Improvements in Apparatus for Restraining or Taming Horses.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May. 1895-Accepted. 29th June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Restraining or Taming Horses.
I RUDOLF BOSENIUS, of 55 Zeughausstrasse, Barmen, in the Empire of
Germany, Master Carpenter, 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 object of the present invention to provide means for enabling the rider or
driver to at once stifle or close, in cases of sudden danger, the nostrils of a horse in
order to stop it instantly, and it comprises pressure bolts sliding in guides adapted
therefor. As an apparatus of this kind can only be of any value when its operation
is at all times absolutely sure, it has been the chief aim to construct this device in
such a manner that it may be attached to the head of the horse without possibility
of its becoming deranged or displaced, thus ensuring that the apparatus shall
always have the intended effect.
Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings represents the head of a horse with the device
attached thereto.
Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are detail views of the apparatus on a larger_scale, Fig. 2
being a horizontal section showing the bolts in state of approach, Fig. 3 a front
view with said bolts in their initial position, Figs. 4 and 5 a plan and side view
thereof respectively.
A bow a conformed to the shape of the head of a horse and lined with leather b
so as to prevent chafing, carries the apparatus and is attached to the nose piece or
strap A as indicated in Fig. 1. In order that the apparatus may be kept in its
proper place, a strap B runs from strap A to the front band C or head strap D.
The plate a (Figs. 2 to 5) is at its opposite ends provided with guides c and c
respectively to receive the bolts d and d¹ the latter terminating in knobs e and e¹
which are intended to conform to the hollow between the bridge of the nose and
the upper jaw bone to thus choke the nostrils when pressed together.
The plate a also supports two projecting lugs and f with pins 9 and g¹
respectively, about which turn the levers hand of the apparatus; these levers
in the bolts d and d to cause them to move when required.
engage with grooves
The guides c and c¹ are also grooved to allow the levers sufficient play.
The latter are provided with projections i and i respectively, each with an eye k
into which eyes are hooked the draw rods 1, 1, the latter being kept in position by
lugs or eyes m, m² on the guides c, c¹.
The upper ends of the levers have another projection n, n' fitted with holes to
receive a spring o tending to draw together the said ends, and thus at the same time
keep the bolts d, d' apart.
As shown in Fig. 1, a ring p is attached to the strap E and through this ring
passes the end of the line q manipulated from the seat of the rider or driver, and
passing through the eyes of the rods 1, which arrangement ensures a normal
position to the rods 1, with any movement of the head.
By a simple pull of the line, the choking of the nostrils can be effected; on the
other hand the spring o causes the levers and therewith the bolts to go back to
their normal position when the pull on the line is slackened.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
Apparatus for restraining or taming horses comprising a bow a adapted to conform
to the shape of the head, said bow having guides c and c³, bolts d and d' intended,
by the aid of the levers h and h¹ and line g, to close or choke the nostrils, and a
spring tending to hold said levers and consequently the bolts in their initial
position or to return them thereto.
Dated this 24th day of May 1895.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.