US241905A

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Publication number: US241905A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 1898-05-24

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QLQMM? (NO MOdGL) W. W. ARMINGTON.

Shaft Lug for Harness.

No. 241,905. Patented May 24,1881.

WITNESSES! INVENTORI UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. ARMINGTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SHAFT-LUG FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,905, dated May 24, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. ARMING- TON, of the city and county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shaft Lugs for Harness; and I hereby declare that .the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in that part of the harness for horses by which the shafts of a carriage are supported, 'and which is supported by means of a strap from the saddle and held in place by the girthstrap. Itis known as the shaft lug or loop.

The invention consists in providing at the lower end of the loop a roller so formed and attached as to maintain a curved contour of the loop.

a Figure .l is a perspective view of my improved shaft-lug, showing the buckle secured to the lug, the strap-loop formed on the lug, the roll on which the shaft is supported, and

the loop for securing the girth-strap. Fig. 2

is a side view of the same, shown partly in section. 4

In shaft-lugs as heretofore constructed the shafts rested in the lugs or loops and did not yield freely to the motion of the horse. They therefore ehafcd the shaft, caused wear and injury to both the shaft and the lug or loop, and also strained the straps by which the lugs are connected with the saddle, as also the girth; and as the lug did not freely yield to the motion of the horse, the portion of the harness connected with the lug was subjected to much greater wear than other parts and most liable to give way.

The object of this invention is to remedy these defects, and for this purpose my improved shaft-1n g is provided with a centrally-concaved roll, on which the shaft rests, so that the lug cannot bind 'on the shaft but will freely move Application filed December 6, 1880. (No model.)

on the same and yield to every motion of the horse.

1 In the drawings, a is cast-metal shaft lug or oop.

b is a roll, made of metal or other suitable material, the ends of which are enlarged, as shown, so that the surface of the roll and the inner sides of the loop a will form a continuous curved line. This roll 1) forms the bearing for the shaft.

0 is the loop to which the girth-strap is secured.

(1 is a buckle, secured to the shaft-lug by means of the strap 6, which is secured by rivets, so that the shaft-1n g and buckle are firmly secured together.

f is a loop cast on the shaft lug to receive the end of the strap by which the shaft-lug is secured to the saddle.

The whole is usually covered by an enamel, or may be plated with nickel or silver, and forms an attractive, durable, and useful device.

I am aware that shaft-lugs have been used in which the shaft-supporting bar has been provided with a rotating sleeve or roller but in such cases the shaft-supporting bar and roller have been at right angles to the sides of the loop, and the shaft has had a tendency to cramp in the lower corners of the loop. To this construction I make no claim; but,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A shaft-lug the shaft-loop of which is provided exteriorly with buckle d and loops f and c, said shaft-loop being constructed with interiorly-curved sides, and. having jonrnaled at the bottom a roller, so concaved as to maintain the continuity of the curve.

WILLIAM W. ARMINGION.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH A. MILLER, J. A. MILLER, Jr.