Improvements in connection with Pack Saddles
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 28th Oct. 1897-Accented 4th Don.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"Improvements in connection with Pack Saddles."
I, HUGH ROBERT NEWBURGH-STEWART of 21 Gt. George Street in the City
of Westminster Captain Royal Navy, do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide pack saddles with arches or supports
for carrying guns or like cylindrical or partially cylindrical articles with means
whereby the said arches or supports can be adjusted to accommodate articles of
different sizes, and whereby the said articles can be carried more securely and with-
out being oscillated in the said arches or supports.
According to my Invention I provide arches or supports that will accommodate
articles of the maximum size the saddle is intended to carry, and I provide in the
interior of each arch or support adjustable cheeks or surfaces which are preferably
hinged to the said arches and may in their normal position enter recesses so as to
be flush with the inner surface of the said arches. These adjustable cheeks or
surfaces may be forced from their recesses to accommodate articles of less size than
the maximum by means of screws, excentrics or their equivalents carried by and
working in. suitable holes or openings in the arches and caused to bear on the back
of the said adjustable cheeks or surfaces so that the said arches can be made to
accommodate articles of various sizes within the limits of the maximum size or
diameter of the arches, instead of as heretofore requiring different saddles and
arches to accommodate articles of different sizes.
The articles are secured in the supports by any suitable means such for example
chains metal or other straps, or the like, connected to the horns of the arches and
passing across or over the gun or other article supported thereon.
The fore and rear arches are connected together by a tie rod or tie rods or bolts
whereby their stability or rigidity is secured.
Dated this 11th dow of Wa
2008
I, HUGH ROBERT NEWBURGH-STEWART, of 21 Great George Street, in the City
of Westminster, Captain Royal Navy, 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:-
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My Invention has for its object to provide pack saddles with arches or sunnarta.

page_text: for carrying top loads (such for example as guns or like cylindrical or partially
cylindrical articles) with means whereby the said arches or supports cam be
adjusted to accommodate articles of different sizes, and whereby the said articles
can be carried more securely and without being oscillated in the said arches or
supports. In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe it
with reference to the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 of which represent
elevations at right angles to each other of pack saddle arches constructed according
to my invention.
A A2 are respectively the fore and rear arches provided with crutches or
cradles A to accommodate articles of the maximum size the saddle is intended to
carry. In the interior of each crutch or cradle A* 1 fit adjustable cheeks or
surfaces B which I preferably hinge as shewn at to the interior of the said
crutches or cradles the said cheeks being adjustable towards and from each other
to suit the diameter or size of the load to be supported. In their normal position
these cheeks may lie in recesses in the inner faces of the crutchs or cradles so as to
be flush with the said inner surfaces and they may be forced towards each other
by means of screws C, eccentrics, or their equivalents working in suitable holes or
openings in the horns a of the crutches or cradles and caused to bear on the back
of the said adjustable checks or surfaces so that the said crutches or cradles can be
made to acceramodate articles of various sizes within the limits of the maximum
size or diameter of the said crutches or cradles, instead of as heretofore requiring
different saddles and arches to accommodate articles of different sizes.
The articles to be carried may be secured in the crutches or supports by any
suitable means such for example as chains or straps 1) as shewn, connected to the
horns a of the arches, the said straps passing across or over the gun or other article
to be supported and secured tightly round the article by buckles d or other suitable
fastenings so as to retain the article securely in position and prevent oscillation
of the load in the crutches or cradles. The fore and rear arches A A2 are con-
nected together by a tie rod E or by tie rods, or bolts, whereby their stability or
rigidity is ensured, e are ordinary hooks for carrying side loads.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Arches or supports, for top loads of pack saddles, having adjustable parts
whereby they may be made to accommodate articles or top loads of various sizes;
substantially as herein before described.
2. The combination of parts constituting the improvements in the arches of
pack saddles; substantially as, and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of October 1897
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.