US522572A

US522572A - Bridle-bit

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Publication number: US522572A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1911-07-03

Description

(No Model.)

W. G. WITTMANN. BRIDLE BIT.

No. 522,572. Patented July 3, 1894. 1

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UNITED STATES PATENT I ()FFICE.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 522,572, dated July 3, 1894.

' Application filed December 21, 1893- Serial No. 494,261. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WILL CHRIS WITTMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Bridle-Bits, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bridle-bits of that class in which is embodied a mouth-bar with a. ring at each end and cheek rings fitted to slide on the mouth-bar between the end rings and attached to connections for attachment to the reins. It is designed primarily as an improvement upon the construction disclosed in the Patent No. 500,831, issued to me July 4, 1893.

The main object of the invention is to simplify the construction of the bit, dispensing with the auxiliary loops or rings on the outer rings and forming the saidring with a loop for the reception of the rein-connection which shall be wholly within the outer boundary of the ring itself. The outer rings, which are attached to the mouth-bar, are convex upon their adjacent faces, and the construction is such that the bit works closer and forms a smaller clinch upon the'under jaw of the horse than that of the prior form, and a greater radius is presented on the outside of the horses mouth.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part which is by preference substantially round in therein-connection, said loop and inner ring being formed wholly within the ring B. The

. rings are convex on their adjacent faces, which is an important feature, in that by this construction when the bit-rings are turned at an acute angle to the bar by drawing on the reins the convex surfaces afford a broad bearing on the horses jaw, this bearing including the inner ringsand loops. Were the bit-rings 'made fiat their outer portions only would clinch the jaw, resulting in undue torture to the animal.

Mounted to slide freely upon the mouth bar A, between the bit-rings, are the cheekrings 0 and C, to each of which is connected in any suitable manner the chain or other connection D, which connections are designed for attachment to the reins (not shown) in any suitable manner. The connections are crossed, as shown in Fig. 1, for the same pur pose as in the prior construction. In the present arrangement the pull upon the cheekrings' is nearly in line with the leverage of the connections and greater force is obtained with the exertion of less power.

With the parts constructed and arranged substantially as above set forth, the operation is as follows:When a pull is exerted on the reins, the crossed connections, extending'as they do from one of the animals checks to the other, are drawn tightly under the animals mouth, with the cheek-rings sliding inward toward each other on the mouth-bar to firmly engage the cheeks of the animal,

whereby the latter can be perfectly held in check. The bit works closer than the old form, and forms a closer clinch with the under jaw of the animal and at a greater distance from the bit itself; it also presents a greater radius on the outside of the horses mouth. WVhen the pull is released on the reins the connections and the cheek-rings to which they are attached relax, and therefore exert no further pressure on the lower jaw of the animal.

What I claim as new is- A bridle-bit comprising a mouth-bar, cheekrings carried loosely on said bar, bit-rings pivotally connected to the ends of the mouth-bar,

10 said rings being convex on their adjacent faces and each formed with an interior ring and a loop, and rein-connections passed through the loops and connected with the check-rings, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in z 5 presence of two witnesses.

. WILL CHRIS WITTMANN.

Witnesses: J AMES L. CALDWELL, JOEL S. EDWARDS.