Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 25th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887.
1, ERNEST WILLIAM EDWARDS of Heathfield, Worcester Road, Sutton, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The invention has for its object improvements in dog slips whereby the same are
greatly simplified and cheapened in construction, are easy to use and prevent the
possibility of fraud at the moment of slipping the dogs.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ a leather "lead" having at one end
a hand loop by which it is held and at the other a swivel spring hook for connecting it
to an eye fixed to the centre of a leather cross piece forming the connection between
the two collars. This leather cross piece is provided at each end with a swivel spring
hook by which it is connected to one of a pair of metal eyes fixed one on each side of
each collar and on the same cross line. Each collar is provided with a small metal eye
at one end and with a larger metal eye at the other and the "lead" has connected to
it a slip leather to which near the free end thereof is attached a leather loop through
which such free end is passed.
The slip is used in the following manner.
Each collar is first placed round a dogs neck the small eye or ring at one end of
the collar is then passed through the larger one at the other end; to retain them in
this position, the free end of the slip leather which is already straight through the
leather loop connected thereto is passed through the small rings at one end of the
collars the said free end of the slip leather is then returned through the aforesaid
leather loop which latter is then pushed down as close as possible to the small eyes or

page_text: loops of the collars taking care to leave the leather loop fully extended; then to slip
the dogs, pull the slip leather quickly when the 'dogs will be immediately released.
The metal eyes or loops on each side of the collars form a stop to the larger loops or
eyes at the ends thereof thereby preventing the same from slipping and so putting
pressure on the dog's throat.
If desired the above construction of parts may be employed as a single slip by
simply dispensing with one collar and the cross connection and connecting the other
collar directly with the swivel spring hook at end of "lead."
A
ERNEST WILLIAM EDWARDS.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: I, ERNEST WILLIAM EDWARDS of Heathfield, Worcester Road, Sutton in the
County of Surrey, 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 :-
The invention has for its object improvements in dog slips whereby the same are
greatly simplified and cheapened in construction, are easy to use and prevent the
possibility of fraud at the moment of slipping the dogs.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ a leather "lead" having at one end
a hand loop by which it is held and at the other a swivel spring hook for connecting
it to an eye fixed to the centre of a leather cross piece forming the connection between
the two collars. This leather cross piece is provided at each end with a swivel spring
hook by which it is connected to one of a pair of metal eyes fixed one on each side
of each collar and on the same cross line. Each collar is provided with a small metal
eye at one end and with a larger metal eye at the other and the "lead" has connected to
it a slip leather to which near the free end thereof is attached a leather loop through
which such free end is passed.
The slip is used in the following manner.
Each collar is first placed around a dog's neck the small eye or ring at one end of
the collar is then passed through the larger one at the other end; to retain them in
this position the free end of the slip leather which is already straight through the
leather loop connected thereto is passed through the small rings at one end of the
collars, the said free end of the slip leather is then returned through the aforesaid
leather loop which latter is then pushed down as close as possible to the small eyes or
loops of the collars, taking care to leave the leather loop fully extended; then to slip
the dogs pull the slip leather quickly when the dogs will be immediately released.
The metal eyes or loops on each side of the collars form a stop to the larger loops or
eyes at the ends thereof thereby preventing the same from slipping and so putting
pressure on the dogs' throats.
If desired the above construction of parts may be employed as a single slip by
simply dispensing with one collar and the cross connection and connecting the other
collar directly with the swivel spring hook at end of "lead."
And in order that the invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to describe
the same
Figure 1 represents a dog slip constructed according to my. invention but with part
of the "lead" and slip leather broken off and Figure 2 represents a continuation of
those parts.
Figure 3 represents the free end of the slip leather and its coacting leather loop and
Figure 4 represents the leather cross piece and its connected parts.

page_text: a is the leather "lead" which has at one end thereof a hand loop a¹ by which it is
held and at the other a swivel spring hook a² for connecting it to an eye c¹ fixed to
the centre limb c² of a leather cross piece c forming the connection between the two
collars d. This leather cross piece c is provided at each end with a swivel spring
hook c3 by which it is connected to one d' of a pair of metal eyes d¹ d² fixed one on
each side of each collar d and on the same cross line; these metal eyes d¹ d² act as
stops to prevent the collars d being drawn too tightly around the dogs' necks as
hereinafter described.
Each collar d is provided with a small metal eye d³ at one end and with a larger
metal eye d' at the other.
The "lead" a has connected to it at a³, a slip leather 6 to or upon which near the
free end 6¹ thereof is attached or formed a leather loop 62 through which such free
end 6' is passed.
The action of the slip is as follows.
Each collar d is first placed around the neck of a dog; the small eye or ring d³ at
one end of the collar is then, as shown at Figure 1, passed through the larger one d
at the other end; to retain them in this position the free end 61 of the slip leather b,
which is already threaded through the leather loop 63, is passed through both of the
small eyes d³ at one end of each of the collars d; the free end of the slip leather >>
is then returned through the leather loop 62 which latter is then pushed down as close
as possible to the small eyes or loops d³ of the collars d taking care to leave the leather
loop 62 fully extended.
The strain or pull of the dogs is now borne by the "lead" a which is held in the
hand by means of the leather loop a¹; the metal eyes or loops d', d' on each side of
the collars forming a stop to the larger loops or eyes d' at the ends thereof thereby
preventing the same from slipping and so putting pressure on the dogs' throats.
In order to slip the dogs it is only necessary to pull the slip leather 6 quickly when
the dogs will be immediately released without the possibility of pulling them back or
jerking them.
The dotted position of one of the collars d in Figure 1 shows the collar released
from the free end b¹ of the slip leather band in the act of opening to free the dog.
If desired the above construction of parts may be employed as a single slip by
simply dispensing with one collar d and the cross connection c and connecting the
other collar d directly with the swivel spring hook a² at the end of the lead a by means
of one of the eyes or loops d' or d².
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a dog slip the employment of a "lead" a, slip leather b and connected parts
all acting in manner substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
2. In a dog slip the combination of "lead" a, slip leather 6 provided with a loop 62
and free end 6¹, cross piece c and collars d furnished with loops or eyes d¹, d² and eyes
or rings d³, d of different sizes all connected and acting in manner substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
3. In a dog slip the general construction, combination and arrangement of parts
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purposes stated.
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