IMPROVED MEANS OF ATTACHING HORSES' HEAD COLLARS TO MANGERS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MEANS OF
ATTACHING HORSES' HEAD COLLARS TO MANGERS." A communication from
abroad by the Firm of Milinaire frères, of Paris, France.
Sealed the 8th March 1878, and dated the 17th September 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th September 1877.
WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVED MEANS OF ATTACHING HORSES' HEAD COLLARS TO MANGERS."
[A communication from abroad by the Firm of Milinaire frères, of Paris, France.]
This Invention relates to improvements in head collar or halter attachments for
preventing horses from biting, eating each other's provender, or catching their fore
feet in the tether.
A single short chain or tether is employed with a running attachment which
gives the horse full liberty to reach the rack and manger as well as to lie down,
without allowing it to move more than two feet sideways. It also gives greater
security in approaching vicious horses in stables.
The accompany Drawings give several arrangements of the improved attach-
ments.
Figures 1 and 2 show face and side views of one arrangement as applied to a
manger.
Figures 3 and 4 show the attachment separately on a larger scale.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 show the form of attaching hook.
Figures 8, 9, 10, and 11, 12 show modified arrangements of the improved
attachment.
The same letters of reference are used in all the Figures.

page_text: The attachment consists of an upright rod of round iron a at the centre of the
stall bent backwards at its bottom end and fixed in the brickwork beneath the
manger c. Its upper end a is bent over the edge of the manger and secured by a
pin or otherwise to a staple attached to the front of the manger; or the rod a may
be attached by a clamp, as shown at fin Figures 11 and 12, more particularly in
the case of wood mangers, or as shown at g in Figures 8, 9, and 10. e is a ring
running on rod a by which the chain h is secured.
The advantage of the mode of fixing rod a, shown in Figures 3 and 4, is that the
ring may be readily detached from rod a for repairing the ring or chain without
unscrewing staple d by simply removing the pin and slightly springing the rod a to
disconnect it. The ring e is prevented from lodging in the curved end of rod a by
the head of the staple d, and the same object is attained in Figures 11 and 12 by
the knob j and in Figures 8, 9, and 10 by the wide end g. To the other end of the
short chain his attached a safety hook bent of the form shown in Figures 5, 6,
and 7, so as to be readily attached or detached, while preventing any accidental
disconnection.
The hook i serves as a substitute for the ordinary buckles or swivels, but these
may be retained and the hook i be replaced by a ring attached to a very short rope
with buckle, the length of the chain being correspondingly reduced.
The chain may be replaced by a rope tether of the same length, which is not
liable to wear by working in a fixed ring as usual, being attached to the ring e
running on rod a.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th March
1878.
WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVED MEANS OF ATTACHING HORSES' HEAD COLLARS TO MANGERS."
A communication from abroad by the Firm of Milinaire frères, of Paris, France.
This Invention relates to improvements in head collar rein attachments for pre-
venting horses when stabled from biting, eating each other's provender, or catching
their fore feet in the head collar reins, which they are liable to do with the present
system.
According to this Invention a single short chain or rope is employed, with a
running attachment which gives the horse full liberty to reach the rack and manger,
as well as to lie down without however allowing him to move backwards or more
than two feet to the one side or the other.
By means of this Invention horses may be very quickly tethered, and the peculiar
form of hook employed effectually prevents them getting loose. The noise caused
by the ordinary log is avoided, and the noise may be still further reduced by
The Inven-
encasing the running ring with leather, india-rubber, or gutta percha.
tion also gives greater security in approaching vicious horses in stables.
The accompanying Drawings show several arrangements of the improved head-
collar rein attachments to serve as examples only.
Figures 1 and 2 show face and side views of one arrangement as applied to a
manger.
Figures 3 and 4 show the attachment separately on a larger scale.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 show the form of attaching hook.
Figures 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 show modified arrangements of the improved
attachment.
The same letters of reference are used in all the Figures.
The running attachment consists of an upright rod of round iron a at the
centre of the stall bent backwards at its bottom end and fixed in the brick-
work beneath the manger c. Its upper end a is bent over the edge of the
manger and secured by a pin or otherwise to a socket or staple & attached to
the front of the manger on the inside; or the end of the rod a may be flattened and
screwed or bolted directly to the manger, as at g in Figures 8, 9, and 10, or formed
with a clamp, as shown at f in Figures 11 and 12, more particularly in the
case of wooden mangers. e is a ring running on rod a, by which the chain h is
secured.
The advantage of the mode of fixing rod a, shown in Figures 3 and 4, is that the
ring may be readily detached from rod a for repairing the ring or chain without
unscrewing the socket d by simply removing the pin and slightly springing the
rod a backward to disengage it from the socket and allow of the ring being
slid off. The ring e is prevented from lodging in the curved end of rod a by
the head of the socket d; and the same object is attained in Figures 11 and 12 by
the knob j; and in Figures 8, 9, and 10 by the wide flattened end g. To the other
end of the short chain h is attached a safety hook i bent of the form shown in
Figures 5, 6, and 7, so as to be readily attached or detached, while preventing any
accidental disconnection.
The hook i serves as a substitute for the ordinary swivels, but these may be
retained and the hook i be replaced by a ring attached to a very short rope with
the length of the chain being correspondingly reduced.
The chain being of but sixteen inches to two feet in length, according to the
space allowed for each horse, will only permit a movement of that extent to the one
side or the other, or a distance in all of from 30 inches to four feet, which is how-
ever amply sufficient to enable the horse to eat or lie down freely, although the

page_text: chain is not long enough to allow neighbouring horses to consume one another's
provender, or to bite each other. The chain may be replaced by a rope of the same
length which is not liable to wear like the ordinary head collar rein by working in
a fixed ring as usual, the ring being on the rope or rein itself, and running on the
rod a, as before described. Notwithstanding the shortness of the head collar chain
or rope rein the horse can easily reach the rack b owing to the facility with which
the ring e travels up and down the rod a.
The improved head collar attachment being of simple construction may be made
at a very low price in iron, but it may also be made in other metals, and more or
less ornamental in appearance.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1st. The running attachment for head collar reins consisting of the upright rod a
fixed in front of the manger, and the ring e running thereon and attached to a chain
or other connection, substantially as and for the purpose described, and shown in
the Drawings.
2nd. The form of safety hook, shown in Figures 5, 6, and 7, as and for the purpose
anecified
W. CLARK. (LS)