An Improved Device for Controlling and Stopping Runaway Horses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Controlling and Stopping Runaway Horses.
1 ALFRED STEVENS of Woodhall Spa Lincoln do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for controlling and stopping runaway
horses and consists in the employment of two reins attached at one end by means of
buckles to the lower ends or bottom bars of the bit. These reins are preferably
round in cross-section and are passed through the terret rings of the pad, their
other ends being connected by studs to the two arms of a forked bar. This bar is
connected to a link pivoted or swivelled to a buckle secured to the end of a strap.
This strap is made adjustable lengthwise by means of an ordinary buckle and is
provided at its other end with a swivel attached to the dash-board of the trap or
other vehicle to which the improved device is applied.
The before-mentioned pivoted link, attached to the end of the strap, is provided
with a roller extending across and forming the front limb of the said link. The
forked bar to which the aforesaid reins are attached bears against the inner or rear
surface of the said roller, by means of which it is connected to the pivoted link.
This arrangement forms a piveted connection between the said reins and the
aforesaid strap.
Should the horse run away or be required to be pulled up or stopped for any
reason the strap attached to the dash-board is pulled thus drawing back the lower
end of the bit and thereby holding-in the head of the horse and stopping its further
progress.
The special advantages are that the rein cannot get twisted, and in case of the
ordinary reins breaking the horse can be guided by my improved rein, while the
driver has entire control over the horse.
As my improvements are capable of some modification without departing from
the principle thereof I do not restrict myself to materials, dimensions, or to the
precise form or placement of the several parts thereof.
Dated this 17th day of March 1893.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Controlling and Stopping Runaway Horses.
I, ALFRED STEVENS of Woodhall Spa Lincoln 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved device for controlling and stopping runaway
horses and consists in the employment of two reins attached at one end to the lower
part or bottom bar of the bit these reins then pass through the terret rings of the
pad and are attached at their other ends to the two arms of a forked bar which is
connected to a link swivelled to a buckle secured to one end of an adjustable strap-
the other end of this strap is provided with a spring catch or clip for attaching
same to the dash board of a trap, carriage, or other vehicle. The aforesaid swivelled
link is provided with a small roller extending across and forming the front limb
thereof, and the forked bar, to which the reins are attached, bears against the
inner or rear surface of the roller thereby connecting the said bar with the swivelled
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page_text: link, and forming a pivoted connection between the aforesaid reins and strap, thus
preventing the reins getting twisted. In the event of the horse running away the
said strap is pulled, thus drawing back the lower end of the bit and holding in
the head of the horse, at the same time giving the driver perfect control over the
animal.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings
in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the
figures.
Fig. 1 illustrates a general view of my improved device as attached to a horse
and trap Fig. 2 being a plan or top view of the device and Fig. 3 a side view.
a a are the two reins of a circular shape in cross section and a' a' are two buckles
for connecting the same to the lower end or bottom bar of the bit. is the forked
c is the link
bar, to the two arms of which the reins are attached by studs &¹¹.
swivelled at c¹ to the buckle d. e is the strap connected at one end to the said
buckle and at the other to the spring catch or clipf. The strap is capable of being
adjusted in its length by means of a buckle g and the spring catch or clip fis
attached to a hook, ring, or bar secured to the dashboard of a trap, carriage, or
other vehicle.
The forked bar b is connected to the link c by means of a roller which revolves
in bearings at the forward end of the said link, the forked bar b bearing against the
iuner or rear surface of the roller.
The two arms of the bar are at such a distance apart as to allow the roller / to
travel backwards and forwards between them so that the horse may be guided by
pulling the strap e to one side or the other, in the event of the ordinary reins
breaking, thus giving the driver entire control over the horse, the swivelled con-
nection c¹ between the link c and the buckle d at the same time preventing the,
reins a from getting twisted.
In the event of the horse running away or being required to be suddenly pulled
up or stopped the strap e attached to the dashboard is pulled thus drawing back
the lower end of the bit and thereby holding in the head of the horse and stopping
its further progress.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1) In apparatus for controlling and stopping runaway horses the combination of
the two reins a the forked bar & the swivelled link c the roller h and the operating
strap e substantially as described, and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
The improved device for controlling and stopping runaway horses substantially
as described and for the purposes.specified.
Dated this 7th day of April 1893.
:
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, Agent for the applicant.