Improvements in the Construction of Nosebags.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Nosebags.
FREDERICK GRAY, 5 The Mall, Ealing, Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A nosebag combining the above characteristics which will be more fully specified
later on but briefly stated are as follows-It is formed of waterproof cloth-the
outside covered with black rubber. The opening for nose is a jointed iron frame,
and opens square.
Straps or suspenders are fitted inside the bag & frame which
keeps it open. An inside border standing out from the bag all round, catches the
grain below it when the horse tosses its head-and returns it to the bag, instead of
throwing it out & wasting it. Under the frame are air holes standing out raised on
the inside of bag. Being raised the grain strikes the raised rim, preventing it
leaving the bag & again preventing waste. The bag has a rounding bottom & no
corners.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Nosebags.
I, FREDERICK GRAY, 5 The Mall, Ealing Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention has for its object to construct a nosebag for horses and other
animals which shall prevent the waste of food when the animal tosses its head or
otherwise upsets the bag and which when not in use can be closed for convenience
in transit and to prevent the introduction of foreign substances and the waste of
food and consists of a bag provided with suitable and novel suspension straps and
having a jointed shut up frame to which is secured a diaphragm with a central
opening through which the animal's mouth is inserted, the remaining part of the
said diaphragm forming a lip or ledge which prevents the food from being thrown
out when the animal's head is tossed. The bag being waterproof, yet well ventilated,
resists soakage of street sludge and grit, preserving forage clean and fresh.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a vertical cross section of an open nosebag constructed according
to this invention, the upper part of the suspension straps being removed. Fig. 2 is
a side elevation, Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig. 4 represents the same in perspective
attached to the head of an animal.
A bag a is secured by any suitable means to a metal frame b hinged at c, to enable
it to be opened or closed at pleasure, while to its upper side or face, as seen when
open, is attached a lip or ledge d leaving a central opening through which the
animal's mouth is inserted. Apertures or raised eyelets e, which may be formed of
elastic material such as indiarubber, are provided round the upper part of the
bag to permit of the free circulation of air and prevent the escape of forage.
The bag is suspended from the animal's head by means of suspender straps,
one f of which passes over the animal's head and has its ends secured to the body
of the bag, its length being regulated in the ordinary way by means of a buckle g
while the other h passes around the strap fand is secured by the buckle i, the two

page_text: legs of its bifurcated end being also secured to the body of the bag all as clearly
shown.
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 I
claim is :-
1. A nosebag comprising a bag a, hinged metal frame b and lip or ledge d
arranged and constructed substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination of a bag a, hinged metal frame b, lip or ledge d, and ventila-
ting holes e substantially as described.
3. The combination of a bag a hinged metal frame b, lip or ledge d and suspender
straps and the whole arranged substantially as described.
4. The combination of parts constituting my improved nosebag, the whole
arranged and constructed substantially as described in the foregoing Specification
and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 19th day July 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.