IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES FOR FENCING OR DIVIDING GRASS AND OTHER LANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Longdon, of Atlow Mill, Ashbourne, in the
County of Derby, Miller, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HURDLES FOR FENCING OR DIVIDING GRASS AND OTHER LANDS, AND FOR OTHER
LIKE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 3rd April 1866, and dated the 12th October 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Longdon at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th October 1865.
I, ROBERT LONGDON, of Atlow Mill, Ashbourne, in the County of
Derby, Miller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES FOR FENCING OR DIVIDING GRASS AND OTHER
LANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements berein-after described in
hurdles for fencing or dividing grass and other lands, and for other like
purposes, whereby the hurdles are made capable of being readily propelled
by hand and fixed where a temporary fence or division is required.
In constructing hurdles according to my Invention I mount them upon
three wheels, one at each end and one in the middle, the end wheels
being twice the diameter of the middle wheel; but I do not limit myself to
any particular size of the wheels. Projecting from the bottom of each end of

page_text: the hurdle is a horizontal bar provided with a handle or handles, by means
of which the hurdle can be moved. Upon the end of these bars legs are
fixed, on which the hurdle is supported when at rest. In order to prevent
the hurdles from being overturned by the cattle or other animals a curved
bar is placed at one side of the hurdle and at each end thereof, the said
protecting bars being placed when the hurdles are in use on that side of
the meadow or land within which the cattle or animals are confined. By
raising the handles of the hurdles the said hurdles can readily be moved
about upon their wheels, and fixed where a fencing or temporary division
*is required.
Hurdles constructed according to my 'Invention are especially useful for
sfencing or dividing grass lands, or for fencing grass lands from arable
lands, or otherwise where a temporary fencing is required. They also
afford great facility for confining the cattle or other animals on grass lands
to certain parts of the said lands until the herbage on the said confined
parts is consumed.; great economy in the feeding of cattle or other
.animals.is thereby secured.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Robert Longdon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th April 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Robert
Longdon, of Atlow Mill, Ashbourne, in the County of Derby, Miller, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One 'thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Robert Longdon, Her special licence that I,
the said Robert Longdon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Robert Longdon, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES FOR FENCING OR DIVIDING
GRASS AND OTHER LANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Robert Longdon, my executors or

page_text: administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after. the date of the said Letters.
Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Robert: Longdon,. do hereby declaré.
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be-
performed,. to be particularly described and. ascertained in and by the-
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention: consists of the improvements herein-after described in.
hurdles for fencing or dividing grass and other lands, and for other like
purposes, the said hurdles being capable of being readily propelled by hand,
and fixed where a temporary fence or division is required..
In constructing hurdles according to my Invention. I mount them upon
three wheels, one at each end and one in the middle, the end wheels being
twice the diameter of the middle wheel; or two wheels only, one at each.
end, may be used; but I do not limit myself to any particular number of
wheels or to their size. Projecting from the bottom of each. end of the
hurdle or from: the middle of the hurdle is a horizontal. bar provided with
a handle or handles, by means of which the hurdle can be moved. Upon
the end of this bar a leg or foot is fixed, on which the hurdle is supported.
when at rest. In order to prevent the hurdles from being overturned by
the cattle or other animals a series of projecting curved bars is placed at
one side of the hurdle, the concave side of these projecting bars being.
placed when the hurdles are in use on that side of the meadow or land.
within which the cattle or animals are confined.. By raising the handle or
handles of the hurdles the said hurdles can readily be moved about upon>
their wheels, and fixed where a fencing or temporary division is required.
Hurdles constructed according to my Invention are especially useful for
fencing or dividing grass lands from arable lands, or for dividing grass
lands, or otherwise where a temporary fencing is required.. They also
afford great facility for confining the cattle or other animals on grass lands
to certain parts of the said lands until the herbage on the said confined.
parts is consumed; great economy in the feeding of cattle or other animals
is thereby secured.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe,
with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which the same
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page_text: Figure 1 represents in side elevation, Figure 2 in end elevation, and
Figure 3 in plan, a hurdle constructed according to my Invention. The
hurdle is mounted upon two wheels, a, b, one at each end, the end bars
a, b, carrying the wheels, being straight. When long hurdles are used they
may be mounted upon three, four, or other number of wheels. Projecting
from the middle straight bar e is a nearly horizontal bar c, having a foot or
leg d at its end, upon which foot or leg the hurdle is supported, the said
foot or leg being pressed firmly into the ground. When the foot d is fixed
in the ground the hurdle is prevented from being overturned by the cattle
or other animals. The end of the horizontal bar c is provided with a
handle f, by.raising which the hurdle can readily be moved about upon
its wheels a, b, and fixed where a temporary fence or division is required. In
addition to the upright bars at the ends and middle the hurdle is provided
with a series of curved bars g, g, the figure of which is best seen in the end
elevation, Figure 2, the ends of the curved bars nearly touching the
ground. The curved bars g, g, may project about three feet from the
upright parts of the hurdle, but they may project any other convenient
distance. The hurdles are joined end to end in the same way as ordinary
hurdles are joined. When hurdles constructed according to my Invention
are in use the concave side of the curved bars g, g, is presented to that part
of the meadow or land within which the cattle or animals are, confined.
The grass or other produce with which the cattle or other animals are to be
fed; enclosed by the curved bars g, g, is prevented from being injured or
spoiled by the cattle or animals, and the whole of the said produce is kept
in a fit condition to be consumed by the said cattle or animals. The waste
which ordinarily occurs in the feeding of cattle or other animals on grass
or other lands is by the use of my Invention reduced to a minimum. The
curved bars g, g, in addition to protecting the grass or produce, give great
stability to the hurdle, and render it impossible, or nearly impossible, for the
cattle or other animals to overturn the said hurdle.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do
not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated in
the Drawing, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of my Invention.
But I claim as my Invention the improvements in hurdles for fencing or
dividing grass and other lands, and for other like purposes, herein-before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say,
combining with hurdles mounted upon wheels and capable of being

page_text: propelled by hand, projecting curved bars substantially as described and
illustrated, the said projecting curved bars giving great stability to the
hurdle, and serving to protect the grass or other produce enclosed by them
from being spoiled or injured by the cattle or other animals, and preserving
the said grass or produce sweet and fit for food.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Longdon, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
ROBERT LONGDON. (L.s.)