US335142A - Harness-saddle - Google Patents

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HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 385,142. Patented Feb.` 2f, 1886..

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ANDREV ORTMAYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,142, dated February 2. 1886- Application filed September 15, 1885. Serial No. 177.157. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ANDREW ORTMAYER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HarnessSaddles, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figurelis avertical central longitudinal section of a harness-saddle and pad embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section in the plane of the line @c of Fig. I, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown. Fig. Sis a representation of one of the terret-rings, showing its relation to a metallic loop connected thereto, and also showing the relative position of the backband, and of the roller turning in the said loop. Fig. 4. is a bottom view of the said loop. Fig. 5 isa perspective representation of the yoke ofthe tree. Fig. 6 is a section in the plane of the line x x of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a central section from front to rear, taken through the yoke of the tree, and through the saddle and check-hook. Fig. 8 is a detail, in perspec tive, showing a portion of the metallic loop detached from the terret-ring.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates, principally, to harness saddles adapted for use in connection with running or slipping baclcbands. It also relates to the means employed for connecting pads removably to saddles of this class.

In the drawings, A represents the yoke of the tree. I make this yoke longer than such parts usually are, or extend its branches, or those parts which form the fork of the yoke, farther from the center than usual. This yoke has in it a long and comparatively wide opening, a a, extending nearly the whole length of the yoke, as shown, and a a are flanges depending from the yoke along the longitudinal edges of the said opening.

B is a metallic plate extending across the central portion of the yoke, and arranged at the lower edges of the central parts of the flanges a c', and there connecting the said flanges. This plate B is solid and closes the lower central portion of the opening a.

C C are revolving pins or rollers turningin the ilanges a c', and arranged near the ends of the plate B.

are screw-threaded, as shown at c c.

D is a recess at the front central and upper portion of the yoke, and F is a loop in the cen` tral rear portion of the yoke. This loop I cast, by preference, in one and the same part or piece with the yoke.

D' is a hole in the forward central portion of the yoke.

E E are the terret-rings, and b b are their spindles or stems, the lower ends of which Next above the screw threaded portion of the stems b b are collars cc. structing theterrets, however, is not new with me.

F F are metallic loops, applied to the yoke A by means of screws or small bolts d d, passing through the yoke and other parts of the saddle into nuts arranged in the pad, as will hereinafter be more fully explained. The under sides of these loops have therein recesses e e, and G G are nuts arranged in the said recesses. The screwthreaded portions c c pass freely through the loops F F and enter and engage these nuts, thereby connecting the terret-rings securely, but removably, to the said loops, it being understood that the nuts G G are of such form as to be prevented from turning inthe recesses e e. It is also to be understood that when the loops F F are applied to the saddle the part of the saddle next below the loops incloses the said nuts in the recesses e e, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

H H are rollers turning in the loops F F.

To apply the rollers HH with facility to the loops F F, I cast upon the latter small nibs e e', Fig. 8, and I place the ends of the rollers H H in the sockets or recesses thus formed, and then bend or pinch the nibs e e together sufficiently to retain the said rollers in place.

I is a jockey, Vand J is the back-band.

K is the check-hook, and L is the saddleseat.

M M are skirts.

N is the pad.

The check-hook I apply by arranging its under or lower end in the recesses D, the

jockey I arrange to overlap the lower end ot" the check-hook, and the saddle-seat I arrange, as usual, above or upon the jockey.

O is a screw or bolt passing downward through the saddle, through the jockey,

This manner of con- IOO through the lower end of the check-hook, through the opening D', and through the skirts, and all are bound or fastened together by means of a nut, P, run upon the lower end of the said bolt O. The back-band J lies freely in the channel formed bythe opening a, the anges a', and the plate B, and rests upon the rollers C C. It also passes underneath the rollers H H, and through slits or openings ff in the jockey, and thence down over the skirts. By thesemeans the back-band is allowed to have free movement, and this freedom of movement results mainly for the reason that it passes over the .rollers C C and under the rollers H H, as already stated. The backband is also arranged to move above the plate Bwhich being made solid, or without openings, and not containing rollers, is not only comparatively strong and durable, but serves as a central brace in the yoke. The backband is also prevented by the rollers H H from rubbing against the loops F F, and it is thereby prevented from being injured.

The skirts I make, by preference, of heavy leather made in oneand the same piece, and of suitable length. In the central portion of the skirts I cut a slot, g, thus making therein a slit or opening sufiiciently large to allow the skirts to be fitted to the yoke upon the outer sides of the ilanges a a. The thickness of the skirts is such as to correspond to the depth of the iianges a a', and a smooth even surface is thus produced underneaththe yoke. This smooth under surface is important, as the parts bearing on the pad are smooth or even, and hence all liability of injury to the animals back by the movement of the saddle is avoided. The upper side of the yoke is also smooth or even, and when covered by the jockey the saddle therefore has a neat and light appearance.

The skirts I attach to the yoke by means of screws, nails, bolts, or other suitable fastenings, holes h h being'made in the yoke for that purpose. The jockey I stitch along its edges to the edges of the skirts, as indicated at t i.

The pad is constructed as a removable and independent part. I prefer to fasten or secure the pad removably under the saddle by means of the same bolts which pass through the loops F Fand yoke A, in connection with nuts or burrs Q Q, Fig. 2, secured in the pad. All theV parts are thus tightly secured together. I also provide the pad with leather loops R R, one upon each side of the pad, Fig. 1, and through these loops I slip the skirts M M, in order to keep them down upon the pad.

By applying the checkbook in the manner described to the upper side of the yoke only acomparativel y small bunch or protuberanee results on the under side of the yoke, and the be more simple, practicable, and durable than heretofore.

I am aware that harness-saddles have heretofore been combined with slipping or sliding back-straps and anti-friction rollers to aid the free movement of the said strap, and I do not, therefore, here intend to claim the same, broadly; but,

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

1. The combination, in a harness-saddle, of the yoke A, havingtherein the opening a, and also having depending ianges a a along the longitudinal edges of thesaid opening or channel, and having also a center plate, B, connecting the lower edges of the said flanges, the pins or rollers CC turning in the said yoke and arranged at the ends of the said plate, and a back-band passing freely through the said channel and over the said plate and rollers, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the yoke of aharness-saddle having a sliding or slipping backfband,y of the side loops, F F, provided with the revolving pins or rollers H H, and adapted, substantially as described, to receive the terrets and terret-nuts, for the purposes set forth.

3. Thecombination, in a harnesssaddle, of a pad provided with loops R R, the side loops. FF, the skirts M M, passing through the loops R R, the yoke, the jockey, the nuts Q Q, located in the said pad, and the screws or bolts d d, passing down through the loops F F and through the jockey, yoke, and skirts into the said nuts, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihereunto affix my signaturein pres` ence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS F. WARNER, HENRY FRANKEURTER.

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