that they can be temporarily moved out of the way
and stops can be provided to limit the movement of the hinged parts when they are
returned to their normal position. The straps above referred to at the sides of the
saddles will serve the double purpose of supporting the pole and the curved pieces
and to guide the carriage while the horses are guided by the driver.
The curved pieces may be made of metal, wood or other suitable material and
their outer ends should be curled or be fitted with a ball or the like so as to avoid
liability of the horses coming against a sharp end.
:
In a modification of the arrangement above described the curved pieces are not.
attached directly to the pole but to a cross bar at the front end of the pole. In
this case the straps from the saddle are attached at both sides of each horse to.
the curved pieces.
For three horses harnessed abreast with the middle horse between shafts the
curved pieces are fitted to the front ends of the two shafts, or to cross bars at
the front ends of the shafts, so as to extend around the horses" breasts as already
explained.
Dated this 19th dor of July 1895
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Poles and Shafts for Two or More
Horses Harnessed Abreast.
I, ALFRED MENDEL of 3 Thiergartenstrasse, Dresden, Saxony, German Empire,
Gentleman, 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 order to obtain the same advantages for two or more horses harnessed abreast
as are obtained by the shafts of a one-horse vehicle by which an equal distribution
of the vertical pressure on the horse's neck or on the two sides of the horse is
effected and by which the stopping of the horse is greatly facilitated, I adopt the
arrangement or construction hereinafter described and represented in several
modifications in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: For a pair of horses I fit to the front part of the pole a (see Figure 1) curved
pieces which extend in front around the horses' breasts and to the outer side of
each horse. The straps d d which depend from the sides of each saddle care
fastened at the outer side of the horse to the corresponding curved pieces while
at the inner side of the horse they may be fastened to the pole a. The traces can
be attached as usual to the collars. In order to allow the horses to be led into or
out of their places between the pole a and the curved pieces these pieces can be
hinged at e so that they can be temporarily moved out of the way as indicated in
dots at and stops can be provided to limit the movement of the hinged parts
when they are returned to their normal position. The straps dd at the sides of
the saddles will serve the double purpose of supporting the pole and the curved
pieces and of guiding the carriage, the horses being guided by the driver.
:
The curved pieces may be made of metal, wood or other suitable material
and their outer ends should be curled as shown or be fitted with a ball or the like
so as to avoid liability of the horses coming against a sharp end.
In a modification of the arrangement above described the curved pieces bb are
not attached directly to the pole as in Figure 1 but to a cross bar a at the front
end of the pole as shown in Figure 2. In this case the straps dd from the saddle
are attached at both sides of each horse to the curved pieces b b.
For three horses harnessed abreast with the middle horse between shafts the
curved pieces are fitted to the front ends of the two shafts as shown in Figure 3,
or to cross bars (such as a Figure 2) at the front ends of the shafts, so as to
extend around the horses' breasts as already explained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is
The combination with a pole or shafts for two or more horses harnessed abreast
of curved pieces such as bb, attached to the pole or shafts either directly or by
means of bars such as a¹, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 17th dow of Al 1002
J. C. MEW BURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.