Improvements in or relating to Gig and Cab Harness Saddles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1889-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Gig and Cab Harness Saddles.
I, THOMAS WINCER, of 108, Littleton Street East, Walsall, Staffordshire, Wholesale
Gig Saddle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
This invention of improvements in or relating to gig and cab harness saddles has
reference to the guides or beads which protect the edges of the skirt of the saddle
where the back-band passes under and also serve the purpose of securing those parts
of the skirt to the saddle tree.
In carrying out my invention I make the cross section of the said guides or beads
somewhat in the form of the letter U that is to say each guide or bead consists of an
upper and a lower plate cast or otherwise formed or secured together along one edge
a short distance apart so as to leave a narrow space between them. The edge of the
skirt is inserted between these two plates so that the outer edge of the guide or bead
where the plates join together forms a rounded metal edge to the skirt thereby
greatly strengthening the edge of the skirt and forming a smooth surface for the
back-band to rub against. Or, instead of the edge of the skirt being inserted between
the said two plates, the lower plate may be inserted between the two thicknesses of
the skirt.
The guide or bead above described is secured in position by a bolt at each side
passing through holes in the back-band guide and through the saddle tree; and in
order to prevent these bolts working loose I prefer to tap the said holes in the guide
or bead through which the bolts pass and to form corresponding screw threads on
the bolts right up to their heads.
In a modification of my invention the two said plates are made separate from each
other one or other or both of them having a lip formed along its or their lower edge
against which the edge of the skirt abuts so as to form a metal edge to the skirt and
have about the same appearance as if the two plates were cast or otherwise formed
together.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Gig and Cab Harness Saddles.
I, THOMAS WINCER, of 108, Littleton Street East, Walsall, Staffordshire, Wholesale
Gig Saddle Manufacturer, 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 of improvements in or relating to gig and cab harness saddles has
reference to the guides or beads which protect the edges of the skirt of the saddle
where the back-band passes under and also serve the purpose of securing those parts.
of the skirt to the saddle tree.
In carrying out my invention I make the cross section of the said guides or beads
somewhat in the form of the letter U that is to say each guide or bead consists of an
upper and a lower plate cast or otherwise formed or secured together along one edge
a short distance apart so as to leave a narrow space between them. The edge of the
skirt is inserted between these two plates so that the outer edge of the guide or bead
where the plates join together form a rounded metal edge to the skirt thereby

page_text: greatly strengthening the edge of the skirt and forming a smooth surface for the
back-band to rub against. Or instead of the edge of the skirt being inserted between
the said two plates, the lower plate may be inserted between the two thicknesses of
the skirt.
The guide or bead above described is secured in position by a bolt at each side
passing through holes in the back-hand guide and through the saddle tree; and in
order to prevent these bolts working loose I prefer to tap the said holes in the guide
or bead through which the bolts pass and to form corresponding screw threads on the
bolts right up to their heads.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a gig or cab harness saddle with
my invention applied Fig. 2 is a front view of the metal guide or bead (on an
enlarged scale) which protects the edge of the skirt of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross
section of the said guide or bead and part of the skirt shewing how the two are
fixed together, and Fig. 4 is another cross section of the said guide or bead with the
lower plate thereof inserted between the two thicknesses of the skirt.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
a is the saddle, is the skirt of. the same, c is the back-band passing under the
skirt b, and D is the metal guide or bead which protects the edges of the skirt b
and which according to my invention I make somewhat in the form of the letter U in
cross section, that is to say, the guide or bead consists of an upper plate d¹ and a
lower plated cast or otherwise formed or secured together along one edge d³, a
narrow space being left between them into which the edge of the skirt b is inserted so
that the outer edge d³ of the guide or bead forms a rounded metal edge to the skirt
thereby strengthening the same and forming a smooth surface for the back-band e to
rub against. When the guide is fixed in position either both thicknesses (see Fig. 3)
or only the upper thickness (see Fig. 4) of the skirt b are inserted between the two
parts of the guide. are the two bolts or screws which secure the guide or
bead D in position by passing through holes d and into or through the saddle tree.
a
In a modification of my invention as illustrated by Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the two
plates dare made separate from each other, one or other or both of them having
lip formed along its or their lower edge d against which the edge of the skirt abuts
so as to form a metal edge to the skirt and have about the same appearance as
if the two plates were cast or otherwise formed together as in the example illustrated
by Figs. 2, 3 and 4. It will be seen that in each of the examples illustrated by
Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the lower plate d² is made separate from the plate d¹ and that in the
example illustrated by Fig. 5 the lip d³ is formed on the lower edge of the plate d';
in Fig. 6 the lip d³ is formed on the lower edge of each of the plates and in Fig. 7 the
lip is formed on the lower edge of the plate d² only.
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 gig or cab harness saddle having the edges of the skirt protected and secured
to the saddle tree by guides or beads of either of the kinds substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. The herein before described improved guide or bead for protecting the edges of
the skirt of gig and cab harness saddles and securing the same to the saddle tree,
consisting of an upper and a lower plate cast or otherwise formed or secured together
along one edge so as to resemble or somewhat resemble in cross section the letter U
and applied in the manner substantially as herein before set forth and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The hereinbefore described improved guide or bead for protecting the edges of
the skirt of gig and cab barness saddles and securing the same to the saddle tree,
consisting of an upper and a lower plate separate from each other one or other or both
of the said plates having a lip formed along its or their lower edge so that when the
two plates are placed together they will resemble or somewhat resemble in cross

page_text: section the letter U, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings, and applied in the manner sub-
stantially as herein before set forth.
Dated this 5th dan of Lulu 1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.