Improvements in the Manufacture of Traces and other such Parts of Harness.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan. 1900-Accepted. 18th Apr. 1900
* PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Traces and other such Parts of
Harness.
We, WILLIAM PINDER, of Leyland, DAVID WATERHOUSE, of Whittle le Wood,
and CHARLES EDWIN CORBITT, of 57, Market Street Chorley, all in Lancashire,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention consists in the manufacture of traces and other such parts of
harness; hitherto such parts have been made of leather which is very expensive
we make such parts in the following manner.
In the process of making we will say a trace, we first take a sufficient piece of
fabric of the kind described in our previous Patent No. 244407 and treat it in a
similar manner i.e. we coat it on both sides with a solution of rubber and cut the
length of the trace required then fold it the required thickness or strength we
then give it another coating of rubber and trim the ends to the necessary shape
and stitch them and in some cases the sides also, after which we place the whole
in a specially formed mould which is made in such a manner that it will cause
the trace to have a greater thickness at the ends.
These moulds are made of the necessary length and so specially formed that
when the material as before described is placed therein the holes and slots
necessary to such trace fits over projections or studs in the said mould.
The top portion of the mould is the fixed on to the bottom portion and the
whole is clamped and secured together by means of screws or other equivalent
subjecting it to a great pressure thus permeating the rubber into the fabric.
The holes or slots which are necessary in different parts of harness we cut by
means of a template all of which accurately fit the mould; as as will be readily
understood by anyone acquainted with saddlery the moulds could be made to suit
any parts of harness.
Dated this 16th day of April 1899.
WILLIAM PINDER.
DAVID WATERHOUSE.
CHARLES EDWIN CORBITT.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Traces and other such Parts of
Harness.
We, WILLIAM PINDER, late of Leyland, now of 329, Liverpool Road, Sankey
Bridges, Warrington, DAVID WATERHOUSE, Whittle-le-Woods, near Chorley,
and CHARLES EDWIN CORBITT, 57, Market Street, Chorley, in the County of Lan-
cashire, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention consists in the manufacture of traces and other such parts of
harness; hitherto such parts of been made of leather which is very expensive, we
make such parts in the following manner.
In the process of making we will say a trace. We first take a sufficient piece
of fabric of the kind described in our previous Patent No. 24440 A.D. 1897
treat it in the following manner i.e. we coat it on both sides with a solution of
rubber or compound of such, and then cut it the length of the trace required,
then fold it to the required thickness or strength. We then give it another coat-
ing of rubber and trim the ends to the necessary shape and stitch them and in
some cases the sides also, after which we place the whole in a specially formed
mould which is made in such a manner that it will cause the trace to have a
greater thickness at the ends.
In order that our invention may be readily understood and carried into prac-
tice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which
Figure 1 is plan of the one half of the mould and Figure
other half.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the part A, Fig. 2.
a plan of the
Figure 4 being a side elevation of the two halves together as they would be
in use.
The material for making the trace is composed of fabric which is coated on
both sides with a solution of rubber or compound of such. This is cut the desired
length and folded the required thickness after which we give it another coating
of the rubber, trim the ends to the desired shape, stitch them and in some cases
the sides also, the necessary slits and holes for the trace being also cut.
This is then placed in the lower half of A, a mould such as seen in Figure 2.
This mould is the essential feature of our invention and is specially formed with
the projections B for the holes and slits of the trace to fit over, and being deeper
at its ends than in the centre to give greater strength to the ends of the trace.
The upper portion C is then placed over the bottom one A clamped, together
with the nuts and bolts D, or other such equivalent device thus subjecting the
material forming the trace to a great pressure and allowing the rubber solution
to thoroughly permeate the whole.
The moulds A and C also have lugs or cars E cast on them so that when placed
together as seen in Figure 4 the lugs abutt against each other to prevent the
moulds from moving longitudinally by accident or otherwise.
The moulds shewn and described are for making traces, but as will be readily
seen other parts of harness can be made in similar moulds but having the pro-
jecting B of suitable form or not having any at all according to the part is
required.
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 :-
1st. The improved manufacture of traces and other such parts of harness com-
posed of fabric and rubber or other solution substantially as herein set forth.
2nd. Moulds for the manufacture of traces and such like parts of harness com-
posed of fabric and rubber or other solution substantially as herein set forth and
shewn.
Dated this 15th day of January 1900.
WILLIAM PINDER.
DAVID WATERHOUSE.
CHARLES EDWIN CORBITT.