Improved Means for Restraining Runaway or Restive Horses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left 15th Sept. 1891-Accented 21st Nov 1801
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Restraining Runaway or Restive Horses.
JOHN DAVIES of 35 Wellington Square Chelsea Lamp Dealer, and JAMES
ATKINSON of 42 Lots Road Chelsea Coachmaker do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
For an improved means for restraining runaway or restive horses, consisting of
a roller with handle carried by two arms with or without movable joints the roller
to be furnished with a spring hook for holding the reins. The coachman or driver
by turning the handle will wind the reins on to the same roller, and by that means
pull the horse or horses back, and may be fixed horizental or perpendicler, or any
way suitable, on any part of any vehicle drawn by horse or horses, within reach of
the driver, we also provide a ratchet wheel on the roller with a self acting stop
to prevent the reins from running back or unwinding the above to be made of
steel or any other suitable metal.
Dated this 16th December 1890.
JOHN DAVIES.
JAMES ATKINSON.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Restraining Runaway or Restive Horses.
JOHN DAVIES of 35 Wellington Square Chelsea Lamp Dealer and JAMES
ATKINSON of 42 Lots Road Chelsea Coachmaker 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 :-
For an improved means for restraining runaway or restive horses, consisting of
a roller with handle carried by two arms with or without movable joints, the roller
to be furnished with a spring hook for holding the reins. The coachman or driver
by turning the handle will wind the reins on to the same roller and by that means
pull the horse or horses back, and may be fixed horizental or penpendicler or any
way suitable, on any part of any vehicle drawn by horse or horses within reach of
the driver, we also provide a ratchet wheel on the roller with a self acting stop to
prevent the reins from running back or unwinding, the above to be made of steel
or any other suitable metal.
Our invention relates to an improved means for restraining runaway or restive
horses and the manner in which we prefer to carry our invention into effect is
shewn in the accompaning drawings.
Fig. 1 represents a horse and carriage provided with the contrivance according
to our invention.
Fig. 2 and 3 are details.
Fig. 2 (in action) as seen when sitting on the coachman's seat. (a) is the roller
for winding the reins on (6) is the handle (c) is the arms which carry the roller
(d) is the self acting stop to prevent the reins unwinding (e) is the spring on
self acting stop (f) is the ratchet wheel on the roller (g) is the spring hook on the
roller for holding reins (4) is the reins attached to spring hook on the roller.
Fig. 3 (out of action) is a side view, when out of action can be droped down out
of sight (p) movable joints of arms carring the roller (k) coachman's seat (1) is
the flap bolted on the seat which carries the movable joints.
We can also provide a ring with bar across on the end of reins to attach the
same to spring hook on the roller as shown in the drawing.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is―
A method of controlling runaway or restive horse or horses by means of the
apparatus consisting of a roller with handle on which the reins can be wound in
the manner substantially as and for the purpose described and as shewn in the
drawings.
London dated this 15th September 1891.
JOHN DAVIES.
JAMES ATKINSON.