US113136A - Improvement in harness-saddles - Google Patents

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Letters Patent o. 113.136, dated March 28. 187] IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLE'S.

I'he Schedule referred to irl-these Letters Patentaad of the lame.

To all whomit may conccm l Be it. known that I, VALENTIN Bonsm, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Saddle; and I do hereby declare lthe following to be a full, y

clear, and exact description thereof-which will enable th'ose skilled in theta-rt to make and use the Same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure l is a central section in the line 'af-x of iig. 2. Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of my improved Saddle.

Figure 3 is a cross-section in. the line y-y of fig. 2. Figure 4 is a crosssection in the line z-z of iig. l. Similar' letters indicate corresponding parts. rIhis invention relates .to saddles for harness, and consists in several novel features of improvement, as hereinafter explained. Y

' The letters A A designatetthe usual wooden mountings of the saddle-tree, which extend from one side to ,the other of the frame, and are separated by a space wide enough to form the usual channel B for the backband C.

The upper surfaces of the wooden mountings A are covered by the jockey-leather D, while to their under surfaces are fastened the. metal ti'ame E, which forms the foundation or base to which the wooden mountings above mentioned, and also the cast-metal braces, hereinafter mentioned, are attached.

The metal frame extends'throughont the whole extent of the saddle-tree, and the same may be of cast or sheet metal, and if madejbf sheet metal '1t is swaged or bent longitudinally to conform to the curved .shape required for the saddle, and transversely itis benaas is showninost clearly-'in lig. 3, so that its central part throughout itslength is depressed A to form the bottom oftheback-band c hannel B, whereof the leather covering D forms thetop, the sides of the channel being formed by the bends in the said metal frame, together with the inner-'edges of the wooden mountings.

The edges of the metal frame E overlap. upon and are fastened to the under surfaces of the" wooden mountings, and, in order tof obtain the necessary strength and stiiness and to ikcep the saddle-tree in its proper shape, I place independent metallic braces,y F F, under the metal frame along the parts which are fastened to the wooden mountings, as is most clearly shown'in iig. 2,-' The thickness 'of the metallic braces is such that they will be ush with the bank-band channel, asis seen "in iig. 3;

The rear brace F is formed with the usual loop, G, for the backstrap of the harness, and the front brace F is made with a depression te receive the shank of the checklhook H, which is fastened to it by a screwbolt, which goes through it and the wooden monntings and .the cantel I.'

The braces F F are cast or made of any suitable material that possesses the required strength and. stiffness, and I make them' corrugated on one or both surfaces, so as to secure lightness and strength. Their ends extend down in each direction toward the ends of the saddle-tree about as far as' the places of the tenet-hooks, at which points thechannel part of the metal frame E is cut 'away to receive the transverse terret-hook braces J J, which consist of cast-metal U-shaped pieces, whose ends or edges K K are fastcned upon the wooden mountings A A either below the edges-of the metal frame, or, as in this instance, above the edges of the frame, the whole being firmly secured, as is the case with the otherbraces F, by screws or rivets.

v The backs of the-transverse braces J J extend over the back-band channel and hold up the leather covering D, and form supports for the terret-hoks L L, whose shanks screw into them,

The transverse braces J J are made with their edges elongated, more or less, so as to extend toward the ends of the wooden inountings, to give to them and vto* the cote'rminous metal frame the requisite strength at the ends of the saddle-tree.

The ends of said transverse braces J also form solid bearings for the screws Q Q, which go through the. jockey D, and fasten it, the flap R, the wooden mountings, the said braces, and the frame E to each other.

By constructing the'parts in the manner herein de-l scribed I am able to place the terrets over the cene terof the hack-band channel and yet leave the said 'channel open and unobstructed, so that the back-band can be moved freely through it at all times, adapting itself to the movements ofthe horse.

The Vcantel is of wood, N, and of metal, M, com.-

bined, and as thev rear portion N, which is made of 'wood to decrease the weight of that portion, must re-V ceive the screws or fastening devices which secure that' part of the saddle-tree, it is found in practicejthat Y wood does not possess sucient strength and rmness to form a suitable bed for the fastenings. In order to remedy this defect, I set into the bottom of the wooden part of the cantel a metallic bed-plate, O, which is tapped to receive the screw-bolts P, which secure the rear of the cantel to the saddle-tree, thereby giving the fastenings a firm bearing in the cantel witbwithout weakening the wood, and without liability of becoming loose by wear. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 1. The combination of the sheet-metal frame E, constructed as described, sov as to form the foundasind (time i tion of a saddle-tree and a channel-way for the baekthe cantel, substantially as and for the purpose deband, with the lwooden mountings A A and the front scribed. v and rear metallic braces E F, substantially as set This specification signed by me this 21st day of forth. l January, 1871.

2. l'.lhe transveise terret-hook' braoes J, in oombina- VALENTIN BORST. tion with the sheet-metal frame E and wooden mountings A, substantially as described. Witnesses:

3. The combination of the cantel I of ametallie E.. F. KAsTENHUBEB, bed-plate, O, arranged upon the wooden portion of J. VAN SANTvooRD.

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