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T. H. PENDERGAST. HAME'.

No. 280,853. Patented July 10, 1883.

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UNITED STATES THOMAS H. PENDEBGAST,

PAT NT KFFICE.

OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter Application filed March 19, 1883.

at Louisville, in the county'of Jefferson and.

State of Kentucky,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This my invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in hames, but more especially inthe' trace-hooks and hame-fastenings, consisting, first, in the trace hooks, which are made somewhat similar to those now in common use, two of which are hinged upon the same staple in a reversed manner, so that the hooks will overlap each other, thereby forming a double or lap hook, from which the traces cannot be detached by any ordinary jostling without first separating the hooks, which would require the removal of the plate over them before they could be separated.

This invention further consistsin the peculiar construction of the hame-fastening,which is made of good malleable iron, so formed as to be especially adapted to ordinary hames by simply passing the end through the eye of the hames, with a jog 011 the outside to prevent it from drawing out of the eye, while the end extends up'the edge of the hame, and is secured thereto by means of bolts, the end of one part of the fastenings having flanges turned on the edges'in front and at the back to form a bore or groove, to answer as a guide for the other end of the fastening, and also to answer as a means of hinging the catch-trigger, which constitutes the fastening, by the catch entering the slot in the sliding part of thestrap as it enters the bore, and is held firmlyin that position bya spiral spring under the rear of the catch-trigger.

The object of this my invention is to provide a hame-fastening for the use of fire-departments and other similar purposes, especially adapted to ordinary hames, so arranged that it cannot become detached. by any ordinary I jostling or sudden jerking of the horse, and

also to provide a set of safety trace-hooks from s Patent-No. 280,853, dated July 10, 1883.

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which the traces cannot become detached without breaking while in use. I attain the above objects by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the collar and hames, showing the catch-fastening and safety trace-hooks. Fig. 2 is a sectional View,

ening may be made. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the catch-fastening, showing the teeth or catches. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention is fully illustrated in detail in the drawings, in which A represents the collar,which is made simi lar to those now in common use.

B is the neck-cushion, and O the hames, which are made of wood with ironmountings, and in form as shown in the drawings,-with eyes at the lower ends for the fastening.

E E are the breast-rings, and F is the link for adjusting the size of the collar.

G is the check-rein ring.

H H are the double safety trace hooks, which are made in form as shown, with a small plate, I, secured on the top, to prevent opening of the hooks after the link J has been inserted.

K K are the hame-fastenings, which are made of iron and in form as shown, with a lug, L, back of the eye of the hames to answer as a lock, in connection with screw-bolts in the hame to prevent drawing out. These fastenand one part thereof has flanges turned on the edges to form a bore or groove, T, to serve as a guide for the other part, and also as a bearing for the catchtrigger N, hinged by a bolt passing through the flanges at O, and is pressed up by the spiral spring 1? under the rear end of the trigger when the catch It of the trigger has entered the slot S of 'strap- K, therebylocking it and holding it firmly while in use. This fastening is intended to be made as described, but may be made, as shown in Fig. 2, with teeth on the inside of the lap, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.

showing another form in which the catch-fastings are especially adapted to ordinary hames,

Having thus fully described the nature and object of this n1yinvention,what Iclaim as my each side of the hames, one of which is pro- 10 invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patvided with a 111g, L, and a slot, S, and the other ent, in hame-fastenings, isflanged to form a groove, and provided with a 1. As an improvement in hames, the double spring-trigger, N, having a catch, It, all ar- 5 or lap hooks H, as above described, in combiranged substantially as shown and described.

nation with the plate I, substantially as de- THOMAS H. PENDERGAST. scribed, and for the purpose set forth. Vitnesses:

2. A hame-fastener composed of two metal- I FRANK PARDON, lic straps, K, adapted to be attached one at C. HEWITT.

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