US680544A - Crupper-buckle. - Google Patents

Description

N0. 680,544. Patllted Allg. I3, |90l.. J. T. PRICE.

CRUPPER BUCKLE.

(Apyucmon med nu. 29, 1901.)

(In Model.)

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J AMES TRANER PRICE, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN C. MCREYNOLDS, OF SAME PLACE.

CRUPPERBUCKLE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No1 680,544, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed March 29, 1901. Serial No. 53,545. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.' l

Be it known that I, JAMES TRANER PRICE,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lincoln, in the county of Logan and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Crupper-Buckle, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to crupper-buckles; and. its object is to provide a newand improved crupper-buckle which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to work freely at any angle in which it may be placed and to prevent catching of the hair of a horses tail.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate correspending parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iinprovement as applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improvement with parts separated. I

The improved crupperbuckle consists, essentially, of two parts A and B, of which the part A is permanently connected with a crupper O, and the part B is adj ustably connected with the billet D of the crupper-strap, as is plainly shown in Figs. /l and 2. The part A of the crupper-buckle is provided with side bars A and a cross-bar A2 for permanently connecting` the part A by means of a chape with the crupper C, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig.y 2. The side bars A of the partA are connected with each other at their front end by a hook-bar A3, and the upwardly-curved ends of the side bars A are connected with each other by a top crossplate A4 to form a loop at the rear end of the buckle part A. The billet part B of the buckle is provided at one end with a hook B2, adapted to removably hook upon the hookbar A3, so as to form a hook connection between the partsA and B and allow said parts to stand at an angle to one another. The side bars B are connected with each other at or near the middle by a top cross-plate B3, from which depends a stud B4, adapted to engage one of a series of apertures or holes in the billetstrap, (see Fig. 2,) and forward 55 of this cross-plate B3 is arranged a bottom cross-plate B, secured to the side bars B v and over which passes the billet D to reach under the plate B3 and engage the stud B4 thereof and then extend over the swivel 6o connection between the parts A and B and finally pass under the cross-plate A4, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the two parts have a hinge connection with each other to give the desired free movement to the crupper ends, and thereby prevent cramping of the animals tail. By the use of the cross-plates B5, B3, and A4 the billet D is not only held securely in place, but is ex- 7o tended over the connecting and swivel parts, so that the hair of the animals tail is prevented from being caught in any portion of the buckle. The billet D can be easily attached to, removed from, or adjusted on the billet part of the buckle.

The buckle described can be manipulated with great ease. It can be readily fastened or manipulated in the dark as well as in the daylight, even if the leather is stiff and hard 8o when frozen or rendered so from other causes.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-e l. A crupper-buckle, comprising a crupper part and a billet part, the crupper part comprising side bars, a cross-bar for connection with the crupper, a hook-bar forward of the cross-bar, and a top cross-plate rearward of the cross-bar, said billet part comprising side 9o bars terminating at one end in a hook for engagement with said hook-bar, a top crossplate carrying a stud for engagement with the billet, and a bottom cross plate over which passes the billet to said stud, as set forth.

2. A crupper-buckle, comprising a billet part and a crupper part, said billet part terminating in a hook, and said crupper part being provided with a cross-bar upon which Ioo said crupper part is secured, and provided also with a hook-bar for engaging the hook of the billet part, thus enabling said crupa hook B2 for engaging the D-shaped part per part to swing in directions independent A, substantially as described.

of the direction of its said cross-bar. In testimony Whereof'I have signed my 3. A two-part crupper-buekle, comprising name to this specification in the presence of 5 the part A, provided with the pivotalerosstwo subscribing witnesses. bar A2 for permanent attachment tothe erupper, in combination with the billet part B, 'JAMES TRANER PRHE comprising the side bars B', a plate B3 eon- Witnesses: necting saidside bars, a long stud B4 inte- PETER MURPHY,

1o gral with said plate B?, a cross-plate B5, and J. W. WEARL

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