US240620A - Chables steinbach - Google Patents

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0. STEINBAGH.

(No Model.).

Gig Tree.

Patented April 26,188].

FJQJH INVENTOR \IVITNESSES fer nLPsTgRs PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C

of Chelsea,

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESISTEINBACH, OF CHELSEA; MICHIGAN TO BURNETT STEINBAOH, OF SAME PLACE.

f GIG-TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,620, dated April 26, 1 881. Application filed December 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES STEINBACH, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain Improvements in Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of a gig saddle tree and seat; and it consists in the manner of forming the groove in the tree, in the form of the shank of the hook for the check-rein, in the construction of the under side of the seat, and in the combination of the several parts, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 is a top view of the saddle-tree. Fig. 2 is a section on line w a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear-end view. Fig. 4 is an under-side view of the tree. Figs. 5 and 6 are details. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section on y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is an under-side view of the saddle-seat.

A is the saddle-tree, having a recess formed within it, and a ridge, b, on each side of the recess, as shown in the end view, Fig. 3. The sides of the ridges b b on the skirts are cut out to permit the corresponding sides of the recess of the seat to fit over these ridges and snugly down to the plane of the skirts, and thus have afirm bearing laterally. The ridges b b are parallel'from the rear end to a point opposite to the fastening-bolt, and then approach each other to form a dovetailed groove to the front.

B is thecheck-rein hook. Its shank B is made dovetail in form to match that part of the groove where it is to be fastened by the bolt 0.

In the body of the tree is a hole, a, which is threaded to correspond with the threads on the bolt 0. Around this hole a is a raised boss, a.

The seat D is of the ordinary construction on the exterior; but the under side, as seen in Fig. 8, is formed with a middle groove or recess to correspond with the groove or recess in the tree, so that when placed on the tree the recess of the seat extends outside of the ridges b b, and the seat is held laterally in position. At the rear end of the seat D is a metal clamp, 01, screwed to the end.

On the tree, at its rear end, is a projecting piece, d, which can be secured to the tree, when of wood, or formed with it when of metal.

clamp d fits exactly behind 01, and, being on a bevel, cannot lift up. In the seat there is a hole, I), to correspond with the hole a in the tree, and a countersunk space around the hole on the upper side to receive the head of bolt 0, thus assisting to brace the seat on the tree.

Near the rear end of the tree is a pin, 0, projecting within the groove. The purpose of this is to sustain the back-strap loop E. (Shown in plan in Fig. '5, and section, Fig. 7.) In this loop E is a rectangular orifice, E, the front part of which exactly fits over d of the tree, and the rear end is the loop for the backstrap.

It will be seen that when the several parts are put together, as shown in Fig. 7, and the screw-bolt O is secured, the whole structure is fastened by means of the single screw-bolt G, and this is reached from the top or outside of the saddle should any part break. The unscrewing of bolt 0 enables any one readlly and quickly to supply the deficiency. The form of the check-rein hook will prevent the hook from being pulled out should it break at its weakest place-via, where the bolt passes through.

In this construction I dispense with one screw-bolt fasteningviz., at the rear endand I also am able to take the parts asunder without removing the pad. By dispensing with nuts on the under side there is no danger of hurting the back of the animal.

I am aware that the check-rein and backstrap loops have heretofore been dovetailed for the purpose of holding down the seat to the tree; but I do not claim a dovetailed hook constructed in that manner nor for that purpose; but

Lclaim- ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF When the seat D is placed on the tree the 1. The check-rein hook B, having its shank seat D, hzivingits clamp 01 and screw-hole, the B'horizontally dovetailed,in combination with hook B, and loop E, all substantially as and the tree A, substantially as and for the purfor the purpose described.

pose described. CHARLES STEINBACH.

2. The tree A, having a boss around the Witnesses: hole a, the pin 0, projecting Within the groove, M. W. PRATT,

and the projection 01, in combination with the J. A. PALMER.

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