US399697A - Harness-saddle - Google Patents

Description

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P. REHKOPF.

HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Mar. 19, 1889;

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FREDRIGK REHKOPF, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

HARNESS SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,697, dated March 19, 18389.

Application filed November 28, 1838. Serial No. 292,119. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK REHKOPF, of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pad-Plates for Harness- Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention is a further improvement on that described in my patent, No. 379,606, granted March 20, 1888; and the nature of the improvements will plainly appear from the following.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved pad-plate with one loop and its friction-roller detached and partly broken away to show the prolongation of the side plates and slots for the hinge; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, an under side view; Fig. at, a central longitudinal section through one-half of the pad-plate; Fig. 5, an under side view of the top piece, showing the tail-piece and frictionroller; Fig. 6, an elevation of one of the loops.

A is the arched piece, and B B the two side pieces hinged thereto in a special manner, as shown. Each of these side pieces has a slot, 3, through the center of which and integral with the piece B is a journal, 0, to enable the tongue-like projections 61 on the arched piece A to be bent around said journal to form a hinge. This piece A is provided at one end with a raised box-like portion, a, cast integral with it, and having a vertical groove, 6', at its back, for a purpose presently to be explained. At the rear of this box 6 is a slot, f, formed in the top of piece A, and a slight depression, f, is made in piece A at the rear end of this slot. A piece, g, rests at its forward end on and is fastened to the box c, and extends backward a short distance beyond the plate A. This piece g is provided on its under side with a vertical rib, g, in the center of which is a pin, g adapted to receive and retain the tail-piece h, this pin being long enough to extend through the tail-piece and through a hole in the arched piece A, where it is then riveted. The rib g is provided with projections or points g to conform to the curve of the piece A.

The tail-piece h consists of the fiat portion h for receiving the pin, the usual loop or ring, 7L2, and a spindle projection, 7713, serving as a journal for the top friction-roller, o'. This spindle or journal rests in the bottom of the groove 6 in the box 6, and also in the depression f of the piece A. The checkrein-hook j is bolted to the under side of the box 6, the bolt extending through the box and plate g. The side pieces, B, are each provided with an extension, b, for a purpose to be presently explained. A slot, o in each of these side pieces receives a friction-roller, and its bearing rod or journal 7a. Loops 7c are riveted to the plates B, as shown, and each of these loops is provided with its rod 70', made integral therewith and adapted to form a journal for its respective friction-roller 762.

Z are plates, ribbed, as shown, and having a series or line of holes, Z, extending along both sides and near the edge of the same, and these plates are adapted to be screwed to the side pieces and to their extensions 1), these extensions reaching a considerable distance under the plate A, and serving to limit properly the dropping of side pieces, B, but allowing them freely to rise. These plates 13 and Zare made so that when connected together a space shall exist between them, as shown. This affords ample room for the nuts of the screws and for turning the side plates at their hinged ends, and also leaves open spaces between said plates, which serve to allow the parts to dry readily when wet, as also for the purpose of ventilation. The holes Z in the platelare for the purpose of lightening them. These plates, with the pads, are attached to the side plates, B, by means of the screws, as shown, or in any other suitable manner. The piece A, the side pieces, B, and the plates Z are all strengthened by ribs on their respective under side.

Openings m in plate A allow the use of a screw-driver for the purpose of connecting or disconnecting the side pieces, B, and plates Z. Screws we also connect the parts B and Z at their other ends.

The advantages of my new construction are: the ready attaching to and removing of the pads from the plates, fewer parts, great durability, and the preservation of the pads from rotting While in use by facility for ventilation; and the structure, as a Whole, has also the advantage of readily shaping itself to the back of any horse, making it a perfect self-fitting saddle and Well adapted for use with a tWoWheeled sulky or with a dog-cart with perfect ease to the horse.

I claim 1. The top plate, A, having the box 6 made integral therewith, and having the slot f, in combination with the piece g, having the rib g and pin 9 and the tail-piece h, having the loop or ring 7L2, and the projection k serving as the journal of a friction-roller, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the top plate, A, having the slot f, the side plates, B, each having a slot, b and the loops 7c, adapt-ed to be fastened to said plates, and provided With the integral rods 10, for forming the journals of frictionrollers, substantially as described.

3. In combination, the piece A, having the tongues cl and friction-roller i, the side pieces, B, having the journals 0 and slots, as described, and also having the loops 7c, frictionrollers 70 and the extension I), and the perforated plates Z, adapted to be secured to a pad and to the side pieces, B, all substantially as set forth.

FREDRIOK REHKOPF.

Witnesses:

H. C. OHIsHoLM, O. A. GRIsWoLD.

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