US382058A - Name-tug - Google Patents

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' J. s. SCHOTT.

Y HAMB TU G. No. 382,058. Patent'edMay 1; 1888.

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JOSEPH s. soHOtrT, OE BURLINGTON, IOWA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of lettrs Patent o. 32,059, dated lVay 1, 188g.

Application tiled July 1l, 1887. Serial NoA 244,038. (Model.)

To all whom imay concern.-

Be it known that I, JOsEPH S. SCHOTT, a citizen of the United States,- residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Im-A provement in Hame-Tugs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hame-tugs in which a plate having a loop upon one end connectL ing` it with the hames,and loops upon the other end to connect it with the harness saddle and girth, is provided on each side, preferably near the middle, with a flange having aseries ot' perforations; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient mode of fastening this plate to aleatherbacking underneath said plate. I accomplish this by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which the figure represents a face view of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing, A represents a plate for a haine-tug, being provided at one end with the loop a for connecting it with the hame, and having at its other end the loops b for connecting it with the harness pad and girth. This plate A is on each side thereof and preferably' near the middle provided with the anges B B, each of Which'has'a series of perforations, as illustrated in the drawing. The plate A is further provided at each end with the perforated ears b b.

G is a leather backing ina haine-tug underneath the said plate A. The plate A is fastened to this leather backing by means of rivets through the perforations in ears b b. In

order to secure the plate A more securely to the leather backing C, the said backing is sewed to the flanges B of the plate A through the perforations in said flanges.

I am aware that plates have been used heretofore in hametugs, yet I know of none in which perforated anges were ever used. In

making use of perforated anges attached to the plates, as heretofore described, I do away with the necessity of having a top layer of leather for my plate, which is a great savmetal.' This is particularly advantageous when'the leather has become worn or injured and it is desirable to remove the leather and use metallic plates again. When rivets are used,it requires time and labor and also great care to extract the rivets without injuring the metal plates, while when thread or cord is employed, as I have shown,- it is only necessary to rip the stitches bya knife orother cutting device.

Another important' advantage of stitching instead of riveting is that a flexible and lnot a rigid connection is had between the two materials.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isn i As an improved article of manufacture, a hama-tug consisting of a metallic plate having a loop, a, formed on its forward ends, and lateral loops b, formed near its opposite ends, lateral flanges B, formed about midway of its length and havinga series of perforations, the said plate also having lugs with perforations b at its corners, and the leather backing C, riveted thereto at the corners of the plate and united by rows of stitches through the perforations, substantially as specified.

JOSEPH S. SCHOTT.

Witnesses:

C. MARBLE, W. E. WoonwARD.

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