AF IMPROVEMENT ON COLLARS FOR DRAFT HORSES
Year: 1825

page_text: TURNER & MOSEDALE'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
TURNER, of Wimslow, in the County of Chester, Saddler (being one of the
people called Quakers), and WILLIAM MOSEDALE, of Park Street, Grosvenor
Square, in the County of Middlesox, Coach Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most. Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Second day of April, in the sixth year of His reign, did,
for Himself, His heirs and successore, give and grant unto us, the said
William Turner and William Mosedale, His especial licence, that we, the
said William Turner and William Mosedale, our exors, admors, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said William Turner and William Mosedale, our
exors, admors, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in His said Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations abroad, our Invention of "AF IMPROVEMENT ON
COLLARS FOR DRAFT HORSES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained
a proviso obliging us, the said William Turner and William Mosedale, by
an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and
seal of one of us, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of our
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, and to
cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, (as in and by the same), reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
William Turner and William Mosedale, do hereby declare that the nature
of our said Invention, and in what manner the samo is to be performed,
are particularly described and ascertained in and by the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and the following description thereof (that is to say):-
Our Improvements on Collars for Draft Horses consist in bringing the
internal part of the leather which contains the stuffing on the inside of the
collar over the front of the wale, the objects of which are to give stability to the
hinder part of the collar, by means of tension, which prevents it from bending
backward away from the shoulder of the horse in using, and also to afford
elasticity and softness to all those parts of the collar which comes in contact
with the horse's neck. The manner in which these objects are carried into
effect will be seen by the accompanying Drawing and following description.
Fig. 1 is a view of the front of one of our improved collars; Fig. 2 a back
view of the same; and Fig. 3 a section cut through the thickest part of
the collar at the shoulder. We first form the wale a (sec the section, Fig. 3)
of stiff leather, as usual, and stuff it with straw, leaving a strip or flap of
leather along the wale, for the purpose of attaching the body part of the
collar. We next sew cloth b, b, to the said strip or flap of the wale, and
bring it round the outside and inside to the front part over the wale. This
cloth forms the body of the collar, and is to be stuffed with rye straw, as at c,
and a portion of curled hair next the inside part, as at d. We then place a
thin layer of flock or wool, as at e, upon the cloth on the inside of the collar,
and cover the same with soft leather, forming a smooth curved surface from
the back part of the collar to the front part of the wale; after this the
external leather and decorations may be attached by pasting and stitching, as
usual, and the complete collar will appear as shewn in the Figures 1 and 2.
We do not confine ourselves to the materials of which these improved collars
are proposed to be made, but we recommend them as the best that we know of,
our Invention consisting principally in the mode of construction, (viz.,) bringing
the stuffing round-on the inside of the collar in front of the wale, so as to
cover it, by which means we obtain a tension that prevents the collar from
bending backwards, and afford a soft or elastic resisting surface to bear against
the neck and shoulders of the horse, which at all times prevents galling.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Turner and William Mosedale,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-seventh day of
May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
twenty-fire
WILLIAM (L.S.) TURNER.
Wx (L.S.) MOSEDALE.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-seventh day of May, in
the year of our Lord 1825, the aforesaid William Turner came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written.
AND ALSO BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of
May, in the year of our Lord 1825, the aforesaid William Mosedale came
before our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and speci-
fied, in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.