An Improved Nose-bag or Portable Feeder for Horses and other Draught Animals.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Nose-bag or Portable Feeder for Horses and other
Draught Animals.
1 EDWIN CHARLES GARDINER of Hardwicke Villa Reigate in the County of
Surrey Commission Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows; and it is designed to provide a means for feeding horses or other animals
when away from their stables and standing in the shafts of vehicles without subjecting
them to the discomforts and inconveniences of an ordinary nose bag. My invention
is also designed to prevent the great waste of food caused by the same being spilt or
thrown about and by reason of its being damaged by the drippings or moisture from
an animals mouth and nose when confined within an ordinary nose bag.
In carrying out my invention I provide, in place of the ordinary nose bag which is
hung or attached to the head of the animal feeding therefrom, a bag or receptacle
formed of any suitable material and in any desirable shape adapted to be carried by
stays or supports attached to the shafts or poles of vehicles or to the collars or
other convenient parts of the harness.
I prefer to arrange a metal rod, wire or stay bent in the form of a bow or semi-circle
to surround the front of the animal and carry the food receptacle or feeder and having
its ends prolonged or continued parallel to each other in the direction of the shafts and
also in line therewith.
T fix on any convenient part of the shafts metal or other slots or housings, arranged
at any desirable angle to suit the shape of the shafts, to receive the ends of the rod
wire or stay supporting the feeder which is hung or carried upon the front or curved
portion of the rod, wire or stay aforesaid.
I may form the bag receptacle or feeder with loops through which the wire
or other support may be passed or with tags and buttons so as to facilitate its
removal.
In the case of a pair of animals and a pole being used, one end of the support may
be housed in a slot or receptacle fixed to the pole and the other end in a slot or
receptacle attached to some part of the harness.
It will be seen that animals feeding by means of my invention have their heads
quite free, may breath pure air and are not inconvenienced by the weight of the bag
or receptacle.
The arrangement or apparatus may be hung behind or at the side of the vehicle
and lie almost flat thereto and it will be seen that the stays or supports will form when
held together in the hand or hands a kind of handle by means of which water may
be obtained from streams or pools using the bag as a dipper.
Dated this 24th day of Anril 1889
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Nose-bag or Portable Feeder for Horses and other
Draught Animals.
I EDWIN CHARLES GARDINER, of Hardwick Villa, Reigate in the County of Surrey,
Commission Agent, 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 :-
My said invention is designed to provide a means for feeding horses or other
animals when away from their stables and standing in the shafts of vehicles without

page_text: subjecting them to the discomforts and inconveniences of an ordinary nose bag. My
invention is also designed to prevent the great waste of food caused by the same being
spilt or thrown about and by reason of its being damaged by the drippings
or moisture from an animal's mouth and nose when such are confined within an
ordinary nose bag.
In carrying out my invention I provide, in place of the ordinary nose bag which
is hung or attached to the head of the animal feeding therefrom, a bag or receptacle
formed of any suitable material and of any desirable shape, adapted to be carried by
stays or supports attached to the shafts or poles of vehicles.
For use by a single horse in the shafts of a vehicle I prefer to arrange a metal rod
wire or stay bent in the form of a bow or semi-circle to surround the front of the
animal and carry the food receptacle or feeder, and having its ends prolonged
or continued parallel to each other in the direction of the shafts and also in line
therewith.
I fix on any convenient part of the shafts metal or other slots or housings
arranged at any desired angle to suit the shape of the shafts, to receive the ends
of the rod wire or stay supporting the feeder which is hung or carried upon the front
or curved portion of the rod wire or stay aforesaid.
I may form the bag receptacle or feeder with loops through which the wire or
other support may be passed or with tags and buttons so as to facilitate its
removal.
In the case of a pair of animals and a pole being used one end of the support may
be housed in a slot or receptacle fixed to the pole and the other end in a slot or
receptacle attached to some part of the harness.
It will be seen that animals feeding by means of my invention have their heads
quite free, may breath pure air and are not inconvenienced by the weight of the bag
or receptacle.
The arrangement or apparatus may be hung behind or at the side of the vehicle
and lio almost flat thereto and it will be seen that the stays or supports will form when
held together in the hand or hands a kind of handle by means of which water may
be obtained from streams or pools, using the bag as a dipper.
Referring now to the accompanying sheets of drawings and to the figures and
letters of reference thereon I will proceed to shew a method of attaching my nose bag
or feeder to the shafts or poles of vehicles but it will be understood that such may be
readily attached in various other ways.
On Sheet 1, Figure 1 is a plan of a frame for my nose bag.
Figure 2 is an enlarged view of one of the ends of a bent rod supporting the cover
of the bag if such be used.
Figure 3 represents one of the hooks which may be used for attaching the nosebag
to the frame.
Figure 4 is a section and
Figure 5 an elevation of a plate carrying a tube or housing to receive the ends of
the frame and intended to be attached to the shafts.
On Sheet 2, Figure 6 is a plan of a double frame for attachment to a pole for the
use of a pair of animals.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the same and
Figure 8 is a section of the attachment or housing screwed to the underside of the
pole to carry the frame.
In Figure 1, A is a bent rod or tube the ends of which A¹, A¹ fit into the tube or
socket B in the plates C (Figure 5) which may be attached by screws at D, D, D to
the sides of the shafts. E is a bent rod carrying the nosebag which depends
therefrom by loops or rings-this inner frame or bent rod rests upon the supporting
frame at FF and may be slung by hooks C (Figure 3) or other suitable devices at
points such as G, G, G. Another wire or rod H may be hooked on by bent
ends HH to the rear of the nose bag frame E to carry a canvas or other cover if
desired to close over the mouth of the bag when not in use and capable of hanging
therefrom when the animal is feeding.

page_text: On Sheet 2, Figure 6, I is the end of the pole the nose of which enters a strap or
loop K formed on or fixed to the double frame L which is further supported by
a T-iron M (Figures 7 and 8) entering a housing N attached by screws O to the
underside of the pole I.
If necessary chains or straps may be fixed at say P P and hooked or other-
wise attached to the collars or other parts of the harness to further support the
frame.
It will be seen that various methods may be adopted for carrying the nosebags
which may be of any convenient size or shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same may be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
1. Supporting nosebags or feeders for draught animals by the shafts or poles of
vehicles or by such shafts or poles and portions of the harness as and for the
purposes herein described.
2. The method of supporting nosebags or feeders for draught animals substantially
as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of January 1890.
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.