IMPROVE- 'MENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO HARNESS AND ATTACHMENTS FOR CARRIAGES OR VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I. GEORGE BRAY of 54 Prince Street Deptford in the County of Kent-
Wheelwright do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVE-
'MENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO HARNESS AND ATTACHMENTS FOR CARRIAGES OR
VEHICLES, to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in improvements for retaining and releasing horses from
carriages or vehicles.
In carrying out my Invention I proceed mainly as follows:-
The sway bar or whippletree as now constructed, has generally attached a hook
at each end with a centre socket, with hook or eye. According to my Invention-I
secure the tree with a back V stay secured at each end of said tree, the centre of
said stay being formed in the shape of a ring which is attached to a centre socket.
with screw or bolt to the centre of said tree. Each end of the said stay is pro-
vided with a slotted hole to receive the T point of trace hook. Each end of
tree is provided with a ferrule which is fixed with screw or bolt.
Another part of my Invention consists of a tumbler hook attached to the pole
chain to clutch on to the kidney link of collar. To hold the sway bar before
described, I attach to the collar a spring attachment which enables the same to be
self releasing, or in place of same, a solid wire or steel spring, being in the form
to give spring action, is employed. To facilitate the action of the above arrange-
ments with the collar of the horse, I prefer to have the hames of the collar
constructed in halves, the upper part being furnished with a joint and lugs to each
hame, which is controlled by a spring or clutch. The lower part of the hames are
preferably provided with kidney links formed to take the said tumbler hook.
Each hame has a kidney-link, so that when the hames are closed they form one
link and are secured by a spring clutch or tumbler.
Another part of my Invention is a hook to attach the said sway bar to the
vehicle, thic said bar being secured by a drop link or tumbler.
To facilitate the fastening of the tumbler hook-I provide for the hames now in
use, a kidney link to project from collar, and secured in a rigid position by a lip or
tongue piece made to the said kidney link, and fastened to the hames by links
or rings.
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Another part of my Invention is a hook to secure trace or traces to the said
sway bar with a T point to secure it to the ends of sway bar.
Dated this Savanth day of February 1884

page_text: COMELLIE
DI DUITIVATION.
GEORGE BRAY Wheelwright Princes Street Deptford Kent I do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO HARNESS
& ATTACHMENTS FOR CARRIAGES OR VEHICLES, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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Instead of connecting the horse to the pole with chain hook and spring, I propose
to use a Tumbler Hook. f. the body of said hook being slotted or divided to receive
the Tumbler ƒ¹ which turns upon a pivot f2 in the body of hook-the tumbler being
so placed that in any position when at work it is securely locked. In attaching
the hook to the kidney link or hames the tumbler is forced upwards thereby
allowing the passage of the beforementioned kidney link. The Second part of my
invention relates to Whipple trees or Draw Bars which I propose to construct in
the following manner. The cross-tree a is in preferance constructed of wood, on
the end of which I fix hoops or ferrules with solid ends. a. In the middle of the
said bar I fix a socket a. To strengthen the whippletree or draw bar I employ
a A shaped stay b-between the apex of the said stay and the socket in the middle
of the draw bar or whippletree I place a ring b'-which is fixed to the said
socket a by means of a screw or bolt a³. The ends of the beformentioned A stay
are formed with two eyes or lugs 62 and 63 one of which is for the purpose of
fixing it to the ends of the whippletree or draw bar by means of a screw or boit c
in a line with the axis of the draw bar. The second eye or lug b3 is for the purpose
of receiving the trace hook at the end of the trace, the said hook being formed
with a T shaped end or nose the beformentioned second eye or lug 63 being
slotted a suitable shape to receive the T shaped end of the trace hook. To attach
the horse to the pole chain I employ a kidney link d constructed with a lug or
tongue d which has for its object the keeping of the said link in a suitable
position To attach the draw bar to the vehical I fix a hook e to the splinter bar
which hook has a drop link e' placed in the point of the same and which said link
drops and so keeps the draw bar in its place.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig 1-Shews a view of the whippletree or draw bar.
Fig 2-
Is a side view of the tumbler hook.
Fig 3-Plan of the tumbler hook.
Fig 4 Is a view of the drop link hook.
Fig 5- -ls a side view of the trace hook.
Fig 6 Is an end view of the trace hook.
Figs 7 & 8-Views of the kidney link.
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
1st The tumbler hook to attach the horse to the pole of the vehical.
2nd Whippletrees or drawbars as described to attach the traces to the vehicals.
3rd The kidney link with tongue to keep the same in position to receive the
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