An Improvement in or connected with Harness Saddles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., . 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or connected with Harness Saddles.
I, ARTHUR WINCER, of 3 Holts Hill Lane, Walsall, Staffordshire, Gig Saddle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvement in or connected
with cab saddles gig saddles buggy saddles and other harness saddles, and this
invention consists in making the cantle and seat of metal and securing the said
cantle and seat to the saddle and to the skirts of the same in the manner herein
described so as to do away with what is known as the "top making" of the saddle
thereby adding to the strength and appearance of the saddle as prefer to make
my improved metal cantle and seat of a metal or alloy which will receive a good
polish such for instance as some alloy of aluminium or brass or other suitable
metal or alloy.
In carrying out this invention my improved cantle and seat is made of metal by
preference of about the same shape as the ordinary cantle and seat and either
consists of a hollow casting or it is raised from sheet metal by dies worked in a
stamp or press. The said combined metal cantle and seat is secured to the
saddle at the front by the shank of the hook for the bearing rein passing through
the metal seat and into the saddle and if necessary the back part of the cantle and
seat may also be secured by a screw inserted from the inside of the saddle through
the saddle tree and into a lug or boss cast or otherwise formed at the base of the
cantle. Around each side edge of the seat and also if necessary at the base of the
cantle I form a groove in which the top edges of the skirts fit thus effectually
securing the skirts to the metal cantle and seat. Or if preferred these grooves
may be dispensed with and the top edges of the skirts be arranged to merely fit
in a rebate under the said edges of the cantle and seat.
It will be seen that my improved combined metal cantle and seat renders
unnecessary what is known as the " top making" of the saddle which top making
is therefore dispensed with.
Dated this 15th day of February 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
An Improvement in or connected with Harness Saddles.
I, ARTHUR WINCER, of 3 Holts Hill Lane, Walsall, Staffordshire, Gig Saddle
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 consists of the hereindescribed improvement in or connected with
cab saddles buggy saddles and other harness saddles, and this invention consists in
making the cantle and seat of metal and securing the said cantle and seat to the
saddle and to the skirts of the same in the manner herein described so as to do
away with what is known as the top making of the saddle thereby adding to the
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page_text: strength and appearance of the saddle as I prefer to make my improved metal
cantle and seat of a metal or alloy which will receive a good polish such for
instance as some alloy of aluminium or brass or other suitable metal or alloy.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan of a harness saddle with its cantle and seat made in one piece of
metal and secured to the saddle in accordance with this invention;
Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the combined
metal cantle and seat part of the saddle shewn by Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale ;
Fig. 4 is a plan of the combined metal cantle and seat; Fig. 5 is a cross sectional
elevation of the same on line X X of Figs. 2 and 4, and Fig. 6 is a cross sectional
elevation of the same on line Y Y of Figs. 2 and 4.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawing.
In carrying out this invention I make the cantle and seat, marked A, of one
piece of metal by preference of about the same shape as the ordinary cantle and
seat and hollow as shewn by Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, so as to fit on to the usual
wooden tree. This combined metal cantle and seat may either be formed as a
hollow casting (and this is what I prefer) or raised to the same shape from sheet
metal by dies worked in a stamp or press. The combined metal cantle and seat A
is secured to the saddle B at the front by the shank of the hook C for the bearing
rein passing through the hole a¹ in the metal seat part a² and into the saddle. If
necessary the back part of the cantle and seat A may also be secured by a screw
inserted from the inside of the saddle through the saddle tree and into a lug or
boss cast or otherwise formed at the base of the cantle a³ as indicated by dotted
lines in Figs. 3 and 4. Round the two side edges e¹ e² of the seat part a², and also
if necessary at the base of the cantle part as I form a groove in which the top
edges of the skirts f'f' fit thus effectually securing the skirts flf to the
combined metal cantle and seat A. These grooves are shewn in Figs. 2, 3, 4
and 5, and marked respectively g¹ g².
If preferred these grooves g¹ 92 may be dispensed with and the top edges of the
skirts be arranged to merely fit in a rebate under each of the edges el e² of
the combined cantle and seat as shewn for instance by Fig. 6.
It will be seen that my improved combined metal cantle and seat renders
unnecessary what is known as the top making of the saddle, which top making is
therefore dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
(1.) The improved combined metal cantle and seat for harness saddles made to
fit on the saddle tree and having its edges grooved or rebated to hold the skirts
in place substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
(2.) A harness saddle provided with a combined metal cantle and seat made
hollow and fitted on to the saddle tree and made with grooved or rebated edges
which fit against and secure the skirts in place all substantially as hereiubefore
described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 15th day of November 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY
Agent for the Applicant.