US739065A - Hame and tug connection. - Google Patents

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No. 739,065. v PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903. J.- c. GURRYER.

HAME AND TUG CONNECTION.

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I 'No. 739,065. PATENTED SEPT. 15. 1903.

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UNITED STATES:

Patented September 15, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAME AND TUG CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,065, dated September 15, 1903.

- Application filed April 4,1902. $erial No. 101,310. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPli O. CURRYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

- Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame and Tug Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hame and tug connections, its object being to provide means for so connecting the tug to the hame that the line of draft will be directly backward from the front or face of the hame, thus overcoming therotary bearing of the collar upon the horses shoulders caused by connecting the tug with the outer side of the hame. I further provide means for adjustably connecting the tug to the hame to suit the differences in horses shoulders and the character of the work to be performed.

To this end my invention consists in the featu res of construction and combination hereinafterpartic ularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of the hames and connected hame-tug. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a section on line w wof Fig. 1. Fig.

5 is a section on line y y of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a top view of the slidable supporting-block for attaching the tug to the hame. Fig. 7 is a detail of the link connecting said block and hame-tug. Figs. 8 and 9 are longitudinal and transverse sections, respectively, of a modified form offattachment for the tug and hame; and Fig. 10 is a top view of the same.

In the drawings, A represents one of a pair of hames, preferably made of metal. Formed in the front side or face of the hame is a groove 2, the bottom wall of said groove being provided with a removable plate 3, held in closed position by screws or rivets t. Slidable within the groove 2 is a block 5, said block being provided with upwardly-projecting flanges 6, within which is pivotally secured the link 7 by means of the pivot 8, the upper end of the link being connected by means of the pivot 9 to the end of the hametug B, the pivots 8 and 9 being arranged at right angles with ea'ch other, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Slidable transversely of the block 5 is a pin 10, adapted to be forced by the spring 11, carried by the said block 5, into one of the notches 12 in the side wall of the groove 2 to hold the block 5 in adjusted positions in said groove.

The hame-tug or connecting portion B between the hame and harness-tug, as shown in Fig. 3, is curved to carry it around the collar 0. Thus wearing of the collar by the hame-tug is prevented. To the rear end of the hame-tug is secured a buckle 13 or hook to receive the harness-tug, the free end of the tug being held in position in the groove 14 of the hame-tug B. In using the form above described the adjustable block 5 is inserted into the groove 2 through the opening in the bottom of the groove, said opening then being closed by the plate 3. By having the point of attachment of the hame-tug B at the front or face of the hame and curving said hame-tug so as to clear the collar the wearing of the collar at the point where they cross each other is avoided, the rotary motion of .thecollar upon the horses shoulder is prevented, and a direct line of draft is obtained. Also by having the block 5 adjustable the point of attachment of the tug to the hamecan be adjusted to suit the difierences in horses shoulders and the character of the work to be performed.- By having the pivots 8 and 9 arranged at right angles with each other outward and downward swinging of the tug is permitted, while at the same time rotating of the hame-tn g is prevented, as would not be the case with ball-and-socket connection.

In Figs. 8, 9, and 10 is shown a modified construction of attachment adapted to be socured to the face or front side of a wooden hame. In this form a plate or block 15 is provided, formed with flanges 16 to receive the pivot 8 of the link 7. The plate 15 is provided with slots and a series of screw-head settings 17, through which pass screws or bolts 18 for securing said plate to the hame. By loosening and securing the screws or bolts in different ones of the settings 17 adjustability of the plate is provided for.

I claim-=- 1. In combination a hame, a curved hametug, a link pivotally and adj ustably supported upon the front face of the hame, the axis of its pivot being transverse of the hame, and a pivotal connection between said link and hanle-tug arranged at right angles to said first-mentioned pivot.

2. In combination a halne, a halne-tug curved to clear the collar, a block adjustably supported upon the front face of said hame, a link having pivotal connection with said halne, the axis of said pivot being transverse of said hame, and a pivotal connection between said link and the adjacent end of the hame-tug arranged at right angles with said first-mentioned pivot.

3. In combination a hame, a hame-tug having an inwardly-curved end, a block adjust- Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, EMILY EASTMAN.

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