Improved Appliances for Vehicles for Preventing Draught Animals from Falling.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliances for Vehicles for Preventing Draught Animals
from Falling.
I, CHARLES HEDGES, of Spa House, Box, in the County of Wiltshire, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved appliances or support is intended for use with four or more
wheeled vehicles when furnished with one or more poles or shafts made incapable
of being moved out of a fixed position (more or less horizontal) and it consists of
a transverse yoke or pole fixed on a support or supports on the above poles or
shafts, said yoke resting easily on the back of the animal and supplied with an
adjustable belly or body band attached to the yoke and passed round the animal
so that it is supported and kept on its legs on slippery roads etc.. "In cases where
the poles or shafts are not fixed or otherwise, the support may consists of a separate
or supplementary pole or rod fixed more or less horizontally but at a higher level
than the ordinary pole or shafts and this separate pole be fitted with the yoke and
body band above described.
Dated this 15th day of 1.1. 1900
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliances for Vehicles for Preventing Draught Animals
from Falling.
I, CHARLES HEDGES of Spa House, Box, in the County of Wiltshire, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same i3
to be performed to be particulari, described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
The purpose of this invention is to provide an appliance or appliances on
vehicles, more especially four wheeled vehicles for preventing the animals drawing
them from falling.
Where the vehicle is provided with a pole fixed in the ordinary way, or with
more than one pole or with shafts, so fixed that they are incapable of being moved
downward from their fixed more or less horizontal positions the appliance is
secured on such pole or poles or shafts. In other cases the pole or poles or shafts
may be so supported that they attain this fixity against downward movement, or a
subsidiary pole or poles or shafts may be provided for carrying the appliance
hereinafter described, this subsidiary pole or these subsidiary poles or shafts being
placed conveniently above the usual pole or poles or shafts and prevented from
downward movement as aforesaid.
The appliance consists essentially of a transverse yoke or pole fixed on a support
or supports on the pole; poles or shafts, this yoke resting easily or lightly on or
over the back of the animal or, there are two, over the backs of the animals.
The yoke is provided with one or more adjustable body or belly-bands attached to
the yoke and passed round the animal or animals so that it or they are kept up
and supported on their legs on slippery roads or otherwise.
The annexed drawings show forms of the above described appliance as applied to
the support of two animals.
Fig. is a side view of part of a vehicle fitted with the appliance. Fig. 2 being
a front view of the latter.

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Fig. 3 is a modified construction of the appliance in front view.
Fig. 4 is a modified arrangement of that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 5 is another modified, arrangement of the same appliance in front view and
Fig. 6 is a further modified arrangement and construction of the appliance in
side view.
A shows a vehicle. B the under fore carriage and C the pole. D is an upright
thereon and E the cross yoke. FF are bands to pass around and sustain the
animals.
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In the more ornamental form shown in Fig. 3 the support and yoke are in one
piece of steel, preferably tubular and ornamental chains of suitable strength and
length extend from the ends for attachment of the bands. This appliance may be
painted or plated or otherwise decorated.
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In the appliance shown in Figs. 1 and 2 4, 5 and 6 the yoke may swivel in the
top of the upright and the one band F may be attached to the other band F by a
rope or chain G passing over pulleys and intended so that should one animal slip
and tend to fall the pull so given to the holder will be met by a corresponding
lifting movement given to the other animal, this will afford a certain elasticity of
effect since the weight of the animals will tend to balance each other. In Figs. 1
and 2 the rope G passes over pulleys g 9'9² 9³ ggg as shown gg being at the
ends of the yoke g' near its centre at the base of the support and 93 on the
vehicle. In Fig. 4 the pulleys g² g³g are omitted and a pulley g used in the place
thereof at the base of the support under the pole. In Fig. 5 the rope passes
simply over the pulleys gg and in Fig. 6 the pulleys are arranged substantially
as in Fig. 1 except that the pulleys are placed midway along the pole at the
base of the struts and tie rods to be described,
As the use of appliances of this nature would or might be accompanied at times
by considerable downward strain on the pole this may be met by a tie rod such
as H suitably connected to the front of the vehicle. Where the pole is movable
laterally this tie rod may also be so movable. The tie rod. may be replaced by a
chain. To support the upright D there may also be used supporting struts or
equivalent guys JJ as shown in Fig. 6. It will be understood that the other
arrangements of rope G may equally be used in the appliance shown in Fig. 6, also
that all pulleys may be dispensed with where the yoke is swivelled in the upright,
or even where it is not if the upright and yoke are of sufficiently tough and elastic
nature.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
A support for a draught animal or draught animals consisting of a yoke supported
upon an upright or uprights on a pole or poles or shafts supported against downward
movement in combination with a body band or bands to encircle and tend to suspend
the animal or animals in event of either or both falling substantially in the manner
described.
Thated this 15th day of 1000
CHARLES HEDGES,
By Herbert & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.