Improvements in Carriage Harness, and in the Furniture used therewith.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Harness, and in the Furniture used
therewith.
I, CHARLES HUGHES BURGESS, of 16 Priory Road, Kew, in the County of
Surrey, Saddler and Harness Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of the shaft tugs of
gig and carriage harness and to correspondingly reduce the cost of making the
same the invention being particularly applicable to what are known as Tilbury
and "French" tugs.
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Now according to this invention I construct the back strap buckle of any
suitable shape having two bars across it viz. :-one at the front and the other at
the back thereof.
I form also the lower portion of the buckle with a lip or projection thereon to
which is secured by rivetting or otherwise a
"French or "Tilbury" tug or cup
to receive the shafts of the vehicle.
Or I may dispense with the lip and attach to the bottom of the buckle a leather
loop to receive the shaft this construction will be found especially useful for
"Hansom cab" harness.
To the bar across the back of the buckle I attach the ordinary tongue or I
may form a fixed tongue in one piece therewith or otherwise attach the same
thereto.
The buckle is attached to a short back strap passing under the skirt of the pad
or saddle which strap is passed over the fixed or movable tongue and under the
cross bar. at the front of the buckle.
A strap also passes from the ring on the tug or cup over the shaft and between
the bottom bar of the buckle and the cross bar in the front thereof to a strap or
belly band the strap passing over the shaft prevents the same from becoming
detached from the tug the said strap being readily released in case of accident.
Dated this 14th day of July 1894.
T. E. HALFORD,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Carriage Harness, and in the Furniture used
therewith.
I CHARLES HUGHES BURGESS of 16 Priory Road Kew in the County of
Surrey Saddler and Harness Maker 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 :-
The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of the shaft tugs of
gig and carriage harness and to correspondingly reduce the cost of making the
same, the invention being particularly applicable to what are known as Tilbury'
and "French tuga
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page_text: Now according to this invention I construct the back strap buckle of any
suitable shape having two bars across it viz. one at the front ant the other at the
back thereof.
I form also the lower portion of the buckle with a lip or projection thereon to
which is secured by rivetting or otherwise a "French" or Tilbury tug or cup to
receive the shafts of the vehicle.
Or I may dispense with the lip and attach to the bottom of the buckle a leather
loop to receive the shaft this construction will be found especially useful for
"Hansom cab" harness.
To the bar across the back of the buckle I attach the ordinary tongue or I
may form a fixed tongue in one piece therewith or otherwise, attach the same
thereto.
The buckle is attached to a short back strap passing under the skirt of the pad
or saddle which strap is passed over the fixed or movable tongue and under the
cross bar at the front of the buckle.
A strap also passes from the ring on the tug or cup over the shaft and between
the bottom bar of the buckle and the crossbar in the front thereof to a strap or
belly band the strap passing over the shaft, prevents the same from becoming
detached from the tug the said strap being readily released in case of accident.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Fig. 1 represents front view of back strap buckle constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 2 represents side view of same.
Fig. 3 represents front view of same buckle with tug attached.
Fig. 4 represents side view of same.
Fig. 5 represents front view of same buckle with a leather loop attached thereto
instead of metal tug.
Fig. 6 represents side view of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a is the back strap buckle preferably of the shape shewn having a bar b across
the front thereof and another bar c across the back thereof.
To the bar c is attached a fixed tongue d or the said tongue may be movable if
desired.
The buckle a has also a lip f at the bottom thereof to which is secured by
rivetting or otherwise the tug or cup g. The tug is covered with leather in the
usual way and may be either a "French" or "Tilbury" tug.
In harness for Hansom cabs and other two-wheeled vehicles of like nature 1
dispense with the "tug" and the lip and attach to the buckle a a loop of
leuther to receive the shaft.
A short back strap i passes under the skirt of the pad or saddle which strap is
pierced with holes at each end. The ends of the said strap are passed under the
top of the buckles a over the tongue d and under the har b as shewn at Fig. 4.
A strap k is attached to the ring or loop on the tug or cup g over the shaft
through the buckle a and is secured to the belly band m-which has a buckle n at
each end thereof. The strap k prevents the shaft from becoming disengaged from
the tug or cup g.
The construction of the tug or cup and the method of securing the strap k to
the belly band is clearly shewn in Figs. 3 and 4.
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
1. In carriage harness and furniture therefor the buckle a having crossbars b
and c and a lip f substantially as hereinbefore specified and for the purposes

page_text: 2. In carriage harness and furniture therefor the buckle a having a lip ƒ in
combination with a tug or cup 9 secured thereto substantially as hereinbefore
specified and for the purposes stated.
3. Carriage harness and furniture therefor constructed substantially as herein-
before specified and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated thin 12th do of Anil 1895
T. E. HALFord,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for Applicant.