Year: 1890

page_text: -Date of Application, 2nd Sept., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Medical Doctor, de 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 :—
My invention has relation to improvements in clasps or ties for horses' tails; and
it consists in the construction, novel combination and adaptation of devices, herein-
after described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the main loop-wire.
Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the auxiliary wires.
Fig. 3 is a view illustrative of the manner of connecting said wires.
Fig. 4 is an exterior plan view of the blank from which one of the hinged locking
plates is formed.
Fig. 5 is a perspective plan view of one of the locking plates connected with a
portion of one of the binding wires, and
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the complete device.
In carrying out my invention I form the respective clasping-sections of spring-
wire of a weight and resiliency suitable to the purpose for which my invention is
designed. The wire A is bent into a rectangular form as illustrated, and its free ends
are bent inward as illustrated in Fig. 1 and brought adjacent to each other. Upon
the ends of this main-wire or section A, I place a metallic friction-sleeve a, which,
while serving to protect the ends from frictional wear, facilitates the placement thereof
in the loop tongues or hooks of the adjustable locking-plates.
The two auxiliary adjustable spring-clasping branches B are respectively of a form
as illustrated in Fig. 2, their respective ends being provided with journal-onds b,
which are journalled on the respective transverse portions of the main branch A adjacent
to the sides thereof.
The adjustable locking plates C of my improved device are preferably constructed
from a blank sheet of metal, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the same being provided with a
reduced portion at one end, which, when bent up, forms the lower loop or hook for
the reception of the sleeve-enveloped ends of the main branch and the upper loops
or hooks for the reception of said ends are struck up from the metal in line with the
end-loop as better illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings.
These adjusting or locking-plates C, as better shown in Fig. 5 have one of their
ends bent upon itself so as to form a hinge-barrel c, which receives and envelops the
transverse portion of the adjustable spring-branches and allows the adjusting-plate to
depend, so as to readily receive the ends of the main branch.
In operation it will be seen that when the tail has been properly bunched and the
main section A placed in the proper notches of the adjusting-plates the spring-branches
are bulged out and the device placed upon the horse's tail, which is clasped between
the main and auxiliary branches thereof; and it is also obvious that in the application
of my device to the horse's tail it may be effected by opening the branches of clasp
and after enclosing the bunched tail, placing the branches in the proper notch of the
adjusting-plates and thus properly clasp the tail.
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. A horse-tail tie consisting of three loops hinged together and two locking-plates
hind in the an
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page_text: 2. A horse-tail tie comprising a main wire looped in rectangular elongated form,
a sleevo on the transverso ends thereof, two auxiliary wires bent in elongated loop
form with their free ends terminating in eyes journalled on the opposite onds of the
main loop, and two adjustable locking-plates having a plurality of hooks and each
hinged at one end on one end of the auxiliary loops and their opposite hooked
ends adapted to engage the opposite ends of the main loop, substantially as
specified.
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.