Improvements in or relating to Harness Shaft Tugs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Harness Shaft Tugs.
A communication from FREDERICK NELSON JONES, Saddler, of Nelson, New
Zealand.
I, WILLIAM TYREE of 7 Westbourne Square, Hyde Park in the County of
Middlesex, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to shaft tugs used in harness and by it the cost may
reduced as well as the time employed in the manufacture.
be
In carrying out this invention 1 form the shaft tug in two parts, the outer part
of leather and the inner part preferably of metal which may be cast to any desired
configuration and thinness. Preferably the metal is made in channel form rounded
on the inside so as to give freedom in its contact with the shaft and on the outside
hollowed to receive the leather. The buckle may be connected with the metal
portion, the pivot pin passing through the requisite portions of the buckle and the
metal and the leather being outside these. To fasten the leather I prefer to overlap
the ends and rivet them to the metal.
A sleeve socket or equivalent may be provided preferably formed in one with
the rest of the metal through which the belly-band or other part of the harness
may pass.
Dated this 5th day of February 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Harness Shaft Tugs.
A communication from FREDERICK NELSON JONES, Saddler, of Nelson, New
Zealand.
I, WILLIAM TYREE, of 7 Westbourne Square, Hyde Park, in the County of
Middlesex, Photographer, 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 shaft tugs used in harness and by it the cost may be
reduced as well as the time employed. in the manufacture.
The accompanying drawing illustrates in perspective, and by way of example,
one construction of improved shaft tug according to this invention. It is formed
in two parts, the outer part A of leather, and the inner part or lining B of metal
which may be cast or otherwise made of any desired configuration and thinness.
Preferably the lining B is made in channel forin and rounded on the inside as
indicated at B' in that part of the drawing in which the tug is shown as if broken
away; such a form gives the necessary freedom between a shaft passed through
the tug, and the interior of the latter and affords a hollow to receive the leather

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part A. Conveniently a layer of india rubber C may be interposed between the
parts A and B as shown and allowed to protrude through holes B3 formed in the
latter to constitute a cushioning device to lessen noise and vibration which might
otherwise arise through contact of the lining B with the shaft; the indiarubber C
and the holes B' may however be dispensed with if desired.
D is the buckle pivotted in the present instance to the leather. portion of the
tug; but the pivot pin D¹ thereof might be passed through the metal parts of the
tug as well as through the leather.
To fasten the ends of the pieces of leather which form the outer part of the tug
and encircle the lining B, they may be conveniently overlapped upon one another
and rivetted by a rivet such as E to the metal lining B.
B is a sleeve or socket through which the belly band or other part of the
harness may be passed; it is preferably formed in one piece with the metal lining
as shown, but it may be made separately and brazed or rivetted to it if desired, or
may be omitted altogether.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A shaft tug of leather lined with metal.
2. A shaft tug with a metal lining B and sleeve such as B, connected to or
forming part of said lining substantially as described.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting a complete shaft tug
with or without the india rubber C projecting through holes in the lining,
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 21st day of August 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents. for. the Applicant.