Improvements in connection with Harness Backbands and Traces.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Harness Backbands and Traces.
WILLIAM HENRY EATON, Saddler, 1998, Whitehall Road, Great Bridge, West
Bromwich, WILLIAM GEORGE CAPEWELL, Gas Fitter, 26, Railway Street, Great
Bridge, Tipton, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
The appliance will be made in wrought steel and will vary according to size
of buckles and be seven to ten inches long. It will pass underneath backband
or traces through buckle with two inch slot for tongue to slide in. The con-
nection to back band or traces will be made by two adjusting screws so that no
extra holes need be punched in back band or traces so that when back band or
trace breaks, the buckle drops on catch and both ends are secured and thus
accidents are prevented which would certainly occur if catch was not there to
prevent them. The adjusting screws will pass through holes above and below
buckle and will open out to distance required. The screws will be brass nickle
or silver heads according to harness furniture. Three hinges are used to give
play to back band or traces.
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Improvements in connection with Harness Backbands and Trades,
We, WILLIAM HENRY EATON, Saddler, of 1998, Whitehall Road, Great Bridge,
West Bromwich, and WILLIAM GEORGE CAPEWELL, Gas Fitter, 26, Railway Street,
Great Bridge, Tipton, both in the County of Stafford, 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 which we term a safety catch for buckles of harness back bands
and traces by which we provide an auxiliary connection at the buckle part so
that in case of the band or trace breaking at the buckle they are still in as full
and complete operation as before and this we effect without affecting the flexi-
bility of the said band or trace. Our arrangement is also capable of easy adjust-
ment as required when altering the length of the band or trace and is very inex-
pensive to produce.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
effect we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawing upon which we have

page_text: shewn our improvements applied to a back band and from which its application
to a trace will be readily understood.
Figure 1 is a vertical section through part of a back-band when in a slightly
raised and loose position.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the underside of same.
Figure 3 is a side elevation shewing the band when broken and still taut.
Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section on line 1-2.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide the plates A A¹ hinged at
one, two, or more points, a² and being provided with the slot a³ through
which the tongue of the buckle D works. This plate A is attached to the
underside of that part of the back band or trace B by means of the screw pins E
which pass through the buckle holes 6 and secure the plates A, A¹ to that part
of the back band. Slots at are provided in the plates A, A and blocks e¹ are shaped
to fit the slots and thus enable the positions of the screws E to be adjusted to suit
the pitch of the holes band at the same time allow the plates A, A¹ to freely slide
on the said blocks and thus not interfere with the flexibility of the band or
trace. It will thus be seen that in case the band should break or become
severed at or near the buckle as shown at 62 Figure 3, the whole weight carried
or supported by the band is taken up by safety catch plate A, A¹ and thus what
might otherwise be an accident is prevented. The screw pins and plates may
be of brass, silver, nickel or other suitable metal or material and the hinged
plates A, A¹ may be varied in shape to suit the various requirements without
departing from the nature of our said invention as for instance we may apply
the plates to traces without any hinge joint.
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:-
For use on harness backbands and traces the hinged plates A, A¹ having
adjustable attachments substantially such as herein set forth and illustrated
upon the accompanying drawing.
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LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicants.
5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.