Improvements in Rein-rails for Cabs and other Vehicles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rein-rails for Cabs and other Vehicles.
I, CHARLES DUTTON of 60, Bissell Street, in the City of Birmingham, Coach
Furniture 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 consists in the herein-described improvements in rein-rails for cabs
and other vehicles.
It is well known that in course of time those parts of the said rein rails where
the reins rub as they move to and fro become worn away and that when the said
parts are thus worn the whole of the rein rail has to be thrown away for scrap
metal because it is difficult or impossible to renew the small parts which are worn.
The reins also become worn by rubbing against the rein rail.
The objects of this invention are to so construct the said rein rails that those
parts which are rubbed by the reins will last much longer in wear than heretofore,
and so that when worn the said parts can readily be removed and renewed. More-
over as the friction between the reins and the rein rail is by my invention reduced
to a minimum the driver has a better control over his horse than heretofore.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings which
illustrate my
invention applied to two different forms of cab rein rails.
In carrying out this invention I provide a metal or other roller or rollers at
those parts of the rein rail where the reins rub. These rollers are threaded on to
spindle which passes through them and forms a part of the cab rein rail.
On the accompanying drawing
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Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section of a cab rein holder constructed according
to this invention.
Fig. 2 represents in elevation and in plan the part of the said rein rail on which
the rollers turn and Fig. 3 shews one of the rollers separately;
Fig. 4 shews another form of my improved rein rail for cabs with four of the said
rollers.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 a is the frame of the cab
rein rail which is of a usual form except that instead of the cross bar or spindle b
being made in a piece therewith, this cross bar is made separate and cast or
otherwise fixed to the centre piece c and on the cross bar are provided two
rollers d' over which the reins pass. The ends of the cross bar b are by
preference slightly reduced as shewn in Fig. 2 to fit in corresponding holes in the
frame a where they are secured by the pins e after the rollers d¹d have been
threaded thereon. The ends of the spindle or cross bar 6 can easily be inserted in
the holes in the frame a by first springing apart the sides of the frame.
The friction of the reins on the rollers d' d' as the reins move to and fro causes
the rollers to turn and thus any rubbing of the rollers by the reins is obviated.
When the rollers d¹ d become worn they can readily be removed and replaced by
new ones by first knocking out the rivets e and then springing apart the sides of
the frame a and removing the cross bar b.
My invention is applicable to rein rails of all forms and there may either be two
four or more rollers in each rein rail, for instance as in the example illustrated by
Fig. 4 where four of the said rollers are used on the spindle or cross bar b and
marked respectively d' d' d' d'. In this example the end loop f' is cast or other-
wise fixed to one end of the spindle b and the spindle is threaded through eyes in
O the frame a the rollers d' d' d d and the centre piece c being also threaded on to the

page_text: spindle in their respective places. The spindle is secured to the frame by the
pins e e and the other end loop" is screwed on to the other end of the spindle b
and secured by. the pin h. A small screw 9 fixes the centre piece
spindle b.
to the
My invention is applied to rein rails for other vehicles similarly as above described
with reference to a rèin rail 'for cabs.
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:
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1. In rein rails for cabs and other vehicles the employment of rollers at those
parts where the reins pass over, for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore
set forth.
2. In a cab or other rein rail the employment of the removable cross bar or
spindle and its two rollers constructed and applied in the manner substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and shewn by Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying
drawings and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a cab or other rein rail the employment of the removable crossbar or
spindle and its rollers as d' d d d and end loops flf constructed and
applied in the manner substantially as herein before described and shewn in Fig. 4
of the accompanying drawings and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 16th day of October 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.