US930827A - Bridle-bit. - Google Patents

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N. W. BENNETT.

BRIDLE BIT. APPLICATION FILBD JUNE 1, 1905.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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' NOAH w. BENNETT, or BELGRADE, MONTANA.

BRIDLE-BIT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH W. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bel grade, in the county of Gallatin, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in bridle bits, and it aims to'provide an exceedingly simple, light,'and e'i'lici'ent device of that nature, to which the check rein and curb strap may be readily attached and detached, the latter while in use being positively held against accidental displacement.

The invention will be readily understood from the following detailed description, and its preferred embodiment is illustrated, in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one end of the-cross-bar, a portion of the corresponding curb lever being shown in section.

In its practical embodiment, the bit is shown as comprising a pair of curb levers 1 and 2, connected together intermediate their endsby a bit-bar 7. The upper end of each lever is looped, as shown, to provide an'enlarged opening 3, and the lower side of each loop is provided with a slot 4 formed transversely therethrough adjacent the lowermost point of said opening andadapted to receive the reduced end 6 of the bit-bar 7 above referred to. Theextremities of said reduced ends are upset to retain a washer 5, carried thereon, in place against the outer face of the corresponding curb lever, thus preventing any displacement of the cross-bar therefrom. The said. reduced ends are so much smaller than the said slots as-to permit of a partial rotation and sliding movement of the bit-bar, which latter, when the reins are pulled, turns and slides slightlyin its sockets, leaving the head stall, hereinafter referred to, in its proper position.

In referring to the drawings it will be no- Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Serial No. 263,276.

ticed that the curb levers are slightly curved, and that the forward loop 10, is formed by means of a reduced portion, which is recurved upwardly and rearwardly, so that these headstrap-receiving loops 10 extend in a direction in alinem'ent with the projecting bar-loops 15, as disclosed. Each curb lever is further provided with a second slot 8, Which is likewise formed transversely through the lower side of the loop, but which is located in front of the slot 4. Through the slots 8 are passed the opposite ends of the curb strap 9, the said strap ends being passed back through the loop openings 3 and secured to the strap. It will thus be apparent that, when in use, the curb strap will be positively held against sliding movement along the loops, and will be held in place adjacent the front portions 10 thereof. The said loops further serve as a means of attachment for the free ends 11 and 12 of the head strap. The lower ends of the curb lever taper downwardly toward their lower ends or extremities and are reduced from front to rear, as at 13, and provided with terminal sockets 14, for the reception of the bar loops 15, to which latter the reins 16 are connected in any suitable rnanner. These bar-loops project from the upper edge of the curb levers, a suitable distance, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be understood that the reduced ends 6 of the nit bar 7 are of such length, with respect to the thickness of the curb-levers as to permit of a movement of the upper or lower ends of the latter toward and away from each other. In other words, the space between the shoulders 17 of the bit and the inner faces of the stationary washers 8 is such as to permit of a lateral movement of said. curb-levers. It Will be also understood that by reason of the size of the reduced ends of the bit, a partial rotation and sliding movement of the curb bit is permitted.

What is claimed, is

A bridle bit comprising the combination of two curved levers each having a terminal socket at one end and a head strap receiving loop at the other, said loops beingforrned by means of a recurved. portion, a head stall slid ably held upon said loops, the said levers ets, a chin strap passin% through said slots and fixedly held to said vers, and a bit bar connecting said levers.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

NOAH W. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

ANDREW L. CosLoW, HENRY O. SoHEYTT.

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