US404669A - Harness-saddle - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. ASGHENBAGH 8v J. W. THEOBALD. HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 404,669. Patented June 4, 1889.

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HENRY ASCHENBACH, OF SOUTH ORANGE, AND J OI-IN \V. THEOBALD, OF NElVARK, NEW JERSEY.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,669, dated June 4, 1889.

Application filed February 7, 1 8 8 9.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY ASCHENBAOH and JOHN \V. THEOBALD, both citizens of the United States, residing, the said HENRY ASCH- ENBACH at South Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, and the said JOHN WV. THEOBALD at Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness-pads; and it consists in certain novel construct-ions and combinations described and pointed outin the following specification and claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal central secticn,on the line w as of Fig. 2, of a harness-pad made according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atop view of the metallic under frame of the harness-pad. Figs. 4 and 5 represent nuts which aid to secure the terrets and girth-strap screws to the harness-pad. Fig. 6 is a crosssection like Fig. 2, omitting the parts L, M, N, and R.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The metallic under frame of the harnesspad consists of the plate A, which extends nearly the whole length of the pad, and is bent not only upward at its central part, but is curved downward between its central part and its ends, as shown in Fig. 1, and is also trough-like or of a curved shape in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. The plate A has numerous openings made in it, both of square and round forms, as indicated in the drawings, for the purpose of making the plate as light as is consistent with the required strength, and also to ventilate the pad. The under frame further consists of auxiliary perforated plates B B, which are fitted and secured to the under side of plate A in the following manner: The inner end of each plate B B is provided with a tongue 0, which is passed upward through an opening D in the plate A, and made to overlap upon a crossbar E at the end of the opening, and the outer end of each plate B B is riveted at F to plate A near the ends of the latter. The central parts of the platesB B are bent downward Serial No. 299,037. (No model.)

from plate A, so as to leave spaces G G between them, and thus give room for the fastening devices by which the terrets and the screws for the girth-straps are secured in place, and at the same time give the proper shape to the under side of the harness-pad. The sides of the plates B B are also bent up so as to give to the plates a curved shape in crosssection, as is shown in Fig. 2, theredges of plates B B coming under and supporting the edges of plate A.

The under side of plate A is provided with guiding-ribs 2 2, which extend alongside of the holes 4, through which the terret and girthstrap screws pass, their edges resting on the plates B B. The ribs 2 2 aid in keepingthe plates B B and A apart from each other, and they receive thenuts T bet-ween them and keep them in proper position laterally, so that the terret and girth-strap screws will readily en- 7 gage the nuts. The platesB B are further secured to the plate A by the cover-sections H I, which surround the united plates A B B, and are united to each other along their edges by means of a binding J, which is sewed to the edges of the cover-sections by lines of stitching, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 6, thereby also forming along the whole length of the harness-pad ridges K K, which, in conjunction with the trough-like shape of plate A, form a receptacle 3, in which is placed the upper frame, consisting of the leather covering L, the metallic core M, and the leather lining N, the lining N and the leather covering L being Wider than the core M, and being sewed together by their edges, as shown at O 0, so that they inclose between them the metal core M. A layer of felt or other suitable padding material P is placed between the cover-section I and the adjacent surface of the plates B B, so as to make the under side of the harnesspad on each side of the central part soft and cushion-like.

The parts L M N, composing the upper frame, are provided with the usual openings for receiving the screws of the check-hook Q and terrets R R and girth-strap screws S S, as shown in the drawings, and the nuts T are placed loosely in the spaces G G to receive the terret and girth-strap screws. As an additional means of enabling the terret-screws to engage their nuts '1 with certainty, I form on the plate A hooks U, which are bent down from the plate at suitable places, so as to form stops in a longitudinal direction for the nuts to compel them to take the proper position for receiving the said screws.

The nuts of the girth-straps are properly located in a longitudinal direction by means of the inner ends of the filling-pieces V V, against which they rest, as is shown in Fig. 1. The filling-pieces V are inserted between the outer ends of plates A and 13, where they are secured by the rivets F, which pass through said plates and through the filling-pieces. The filling-pieces V are of leather, so as to be pliable, and they extend a short distance beyond the ends of plates A and B, so as to give a pliable character to the extremities of the harness-pad, their outer ends being inclosed between the cover-sections II I, as shown in Fig. 1.

The girth-straps X are secured to the harness-pad by being inserted in the receptacle or trough 3 between the ridges K K, the lining N, which is under the core M, being cut away to the point Y to permit the ends of the girth-straps to be inserted far enough to pass beyond the girth-screws, which are passed down through the girth-straps on their way to the nuts T, and by that means the girthstraps are secured to the harness-pad.

The check-hook Q is secured to the harness-pad in the usual manner by means of a screw-threaded shank Z, which passes down through the upper frame of the harness-pad and through the plate a of the back-strap loop 1) into a nut (Z, which is concealed by the plate A of the lower frame and by the coversection I of the harness-pad.

Two of the guiding-ribs 2 and one of the hooks U are shown in sectional Fig. 2, and the four sets of guiding-ribs 2 are indicated by dotted lines in Fig.

\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a harnesspad, of the trough-shaped top plate A, having adjacent to the middle of its length the slots D and cross-bars E, with the under plates 13, fixed at their outer ends to the top plate and having their inner ends passed through the said slots and loosely overlying the crossbars, the cover-sections H I, surrounding the united plates, and the top pad-frame located in the trough of the top plate, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a harness-pad, of the trough-shaped top plate A, provided with holes 4, and having the guiding-ribs 2 beside the holes 4, and provided with the slots 1) and cross-bars E, the under plates 13, having their side edges turned upward and resting against and supporting the edges of the top plate, said under plates fixed at their outer ends to the top plate, bearing upon the guidingribs, and at their upper ends passing through the slots and overlying the crossbars of the top-plate, the cover-sections II I, surrounding the united plates, the top padframe L M N, located in the trough of the top plate, the nuts T between the guidingribs, and the terrets R, engaging the nuts, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a harness-pad, of the top plat-e A, provided with holes 4, and having the guiding-ribs 2 at the sides of the holes at, and provided with the pendent stophooks U, the nuts T, located between the ribs and bearing against the stop-hooks, the under plates 13, and the tcrrets R, substantially as described.

4:. The combination, in a harness-pad, of the metallic top plate A, trough-shaped on its upper side, the under metallic plates B, having their side edges bent upwardly and supporting the edges of the top plate, said under plates being fixed at their outer. ends to the top plate and loosely connected to the latter at their inner ends, the cover-sections ll I, surrounding the united plates, and the top pad-frame L M N, located in the troughshaped upper side of the metallic top plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY ASCITENBACII. JOHN \V. TIIEOBALT).

Witnesses:

JOHN VAN SANTVOORD, KATIE M. KAS'JENHUBER.

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