A Horse-reins Holder.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Horse-reins Holder.
We, FREDERICK JACKS, of 245, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, Horse-
Dealer, and ABRAHAM LAZARUS, of 114, Bold Street, Liverpool, Bootmaker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said 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 a device for holding horse-reins when the driver has
occasion to leave his horse, and is particularly applicable to trademens vans, milk-.
floats, hansom cabs, omnibuses, and horse carriages in general.
A device according to this invention for holding horse-reins consists of a cam-
lever which is eccentrically pivotted to a bracket which may be screwed or
otherwise attached to a vehicle.
In the drawings hereto annexed Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan
of a horse-reins holder according to this invention, a being the cam-lever, and
the bracket to which it is pivotted eccentrically at c.
The reins d are passed underneath the cam a when it is raised to the dotted
position shewn in Figure 1. The cam-lever a is then turned downwards so as to.
jam the reins d between the under surface of the cam and the bracket b, the arrow
in Figure 1 shewing the direction in which the reins d are pulled by the horses
head. It will be seen that the harder the reins d are pulled in the direction of the
arrow, the more effectually will they be grasped by the eccentrically pirotted
cam a.
The device herein described may be secured to any convenient part of a vehicle,.
such as the dash board of a milk-float, the roof of a hansom, or the box of an
omnibus or cab.
The device may be formed of any suitable material, but is preferably formed of
metal. The under surface of the can a, or the bracket, may be roughened so as to
more securely hold the reins.
The curvature of the cam a is preferably such as to hold two or more pairs of
reins, as in driving tandem, unicorn, or four-in-hand, or a larger device may be
used for more than one pair of reins, or the pivot c may be adjustable in a slot in.
the bracket b, or two cam-levers a on the same bracket may be used for this.
purpose.
Instead of being pivotted by a bolt and nut as shewn, the cam-lever a may have
a trunnion formed upon it, a keep pin being passed through the trunnion, or a head.
rivetted thereon, to keep it in the bracket b. Or the trunnion may have a
permanent head and enter its socket in the bracket 6 by means of a slot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :--
A reins holder comprising a cam lever eccentrically pivotted to a bracket and
adapted to grasp and hold the reins between the under surface of said cam and

page_text: its bracket when the lever is turned downwards, arranged and operating
substantially in the manner herein described.
Dated this 26th day of February 1896.
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent,
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicants.