AN IMPROVED COMBINED COLLAR AND HAMES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 26th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
DECEDE
We, ALBERT BAKER, 56 Station Road Chapeltown, in the County of York, Saddler,
and WILLIAM NESBITT of Chapeltown aforesaid Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention for AN IMPROVED COMBINED COLLAR AND HAMES to be as
follows:-
Our Invention of an improved combination of Collar and Hames is more particularly
adapted for use in Collieries, but may be used upon animals employed in ordinary
carting and other draft purposes..
The object of our invention is to produce a more convenient arrangement of the
said articles, easy to put on and take off, and more comfortable to the animal when
in use.
In carrying out our invention, we make a pair of hames conforming in shape to the
outline of the collar, and preferably made hollow or tubular to combine strength &
lightness.
The two parts of the hames are joined at their bottom ends, the said joint allowing
them to be opened sufficiently to pass over the neck or head' the animal the top
ends are provided with a suitable catch and spring lever, so that when the parts are
closed the catch acts automatically, and holds the two parts firmly together, but
requiring only a little pressure upon the catch lever to release them. The metallic
hames are secured to the leather portion of the collar, which is made strong for the
purpose, by means of screws tapped into the back of each arm, and the collar is
otherwise finished in the usual manner.
The trace hooks are secured to the hames by means of staples, the ends being passed
through the hames and rivetted.

page_text: We, ALBERT BAKER, 56 Station Road Chapeltown, in the County of York, Saddler,
and WILLIAM NESBITT of Chapeltown aforesaid Engineer, 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 :-
Our invention consists of an improved combination of Collar and Hames, and is
particularly adapted for use in Collieries, but such combination may be used upon
animals employed in ordinary carting and other draft purposes.
The object of our invention is to construct a more convenient combination of the
two articles, easy to put on and to take off, and more comfortable to the animal when
in usc.
The annexed sheet of drawings illustrates our invention as applied to collars and
Hames for pit use; the same letters of reference indicate the same parts in any of the
figures in which they occur.
Fig. 1, is a representation of a Collar and Hames for pit use, made after our
invention, and closed, as when in use.
Fig. 2, The same, opened ready to be passed over the head of the pit pony.
Fig. 3, enlarged sectional view of the catch and spring lever.
In carrying out our invention we make the hames A, to conform to the configuration
of the collar B, as shown, and preferably made of hollow or tubular metal so as to
combine the two essential qualities strength and lightness.
The two parts of the hames A, are connected at their bottom ends by a suitable
joint C, which will allow the two parts to be separated to a sufficient width, to permit
them to be passed over the neck or head of the animal; the top ends are provided
with a catch and spring lever such as shown in Fig. 3, the catch D, being a solid
piece of metal secured into the end of the tubular hame; and the spring lever E.
working upon a pin, has a hooked end passing through a hole in the hame, in such a
manner that when the part D, enters the opposite hame, the spring forces the end of
the lever into the hole of the catch this action is automatic when the two parts of the
Collar and hames are closed upon the animals neck.
The tubular hames are secured to the leather portion of the Collar, by means of
screws or their equivalents.
The trace hooks F, are secured to the hames by means of staples G, the ends being
passed through the hames and rivetted, and the collar straps H, are also secured to the
hames in a similar manner.
Cart and Harness. Collars may be made on the same principle as hereinbefore
described but in each case the minor details may be varied to suit the different
requirements.

page_text: We wish it also to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the exact
description of catch as shown in Fig. 3, which we show to illustrate our invention.
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-The construction of a combined Collar and tubular Hames, with a spring Catch
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated.
2 The combination with "Horse Collars," of a pair of Hames secured thereto, and
provided with a joint at one end, and a catch at the other, for the purpose specified,
and made substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated the 21th are of Thahmour 1007
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicants.