Bit Particularly for use in Breaking or Training Colts and Horses.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
Bit Particularly for use in Breaking or Training Colts and Horses.
I, HUGO RICHTER, of Wachwitzhöhe b, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany,
Coachman, 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:-
My invention relates to a new and improved bit particularly for use in break-
ing or training colts and horses and is so constructed that the pressure of the
bridle upon the bit does not act upon the mouth of the animal thus hardening
the same, but acts directly upon the inner portion of the mouth, that is against
the roof and tongue thus teaching the horse the meaning of the different
pressures and avoiding all danger of making the latter hard-mouthed."
In the accompanying drawings which form an inseparable part of this speci-
fication and in which similar letters refer throughout to similar parts,
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention,
Fig. 2 showing the interior parts.
I employ a shell A formed of two similarly constructed sections secured
together in any desired manner, and having in each end a longitudinally extend-
ing rod or plunger d. Fastened to each end of said shell is a fulcrum & upon
which is mounted an arm B, to the other end of which the bridle is adapted to
be fastened. Each of these arms B are pivotally connected by a pin c to the
outer end of the respective adjacent rods d which latter are held in a normal
outward position through the action of springs h, h, mounted within the said
shell.
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The inner ends of each of said plunging rods d have an oval shaped plate or
ear d¹ formed thereon, encircling the pins e of the levers g, g, which levers are
mounted upon pins f, f as seen in the drawings.
The operation of the bit will be clearly understood from the foregoing descrip-
tion and accompanying drawings when taken in connection with the following
statement. Placing the bit in the horse's mouth with bridle secured to arms B, 13,
it is desired to guide the animal to the right. By properly pulling the rein
the arm B is swung upon its fulcrum whence the rod is pressed inwardly
compressing the spring h, and moving by means of the ear d¹ the pins e e so that
the arms are revolved about their axle pins f f and emerging from the shell
press respectively against the roof and bottom of the mouth thus teaching the
animal the significance of the pressure without hardening the mouth. Upon
releasing the rein, the spring h forces the rod d out which latter in turn draws
the said levers within the shell.
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:-
1. A new and improved training bit having means adapted to direct the
different pressure of the bridle directly against the roof and bottom of the
mouth, substantially combined as described.

page_text: 2. In a new and improved training bit the combination of a shell, adapted
to rest in a horse's mouth, pivotted levers the rein for giving a pressure to the
inside of said mouth and means for operating said levers, substantially as
described.
3/ In a new and improved training bit the combination of a shell, plungers
therein, levers on the inner ends of said plungers and means for operating said
plungers, substantially as described.
4. In a new and improved bit, the combination of a shell, plungers mounted
longitudinally therein, ears on the inner ends of said plungers, levers pivotted
to said plungers, a spring in connection with each of said plungers and arms on
the outer ends of said shells and pivotally connected with said plungers, substan-
tially as described.
5. In a new and improved training bit, the combination of a shell, fulcrums
on each end thereof, an arm mounted on each fulcrum, a plunger in each end of
said shell and pivotally connected to the adjacent arm aforesaid, a spring within
said shell and adapted to hold said plunger normally in an outer position, ears
on the inner ends of said plungers, levers mounted within said shell and pivot-
ally connected with said ears and adapted to be operated by said plungers,
substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of August 1899.
HUGO RICHTER.