US27158A - William kobotham - Google Patents

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NITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ROBOTHAM, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GAG-RUNNER.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 27,158, dated February 14, 1860.

T o all whom i may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROBOTHAM, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in that part of'Harness for Horses commonly termed Gag-Runners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings which accompany this specification and make part of the same.

The nature 0f my invention consists in giving strength to a part hitherto weak and in so placing the loop as to add to the beauty of the attachment.

In the drawings Figure l represents the gag runner in its place on the side of the head of the horse. Fig. 2, is an edge view of the improved runner showing the new position of the loop through which the gag strap is fastened. Fig. 3 shows the new constructed loop as it is prepared for insertion in the ornamental part of the runner. Fig. t is a view of the back of the runner with the loop inserted in the soft metal. And Fig. 5 represents the common construcv tion of the article.

In Fig. 1, b shows the place and use of the runner. It supports the check rein c,

and is itselfattached to the headstall by the gag strap el. This gag strap has in all cases heretofore been made to pass through an eye in the top of the runner as shown by e Fig. 5, the eye having the wire f sunk in the soft metal to add to its strength. The loop g, through which the check rein passes has always heretofore been a separate piece from the eye piece and thereby there has always been a weak place in the runners, at h, which often breaks just when most needed.

In my improvement, the loop for the gag strap al and for the check rein c are made in one piece, as shown in Fig. 3, thus the whole strain of both the gag strap and the check rein is all on the one piece and the neck h, is of equal strength with the other parts. In the old way as shown at Fig. 5, the gag strap d passes through an eye and comes out in front of the ornament, but in the new arrangement the loop is behind the ornamental parts, which can thus appear as are intended, that is as complete in themselves, while they support and conceal the useful parts.

I do not claim the concealing the useful by the ornamental parts,

Constructing the two loops in one piece and arranging them substantially as described.

WM. ROBOTHAM.

Witnesses:

W. M. GooDrNc, JOHN LONG.

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