Year: 1885

page_text: We, SAMUEL OGDEN of Rook Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant and ISAAC JACKSON of High Street Glossop in the County of Derby
Saddler do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This Invention relates to traces employed in drawing vehicles and to the means
of attaching or securing them to the hame or other part of the harness and to the
chain hook or other object by which they are connected to the vehicle.
These Improvements consist in attaching or securing leather, indiarubber or
woven bands or straps to the harness and vehicle respectively or to some part or
parts connected or capable of being connected therewith by means of hinged joints
as hereinafter indicated.
The leather, indiarubber or woven band or strap is made or selected of a
sufficient width and thickness and is cut to the desired length. Upon each end of
the band or strap there is then secured by screws bolts rivets or by other suitable
means a plate having a loop or loops formed upon its end resembling the loop or
loops upon the half of a common butt hinge. The looped plate is so arranged and
secured that the loops by preference project beyond the end of the strap or band.
To more firmly secure the plate to the strap or band we prefer to form teeth or
projections upon the contact surface of the looped plate. Upon the hame or some
suitable part of the harness and upon a chain hook or some other suitable object
connected with or capable of being connected with the vehicle we form attach or
secure another looped plate or its equivalent the loop or loops upon which fit upon
or between the corresponding looped plate upon the strap or band in such a manner
that the two looped plates or their equivalent may be secured together by means
of a pin or bolt passing through the respective loops.
Traces constructed according to these Improvements are more durable and less
costly than those constructed in the usual manner.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Traces for Drawing Vehicles.
We, SAMUEL OGDEN, of Rook Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, and ISAAC JACKSON, of High Street, Glossop, in the County of Derby,
Saddler, 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 relates to traces employed in drawing vehicles and to the means
of attaching or securing them to the hame or other part of the harness and to the
chain hook or other part by which they are connected to the vehicle.
These improvements consist in attaching or securing leather, indiarubber or
woven bands or straps to the harness and vehicle respectively or to some part or
parts connected or capable of being connected therewith by means of hinged joints
as hereinafter described.
The leather indiarubber or woven band or strap is made or selected of a
sufficient width and thickness and is cut to the desired length. Upon each end of
the band or strap there is then secured by screws, bolts rivets or by other suitable
means a plate having a loop or loops formed upon its end. The looped plate is so
arranged and secured that the loop or loops by preference project beyond the end
of the strap or band. To more firmly secure the plate to the strap or band we
prefer to form teeth or projections upon the contact surface of the looped plate.
Upon the hame or some suitable part of the harness and upon a chain hook or
some other suitable part connected to or capable of being connected to the vehicle
we form attach or secure another looped plate or its equivalent the loop or loops
upon which fit upon or between the corresponding looped plates upon the strap or
band in such a manner that the two looped plates or their equivalent may be
secured together by means of a pin or bolt passing through the respective loops.
And in order that this Invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practical effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings having the figures
thereon marked with similar letters to denote similar parts and reference being
hereinafter had thereto.
Figs. 1 and 2 represent in side view and in longitudinal section a portion of a
trace and a portion of a hame connected together according to these improvements.
Figs. 3 and 4 are back and side views of the fastener represented in figs. 1 and 2.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively a side view and a longitudinal section of a modified
arrangement of the fastener. Figs. 7 and 8 show in side view and longitudinal
section a method of attaching to a hame the fastener shown in figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 9
illustrates in side view and fig. 10 in borizontal section a modification of the
arrangements shown in figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8.
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In each of the figs. A is a metallic plate having a loop or loops B. C is a looped
piece connected or capable of being connected to the hame harness or vehicle. In
tiga. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10 D is a part of the hame. The two looped parts A and C
are connected together by a split pin E or by an equivalent bolt or similar device.
The looped plate A is secured to the trace by bolts setscrews or rivets and the
connection between the plate and trace is more firmly made by means of the
pointed teeth or projections F figs. 3 and 4 which are formed upon the back of
the plate and enter into and engage with the substance of the trace. The looped

page_text: ring G figs. 5 and 6 may be engaged with a hook pin or other suitable part upon
or connected to the hame harness or vehicle, when connected to the hame the
arrangement shown in figs. 7 and 8 may conveniently be adopted.
In figs. 9 and 10 a stud H having an oval head K is movably fixed to the hame
so that it may be turned through ninety (90) degrees or more. The stud fits into
the keyhole shaped opening L in C and is prevented from being removed there-
from by the head of the stud so long as it is in the position shown, but when the
head K is moved through a quarter revolution it may be passed through the hole L
when the hame will be disconnected. By the use of the modifications shown in
figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. or equivalent means vertical as well as horizontal motion
may be had in the joint or connection between the trace and the hame harness or
vehicle. The respective fastenings or connections between the trace and the hamme
or harness and the vehicle may be similar or disimilar and it will be understood
that where the fastening is shown on the drawings as applied to a hame it may by
slight modifications be similarly applied to some other part of the harness or to
the vehicle.
Traces constructed according to these improvements may be readily connected or
disconnected by inserting or withdrawing the pin E or its equivalent and are
moreover less costly and inore durable than those constructed and connected in the
usual manner.
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.) In combination with a leather indiarubber or woven band employed as a
trace, looped plates secured to the ends of the band or trace, and loops formed
upon or capable of being connected to the hame or some suitable part of the
harness and upon or connected to some suitable part of the vehicle respectively,
the loops upon the forward end of the trace and upon or connected to the hame or
harness being so arranged and disposed that they may be connected or disconnected
by the insertion or withdrawal of a pin or bolt, and the loops upon the other end
of the trace and upon or connected to the vehicle being also so arranged or disposed
that they may be similarly connected or disconnected, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
(2.) As a fastener or means of connecting a leather indiarubber or woven band
or trace to the hame or harness, a looped plate secured to the end of the band or
trace in combination with a loop or loops upon or capable of being attached to the.
hame or harness and a pin or bolt securing the respective loops together sub-
stantially as described.
(3.) As a fastener or means of connecting a leather indiarubber or woven band
or trace to a vehicle, a looped plate secured to the end of the band or trace in
combination with a loop or loops upon or attached to the vehicle and a pin or bolt
securing the respective loops together substantially as described.
(4.) In a fastener for connecting a trace to the hame or harness or to the vehicle,
teeth or projections formed upon the contact face of the fastener so as to penetrate
and engage with the substance of the trace substantially as described.
Dated this twenty eighth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and