Improvements in Means for Stopping Horses Attached to Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Stopping Horses Attached to Vehicles.
TUDOR BENNETT Baker 58 South Street Camberwell London S.E. 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 an apparatus to be employed in connection with vehicles
and is intended to provide means by which horses may be stopped rapidly preventing
any danger of running away.
The apparatus I propose to employ consists of a horizontal bar or spindle supported
by the axle and capable of revolving. This bar or spindle is supported at one end in
a loose bearing and at its other end is furnished with a small wheel or roller which
may be provided with a rubber tyre. At a short distance from its end a collar or
sleeve is placed upon the spindle, this collar being placed in a slide or bearing
provided with a vertical slot, an eye on the collar passing through the slot. A chain
is connected to this eye passing to a foot or other lever which can be operated by the
driver. On pressing this lever the spindle is raised causing the roller at its end to
bear against the boss of the vehicle wheel, the wheel causing the spindle to revolve
if the vehicle is moving. To a suitable point on the spindle another chain is attached,
this chain being connected to a bearing rein. When the spindle revolves the chain
will be wound up and will pull on the bearing rein and any further inovement of the
horse only serves to cause a strong pull thus stopping the vehicle immediately.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is
had to the accompanying drawing, which is an elevation partly in section of
ny apparatus.
A is the spindle or rod supported at one end by the bearing B which is connected
to the axle C by the cap piece bolted to the main part of the bearing. A second
bearing B¹ somewhat longer than the first, is fitted to the axle close to the other end of
the spindle, this support being provided with the slot b. On the extremity of the
spindle the small wheel or roller D is fitted having a rubber tyre l in a groove in
the wheel. When the spindle A is raised at this end the roller will bear against the
boss E of the vehicle wheel, so that the spindle will be turned as the wheel revolves.
To raise the spindle a thimble or sleeve is placed around it within the bracket B' this
thimble being provided with an eye F projecting through the slot b¹. To this eye the
chain G is secured, the chain passing to a foot or other lever H shown in dotted lines,
so that on depressing the lever the spindle will be raised and will come into
operation. J is the chain passing to the rein and wound around the spindle when
the latter is revolved.
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.) An improved device for stopping horses consisting of a spindle carried by the
vehicle, having a wheel or roller adapted to bear against the boss of the vehicle

page_text: wheel when the spindle is in operative position, and to wind up a chain attached to a
rein, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) An improved apparatus for stopping horses consisting of a spindle supported
in bearings carried by the axle of the vehicle, having a connection at one end attached
to a lever by which it can be raised into operative position, a wheel or roller at one
end adapted to bear against the boss of the vehicle wheel, and chain attached to a rein
adapted to be wound upon the said spindle, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
(3.) The improved apparatus for stopping horses attached to vehicles, comprising a
spindle, bearings or brackets supporting the spindle, a roller at one end, a sleeve on
the spindle, connections from the said sleeve to a lever and chain adapted to be wound
upon the spindle, substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawing
and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 11th day of December 1904.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.