IMPROVE- MENTS IN SADDLE-TREES AND COLLARS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SADDLE-TREES AND COLLARS."-A communication from abroad by
Jules Christian Waltz, of Rue Lamartine. Paris, France.
Sealed the 24th March 1868, and dated the 29th September 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald
Brooman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 29th September 1862.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLE-TREES AND COLLARS," (communicated to me from
abroad by Jules Christian Waltz, of Rue Lamartine, Paris, France,) to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists in making the sides of saddle-trees of several light
pieces of wood united together, and with a space between the sides, which
space is covered with leather, and the whole tree is made as hereafter
described. The two side frames are made of several thin flat pieces of wood
united in front by a curved piece of like material to fit over the withers of the
horse, and by a similar piece for the back, with the addition of the back
pommel. The whole of the lower surface of this frame is covered with damp
leather, which is bulged out between the side frames and secured at the edges
by pins; a wooden form is temporarily wedged in between the side frames to
cause the leather, while being dried, to assume an arched form. When the

page_text: leather is partially dry it is cut and trimmed and sewn to the side frames,
strips of leather are fitted all along the side frames and to the pommels, and
the drying is completed in a stove or otherwise; a metal bow is rivetted or
screwed to the front of the side frames, passing over the arched leather, further
back stirrup loops are attached, as also rings or other like additions, and the
saddle tree is complete.
In the construction of collars I use a strong wood mould, made in one or
two parts, with a metal flange secured to it, on which leather is laid. The
leather is applied damp and maintained to the shape of the mould by cords
passing through holes formed in the flange. When dry the mould is removed
and the rigid form of the leather is retained by a metal piece passed round its
outer surface and by a strong leather band round its inner surface, and the
flange is consolidated by cords passing through holes in the metal piece as
well as round the leather band. The curvature of the leather is maintained
by a piece of wood fitting under the cheeks. Thick padding is placed at top
inside the collar, which is stuffed with straw, hair, or other material; outside
the cheeks and below the cheeks there is a packing of felt, hair, caoutchouc,
or other material; the whole is covered with leather.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 28th March 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLE-TREES AND COLLARS," (com-

page_text: municated to me from abroad by Jules Christian Waltz, of Rue Lamartine,
Paris, France) upon the condition (amongst others), that I, the said
Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calen-
dar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declaro the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Diawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in making the sides of saddle trees of several light
pieces of wood united together, and with a space between the sides, which
space is covered with leather, and the whole tree is made as hereafter
described.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side view, Figure 2 a plan,
and Figures 3 and 4 are end views, of a saddle tree constructed according to
this Invention.
This tree is composed of several distinct parts or pieces which are united by
pins, rivets, screws, or otherwise. The two side frames a, a', are made of thin
flat pieces of wood, with a space 6 between them, which is to be covered with
leather as hereafter stated. The side frames are united in front by a curved
piece of wood c, as seen in Figure 3, forming the head of the tree, to fit over
the withers of the horso; the side frames are united at back by a similar
curved piece d, and with the addition of the back pommel e, as seen in
Figure 4, the frame is complete. The whole of the lower surface of the tree
is covered with leather fin a damp state, which is bulged out between the
side frames a, a, to assume the arched form g and secured to them by pins.
The tree is then placed in a stove or otherwise exposed to heat to dry, and to
prevent the leather losing its proper shape while drying a curved form or sup-
port'h, Figure 5, composed of two parts, is wedged in between the side frames,
and at each end of this form or support a large pin is driven in, to exert a
greater or less tension of the leather, the whole length of the arch g. When
the leather is partially dry it is taken from the stove, cut and trimmed, and
sewn to the side frames; strips of leather are fitted all along the side frames
and to the pommels, and the drying is then completed. When dry a metal

page_text: bow mis rivetted or screwed to the head of the tree; further back stirrup
loops n are attached, as also rings or other like additions, and the saddle tree
is complete, as shown in Figures 6 and 7.
In the construction of collars I use a strong wood mould, made in one or
two parts, which, when united, form the collar. Upon this mould I shape the
leather p. Figure 8 represents one half of this mould corresponding to one
half of the collar; it has a metal flange r secured to it, as seen more clearly
in Figure 8b, which is a section through the line 1, 2, of Figure 8; this
flange is pierced with holes to enable the leather to be secured to it. The
leather is applied damp, and is maintained to the shape of the mould by cords
passing through the holes formed in the flange r. When the leather is dry
the mould is removed and tho rigid form of the flanged part is retained by
means of a metal or wooden bars applied on its outer surface and a strong
leather or wooden band t on its inner surface, and the flange is consolidated
by cords passing through holes in the bars and the band t, see Figures 9
and 10. The curve of the leather is maintained by a piece of wood u fitted
under the cheeks v, v. The raised part of the collar is then surrounded by a
coarse fabric, the outer edge of the checks is rounded by a stuffing of straw,
hair, or other suitable material, a packing of felt, hair, caoutchouc, or other
suitable material, is applied below the cheeks, and the whole is covered with
leather. Figure 9 is a front view of the collar with part removed to shew tho
internal construction; Figure 10 is a section.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First, the construction of saddle trees, substantially as herein-before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Second, the construction of collars, substantially as herein-before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of March, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.