US41944A

US41944A - Improvement in saddle or sweat cloths

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Publication number: US41944A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1864-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 1881-03-15

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT sPENOER, OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE OR SWEAT CLOTHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 111,944, dated March 15, 1864.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT SPENCER, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State Of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddle Or Sweat Cloths Y fOr Military and other Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speeication, in which- Figure lis a perspective-view of my said cloth, and Fig. 2 a transverse section Of the same; and Fig. 3 shows various modifications of my said invention when applied under Or in connection with the saddle.

Heretofore saddle-cloths have been made of two or more pieces of material stitched together and presenting a seam along the ridge Or back ofthehorseto theinj ury oftentimesof both horse and rider. The cloth has also heretofore been made either of a single thickness Or by stitching two or more part-s one upon the other, a method Open to objection on the score of expense and want of uniformity Or graduation Of the cloth. The object is therefore to Overcome these objections and at the same time to produce a cloth thoroughly graduated as tO thickness, stron g and serviceable,without seam or ridge, shaped to the back of the horse, and in every respect adapted to its purpose.

The object is further to make such a combination Of materials in making the cloth, introduced and worked in in s uch a manner as to produce in the cloth all the essential quali` fications necessary in these respects-viz., cheapness, strength, lightness, elasticity, absorption, and ventilation.

In the drawings, A is the cloth, shaped, as

represented in Fig. I, to the outline Of the back of the horse and graduatedin thickness, as shown by the section, Fig. 2, being the thickest under the bearings Of the saddle b b, Fig. 2, and thin at the edges, also along the line Of the center, where it is perforated, as shown in Fig. I.

The cloth may be formed of any suitable material (wool or camel s hair being preferred) and felted and fulled in the usual and required manner, or it may be woven in any suitable and convenient way. Horse Or cattle hair may be introduced to thicken and form the bearings b b, Fig. 2, Or the same may be made up of successive layers of felt or other fabric, as experience may show to be the best.

In Fig. 3 the cloth A is secured to the sad-A dle by means of the pockets K K, already patented, and the exterior felt C C is only a modication of A placed over the saddle to form a seat for the rider, or it maybe extend- ROBT. SPENCER.

Witnesses:

DANIEL F. TOMPKINs, ELIAs TAYLOR.