US77810A - Improved bridle-bit - Google Patents

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WILLIAM S. FORD, OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS. r

Lettere Patent No. 77,810, dated May 12, 1868.

IMPEOVED BRIDLE-B'IT.

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TO ALL WHOM IT` MAYCONCERN:

Bc it known that I, WILLIAM S. FORD, of Clinton, in thecounty of De Witt, and in the State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptidn thereof, referente being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked' thereon, making part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan of the bridle-bit inverted, andl I Figure 2 is a front elevationof the same.H

My invention consists in attaching, to each end of the bit-mouth,a tube of such form as to allow a fiat check-strap to pass'down through it, and to twist one-fourthA round while in the tube, so that, when it comes through, itwill hein the proper position to attach the driving-rein.' At-the same time, the tube will slide freely ou the stra-p, so that, when the bit is drawn up, by drawing on the reins, its own gravitation will readjust it in its proper position when the lines are relaxed. A 4

A is the bit-mouth, tb the ends of Iwhich are attached the tubes B B. The upper ends of the tube are rec'tangulalgas shown ata, fig. 1, the rectangular orices'beingof such size as to allow the check-strap t pass freely through it. Y

From near the upper end, tho tube is gradually enlarged outward, audits crossssectiou assumes the form of a quadrant, as shown in iig. 1, thecurvc being from the front of the tube outward.

C C vis'tho.cheek-strap, the upper end of which is connected to the headstall, and passes down parallel to the cheek of the horse, the atside next the check, as shown in iig. 2, the swell and form ofthe tubes allowing the straps to twist one-fourth'round, so as to be in proper 'position to connect the driving-reins, as shown in the `drawings. A roin for riding-bridles may be connected in thc same mauner'as the driving-rein.l

By drawing upon the reins, the bit is'drawn up into the mouth,lserving as an eii'ectual check to the horse. When the reins, on account of' the peculiar construction of the tubes B B, are'relaxed, the bit will readily adjust itself by its own gravity, without any additional weight.

An adjustable collar, or equivalent device, may be placed on' the strap C, after passing through the tubes B, so as to adjust and sustain the bit to suit horses'with heads of different lengths. The chcek-straps may, if

desired,- be a continuation of the reins, with the adjustable collar attached, as described. 1 v D D are rings, secured to thctubes B, on aline .with the ends of the bit-mouth, to which may be attached the driving or check-rcin, if desired. The lower ends of the tubes are also provided with'loops'or rings as shown in iig. 1, to which the reins may be attached when it is not desired to have them drawn through 'the tubes. When thus used, the bit will be similar to those in common use.

The advantages .of my improved bit are, that, by the peculiar construction of the tubes, I am enabled to. vuse flat straps in them, which are much stronger than round ones, when drawn around an angle, and, consequently, safer with spirited or vicious horses, and aremuch more cheaply constructed.

Having thus described my invention, 'what I iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -is-. The tubes B B, when formed as described. in combination with the bit-mouth A and cheek-straps C` C, as

and for the purpose set forth. l

In testimony that I claim the above-described improvement in bridle-bits, I havehcreunto signed my name,

this day of 1868.Y E

l WILLIAM S. FORD.

Witnesses: v

WILLIAM H. BRITTIN, JOHN R. BLacKroRn..

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