Improvements in or relating to Saddle Trees.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 4th Oct.. 1895-Accepted. 9th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Saddle Trees.
I, ROBERT FLEMMING of the Firm of Whippy, Steggall & Co. of 35
and 36 North Audley Street, in the County of Middlesex, Saddle and Harness
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention comprises an improved form of gullet plate for saddle-trees, or an
improvement in the saddle tree itself by means of which advantage is obtained over
that commonly in use, in strength and rigidity.
The ordinary form of gullet plate shows at its centre an approximately
rectangular section; the improved gullet plate however is formed with a flange
such that when the plate is in position on the saddle tree the flange lies against
or is embedded in the head of the tree on the side towards the cantle or hinder
part.
The above indicates the preferable position of the flange on the gullet plate but
it will be understood that this flange may be formed on any part of the plate or
saddle tree which may prove convenient or suitable.
There may also if necessary be two or more flanges and either on the convex or
concave surfaces.
Dated this 6th day of Anril 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Saddle Trees.
I, ROBERT FLEMMING of the Firm of Whippy Steggall & Company, of 35
and 36 North Audley Street, in the County of Middlesex, Saddle 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 :-
This invention comprises an improved form of gullet plate for saddle-trees, or an
improvement in the saddle-tree itself, by means of which, advantage is obtained
over that commonly in use, in strength and rigidity.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively an underside view and a section on the
line 2-2 of Figure 1 of a saddle-tree provided with one form of my improved gullet
plate.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, Figure 4 a central section and Figure 5 a perspective
view of another form of the gullet plate and
Figures 6 and 7 are views respectively similar to Figures 3 and 4 of a third form
of the gullet plate.
Figures 3 to 7 inclusive are drawn to a larger scale than that to which Figures 1
aud 2 are drawn.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

page_text: The ordinary form of gullet plate if cut through at its centre as for example on
a line corresponding to 2-2 of Figure 1 would show a section of approximately
rectangular or parallelogrammic form, the shape slightly varying in different gullet
plates. My improved gullet plate A however, as shown in the accompanying
drawings is formed with a flange A' such that when the plate is in position on the
saddle tree B Figures 1 and 2, the flange A' lies against, or is embedded in
the head B of the tree on the side towards the cantle or hinder part B. The
flange A¹ does not extend throughout the length of the gullet plate the ends of
which are flattened as at A² to enable the gullet plate to be secured by rivets or
otherwise to the saddle-tree as ordinarily. The general shape of the gullet plate
(as shown in Figures 3 and 6) as also the shape or size of the flattened ends A³
varies according to whether the gullet plate is intended for a lady's or gentleman's
saddle, these ends being broader for the former than for the latter.
The section of my improved gullet plate at its central part may be varied, two
different forms for example being illustrated in Figures 4 and 7; my preference is
however given to the form shown in Figure 4 which provides great strength
consistent with the necessary lightness.
The above indicates the preferable position of the flange A' on the gullet plate
but it is to be understood that the flange may be formed on any part of the plate
for example instead of being formed on the convex surface as shown in full lines in
the various figures it may be formed on the concave surface as shown in dotted lines
in Figure 4, or both the convex and concave surfaces may be provided with flauges,
or two or more flanges may be provided on either or both of the two above-named
surfaces of the gullet plate; the term flanged gullet plate hereinafter used in
the first claim embraces all the last described arrangements.
"
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. A flanged gullet plate substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination with a saddle tree of a flanged gullet plate.
Dated this 27th day of September 1895.
ROBT. FLEMMING.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.
ROBT. FLEMMING.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.