US195856A - Improvement in gig-saddletrees - Google Patents

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W. H. TAYLOR. GIG SADDLE-TREE.

Patented Oct. 2

N, PETERS. PHOTO-LITNDGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D c.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, OF' BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO SAMUEL TAYLOR, OF HAMILTON, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GIG-SADDLE TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,856, dated October 2, 1877 application filed To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, of Baldwinsville, Onondaga county, New York, have invented an Improvement. in Gig-Saddle Trees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and correct description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line a; Fig. l; and Figs. 4 and5 are detailed views of my invention.

The object of my invention is to construct a gig-saddle in which the cantle, center-yoke, and jockeys are all made of metal.

My inventionconsists in casting the cantle and center-yokein one piece and the crupperloop in a separate piece, the cantle being grooved ontheunder side to receive the crupper-loop shank, and the crupper-loop shank grooved to receive the check-hook, the whole being secured together by means of the checkhook, bolt, and nut.

The jockey-plates, being made of metal, are hinged to the center-yoke by means of stophinges, and the saddle-naps and back-band are secured thereto by means of the terrets and pad-screws with. sockets having pins.

In the drawings, A represents the jockey, and B the cantle, of my improved saddle. Gast in one piece with the cantle B is the centeryoke L, having one-half o'f the hinge K on the outer side of the projection ff upon leach side of a groove in the bottom. y Within this groove is placed the shankof the crupper-loop G, the end of which iscut away, so as to allow the shank of thefcheck-hook D, whichi's also cut away,l as seen at h, Fig. 5, to fit closely upon it. The check-hook shank is placed between the lugs ff, and the whole is secured together by means of the bolt and nut H. Upon the upper half of themetalwjockeys-A is the rc- 'maining half of thehinges K, having stops k to prevent the jockeys om closing together, and at their lower end are holes for the padscrews I for securing the saddle-Hap N and back-band O to the jockey. The terret E, of course, passes through the jockey A, the saddle-flap N, and back-band O, and is secured by a nut, in the usual way. The padscrews I have nuts or sockets z', which are pro- February 19, 1877.

longed and provided with pins or rivets i i', to be inserted in the leather, firmly securing the nuts to the saddle-Hap. The nuts of the terrets may be constructed in a similar manner.

The advantages arising from my invention are, that the cantle and center-yoke, being cast in one piece, cannot become misplaced, and greater strength can be obtained in the parts without increasing the weight; and, secondly, as the crupper-loop is a separate piece, it may be easily replaced when broken. Then, again, the jockeys are made of metal, and may be light and highly ornamental, and, being hinged to the center-yoke by stop-hinges, are as adjustable as the ordinary jockey; and, lastly, the padscrew sockets are provided with pins, which are riveted through the iiaps, and hold the nuts much more securely than the ordinary manner of nailing or stitching.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a gig-saddle, the center-yoke cast in metal, with the cantle or seat upon the top, a groove or recess and lugs beneath, all in one piece, in combination with metallic jockey-eX- tensions hinged thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a gig-saddle ham'ng the yoke and cantle or seat cast in one piece and hinged to metallic jockeyextensions, the crupper-loop C and check-hook D, made in separate pieces and notched together, in combination with said nyoke, which is provided with a groove and guide-lugs on its under side, the whole being secured together by the bolt and nut H, substantially as described.

3. The pad-screws I, with nuts or sockets z', provided with extension-flanges having riveting-pins i', the latter adapted to enter perforations in the leather skirts, substantially as set forth.

The above specification of my said invention signed and witnessed at Hamilton, Canada, this 12th day of February, A. D. 1877.

WILLIAM H. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. YOUNG, GEORGE JoNE-s.

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