within their Stalls.
Year: 1888

page_text: within their Stalls.
I, JOHN WILLIAM THOMPSON of Sutton near Crosshills (via Keighley) in the
County of York, Millwright do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
It consists of improvements in means for securing horses or other animals within
their stalls, said improvements being of such a nature that accidents caused by said
animals becoming entangled in their fastening chains or ropes are entirely avoided.
This is attained by mounting in suitable positions and bearings, appropriately
shaped guide pulleys or bowls over which the fastening chain or rope is made to pass
so that the outer end, upon which is suspended the retracting weight, may be made to
operate within a suitable covering or case.
In an ordinary way two of these guide-pulleys will be mounted on the front edge
of the manger, one of them to suit the upward movement of the fastening chain or
rope while the other is for the downward movement thereof; and at the back edge of
said manger in close proximity with the wall another pulley will be used for the
purpose of guiding the loose outer end so that it may operate within a covering or
case attached to the door. Suitable means being employed for preventing said loose
end from being raised out of the top of said case as will be well understood.
• Dated this 08th day of March 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing Horses or other Animals
within their Stalls.
1, JOHN WILLIAM THOMPSON of Sutton near Crosshills (via Keighley) in the
County of York, Millwright 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, that is to say :-
It consists of improvements in means for securing horses or other animals within
their stalls, said improvements being of such a nature that accidents caused by said
animals becoming entangled in their fastening chains, ropes or straps, are entirely
avoided.
In order that this my said invention may be more readily understood I have
hereunto appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which by figures and
lutters, reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is front elevation of portion of manger shewing the attachment thereto or
the arrangement in connection therewith of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of a portion of fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are detail
drawings hereinafter referred to.
The object of this invention is attained by mounting the guide pulleys a b upon the
bearings c attached to the outer edge of the manger d, in such a manner that the
strap e to which the chain bearing the attachment hook g is attached, may be guided
to reach and bo coupled to the pulley h.
To this pulloy his attached the smaller pulley h¹, said pulley h¹ having the strap k
which carries the retracting weight 1, attached thereto. These pulleys h² (which
form a kind of double pulley as shewn by figs. 3 and 4) are mounted in suitable
boarings, such as might be formed on the upper part of the casing or cover m, so that
tho strap k may enter the lower part of the said casing m and allow the weight / to
freely operate therein.
From this it will be seen that when the animal, fastened by its halter and the
hook g to the chain f, draws or pulls at the strap é, the double pulley h h¹ will be
rotated, and the weight I will be raised or lifted in its casing, while when said animal
moves so that the chain and strap e are not so drawn, the weight / will descend
causing the pulley / h¹ to rotate in the opposite direction and wind up any slack part
of said chain for strap e as will be well understood.
By making use of the double pulley h h the distance moved by the animal is
- permitted to be considerably larger than that moved by weight 2.
To prevent the animal from withdrawing the strap.e beyond a desired distance, a
partition n, which is formed within the casing m, is arranged to arrest the upward
movement of the weight 1, and so attain the object desired.
In order to make the weight / operate noiselessly within the casing m two pieces of
india-rubber o o are attached thereto and made to project beyond all the edges of said

page_text: weight 7. Again the weight 2 is made in two parts (see figs. 5 and 6) the one
being attached to the other by means of the screw p in such a manner that the strap k
may be inserted between them and be securely held thereby.
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:
1. The pulleys a barranged as shown, the strap e, the double pulley h h¹, strap k,
weight / constructed as described and having the parts oo and p in connection with
it, and the casing m formed as illustrated and having a partition n made therein, in
combination the same being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as
herein set forth and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 27th day of December 1888