An Improved Collar for Horses and other Animals, and Apparatus for Making the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Collar for Horses and other Animals, and Apparatus for
Making the same.
GEORGE HILL WILLIAMS, Shurton Lodge, Bridgwater, Somersetshire, Retired
Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention consists of a block made of metal or some other material the
shape and size of the collar required.
The leather is then drawn round this block which is made to expand by a strong
screw or some other power which forms the body and ring out of one solid piece of
leather or some material that may be used as substitute for leather.
The next is to rivet wire or sew a bead round the ring which is filled with soft
material and a smaller bead fixed at the back part of the collar to which is fixed
the material for holding the body of the collar.
The body of the collar is filled up with composition or straw or part of each.
The inside part next the animal will be of soft leather woollen cloth or felt and
filled with a layer of wool hair or some soft material or an india rubber cushion
filled with air may be substituted for the padding and can be made to take out.
These collars can be made to open either top or bottom.
The ordinary hames can be used with these collars or made with my especial
fittings which consists of metal plates suitable for the different purposes and fixed
through the outside leather and a piece of wood inside the body of the collar.
The outside or any part of the collar can be dyed or patented as in patent
leather any colour when part made or finished.
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An Improved Collar for Horses and other Animals, and Apparatus for
Making the same.
I, GEORGE HILL WILLIAMS, of Shurton Lodge, Bridgwater, in the County of
Somerset, Retired Harness Maker, 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:
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My invention has for its object an improved collar for horses and other animals
and apparatus for making the same by which I form the facing leather in one
piece without a join thus improving the appearance and making the collars more
waterproof than hitherto and which considerably lengthens their period of wear.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated my said improvements together with the mode of and means for
carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus for manufacturing my improved
collar with the leather stretched in position to form the collar.
Figure 2 is a section through same on the line 1-2.
Figure 3 is a general view of the collar complete.
Figure 4 is an enlarged section through same on the line 3-4.
Figure 5 is an enlarged view of one part of my fittings with the trace draft
disconnected.
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 5 but with the trace draft connected.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a block of wood metal or other
suitable material which is divided into two parts B and B formed to the shape
and size of the collar required and around this block the leather or other suitable
material A after being soaked is drawn at which time the two parts B and B¹ of the
block are closed together. The block is then made to expand by the screw C or
other suitable means until the body A and ring or bead a¹ for retaining the hames
in position is shaped out of the one piece of leather.
The projection a² at the top of the bead or ring a¹ is provided for by the
screw bolt J, which when the cover A is in position is screwed up in a similar
way to that described with regard to the expansion of the main block. After
removal from the block the bead lining D is rivited sewn or wired around the
inside of the bead or ring a¹ and is filled with soft material a smaller bead E
being fixed at the back part of the collar to which the material F for containing
the body H of the collar is attached. The body H may consist partly of any suit-
able hard composition which would be placed next the cover A and partly straw
while the inside cover F next the animal may be of soft leather, wollen cloth, or
felt and filled with a layer of wool hair or other soft material, or an india rubber
cushion filled with air may be substituted for the padding and can be so arranged
as to be easily removable while the collars can be made to open either at the top
or bottom.
Ordinary hames may be used with my improved collars but I prefer to use my
special fittings which consist of metal plates K which are arranged to suit the
various requirements such as the terrets N, and in the case of the provision for the
trace draft L I provide two lugs and having slots to receive the pivot ends of
the trace draft the spring 3 being provided to prevent the pivot of the draft from
being jarred out of the slots. The plates K are fixed to the outside leather by
screws which enter the wood strip M which is provided for the purpose.
outside or any part of the collar can be dyed or patented in any colour when partly
made or finished.
The
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:-
1st. A collar for horses and other animals shaped and formed with its front A
and bead or ring a¹ in one piece substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and shewn.
2nd. In the manufacture of collars for horses and other animals the apparatus
for forming the front A substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shewn by Figures 1 and 2.
3rd. An improved collar for horses and other animals and apparatus for making
same substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn.
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street Birmingham.