An Improvement in Fastenings or Fittings for Use in Securing Horses and other Animals in Stables or other Buildings.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1893-Accepted, 26th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Fastenings or Fittings for Use in Securing
Horses and other Animals in Stables or other Buildings.
I, JOHANN WILHELM ZIELLENBACH, of 12 Friedrichstrasse, Crefeld, Prussia,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to fastenings or fittings for use in securing horses and other
animals in stables or other buildings and consists in an arrangement of fastening or
fitting by means of which the release of horses and other animals in case of fire or
flood or other accidents or dangers is greatly facilitated.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
Fig. 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 a partial front view of the arrangement of fastening
or fitting in which my invention consists.
Fig. 3 is a plan illustrating the fittings in which are secured the rings for the
passage or attachment of the head chain or rope or other means by which a horse
or other animal is to be secured, and
Fig. 4 is a side view of the stud or pin by means of which the fittings shown in
Fig. 3 are secured in the holder in which they are normally placed.
The improved fastening or fitting constructed according to my invention consists
in a holder (A) provided at the back with a flange (B) and at the front with a
flange (C) and formed with a rectangular cavity or opening (D) into which fit
connecting pieces (E) which are secured in position in the holder (A) by the stud
or pin (F) shown in Fig. 4. Each of the connecting pieces (E) is as is indicated
in Fig. 3 formed with a semicircular notch or recess (E) to receive or engage with
the bolt (F) and with a lug or part (G) formed with a hole in which is secured a
ring (H) through or to which the head-chain or rope or other means by which a
horse or other animal is to be secured may pass or be secured.
The holder (A) which is formed with a hole may be built into or secured in any
other suitable manner, in or to the wall or a beam of a stall or other suitable part
of a stable or other building in which horses or other animals are to be kept, in
such manner that the flange (C) of such holder is exposed and the connecting
pieces (E) and the pin or stud (F) may be inserted into such holder (A). When
the casting or holder (A) has been secured in position in the wall or other suitable
part of a stable or other building the connecting pieces (E) (E) are placed in
position in the cavity or opening (Ď) and the pin or stud (F) is passed into holes
formed to receive it in the holder (A) and between the connecting pieces (E) (E)
so that entering the notches or recesses (E¹) (E¹) formed in the said connecting
pieces (E) (E) it will secure such connecting pieces (E) (E) in position in the
holder (A).
The stud or pin (F) is formed at its upper end with a head (K) and with a loop
or eye (L) to which may he attached a chain or cord made to pass over a pulley or
roller or through an opening to any desired place, so that by such chain or cord
being pulled the pin or stud (F) may be pulled out of the holder (A) so that the
connecting pieces (E) (E) may be released from such holder (A). It is obvious
that when the holder (A) is being secured in position in the wall or other suitable
part of the stable or other building in which it is to be employed room must be
provided for the easy insertion and withdrawal of the stud or pin (F) into and from
such holder (A).
The pin or stud (F) is ordinarily allowed to remain inserted in the holder (A) so
as to secure the connecting pieces (E) (E) in such holder (A) and the rings (H) (H)
are employed to secure horses or other animals either by means of head chains-

page_text: with weights attached in the ordinary manner or in any other way which may be
convenient but in case of fire or sudden flood or any other accident, which renders
it desirable to release the horses or other animals secured to the rings (H) without
it being necessary to unfasten the head chains or other means by which they are
secured to such rings (H) the pin or stud (F) is removed from the holder (A) by
the chain or cord connected to the said pin or stud being pulled so as to liberate
the connecting pieces (E) (E) from the holder (A) so that the horses or other
animals secured to the rings (H) may be quickly taken or escape from the stable
or other building in which they were secured. It is obvious that at any time at
which it may be found convenient to release the connecting pieces (E) from the
holder (A) the pin or stud (F) may be removed from the holder (A) in order to
release such connecting pieces (E) (E).
I would have it understood that instead of two connecting pieces (E) (E) being
placed in the opening or cavity (D) of the holder (A) and secured therein by
means of the pin or stud (F) one of such connecting pieces (E) and one ring (H)
only may be employed.
The arrangement of fastening or apparatus in which my invention consists
greatly facilitates the release of horses and other animals from the stables or
other buildings in which they may be secured, should fire or flood or other
accident or danger render it desirable to quickly release such horses and other
animals.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
For use in securing horses or other animals in stables or other buildings, the
hereinbefore described fastening or fitting consisting in connecting pieces (E) (E)
which are provided with rings and are capable of being placed singly or together
in a cavity or opening formed in a holder (A) secured in or to the wall or beam or
other suitable part of the stable or other building in which the said fastening or
fitting is to be employed and of being secured in the cavity or opening in the said
holder (A) by means of a pin or stud (F) inserted into such holder and capable of
being quickly withdrawn therefrom in order to release such connecting pieces (E) (E)
from the holder (A) in case of fire or flood or other accident or danger substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described in reference to and illustrated in and by the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this Seventeenth day of July 1893.
HOWARD CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant.