US331348A

US331348A - Horse-collar attachment

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Publication number: US331348A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1902-12-01

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(N0 Modl.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. Gr. VAN WAGENEN.

HORSE COLLAR ATTAGHMENT.

No. 331,348. Patented Dec. 1', 1885 1254.

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HORSE COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

No. 331,348. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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GARRETT VAN VVAGENEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-COLLAR ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,34c8, dated December 1, 18 Application filed April 13, 1885. Serial No. 162,145. (No model.)

To all whom it may cncern.-

Be it known that I, GARRETT VAN WAG- ENEN, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Collar Attachments, of which the following is a full description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3. a front elevation of one of the hames; Fig. i, an edge view of the same; Fig. 5, a detail, being a front View of the parts shown. Fig. 6 is a detail, being a section of the parts shown taken at linear of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a detail. Fig. 8 is a detail, being a section of the parts shown taken at line :0 of Fig. 2. Figs. 9 and 10 are details showing the metal plates for securing the hanies to the collar. Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the socket-piece, a movable part of one of the fastening devices being removed. Fig. 12 is an edge view of the socket-piece and fastening devices, part being in section. Fig. 13 is a detail. Fig. 14 is a detail, being a section at line a of Fig. 11. Fig. 15 is a detail, being a section at line y of Fig. 11. Fig. 16 is an end view of the parts shown. Fig. 17 is aside view of the same. Fig. 18 is a detail, being an edge view of part of D, and posts secured thereto. Fig. 19 is an under side view of the movable parts of one of the fastening devices. Fig. 20 is a horizontal section at line 00 of Fig. 12.

My invention is designed to be used with a stuffed horsecollar and its haines. When the hames are buckled to a collar in the usual manner the latter becomes unyielding, and it cannot adjust itself to the neck and shoulders of a horse while in motion; hence the weight of the draft comes upon that part which is the most prominent at any given instant, which interferes with free action, and frequently results in injury to the horse.

The object of my improvement is to provide an attachment for horse-collars which will overcome the difficulty suggested, and allow the collar to yield and adjust itself in use to the varying positions of the shoulder of the horse, and which can readily be adjusted to horses of different sizes, which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings.

In the drawings, A A are two parts of a stuffed horse-collar, made in the usual manner, except that it is divided at the lower end.

B B are the hanies, made as usual, except that each hame is, as shown, provided with three holes, a b c, at the line of draft. One end of the tug is to be connected with the haine by aring or other device passing through the hole a.

d e are two metal plates, two of which are riveted or bolted, one on the inside and the other on the outside of the small roll of each part of the collar, near the lower end. The plate 6 is provided with a number of screwthreaded holes to receive a set-screw, f, which passes through the lower end of the haine and secures it to the collar. The haine can be adjusted vertically by means of the said setscrew and screw-threaded holes in c.

O O are two irons formed substantially as shown in the drawings. The upper end of each of these irons is loosely connected with one of the haines. As shown, this is done by means of a staple, g, which passes through the holes a b and through holes in the iron 0, the ends of the staples being secured by riveting. The staples do not iill the holes a b, and they must be so riveted to the irons G G that these irons will have considerable freedom of movement at their points of attachment with the haines. The lower end of each of these irons O O is provided with a series of holes, 72.

. i is a metal slide, which serves the purpose of a stop, and is designed to be adjusted to the proper place for the horse with which the collar is to be used, one on each iron 0 G, and be fastened in place after the adjustment has been made by means of set-screws.

D is a socket-piece having a deep socket, j, at each end, which sockets are adapted to receive the lower ends of the irons O G, which are made to fit therein.

k are two posts, secured to the front side of the socket, and Z is a rod or bar connected to the upper ends of these posts.

m is a hollow post secured to the socket ove a hole therein.

n is a notch in one side of this post m. Fig. 14.)

E is a case open on one side.

0 is apin secured to the case, and arranged to enter the hole in the post m, and pass into one of the holes in the end of the iron 0.

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p is a locking device or catch pivoted at r in the case E, and adapted to enter the notch n in the post an.

s is an arm extending out from one side of 5 p, and its outer end projecting through aslot, a, in the wall of the case E, as shown in Fig. 19. The free end of this catch 19 enters a slot, t, in the end of the case E.

u is a spring arranged to act upon the free end of the catch 1), to hold it in the notch it.

o is a pin or screw inserted and secured in one end of thecase after it has been placed in position on the socket-piece D, this pin being arranged to act as a stop to limit the upward movement of the case E by engaging with the rod or bar 1. Each side of the socket-piece D is provided with the post 70, hollow post m, and case E, containing the locking device 1).

In Fig. 11 one case is removed and the other is shown. In Fig. 12 one case is shown in section and the other in elevation.

In use the lower end of each hame is to be secured to one part of the collar by the plates d e and set-screw, as described, using also a strap at the upper ends of the hames, as usual. The lower ends of the irons O O are to be inserted in the socket-piece D, and when the cases E are in the position shown in Fig. 12 the pin 0 in each case will pass through one of the holes in the ends of the irons GO, and the locking devicep will be in the notch it, and thus the lower ends of the irons O 0 will be securely held in the sockets j.-

The collar can be removed from the horse with the other parts of the harness by pressing upon the arm 8 of the catch 10, releasing the catch from the notch 02, and then raising the case E, which will remove the pin 0 from engagement with the hole in the iron 0 or 0; then such iron can be removed from its socket in D and the harness can be removed.

The posts k serve the purpose of guides for case E, and it can be readily pushed down to its place, the catch sliding down over the outside of the post in and automatically engaging with the notch n. It is only necessary to operate one of the cases and locking devices to remove the harness.

1 This device can be readily adjusted to horses of different sizes, bringing theirons G O nearer together or farther apart and holding them by the pins 0. When the parts have been adjusted to a horse with which they are to be permanently used, the slides i, which serve the 5 5 purpose of stops to limit the distance which the irons O 0 enter their sockets, are to be secured in place upon these irons, which can be done by set-screws. The hames can also be adjusted vertically, as before described.

With this device the collar adapts itself to the neck and shoulders of the horse at all times and in all positions, the two parts of the collar being free to move separately and in different directions, and thus the pressure upon the shoulders of the horse will be properly distributed, greatly facilitating the work, and tending to prevent injury.

This invention is an improvement on devices shown in Patent No. 169,933, to myself and M. D. Goble. That device is adapted for 7 use with a horse which it will fit; but as the distance between the two sides of the curved bar (designated as O O in said patent) is always the same, it is not feasible to adjust the same to horses which vary much in size. My present improvement obviates this objection and has other advantages.

In the drawings I have shown a sweat-pad, b, which may or may not be used.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A socket-piece, D, in combination with two side pieces, 0 0, adapted to be loosely secured at their upper ends to a pair of hames, and having their lower ends adapted to enter sockets in the piece D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A socket-piece, D, provided with hollow posts m, in combination with two side pieces, 0 0, adapted to be loosely secured at their upper ends to a pair of hames, and having their lower ends provided with holes, and adapted to enter sockets in the piece D, and a case, E, provided with a pin, 0, and a looking device to lock the case and pin to the socket-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A collar made in two parts, A A, in combination with a pair of hames, the irons d e, and set-screw f, whereby the harness and collar are secured together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A collar consisting of two parts, A A, in combination with a pair of hames secured at their lower ends to the collar, two irons, O O, a socket-piece, D, and. devices for locking the irons O O to the socket-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GARRETT VAN VVAGENEN.

WVitnesses:

E. A. WEST, HARRY T. J oNEs.