Horse Collar.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1835
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Horse Collar.
We, CHARLES ALBERT BALLACK, and PERCY BLANDFORD WESTON,
Gentleman, residing at Nos. 3637 A Evans Avenue, and 3128 Laclede Avenue,
in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, U.S.A., 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improved horse collar, the object of our invention
being to construct a collar of suitable metal, such as aluminum, and providing said
collar with the ordinary devices such as are in common use upon collars of the present
construction.
A further object of our invention is to construct a collar of metal and to mount
the trace-couplings directly upon said collar, thereby dispensing entirely with the
use of hames.
A further object of our invention is to construct a horse collar of metal, such as
aluminum, and provide said collar with suitable padding and to enclose said padding
and the metal collar with a sheathing of leather or analogous material.
A further object of our invention is to construct a collar of metal in which the
hames are dispensed with, thereby producing a collar that is simple and inexpensive
in construction, light in weight, neat in appearance, and very durable and efficient
in use.
Our invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and
arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and claimed.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a horse collar constructed in accordance with our
invention, the same having the leather sheathing removed, and also the various
trimmings of said collar.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the collar as it appears in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the meeting lower ends of the two portions of the
collar, the same being provided with locking devices.
Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the lower meeting ends of the two portions
of the collar, the same being provided with locking-devices and in an open
position.
Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the locking-devices, and Fig. 6 is an end view of
the other one of said locking-devices.
Fig. is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 7-7
of Fig. 2, and showing one of the trace-couplings mounted upon the collar.
Fig. 8 is a front elevation of one of the trace-couplings as it appears mounted
upon the collar, said trace-coupling being in a closed position.
Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the trace-coupling in an open position.
Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on the indicated linė 10-10
of Fig. 1.
Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 11-11
of Fig. 1.
Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 12—12
of Fig. 1.
Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a corrugated washer we use in carrying out our
nvention.
Fig. 14 is a cross-sectional view analogous to Fig. 12, and showing the location
of the padding relative the solid portion of the collar.

page_text: Fig. 15 is a view in perspective of the hinge at the meeting upper ends of the
collar.
Fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 16—16
of Fig. 9.
Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings 1, 1, indicate the mating
portions of the collar, the same being cast or formed of metal, preferably aluminum,
said portions being cored as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and provided with
extending Hanges 2. The upper meeting ends of the portions 1, 1, are flattened as
clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 10. Said meeting ends are provided with a series of
screw-holes or apertures 3.
Apertures 4 pass through the cored portion of the mating halves of the collar
at suitable distances below the upper ends thereof, and are adapted to receive the
shanks of the line-rings (not shown). At suitable distances below these apertures 4
and in the cored portions of the mating halves 1, 1, are apertures 5 adapted to
receive the shanks of the concord-rings to which the bitching strap is attached.
Immediately below these apertures 5 are pairs of apertures 6, through which are
adapted to pass bolts that hold the trace-couplings to the collar. At the meeting
lower ends of the halves 1, 1, of the collar are formed apertures 7, through which
are adapted to pass bolts that hold the locking-devices in position.
Wherever apertures pass through the cored portions of the mating halves 1, 1,
integral bearings, such as 8 are formed around said apertures. Suitable hinges 9,
the straps 10 of which are provided with slots 11 the edges of which are corrugated,
are fixed to the upper meeting ends of the mating portions 1, 1, of the collar by means
of bolts 12 passing through the apertures or bolt-holes 3 in said meeting upper ends.
By thus slotting the straps of the hinge, the meeting ends of the portions 1, 1, may
be adjusted relative to one another.
Mounted upon one of the lower ends of the mating portions 1, 1, is a sleeve 13
that is provided with a lateral extension 14 in which is formed a vertical aperture 15.
A slot 16 is formed in the forward side of the sleeve 13, the adjacent edges of which
are corrugated as indicated by 17. A headed screw-bolt 18 passes through this slot 16
and enters the screw-threaded aperture 7 that is in the lower end of the portion 1
upon which the sleeve is mounted.
A corrugated washer 19 is interposed between the head of the screw-bolt 18
and the corrugated edge 17 adjacent the slot 16. By this construction the
sleeve 13 is made longitudinally adjustable upon the lower end of one of the mating
portions 1.
A sleeve 20, similar to the sleeve 13, has a recess 21 in one end in which the
projection 14 of the sleeve 13 engages. A locking-pin 22 passes through vertical
apertures formed in the end of the sleeve 20 and through the vertical aperture 15
in the projection 14 when said projection is located in the recess 21. This sleeve 20
is longitudinally adjustable upon the lower end of one of the mating portions 1 of
the collar by means of a headed screw-bolt 23 passing through a horizontal slot 24
in said sleeve, the adjacent edges of said slot 24 being corrugated as indicated
by 25.
A corrugated washer, such as 19, is interposed between the head of the
screw-bolt 23 and the corrugated edge of the slot 24. An integral projection 26
extends forward from the front face of the sleeve 20 and carries an elongated
loop 27.
The trace-couplings of which we make use comprise vertically arranged plates 28
in which are formed slots 29. Extending at right angles to the plates 28 are
hooks 30. Pivoted to that portion of the hook that joins the plate 28 is a hook 31
that is adapted to lie adjacent the hook 30. Headed screw-bolts 32 pass through
the slots 29 and into the apertures or screw-holes 6 formed in the mating
portions 1, 1, of the collar. By this construction the trace-couplings are made
adjustable.
Swiveled to the plates 28 between the slots 29 are shanks 33, the same being
provided with rounded heads 34 through which pass rings 35.
In Fig. 14 the padding for the collar is indicated by the numeral 36, and

page_text: the leather sheathing for the collar and padding shown in dotted lines by the
numeral 37.
In constructing our improved collar, after the mating portions 1, 1, have been
formed as shown and described, the sheathing of leather or analogous material 37
is drawn over said mating portions, and the padding such as excelsior, curled-hair,
straw, etc., is positioned within said sheathing adjacent the metallic portions of the
collar. The various attachments are now positioned as described, and the collar is
ready for use.
A collar so constructed presents an appearance similar to the ordinary collars,
except that the hames are dispensed with.
In positioning a collar of this construction upon an animal's neck, the pin 22 is
withdrawn from the apertures in the meeting ends of the sleeves 13 and 20, the
collar passed over the animal's head to the proper position upon the neck, and the
lower ends brought together until the projection 14 enters the recess 21 and
the pin 22 passed through the vertical aperture 15 in the projection 14. The
trace-eyes are held and retained as desired by the hooks 30 and 31.
Thus it will be seen how we have constructed a collar to be used without hames
that possesses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general
efficiency.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. A cast metal horse collar formed in two mating portions, as shown and
described.
2. A horse collar constructed of aluminum in two mating portions, as shown and
described.
3. A horse collar constructed with two metallic mating portions, said mating
portions being sheathed with leather or analogous material and padded in the
ordinary manner.
4. A borse collar constructed with two metallic mating portions hinged together
at their upper ends and provided with suitable locking devices at their lower
meeting ends.
5. A horse collar, comprising two metallic mating portions hinged together at
their upper ends, adjustable locking devices mounted upon the lower meeting ends
of said mating portions, and vertically adjustable trace-couplings mounted upon the
sides of said metallic mating portions.
6. A horse collar, comprising a pair of metallic mating portions hinged together
at their upper ends and trace-couplings fixed to the sides of said metallic mating
portions, said trace-couplings comprising longitudinal hooks to which are pivoted
auxiliary hooks.
7. A horse collar, comprising two metallic mating portions, an adjustable hinge
connecting the meeting upper ends of said mating portions, sleeves adjustably
mounted upon the lower meeting ends of said mating portions of the collar, said
sleeves forming a lock for the meeting lower ends of the collar, trace-couplings
fixed to the sides of the mating portions of the collar, sheaths of leather or
analogous material for said mating portions of the collar, and suitable padding
interposed between said sheaths and the metallic mating portions of the collar,
substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 2nd day of Julv 1895
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicants.