US171324A - Improvement in harness-pads - Google Patents

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'UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

ROBERT M. sELLEcK, 0E NEwARx, NEw JERSEY.

I IMPRQVEMENT IN'HARNESS-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I7 1,324, dated December 2l, 1875 application filed May 10, 1875.

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vTo all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT M.V SELLECK, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvepieces at the ends of the frame receive through them the pad-screws, that enter nuts attached to the straps that are passed in beneath these end bridges. The nut of the check-rein hook is in a recess at the apex ofthe frame, and it is surrounded with a leather block riveted to place, which allows for attaching the pad-covers and a piece of enameled leather, 4that forms a lining or cover for the nut.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a sectionof the pad with one side covered. Fig. 2 is a crosssection at the line m w. Fig. 3 is a cross-section at the line y y, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the frame. l

The metallic'frame of the pad is made with the concave or trough-shaped side pieces c a, coming to the central portion or apex b. At d d there are bridges, that cross the concave `side pieces, and have holes through them for the shanks of the terrets e e, that screw into nuts i o' that are inserted beneath these bridges. For convenience in casting, the convex under portions of the pad-frames are open, and separate lling-plates f are applied at these openings, and they are secured in place by rivets, or by rivets 2 and hooked lugs 3. It is preferable to make these filling-plates of malleable cast-iron, with rivets projecting therefrom. At the outer ends of the frame are cross-bridges h, with openings for the pad-screws i to pass into nuts 4, that are attached to the under sides of the straps k, that are passed in beneath these bridges, and between said bridges and the flexible end pieces l, that are preferably of leather, and riveted at 5 to the frame a.l The felt or other padding material m is covered by the enameled leather or similarI material n, that is drawn together by lacing-cords above the metal frame a, and passing over the edges of the end pieces Z, and secured to the surface by stitching or tacks and tuftingthreads. The housing is made of enameled leather o, drawn over a plate of metal, r, with a backing of paste, leather, or straw board, t, or similar material, and the edges of the leather are held together by lacing or sewing. The surface of this leather is embossed, in imitation of stitching. The terretso, check-rein `hook o, and pad-screws i hold ythis housing in position. There is a recess in the under side of the metal pad-frame at the apex b, in which the nut w of the check-rein hook is received, and around this is a piece of leather, s, secured by rivets 8. This ills the frame out even with the nut, and also furnishes a means for attachthe housing and the pad-coveringn. The leather o covers these flanges, and its edges may be cemented or pasted to the rear of said flanges and to the under side of the housing. The edges of the covering of said flanges may be embossed, in imitation of stitching.

I claim as my invention- 1. The concave frame a,- containing the bridges d and flling-platesf, substantially as set forth.

2. The bridges h, at the ends of the frame a, in combination with'the yielding end pieces l, attached beneath the metal frame, and the screws i', and nuts 4, substantially as set forth.

3. The metal frame a, having a-recess for the nut w of the checkren hook v, in eombiof lcadboard orsimilar materahsubstantially nntion with the leather filling s for said reas set forth.

cess, and the lap p, covering said nut and ll- Signed by me this 6th day of May', A. D.

ing-piece, and secured, as set forth. 1875.

4. The housing for the harness-pad made 1 ROBERT M. SELLECK.

of leather stiffened by a metal plate, over the Witnesses:'

edges of which the leather is drawn, and be- HAROLD SERRELL, tween which plate and the leather is a layer GEO. -T. PINCKNEY.

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