Horse Neck Measure or Collar Gauge.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1894-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Horse Neck Measure or Collar Gauge.
JAMES EMMETT and HERBERT EMMETT Saddlers and Harness Makers
2 King Street Dukinfield Cheshire do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
For measuring the depths and thicknesses of the necks of horses or other
animals. The drawings whitch is lettered showes the formation and construction of
the gauge. The portion B. B is the chine piece whitch spans the neck or chine
when measureing, and is attached to rule M. M. CC is neck piece whitch is fixed
in center of B. B to measure the thickness of chine and is movable and worked
with thumb screw A. M. M is a rule of 36 inches marked with inches and
fractions of inches D. D is a spring made of steel or other mettle the top end of
whitch slides in a groove between chine piece B. B and rule M. M. The bottom
end of spring D. D slides in a groove between slide G G and rule M. M and is
pressed out as shown in drawing by slide box F whitch is worked with the attached
thumb screw E to force spring DD into the hollow of the neck or to be withdrawn
flat to the rule M. M. GG is slide piece being part of H. H, and is formed to
slide on rule M. M. H. H. is throat piece being connected with G G and is made
to slide up and down the rule M. M. The throat piece H. H is formed in two
being jointed at K one part being movable and when in position on the neck to be
secured by thumb screw K. J is a dial marked with inches and fractions of inches
whitch gives the thickness of the neck at the widest point of H. H., by pointer I
thus the dial and pointer indicateing ten meanes ten inches at thickest part of neck.
L is thumb screw to secure slide GG on to rule M. M.
Dated this 21st day of Lune 1002
JAMES EMMETT,
HERBERT EMMETT,
2, King Street, Dukinfield, Cheshire, Saddlers and Harness Makers.
Horse Neck Measure or Collar Gauge.
JAMES EMMETT and HERBERT EMMETT, Saddlers, 2 King Street, Dukinfield,
Cheshire, 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 :-
The drawings left with Provisional which is lettered shows the form and
construction of the gauge. The portion B. B is the chine piece which spans the
chine of the neck when measureing and is attached to rule M. M. C. C is neck
piece which is fixed in the center of B. B to measure the thickness of chine and is
movable and works with a thumb screw A. M. M. is a rule of 36 in. marked with
inches and fractions of inches D. D is a spring made of steel or other mettle the top
end of which slides in a groove between chine piece B. B and rule M. M. The
bottom end of spring D. D slides in a groove between slide G G and
rule M M and is pressed out (as shown in drawing) by the slide box F which is
worked with the attached thumb screw E to force spring D. D into the hollow of the
neck or to withdraw it flat to rule M. M. GG is slide piece being part of HH

page_text: and is formed to slide on rule M. M. H. H is throat piece being connected with G. G.
and is made to slide up and down the rule M. M The throat piece H H is formed in
two being jointed at K one part being movable and when in position on the neck to
be secured by thumb screw K. Jis a dial marked with inches and fractions
of inches which gives the thickness of the neck at the widest point of H. H by
pointer I thus the dial and pointer indicateing ten meanes ten inches at the thickest
part of the neck. L is thumb screw to secure slide G. G on to rule M. M.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
JAMES EMMETT.
HERBERT EMMETT.