US458598A - Display-horse - Google Patents

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H. SGHWEIBOLD. DISPLAY HORSE.

N0 458,598. I Patented'Sept. 1,1891,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SCHVVEIBOLD, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

DISPLAY-HORSE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,598, dated September 1, 1891.

Application filed October 1, 1889. Serial No. 325,658 (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, HENRY ScHWEIBoLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Models; and I do hereby declarethat the followingisafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to the construction of display-models of the character employed in displaying harness, robes, and other kinds of merchandise, and has for its object to chcapen the construction, strengthen the parts, and render the complete model lighter than usual.

A further object is to hinge the mouth portion of the under jaw in a manner to allow of employing a concealed spring to yieldingly close the same.

My present invention is an improveiinent upon that described in Letters Patent granted to me February 26,1889, No. 398,568. In the construction therein shown and described the legs are formed with an outer shell of wood pulp, paper fiber, or analogous substance, with a central core of plaster-of-paris, cement, or an analogous substance. While this construction forms a very rigid leg, the central core is of too great weight, and renders the model too heavy for convenient transportation or for moving from one position to another.

In the present invention I overcome this objection by forming each side and the fore and hind legs thereto integral, either by molding or dieing the same into the desired form, but with each leg bisected longitudinally an d inserting a filling-piece of wood between the two sections of leg, thereby rendering the legs much lighter and stronger.

The invention consists in the parts and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a display-model in representation of a horse with a portion of the hind leg broken away to disclose the filling-piece and a portion of the cheek broken away to disclose the means employed for holding the lower portion of the under jaw yieldingly in position. Fig. 2 is a view showing ,one leg in longitudinal vertical section with one side removed and showing the leg of the opposite 'side in vertical section with the front half removed, showing an edge and front view, respectively, of the wood fillingpiece. Fig. 3 is a detail view of an angular iron secured to the fillingpiece and through which is screwed a bolt for securing the leg to a platform.

A designates the side of the model comprising the head, neck, body, and legs, whereby when the two sides are properly joined they constitute the contour of a horse. The sides are formed of wood pulp, paper fiber, or analogoussubst-an cc, and preferably joined by being secured to a central filling-piece B, after which the model may be either covered with canvas prior to being finished or the form may be painted and finished in any desired color in representation of a horse. In constructing the sides I form the leg of but one-half of the proper contour, as shown in Fig. 2, and insert a vertical filling-piece O, to which the sides of the one-half of the leg are secured by tacks or nails D, driven through the shell of the leg and into the filling-piece.

E designates a filling of wood secured in like manner to filling-piece B, but at right angles thereto, the shell of the leg portion at the point of discontinuance being tacked or nailed thereto, as is also the filling-piece B.

F designates a section of leg adapted to be inserted within the cut-away portion of the leg, as shown in section in Fig. 2. The section F is secured in place by being tacked or nailed to the filling-pieces B and the piece E, when the legs are finished to correspond with the sides.

G designates an angular iron bent to embrace the filling-piece O, and is securedthereto, the horizontal portion being perforated and screw-threaded for the reception of a bolt 11, which is passed through perforations in a platform I and screwed into the angular iron G, by which means the model is firmly secured to the platform for convenience of moving the same.

J designates the lower portion of the lower jaw, hinged to the jaw at K and held closed against the upper jaw by means of a spring IOO L, secured to the portion J by a hook J, and to an eyebolt M, secured permanently within the head of the horse. Instead of the spring being formed of metal I may use an elastic spring of any material.

The advantage of holding the lower portion of the jaws yieldingly by means of a spring within the head of the horse will be obvious, as it keeps the jaws normally closed and is always protected from the weather.

When it is desired to insert a bit within the mouth, the spring is unhooked from the hook J and the bit placed in position, after which the parts are again engaged.

By reason of using the filling-piece B, I am enabled to construct the model much cheaper, stronger, and lighter than formerly.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a display-model, legs formed with a portion integral with the sides and a supple mental section of leg secured thereto, and an interposed filling-piece to which both sections of leg are secured, combined as and for the purpose set forth.

2. I11 a display-model, sides formed with a vertical section of fore and hind legs integral therewith, awood filling-piece secured thereto, a filling-piece at right angles to the vertical filling-piece and secured thereto at the point of joinder of the sections, and a section of leg secured to both filling-pieces, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a display-model, legs formed of two sections and an interposed filling-piece, in combination with an angular iron secured to the filling-piece and tapped to receive a holding-bolt, and a platform through which the bolt is passed, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a display-model, a head formed with a section of lower jaw hinged, in combination with a spring secured to the section and head within the interior of the same for actuating the jaw, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SOHlVEIBOLD.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WEBSTER, CARROLL J. WEBSTER.

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