Improved Appliances for use in Releasing the Traces of Carriage Horses.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 9th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliances for use in Releasing the Traces of Carriage
Horses..
A communication from abroad by ERNST HAUSER, of Beszterczebánya, Hungary,
Engineer.
I, GEORGE CECIL DYMOND M. Inst. M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster and 323, High Holborn in the County of
Middlesex Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
―
This invention has for its object appliances by means of which the traces of
carriage horses which have become restive may be instantaneously released from
the carriage whilst it is in motion without the necessity of the coachman having to
descend from his seat, and this is effected in such a way that the horses are no
longer able to draw the carriage any further. The appliances consist of two main
parts, namely the releasing buckle or clasp and the releasing strap. The upper
cross piece of the usual trace buckle is replaced in this invention by a special
removable piece. The buckle itself consists of a stirrup shaped part, the sides of
which are provided at the top with a knob. The knobs at each side have grooves
on their inner sides in which the side projections of the special removable piece fit ;
these side projections are bevelled on the outside as are also the corresponding parts
of the knobs. The side projections are further provided with ledges which fit into
corresponding grooves of the knobs of the stirrup shaped part. The buckle is
attached to the trace by the lower cross piece, which unites the two sides of the
buckle and thereby the connection of the traces with the draw bar, is established,
whilst the special removable piece aforesaid forms the closing piece of the buckle.
For unbuckling, the coachman draws the special removable piece out of the buckle
by means of a releasing strap attached to a loop on such piece whereby the
buckle drops off, and the trace is released from the draw bar. Under ordinary
circumstances the bevelled sides of the knobs of the cross piece prevent its slipping
out; when drawn out however the side shanks of the stirrup shaped piece are bent
so far from one another through the drawing forward of the piece that the same
can come out. The ledges on the side projections of the removable piece which fit
into the corresponding grooves of the stirrup knobs prevent the separation of the
stirrup shaped piece which might be produced by any other outside influences. The
releasing straps pass through rings attached to the splash board of the coachman's
seat, and are loaded with weights at the ends, further they are passed through rings
attached to the reins whereby the same are always kept taut. Each separate
releasing strap is further divided into two parts, and both the straps, after the point
of division, are passed through rings fixed on the belly band of the horse and on
the traces, and so extend to the releasing buckle on the drawbar. It must be noted
further that on the releasing of the traces from the drawbar the horses are only
connected by the pole straps with the carriage, whereby they are no longer enabled
to drag the carriage along with them.
This 4th dow of Au 1801
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliances for-use in- Releasing the Traces of Carriage
Horses.
A communication from abroad by ERNST HAUSER, of Beszterczebánya, Hungary,
Engineer.
I, GEORGE CECIL DYMOND M. Inst. M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, 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:-
This invention has for its object appliances by means of which the traces of
carriage horses which have become restive may be instantaneously released from
the carriage whilst it is in motion, without the necessity of the coachman having to
descend from his seat, and this is effected in such a way that the horses are no
longer able to draw the carriage any further.
On 'the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a side view, and
Figure 2 a plan of the appliance;
Figure 3 a side view of the releasing buckle;
Figure 4 a front view;
Figures 5 and 6 plan views ;
Figure 7 a cross section.
The appliance consists of two main parts, the releasing buckle or clasp A. and the
releasing strap B B. The upper cross piece of the usual trace buckle is replaced
in this new arrangement by a removable piece C shown detached in Figure 6: The
buckle itself consists of a stirrup shaped part aba, the sides a a being provided at
the upper part with knobs ce having grooves g on their inner sides in which the
side projections dd, Figures 6 and 7, of the removable piece C fit as shown in
Figure 5. These side projections d d are bevelled on the outside (as are also the
corresponding parts of the knobs c) and provided with ledges e è which fit into
corresponding grooves in the knobs c of the stirrup shaped part.
The buckle is attached to the trace by the lower cross piece b, which unites the
two sides of the buckle, and thereby the connection of the traces with the draw bar
is established, whilst the special removable piece C aforesaid forms the closing
piece of the loop. For unbuckling, the coachman draws the removable piece C
out of the buckle A by means of the releasing strap B, Figures 1 and 2, attached
to a loop on such piece, whereby the buckle drops off and the trace is released.
from the draw bar. Under ordinary circumstances, the bevelled sides of the knobs
of the cross piece C prevent its slipping out; when drawn out, however, the side
shanks of the stirrup shaped piece are bent so far from one another through the.
drawing forward of the piece C that the same can come out. The ledges ere on
the side projections of the removable piece C, which fit into the corresponding
grooves of the stirrup knobs, prevent the separation of the stirrup shaped-piece
which might be produced by any other outside influences. The releasing straps
pass through rings attached to the splash board of the coachman's seat, and are
weighted at the ends, further, they are passed through rings attached to the reins,
whereby the same are always kept taut. Each separate releasing strap is further
divided into two parts, and both the straps, after the point of division, are passed
through rings fixed on the belly band of the horse and on the traces, and so extend
to the releasing buckle on the drawbar. It must be noted, further, that, on the
releasing of the traces from the draw bar, the horses are only connected by the
pole straps with the carriage whereby they are no longer enabled to drag the carriage
along with them.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
An improved appliance for releasing the traces of carriage horses, consisting of a
buckle A (connecting the traces with the draw bar) which is provided with a
removable piece C, said piece being attached to a strap and so arranged that, in
the event of danger, the driver can, by means of said strap, draw out the removable
piece C from engagement with the buckle and set the traces free, substantially as
and in the manner described.
01 1902
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.