Improvements in and relating to Collars for Horses and other Beasts of Burden.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 30th July, 1896-Accepted. 12th Sept.. 1896
Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 30th July, 1896-Accepted. 12th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Collars for Horses and other
Beasts of Burden.
We, EDMOND GARNIER, of 309 Camberwell New Road, Engineer, and
SAMUEL JAMES PRESCOTT of 33 Church Street, Pawnbroker, both in
Camberwell, London S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in collars for horses and other beasts of
burden, and applies to such collars generally as at present made and used, of which
the outer shell or casing is of leather, stuffed or tightly filled with straw, hay or
similar material, the front face of said casing having fixed thereto a projecting
ridge, technically known as the forewale, and against which the hamnes abut when
strapped in position, and in many cases the inner portion of said collar is composed
of or lined with flannel or similar fabric or material, and in wet weather, it
frequently happens, that at the end of the days work, the said lining and stuffing
are nearly saturated with rain or melted snow, and it is very seldom that means
are at hand (or if at hand seldom used) for drying the said collar, and in this wet
and cold condition it is again placed upon the neck of the animal to perform the
next days work, thus inducing sore throat, chafed withers or shoulders, and other
ailments.
Our invention has for its object to prevent these inconveniences, and so construct
the said collar as to lessen the possibility of the said stuffing or filling becoming
wet under the conditions stated, or if wet, that the same may be quickly and easily
removed, and replaced by a fresh one, or if worn out by a new one, by the ostler
or groom in charge, without the need of his having any special knowledge in the
making of such collars.
For the purposes of our invention we prefer to construct the shell or casing of
the collar, or in other words the collar body, of rubber, rubber composition, leather
or other suitable material, or any desired combination thereof, and preferably
entire, which we may effect by blocking or moulding the said material into the
desired shape or configuration, or when such shape or contour may be best attained
by forming the said shell or casing in sections (by moulding blocking or other
means) such sections would be connected together by any suitable means to form
a whole. The said casing or shell we prefer to construct without a forewale, and
apon the front of said casing or shell where such forewale usually occurs, we
provide a preferably endless slit or opening, which provides easy access to the
interior of the collar, and through the said opening we pass the stuffing or filling
for the said case or shell, which may be of straw, hay, flocks or other soft material
preferably, previously moulded or shaped to fit the same, and between the said
filling and the said slit or opening we place a metallic, vulcanite, wood or other
frame of the same shape in plan as the said opening, but of any desired shape or
contour in cross section, and outside the said opening we place a second and like
shaped frame, which may be either solid or hollow, and of like or other material,
and of such form in cross section as may be most suitable for engaging with the
inner frame, and such engagement and rigid connection of the said frames, may be
by the employment of bolts, screws, clips, buttons, hooks and studs, or other
suitable means, upon either or both, and by and during the said connection of the

page_text: said frames, the two edges of the said slit in the casing would be firmly gripped
between them, and so effect the closure and concealment of the said slit or opening,
and by this means the filling or stuffing of the collar would be held firmly in
position and protected from the weather, and when necessary may be quickly and
easily removed and replaced or renewed, by simply disconnecting and reconnecting
the said frames.
The said outer frame may be so formed as to constitute and act as a forewale
for the reception of ordinary hames, or have attached thereto or formed integrally
therewith, such fittings and accessories that this itself may form, constitute and be
used as hames.
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GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in and relating to Collars for Horses and other
Beasts of Burden.
We, EDMOND GARNIER of 309 Camberwell New Road, Engineer, and
SAMUEL JAMES PRESCOTT, of 33 Church Street, Pawnbroker, both in
Camberwell, London S.E. 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 improvements in collars for horses and other beasts of
burden, and applies to such collars generally, which, as at present made and used,
consists of an outer shell or casing composed of leather, and stuffed or tightly filled
with straw or hay, and lined with coarse flannel or the like, and our said invention
consists of certain improvements upon, or addition to, our previous Patent No. 2572
of 1895, in the specification and drawings of which we describe and show a shell or
case A of rubber or rubber composition, having in its front face an endless slit or
opening a b, for the reception of an inflatable body B, retained in position therein
by the means of a pair of frames C and D bolted or otherwise connected together,
and grasping between them the swelled edges of the said slit or opening in the
shell or case A.
Our present invention consists of the employment of a solid or stuffed body, in
lieu of the said inflated body B, in combination with such a slitted shell or case A,
and frame C, and frame or hames D, the object of our present invention being to
provide means whereby the said solid or stuffed body when wet or worn out, may
be easily removed and replaced by a dry or new body by the groom, ostler or other
person in charge, without the need of the said person having any special or skilled
knowledge in the making of such collars.
In order that the improvements constituting our present invention may be the
better understood, reference is hereinafter made to the drawings which accompanied
the specification of our said previous Patent No. 2572 of 1895.
For the purposes of our present invention we employ a shell or casing (such
as A) having in its front face an endless slit, the edges of which are swelled (as at a
and b) and by parting the said edges and opening the said slit, we insert within the
said, shell or casing a stuffing or filling of straw, hay or the like, or a bag composed
of canvas or other fabric, or rubber composition, stuffed or filled with small or
waste cork, or flocks, horse hair, or other soft material, the said bag being moulded
or shaped to fit the said shell or casing A, the shape or configuration of this being
then substantially that shewn by the inflatable body B, and when this is placed
within A, and the edges a and b again brought together, these would be held and.

page_text: grasped by the inner frame C and the outer frame or hames D, connected together
by bolts, screws, clips, buttons, or the like in the manner described and shewn in
our said previous patent, the said frame D being either constructed to form the
hames of the collars and provided with rein-rings f, and trace lugs g as at Fig. 4,
or formed with a swelling F for the reception of ordinary hames G as at Fig. II.
In a collar so constructed having a shell or casing such as A, it would be next to
impossible for rain or snow to reach the stuffing or filling B, but if in severe
weather, such as drifting rain or snow, the wet should be driven beneath the frame
or hames D, and percolate between the edges a and b, and so reach the stuffing or
filling B. the said stuffing or filling may be easily removed and replaced by a dry
one by simply removing and replacing the frames C and D, this occupying but a few
minutes, the same facilities applying when an old, distorted or worn body B has to
be renewed.
We wish it understood that although (in order to sufficiently describe our
present invention) we have herein set forth the use of a case or shell of rubber
composition having an endless slit in its face for the reception of the solid stuffing
or filling, and an inner and outer frame connecting and holding together the edges
of the said slit, we do not claim the said shell or case, nor the said inner and outer
frames as forming part of our present invention, but
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our present inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
In a collar for horses and other beasts of burden, the employment of a filling or
stuffing of hay or straw or both, or a solid moulded or shaped body composed of
cork, flocks, horse-hair or other soft material suitable for the purpose, enclosed
within, and used in combination with a case or shell such as A, having a slit with
swelled edges a b, with frames such as C and D as shewn in our previous Patent
No. 2572 of 1895, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 20th are of La1 1906
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.