Improvements in Attachments for the Support of Horses' Nose Bags.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attachments for the Support of Horses' Nose Bags.
THOMAS JOHN HAMMERSLEY, 7, Arvon Road, Highbury, N., Stereotyper, and
THOMAS FLATMAN, 36, Marchant Street, Bow, E., Stereotyper, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
This invention has for its object the better support of horses nose bags in such
a manner as to be perfectly accessable to the animal and so that the whole of
the food therein contained may be consumed without waste; and consists of a
light frame attached to the collar for single horses or the pole in the case of a
pair of horses. In the former case the frame would be a sort of double lever
joined in the middle and having a hook at each extremity. The hooks at one
end to engage in the trace ring attachments of the collar and the middle or
joined portion to rest upon the front of the lower part of the collar. The other
double end to project forward and engage in the rings on the upper edge of the
nose bag.
In the latter case we also employ a light-frame work but of different design;
a central stem for attachment to the pole is provided with two semi circular
branches projecting forwards in a horizontal plane the bags being attached to, and
within the said semi-circular branches.
By these methods a horse may feed from his bag with perfect ease as his head
is free, the bag being supported quite independantly.
Improvements in Attachments for the Support of Horses' Nose Bags.
We, THOMAS JOHN HAMMERSLEY, of 7, Arvon Road, Highbury, London, N.,
Stereotyper, and THOMAS FLATMAN, of 36, Marchant Street, Bow, London, E.,
Stereotyper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to means for securing horses nosebags in position in such
a manner as not to be suspended from the head of the horse but fixedly and im-
mediately in front of the animal so as to be perfectly accessible and so as not

page_text: to be subject to any movement that would tend to upset the bag, so that thereby
the whole of the food may be consumed without waste.
The invention consists in means for suspending the nosebag either from the
collar of the animal or from one or both of the adjacent shafts or from the central
pole or shaft of the vehicle in which the animal is harnessed, and the invention 5
further consists in certain features of design that are hereinafter described as
applied.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings
in which,
Figure 1 represents in perspective plan a support for a nosebag according to 1
the present invention, while,
Figure 2 is a modification applied in position upon the collar of a horse.
Figure 3 is a modification in which the bags are secured to the central pole
or shaft of a vehicle, while
Figure 4 is a perspective plan view of a modification in which a bag is secured
to the shafts of a single horse vehicle.
⚫ In carrying the invention into effect as illustrated in the drawings we provide
a clip or bracket A to be applied upon the lower part of the collar of a horse
having hook extremities A' for engagement within the usual trace rings such as
H (Figure 2). By the attachment of this clip or bracket A to the collar the
central part A2 thereof will project outwardly and immediately under the neck of
the horse. Such projecting part is provided with a slot into which the stem of a
bifurcated carrying bracket B lies, such bracket being provided at its extremities
with hooks B for engagement with the rings provided upon the nosebag C as
illustrated.
Provision may be made for the elevation or depression of the extremities B¹ B¹
of the carrying bracket B to suit the position of the head of the horse by such
means as a ring D or its equivalent which may be caused to slide along the
stem of the carrying bracket 13 upon which the weight of the nosebag and its
contents would be taken. The extremity B2 of the carrying bracket B is provided
with a transverse pin or is otherwise enlarged so as to afford a bearing against
the under side of the extremity A2 of the bracket A and for preventing the separa-
tion of the constituent parts of the support. Such a construction of the support
is convenient as permitting the constituent parts A and B to be folded over and
stowed away in the vehicle to occupy the minimum space.
In accordance with a further modification of our invention a socket such as E
(Figure 2) may be employed for the reception of the carrying bracket, which
socket may be connected by means of links to the usual collar bars H¹. This
socket E may receive the diverted extremity 133 of the carrying bracket B as
illustrated in Figure 2, and a screw pin E may be provided for the purpose of
adjustment of the carrying bracket into any convenient position.
In carrying the invention into effect according to another modification as
illustrated in Figure 3 the carrying brackets I may be fixed at the extremity of
the central pole or shaft J in a bracket such as J from which they may be with-
drawn when not required for use. The nose-bag may be secured to the carry-
ing brackets I by means of hooks provided as illustrated.
In carrying the invention into effect according to another modification the
bag C may be supported from arms K carried within loops or clips L or their
equivalent provided at the extremity of the shafts, the bag C being secured
thereto by means of hooks or such equivalent fastening.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. Means for fixedly supporting nosebags in front of horses substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. Means for fixedly supporting nosebags in front of horses consisting of a
carrying bracket or frame secured to the collar of the horse or other support
substantially as described.
3. Means for fixedly supporting nosebags in front of horses substantially as
hereinbefore described and as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings.
4. Means for fixedly supporting nosebags in front of horses substantially as
herein before described with reference to Figure 3 of the drawings.
5. Means for fixedly supporting nosebags in front of horses substantially as
hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 4 of the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of October 1898.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.