US339892A - Horse-collar - Google Patents

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o. IFLAND.

HORSE COLLAR.

No. 339,892, Patented Apr. 13,- 1886.

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C. IPLAND.

HORSE COLLAR.

No. 339,892. Patented Apr. 13,'1886.

Unirse C HARLES IFLAND, OF

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CHICAGO, lLLINOIS.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part oli' Letters Patent No. 339,892, dated April 13, 1886.

Applieationilled December 28, 18515.

To (//ZZ whoml it may concer/L.-

Beit known that I, CHARLns Intim), a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Y Illinois, have invented certain new and use- Y that can loe adjusted to lit different-size horses;

and it has for its object to produce such a col lar and haine that is strong and durable, is readily placed and secured over the horses neck, and that will not chate the skin, but Will make a comfortable lit.

My invention consists ol.' certain novel com binations of parts, as will be described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, l `igure l represents an elevation ol' the haine and collar complete; Fig. 2, a vertical crosssection through the centeroi' the upper portion; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation of' the :zinc shield detached; Fig. 4, a sectional View ol the haine locking hasp; Fig. 5, a similar View of the haine-locking stud; Fig. 6, a cross-section on line 6 6 in Fig. l, and Fig. T a cross-section on line 7 7 in Fig. l.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designate like parts.

A A denote the upper sections ot' the haine bars, hinged together at rl., and l B are the lower sections oi' such haine-hars. These bars are castof mtal, to he very light, and are longitudinally corrugated to the shape in cross-section somewhat like the letter EN. The lower sections, B B. slide under the upper sections, A A', so as to be overlapping therewith, and to near the upper end oi' each lower section, B B', is cast a loop, b, through the ccntral hub of which is tapped a set-screw, @,having an eyed head, d, with a ring, C, that is the handle for turning such screw, which rings C at the same time form the terrets. The upper sections, A A', have. secured plates l), provided with a series of sockets, e, either one of which will engage the point of a set-screw, c, for clamping and rigidly holding the sections A B on any desired position of lengthening or shortening the haine-bars best .fitting the horses neck. The lower extremity f side Serial No. llfr. (No model.)

bar lil has secured by a rivot,f, a hasp, E, that vhas three (more or less) holes, and the'lower extremity oi' side bar B has a stud, g, that will enter any one ol' the three holes oi' hasp E, and has a slotted hole for a key, h, connect` ed to the haine loy a strap, i, which key h will secure the hasp E, thereby fastening the haine and collar upon the horses neck on dimension host fitting. In a pending eye rigid with sec tion B is linked a ring, F, for coupling` the neck-yoke strap or chain. The collar G is made ol' leather stuffed with hair, and secured against the inner tace of the sections B B of the hamebars hy screws j, passedA through holes in the edges of such humesections and engaging with screw-nuts 1K, inserted into such collar. This collar G is formed of two sections overlapping at their bottoni ends when the haine is fastened around the horscs neck. hut extending at the top only under shield H'. A link, l, made of .flat iron, is placed around the hinge a, that connects the hamcsections A A', and into this link is tapped the stand ard m ol' a bell, n, when the haine and collar is used on street-railway horses; or a checkrein hook may he screwed on instead. To link I is also coupled a buckle or ring, o, for securing the backstrap of the harness. A saddle-shaped shield, ll', made of sheet-zinc, and having a loop, p, formed to its top, is Secured under hinge a by a strap, q, passed through slots in link Z, and a pad or bolster, r, is placed intermediate of such hinge a and loop p, and is also held in position by strap q. The shield H being smooth, and Zinc being a cooling and nou-irritating metal, it will not chal'e nor cause soreness of the skin from the pressure and motion of the haine and collar on the top of the horses neck.

l I are the tug-clips, that may he of any usual construction.

l am aware that collars have been formed of metal mrorlapping sections held together by screws passed through openings in each; also, that it is old to use a zinc shield with horsecollars, and also that a perforated stud has heen used in connection with ahasp and retaining-strap, and therefore I make no claim to such constructions; but

What I claim ism 1. The heme hars of a horse-collar, cornposed each of two sections overlapping each Sov 4. The oombinaition,V Ywith sections B B. 1 plate D, and soeketsne, of sections Av Alo0pe` Y b, and `set-screws c, as set forth. 15 Y In testimony whereof I affix my signature inj V' ypresence of two witnesses. l f

other, and one section provided with a loop, and aset-serew mounted in such loop, and the other with a pla-te having a'series of sockets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 5 2. The eomnination, with sections A A',

hinged at a, of link l, shield H, provided with loop p, and strap q., passed through the loop CHARLES IFLAND.

and link, as set forth. v

3. rlhe combination,. with sections A A, Witnesses: 1o hinged at a, of linkl, shield H, provided with RICHARD REINBOLD, loop p, strap q, passed through the link and l HARRIS W. HUEHL. loop and. interposed padding fr, as set forth.

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