CONNECTING HAMES
Year: 1885

page_text: I HENRY COULSON LORY 8 Falkner Street Liverpool Clerk in Holy Orders
Vicar of St Marks Liverpool do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
CONNECTING HAMES to be as follows:-
It is designed to supersede the use of the hames strap at the top, & I propose to
connect the bames to each other by means of crooks at the top ends of the hames
or crook on one hame & stud on the other, or screw, lever or other appliance as
may be deemed necessary for tightening hames in single or double harness; or if
it is thought better to tighten the hames in double harness at the bottom the'
tightening there to be made by means of screw or screws & plate, or lever or
other mechanical appliances.

page_text: Improvements in Connecting names.
I HENRY COULSON LORY 8 Falkner Street Liverpool Clerk in Holy Orders
Vicar of St Marks Liverpool do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
CONNECTING HAMES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
It is designed to supersede the use of the Hames Strap at the top of the collar
in harness, and I propose to connect the Hames to each other by means of crooks
at the top end of the Hames or crook on one Hame and stud on the other.
The novelty is conspicuous at sight 1st each Hame ends in a crook at the top, or
the one ends with a crook & the other with a stud 2nd The Hames are connected
to each other by the crooks or by the crook & stud, instead of the strap which is
liable to break 3rd The facility of adjustment is such & the contrivance is so
simple as to be apparent to anyone who will examine it.
In point of durability also & firmness the invention carries with it, its own
recommendation.
It will bear any amount of wear, and the connection is so firm as to give the
driver & those who are driven a feeling of security they never enjoyed with the
strap. Where expedition is necessary it is of the greatest possible advantage.
Where neatness is sought, it will generally be approved. Where cheapness is a
desideratum it can be obtained at a reasonable price.
The Hames will be tightened up at the bottom by the ordinary methods or in case
of double harness it might be deemed advisable to employ some other, as for instance
Mr Killibrews invention, A New Hames fastener' which worked in conjunction
with this would have the desired effect.
By a reference to the simple drawings accompanying this specification there will
be an easy apprehension of the novelty & utility of the invention.
A & C the hames
Figures 1 & 2-3 & 4 represent the (sections of the) Hames separate. Figures 5
& 6. the Hames connected.
A & B represent the hames finished off with crook & stud.
finished off with crooks.
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 A new method of connecting Hames by means of a crook at the upper end
of each Hame, the crooks interlacing one another when the Hames are connected.
2nd An alternative mode of connection by means of a crook at the upper end of
one Hame and a stud at the upper end of the other, the crook of the one encirling
the stud of the other when the Hames are connected as shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of January 1886.