Year: 1896

page_text: I, KLARA BAUCHI of 33 Vicenzstrasse, Breslau, Germany, Landlady, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The method at present in use for feeding horses from a nose-bag is attended
with the following inconveniences:-
1. The animal eats only with difficulty.
11. Time is lost waiting for it to get its food.
111. Cases of death by suffocation have been known to occur owing to the food
entering the nostrils of the horse while his head is in the bag.
These objections are met by my invention, which provides a nose-bag entirely
free from them, it being made adjustable and folding. It is hung from the neck
and back of the head, thus allowing the horse to be fed in a convenient and
hygienic manner.
The apparatus is composed of a bag capable of folding at hinges fixed to a
support which is also made moveable by a hinge on a moveable bar. This chief bar
is joined by a hinge to a wither-strap passed round the neck of the horse, in such
a manner that the apparatus can only be let down as far as the horizontal position,
which is done by a slide which engages in a loop and, thus forms a rigid con-
nexion.
The fixed position of the apparatus is obtained by means of a strap which is
simply passed over the neck when the horse eats with a collar, the strap being
adapted to the latter and fixed by the help of a ring which can be adjusted by
means of a buckle on the fastening hook of the girth.
To provide for a good adjustment of the apparatus, when the horse is not
wearing a collar, two lateral halters placed on the horse's neck, are let down.
Dated this 5th day of December 1896.
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicant.
I, KLARA BAUCH of 33 Vincenzstrasse, Breslau, Germany, Landlady, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is a folding and adjustable nose-bag for feeding

page_text: The method at present in use for feeding horses from a nose-bag is attended
with the following inconveniences:
1. The animal eats only with difficulty.
2. Time is lost waiting for it to get its food.
3. Cases of death by suffocation have been known to occur, owing to the food
entering the nostrils of the horse while his head is in the bag.
These objections are met by my invention, which provides a nose-bag entirely
free from them, it being made adjustable and folding. It is hung from the neck
and back of the head thus allowing the horse to be fed in a convenient and
hygienic manner.
In the annexed drawings which illustrate my invention, Fig. 1 shows the
method of feeding horses with the old style-nose-bag, Fig. 2 shows a horse without
collar wearing the new nose-bag, Fig. 3 shows a horse with collar and new nose-
bag, Fig. 4 shows the apparatus open and stretched in a horizontal position, Fig. 5
shows the apparatus folded and Fig. 6 shows the apparatus open but not
stretched.
The apparatus is composed of a bag a capable of folding at the hinges a¹ fixed
to the supports b, b1 which are also made moveable by the hinge d on the adjustable
This chief bar c is joined by a hinge el to the wither strap e passed round
the neck of the horse, in such a manner that the apparatus can only be let down
as far as the horizontal position which is done by a slide s which engages in the
loop f and thus forms a rigid connexion.
The fixed position of the apparatus is obtained by means of a strap g which is
simply passed over the neck when the horse eats with a collar, Fig. 3, the strap
being adapted to the latter and fixed by the help of a ring i which can be adjusted
by means of a buckle on the fastening hook k of the girth.
"To provide for a good adjustment of the apparatus, when the horse is not
wearing a collar, two lateral halters e³, placed on the horse's neck, are let down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
.1. A folding and adjustable Nose bag composed of the bag a which folds,
halters b, c, e moving by means of the hinges a, d, el the principal moving
bar c the strap g with the ring i the buckle and the slide s, the latter serving
to bring the nose-bag into a fixed horizontal position or to fold it with the help
of the hinges already mentioned.
2. A folding and adjustable nose bag substantially as described in the above
specification and as shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of September 1897.
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicant.