IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTINGS OF NOSEBAGS FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY COMPTON SEWELL GOLDFRAP of N° 68 St George's Road Pimlico in
the County of Middlesex a Captain in Her Majesty's Army do hereby declare the
nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTINGS OF NOSEBAGS FOR
HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS" to be as follows:-
To a strap passing across the forehead and behind the throat of the horse or
other animal another strap passing from one side of the head to the other close
behind the ears is fixed by pieces of metal of suitable shape and to each of the said
pieces of metal is rivetted or otherwise fastened a metal loop or ring.
The said
straps are called "the head straps." Through the loops or rings aforesaid passes
a strap the lower ends of which are fastened one on each side of the nosebag and
the upper to the saddle by a hook or other contrivance and a buckle is fixed to
this strap to adjust it to its proper length. The last above mentioned strap is
called "the saddle strap." On the saddle strap two stops of leather or other
suitable material are fastened one on each side so that when the nosebag is full of
food these stops rest upon the loops or rings aforesaid. That portion of the saddle
strap between the said stops and the nosebag is of a cylindrical form so as to
enable it to pass freely through the loops or rings aforesaid. A strap is fixed on
the outside and towards the bottom of the nosebag which is thereby attached to
the lower part of the collar of the horse or other animal. The last above mentioned
strap is called "the collar strap."
By these arrangements when the horse or other animal lowers its head the
nosebag is held up by the saddle strap and it is thus enabled to reach the whole of.
its food while the tossing of the nosebag and consequent waste of food are rendered
impossible by the collar strap.

page_text: I HENRY COMPTON SEWELL GOLDFRAP of N° 68 St. George's Road Pimlico in
the County of Middlesex a Captain in Her Majesty's Army do hereby declare the
nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTINGS OF NOSEBAGS
FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
To a strap passing across the forehead and behind the throat of the horse or
other animal another strap passing from one side. of the head to the other close
behind the ears is fixed by pieces of metal of suitable shape and to each of the
said pieces of metal is rivetted or otherwise fastened a metal loop or ring. The
said straps are called "the head straps." Through the loops or rings aforesaid
passes a strap the lower ends of which are fastened one on each sido of the nosebag
and the upper to the saddle by a hook or other contrivance and a buckle is fixed
to this strap to adjust it to its proper length. The last above mentioned strap
is called "the saddle strap." On the saddle strap two stops of leather or other
suitable material are fastened one on each side so that when the nosebag is full of
food these stops rest upon the loops or rings aforesaid. That portion of the saddle
strap between the said stops and the nosebag is of a cylindrical form so as to
enable it to pass freely through the loops or rings aforesaid. A strap is fixed on
the outside and towards the bottom of the nosebag which is thereby attached to
the lower part of the collar of the horse or other animal. The last above
mentioned strap is called "the collar strap."
By these arrangements when the horse or other animal lowers its head the
nosebag is held up by the saddle strap and it is thus enabled to reach the whole
of its food while the tossing of the nosebag and consequent waste of food are
rendered impossible by the collar strap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The mode of suspension of the nosebag first by the head strap and secondly
by the saddle strap.
2. The attachment of the nosebag to the collar by the collar strap.