Improvements in Bells for Harness.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1891--Accepted, 13th Feb., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bells for Harness.
I, MAX STIMMING of 57 Ritter-strasse, Berlin, 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 relates to bells for harness and has for its purpose to simplify the
manufacture and improve the mode of attaching the bells to the harness.
The bells (sounding bells) hitherto in use are made as is known, in cast metal
which results in inconveniences in manufacture as well as in use, which incon-
veniences are obviated by the improved arrangement.
Referring to the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 3 represents a finished bell with the new arrangement of the fastening eye.
Fig. 2 illustrates a stage of operation during the pressing of the bell.
Fig. 1 shows a metal plate with determined curved border lines.
Fig. 4 is a bottom view to Fig. 3.
The manufacture of pressed bells takes place in different operations.
First
a polygonal plate m Fig. 1 is stamped out, which has certain curved border lines,
that is to say, the border lines of which are circle- or curve-shaped and extend in
tongues a b cd the ends f of which are blunted by a rounding drawn inward.
Between these tongues a b cd or in connection therewith are provided
hollowings e e e e. From plate m Fig. 1 the tulip-shaped bell Fig. 2 is then made,
which has a cap g, outwardly projecting stamped-out points h and a flat eye
projecting outwardly (or inwardly) from the material of cap g., Subsequently the
tulip-shaped bell, after the clapper is put in, pressed together with the four
tongues abcd to a spherical bell as shewn in Fig. 3, whereby the known
slotsssss and holes e e e e and fare formed, Figs. 3 and 4.
The upper half of the bell designated with p Fig. 3, that is to say the
part between the holes e e e e and cap g is without folds.
As the soft material in the pressed bell has remained almost uniformly strong and
therefore the tension produced in the material by the always unequal casting
is avoided, the finished bell may be subsequently tempered to beautify the sound
without danger of destroying the great tenacity of the material and consequently
the extraordinary durability of the bell so that the latter does not break as is the
case with cast bells.
The
The bell is fastened to the harness by means of a wire, which is passed through
hole into, and through a hole provided between the two points in cap g out of
the bell, is then drawn through the harness and secured in the usual manner.
points press themselves into the leather of the harness and give the bell a still
faster hold, whereby any turning of the bell about its fastening point is prevented.
Also the eye i Fig. 3 only serves to give additional hold for fastening the bell, the
wire, prior to being fastened to the harness, being slung round the eye i.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
Making pressed bells Figs. 2, 3, and 4, from polygonal metal plates m of certain
curved border lines, with tongues a b c d, between which lie recesses e e e e,
the tongues abcd being roundly blunted at f, whereby in the finished bell,
Figs. 3 and 4, the holes e e e e , slots ssss and the upper completely closed
hemisphere p Fig. 3 are produced, and the application of fastening points h h Fig. 2

page_text: pressed outwardly from cap g and of an eye i Fig. 3 pressed outwardly (or inwardly)
from cap g, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 14th day of Navashou 1901
MAX STIMMING,
By Huelser & Co.,
His Agents.