Improved Means for Stopping Runaway Horses.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Stopping Runaway Horses.
I, KLARA SCHÖNING, of No. 19, Gransen, Christiania, Norway, Gentlewoman,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to means for stopping runnaway horses and con-
sists of a cloth blind mounted in proximity to the eyes of the horse, which blind
may be pulled out to cover the eyes of the animal by mechanism operated from
the box seat. Experiments have shown that a runnaway horse will immediately
stand still, when the blind is drawn out to cover its eyes. The apparatus has
the advantage that it in no way damages the horse, nor does it inflict any pain
whatever on the animal. It has a great advantage over the many means already
devised for releasing the horse from the carriage, because a runnaway horse
when released from the carriage will do more mischief to itself and its surroundings
than it probably would were it kept in the carriage.
The method of attaching the blind is immaterial but according to one form of
my invention I have found it advantageous to keep the blind rolled up on a
spring actuated spindle within a small housing attached to some suitable part
of the head gear of the harness, in proximity to the eyes. The ends of the blind
may be provided with bars and project through slots at either side of the housing.
Lines are attached to the bars of the blind ends said lines leading to the box seat
or any other convenient part of the carriage. If a pull is exercised on the lines
the cloth will be drawn out of the housing over the eyes of the horse which will
immediately stand still.
The spindle on which the cloth is wound may be spring pressed to normally
keep the cloth wound up and the bars against the housing. Two strips of cloth
are advantageously employed, one projecting at either side of the housing and
a separate line for each blind is used."
In the specification cloth is mentioned as being advantageous, but any other
suitable material might be employed. The blind may also be attached in other
ways, providing its release is easy and convenient and can be quickly effected.
Dated the 19th day of August 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury London,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, KLARA SCHÖNING, of No. 19, Gransen, Christiania, Norway, Gentlewoman,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same
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page_text: is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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The present invention relates to means for stopping runaway horses and con-
sists of a blind mounted in proximity to the eyes of the horse and which, if
the horse bolts may be pulled out and closed over the eyes of the animal, thus
causing it to stand still immediately.
In order to render the present specification easily intelligible reference is had
to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters of reference denote similar
parts throughout the several views:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the device, Fig. 2 a sectional plan showing
the blinds drawn out or extended, Fig. 3 a similar plan showing the blinds
wound up and Fig. 4 a view showing a general arrangement of the device.
the
The device consists of a metal or other casing having mounted in the bear-
ings b and c a spindle e, advantageously hollow and adapted to contain a spring
attached at one end to the bearing lug band at the other end
to. the hollow spindle the
e,
said
turn
spring tending to
spindle e in a direction to keep the blinds f and rolled up on the same as
shown at Figure 3. The two blinds f and g are rolled in opposite directions on
the spindle e and are provided at their outer ends with bars h and i, having at
either end loops k, Im, n to which are attached lines pors, which lines are carried
to a position close to the box seat or other part of the carriage and when
pulled by the coachman or other occupant of the carriage will unroll the blinds
and pull them over the eyes of the horse.
I have described one method of carrying the invention into practice but I
wish it to be clearly understood that any other suitable method might be sub-
stituted. Thus the blinds might be unrolled by means of a spring, which might
be released by a pull on a suitable line, or many other ways might be employed
to attain the desired result.
Any suitable material may be employed for the blinds the only conditions being
that the same is flexible and substantially non-transparent.
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 device for stopping runaway horses consisting of a blind mounted in
proximity to the eyes of the horse and means operated from the carriage to close
the same over the eyes of the horse substantially as described.
2: A device for stopping runaway horses consisting of a blind, mounted
on a spring actuated spindle, in proximity to the eyes of the horse and having
its ends provided with bars, lines attached to the said bars and leading to the
carriage in such manner that when a pull is exercised on the said lines the blind
will be extended over the eyes of the horse and when the pull is released the
blinds will roll up under the action of the spring actuated spindle substantially
as described.
Dotal th tl
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury London,
Agents for the Applicant.