Improvements in Means for Tethering Horses or other Animals in Stables, Travelling Horse-boxes, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Means for Tethering Horses or other Animals in
Stables, Travelling Horse-boxes, and the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY BARTRUM M.R.C.V.S.L., of 21, Charnwood Street, Derby,
in the county of Derby, Veterinary Surgeon, and JOHN ARSCOTT BARTRUM, of
9, Old Jewry Chambers, in the City of London, Solicitor, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our invention relates to improved means for tethering animals and chiefly
horses in stables, travelling horse-boxes and the like, the object of the said
invention being to reduce to a minimum the liability of animals becoming injured
by getting their feet and legs entangled with the ties or tethers as is frequently
now the case.
According to the present invention the tether instead of extending from the
halter downwards extends from the halter to a point level with or above the
animal's head, a roller being arranged over which the tether or tic rope or chain
passes.
In practice we find it advantageous to arrange the usual weight so that it will
rise and fall in a casing or in any other position in which it cannot come into
contact with the animal.
The roller over which the tether passes is advantageously made adjustable as to
height so that its position may be adapted for different animals.
When our invention is applied to a travelling horse-box we prefer that the
tether, rope or chain shall pass through the partition into the compartment in
which the groom or attendant usually sits whereby the use of a casing as before
mentioned is unnecessary and so that the movements of the chain or weight shall
afford an indication to the attendant as to whether or no the animal is restless.
With our appliance a horse "bumped" off his feet can readily regain them
which with the present method of tethering is almost impossible.
When we use a chain for tethering we sometimes provide it with a rope section
so that in case of necessity the rope could he severed by means of a knife in order
to effect the immediate release of an animal; this rope will also permit of
regulating the length of the tether to suit different animals to be secured.
Dated the 8th day of February 1897
Improvements in Means for Tethering Horses or other Animals in
Stables, Travelling Horse-boxes, and the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY BARTRUM M.R.C.V.S.L., of 21, Charnwood Street, Derby,
in the county of Derby, Veterinary Surgeon, and JoHN ARSCOTT BARTRUM, of

page_text: 9, Old Jewry Chambers, in the City of London, Solicitor, 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:
Our invention relates to improved means for tethering animals and chiefly horses
in stables, travelling horse-boxes and the like, the object of the said invention
being to reduce to a minimum the liability of animals becoming injured by getting
their feet and legs entangled with the ties or tethers as is frequently now the case.
According to the present invention the tether instead of extending from the
halter downwards extends from the halter to a point level with or above the
animal's head, a roller being arranged over which the tether or tie rope or chain
passes the said tether at one end being attached to a special head-stall and secured
at the other end to a weight which is free to rise and fall in a casing and in such
a position that it cannot come in contact with the animal.
When our invention is applied to a travelling horse-box we prefer that the
tethering rope or chain shall pass through the partition into the compartment in
which the groom or attendant usually sits (the casing and weight before mentioned
being preferably placed in this compartment) so that the movements of the chain
shall afford an indication to the attendant as to whether or no the animal is
restless.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings as applied to a travelling horse-box,
in which:
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of so much of a horse-box as is necessary to
illustrate the application of our invention thereto; and,
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 figure 1.
a is the compartment containing the usual padded stalls and b is the compart-
ment for the attendant, c being the partition between the said compartments.
dis the tethering rope which is passed over the pulley e in the partition and
which at one end carries a weight fand at the other end g is adapted for attach-
ment to the head stall h the said head stall being of special construction in so far
that the eye or ring i for the attachment of the tethering rope is upon the top of
the nose strap instead of on the underside of the same as has been heretofore usual.
The weight works in a chamber formed by a casing ; and is of such length that
it allows of the horse lowering his head sufficiently to feed out of the manger k.
An india-rubber or other pad 7 is, preferably, arranged at the upper end of the
weight in order to cushion the said weight when the animal's head is lowered
sufficiently to cause the weight to strike the upper end of the chamber.
The pulley e may be permanently fixed in a suitable aperture in the partition c
but we prefer to arrange it so that its position can be adjusted. As shown in the
drawing two racks m, m each provided with a series of recesses n, n are fixed at
the two sides of a vertical slot or aperture o in the partition c and the pulley e is
mounted upon an axle p adapted to be placed in either of the pairs of opposing
recesses n, n. The openings q, q through which the axle is introduced into the
recesses communicate in each rack with a guide channel r.
It is to be understood that any other suitable means may be adopted for
adjusting the height of the pulley in the partition.
Instead of using a rope for tethering we sometimes make use of a chain; in
this case, however, we prefer to provide the chain with a rope section so that in
case of necessity the rope could be severed in order to effect the release of the
animal; this rope will also permit of regulating the length of the tether to suit
the different animals to be secured.
With this arrangement a horse "bumped" off his feet can readily regain them
which with the present method of tethering is very difficult and frequently
impossible.
When our invention is applied in a stable the pulley may be arranged as herein-
before described in the wall or partition behind the manger or if this is impossible
the pulley must be mounted so that the rope and weight can run in a casing

page_text: arranged behind the manger so that at no time is it possible for the animal to get
his legs entangled with the tethering rope or chain. It is to be understood that
in all cases the pulley may be adapted to be adjusted as to height if this is deemed
advisable.
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. The improved means for tethering horses and other animals wherein a pulley
is arranged in the wall behind the manger and at some distance above the latter
the tethering rope being passed over the said pulley and running in a casing or
behind the wall or partition so that it is out of the way of the animal, sub-
stantially as described.
2. In a tethering appliance wherein the tethering rope passes over a pulley as
herein before described, arranging the said pulley so that its position can be
adjusted, substantially as described.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.