US87606A

US87606A - Improved harness-saddle

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Publication number: US87606A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 1886-03-09

Description

V ,gieten @anni l JoHNWAITu or PALMER, lvrAssAcHUsuTTS.`

l Lam Param No. 87,606, dated Mam. 9,1869.

MROVED HARNESS-SADDLE.

v The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pazt of the same.

Know all men by these presents: v

That I, J GEN VVAITluof -Palmer, in the county of Hampden, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HarnessSaddles; 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, forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved harness-saddle, and

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal section through one of the pads.

To enable .those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs, to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination, with the saddle-tree and terrets, of devices,

`whereby the pads can be pressed out or adjusted, as hereinafter explained.; also, in the use of clothrpadding, as hereinafter explained.

In ,my improved harness-saddle, the back, A, is constructed of the usual materials, and in the usual form, the ordinary iron tree, B, being used for supporting the parts. l

llhe Vshank Doi' the terret C is formed somewhat longer than in those ordinarily used, and has a groove, j, cut around it to receive the metallic fork c, by means of which it isI retained in place, and its inner end is provided with a screw-thread, to it the thread in the metallic pad-plateF E, as indicated in fig. '2.

lhe terret is inserted through a hole in the back, A, and tree B the fork c is then slipped into the groove f, in such a manner that one of the prongs will be at each side of the shank of the terret; the prongs are then bent toward each other, to prevent the fork from working out of place. The forks o rest against the nn-4 der side 4of the .tree B, which is furnished with projecting flanges, to prevent the fork from turning around.

By this mode of' fastening, the terret is held securely to the saddle, but may easilybe turned around to adjust the pads, as follows:

The metallic pad-plates E being arranged, in this instance, between the back lining m of the pad and the front part thereof', and also fitted to the shank of the terrct by means of screw-threads, pieces or layers of thick cloth, G, are placed on, one above the other, and outside the cloth a stuffing of' goatshair, H, or some other similar material, while the whole is protectedl by a covering of cloth or leather, K, there by forming an even and elastic pad.

'lhefdiiierent layers of cloth, G, may be secured to the metallic'pad-plate E by means di' threads, n, passing through the cloth G, and around the plate E, or

through holes in the same, as indicated by dotted lines in 2.

Te layers of cloth mayhowever, be secured together, and to the metallic pad-plate E, in any other convenient manner. Holes are cut in the inner-layers of cloth, to admit the projecting poib'n of the metallic pad-plate and end of the terret-shank, as indicated in the drawings.

By turning the terret in one direction, the padplate .E is moved or forced away from the back of the saddle, thereby pressing out the pad, as indicated by red lines, g. 2, or nice versa. q After harness-saddles, made in the ordinary-way, have been used for a short time, the pads become compressed to such an extent that theyreqnire restufing, and it is quite difficult, if not almost impossible, to apply additional filling and still retain the original form or configuration of the pad, which is very desirable, in order to prevent galling, or injury to the horses back.

By the use of my improvements, the above-men tioned difficulty is wholly obviated; for, at any time, by simply turning the terrets, the pads may be pressed out, to give them the required amount of fulness.

may be increased or diminished at pleasure, by lsimply turning the terrets C, so as to move the metallic padplates E out or in, as the case may be, which renders my improved saddle very valuable,.since it can be adjusted while in use, an d upon the horses back.

' By the use of cloth G for the pad-stuiing, there is no liability of the stung working or pressing outleterally.

Having described my improved harness-saddle,

What I claim therein as new, and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combinatiomwith the saddle-tree of a harness, of an adj ustable pad or pads, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the saddle-tree B and terrets C, of the metallic padJplate E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3 The combination, with the terret C and saddletree B, of the fork c, substantiallv as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with the metallic pad-plate E substantially as'and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, with the pad-plate E, of the layers of cloth G, for the purposes stated.

Witnesses: JOHN WAITE.

J. H. BLAIR, F. J. WAssUM.

It will, therefore, be seen that the size of the pad and shank D of the terret C, of thelayers of cloth Gr,r