Improvements in and relating to Harness.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Harness.
I, CHARLES CAMPBELL of 17 High Street Bathgate Linlithgowshire N.B.
Commercial Clerk 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 harness, and has for its object to provide means for
strengthening the parts most liable to wear or strain, being more particularly
applicable to reins.
In carrying out my invention I employ strips of brass, steel or other metal,
rivetted or otherwise fixed to the leather at parts where buckles are fixed, or which
bear on any other parts likely to wear them rapidly.
As applied to reins, the end strap, by which they are attached to the bit, is
provided with a strip of steel bent round at its end so as to form a loop, in
which the ring at the side of the bit rests, when the rein is fixed in position.
According to a modified form of rein, the leather strap is dispensed with, the
metal strip taking its place, a special form of buckle being employed to fasten
this. The metal strap is in the form of a spring, attached at one end to the
lower part of the end buckle, and bent round to form the loop for the ring,
passing through the upper part of the said buckle and through a second one of
somewhat similar form, spikes being provided to hold it, passing through suitable
holes in the strap.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are views at right angles to each other of a rein according to
my invention, and
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a modification.
A is the leather strap, by which the rein is attached to the bit, having as
shown in Fig. 2, the metal strip A' fastened to its inner side, so that the ring
on the bit bears against the metal at the looped part. The buckles B are held
in the loops formed by the metal strips C, so that they do not bear at all on
the leather.
According to the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the strap A' is formed
from a strip of steel or other metal, the leather being dispensed with. The
buckles B shown in these views are of peculiar construction, especially adapted
for the metal strap, which is attached at one end to the bottom rail of one of
the buckles. The spike by means of which the strap is fastened is fixed rigidly
to the buckle, so that to unfasten the strap it is pulled, raising the buckles
slightly and slipping off the ends of the spikes. The straps and metal strips are
fastened together by rivets D, placed at suitable distances apart. The metal
strips C are placed at all points of the harness where buckles are employed, or
at which undue wear obtains in order that the leather may be saved from direct
rubbing, thereby adding greatly to the durability of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) In harness, the employment of metal strips, fixed to the leather at points
where buckles or other metal articles are attached, the strips forming loops to
hold the buckles substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
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page_text: rein to the bit, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
(3) A rein having the end strap fastening it to the bit, formed from a thin
strip of metal, attached and fastened substantially in the manner described and
shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 30th day of September 1892.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.