IMPROVED FITTINGS FOR CARRYING CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN VESSELS At Sea.”
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Heron Relph, of Merton, in the County
of Surrey, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED FITTINGS
FOR CARRYING CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN VESSELS At Sea.”
FOR CARRYING CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN VESSELS At Sea.”
Scaled the 21st December 1874, and dated the 27th June 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Heron Relph
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th June 1874.
I, FRANCIS HERON RELPH, of Merton, in the County of Surrey,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED FITTINGS FOR CARRYING CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN VESSELS AT
SEA," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in having portable stalls of wood, iron, or
other suitable material, and capable of being stowed away, so that the
ship is available for cargo when not carrying cattle. The stalls when

page_text: crected consist of upright posts or stanchions fitting into shoes in the
upper and lower decks, with side bars, so that one end lifts up to allow
the animals to be placed in the stalls. At the back there is a sliding
bar, and in the front another bar, which is removable also.
Attached to each stall is a sling or band of canvas, rope, or other
suitable material, which can be raised or lowered at any time under the
animal's stomach, and with little labor; one man by this means being
able to suspend six or more animals at once in the space of one or two
minutes, in the event of bad weather coming on.
The slings may be made of one continuous band running under the
animal's stomach and over the side bars or rollers or other mechanical
equivalents and connecting with one large roller or rollers at the end
of the block of stalls. Or they may be the ordinary slings or bands
fixed to one side of the bar or stall and the other end connected by
ropes or chains to a roller or pulley placed on supports above the back
of the animal and shortened or lowered at pleasure. Or the slings or
bands may be attached solely to the rollers or pullies or by any other
equivalent means. The usual water troughs and feeding racks are
attached to each stall, and water supplied by pipes.

page_text: assigns, or such others as I, the said Francis Heron Relph, 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 “IMPROVED FITTINGS
FOR CARRYING CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN VESSELS AT SEA," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Francis Heron Relph, my
executors or 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
Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Francis Heron Relph, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings (that is to say) :-
This Invention consists in having portable stalls constructed of wood,
iron, or other material, and capable of being stowed away, so that the
ship is available for cargo when not carrying cattle, horses, or other
animals. The stalls when erected are upright posts or stanchions.
fitting into shoes in the upper and lower decks, with side bars, so con-
structed that both ends slide up in grooves in the upright posts to allow
the animal to be placed in the stall; at the back there is a sliding bar,
and in the front another bar, which is removable; and also a bar or
yoke may be provided, which will fall over the necks of the animals
when required.

page_text: |sea, substantially as herein described and shewn on the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Heron Relph, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-third day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
FRANCIS HERON RELPH. (L.S.)