Improvement in Nose Bags and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, SAMUEL BENNETT, of 19, Gloucester Place, in the City of Liverpool, Joiner
and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My improvement consists of so constructing nose bags so as to keep the food
close to the top of the bag, and is accomplished in the following manner: --
spring, elastic or other mechanical appliance is fitted with one end at or near the
base of the bag & the other end at or near the top of the bag, by this means the
lighter the quantity of food the shorter the length of the bag, thus the food is
kept within easy reach of the animal. If desirable the springs can be fitted on
the strap in place of the bag.
Dated this 18th day of Fohow 1000
Improvement in Nose Bags and the like.
I, SAMUEL BENNETT, of 19, Gloucester Place, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancashire, Joiner and Contractor, 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 consists of so constructing nose bags so as to permit the animal
reaching the contents at all times while feeding, without tossing the bag in the
air or placing it upon the ground as its contents diminish, also dispensing with
the necessity of the driver tightening the straps. In order to accomplish this
I utilise spiral or rubber springs, one on either side of the bag, the combined
strength of which requires a weight equal to that of the bag & its contents to
stretch it from its normal length to a length equal to the depth of the bag,
thereby the shortening of the spring as the weight lessens keeps the food within
easy reach of the animal. Where I use a soft material for the body of the bag
such as canvas, I fix the lower end of the spring to the bottom of the bag, which
may be of wood or iron, & the upper end to the straps and the top of the bag,
but where the body of the bag is of a stiff material, such as leather, I fix the
lower end of the spring to the bottom of the bag and the upper end to the straps
only, a suitable covering being fixed on the bag for the protection of springs &
to form a guide for the strap to slide in as the spring contracts.
In order that my invention may be more easily understood and carried into
practical effect I will now describe it with reference to the accompanying sheet
of drawings. The same letters represent similar parts in all the figures.
Price 8/1

page_text: Fig. 1 represents canvas nose bag when empty.
Fig. 2. Canvas nose bag full. A spiral or rubber spring, B canvas body of bag,
of double layer. C. strap, I bottom.
Fig. 3. Leather nose bag when full.
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 nose bags of a soft material a spiral or rubber spring fitted on either side
of the bag between a double layer of canvas the lower end of which is fixed to the
bottom of the bag, and the upper end to the straps & the top of the bag.
2. In nose bags of a stiff material a spiral or rubber spring fitted on either
side of the bag, the lower end fixed to the bottom of the bag, and the upper end
to the straps only.
Doted this 1 L
1000