IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS FOR HORSES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Hampton Petty, of 12, William Street,
Albany Street, in the County of Middlesex, Horse Collar Maker,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS FOR HORSES."
Sealed the 15th May 1874, and dated the 19th November 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Hampton Petty
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 19th November 1873.
I, JAMES HAMPTON PETTY, of 12, William Street, Albany Street, in
the County of Middlesex, Horse Collar Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS FOR HORSES,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide an efficient and economical
nose or feeding bag for horses which will prevent the waste of corn that
now occurs with bags of the ordinary construction, and at the same time
ensure comfort to the horse while feeding.

page_text: The feeding bags at present in use are objectionable on account of the
difficulty of reaching the corn or fodder except when the bag is nearly
full, and the mouth and nostrils of the horse being entirely enclosed
causes the animal's breath to moisten the corn.
When the corn becomes thus tainted the horse will reject it, and in
endeavouring to get at the fresh corn beneath, will often waste large
quantities of it.
In carrying out my Invention I make my improved nose bag of a
cylindrical form, with a flat bottom, and to its inner surface I attach a
spiral or other spring in such a manner as to cause the bag when empty
to close up in the direction of its length. At the mouth of the bag I
fit a diaphragm made of canvas or other suitable material, leaving an
opening in the centre of sufficient size to admit the horse's mouth.
When the bag is full the action of the spring will keep the corn
always within reach of the horse's mouth. The sides of the bag are
continued upwards a short distance above the diaphragm, thus forming
a rim which will prevent waste of the corn and at the same time allow
the horse to breathe freely.
When not in use the central opening is closed by a slide made of any
suitable material which is operated from the outside by a cord for the
purpose of opening and closing the same. The bottom of the bag is
provided with a loop of leather for the purpose of opening the same
while being filled.
A strap is attached as in the usual manner for suspending the bag
from the horse's neck.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said James Hampton Petty in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 19th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HAMPTON PETTY, of 12, William Street, Albany Street, in the County
of Middlesex, Wire Worker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of November, in the year

page_text: of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-.
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Hampton Petty, Her special
licence that I, the said James Hampton Petty, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Hampton Petty, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS FOR HORSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Hampton Petty,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Hampton Petty, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that
is to say):-
This Invention has for its object to provide an efficient and economical
nose or feeding bag for horses which will prevent the waste of corn that
now occurs with bags of the ordinary construction, and at the same time
ensure comfort to the horse while feeding.
The feeding bags at present in use are objectionable on account of the
difficulty of reaching the corn or fodder except when the bag is nearly
full, and the mouth and nostrils of the horse being entirely enclosed
causes the animal's breath to moisten the corn.
When the corn becomes thus tainted the horse will reject it, and in
endeavouring to get at the fresh corn beneath will often waste large
quantities of it.
In carrying out my Invention. I make my improved nose bag of a
somewhat cylindrical form, with a flat or other suitably shaped bottom,

page_text: and to its inner surface I attach a spiral or other spring in such a manner
as to cause the bag when empty to close up in the direction of its longth.
At the mouth of the bag I fit a diaphragm made of metal, canvas, or
other suitable material, leaving an opening in the centre of sufficient size
to admit the horse's mouth.
When the bag is full the action of the spring will keep the corn pressed
up against this diaphragm, and thus keep the corn always within reach
of the horse's mouth. The sides of the bag are continued upwards a
short distance above the diaphragm, thus forming a rim which will
prevent waste of the corn and at the same time allow the horse to breath 1
freely.
When not in use the central opening is closed by a slide made of any
suitable material which is operated from the outside by a cord for the
purpose of opening and closing the same. The bottom of the bag is
provided with a loop of leather for the purpose of opening the same ]
while being filled.
A strap is attached as in the usual manner for suspending the bag
from the horse's neck.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a nose or
feeding bag constructed according to my Invention; Fig. 2 is a plan
view of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line x of
Fig. 2, and shewing the bag distended as when filled; and Fig. 4 is a
similar section shewing the bag contracted or closed up in the direction
of its length when empty.
The body a of the bag may be constructed of canvas or other suitable
material having a flat or other suitably shaped bottom b; the upper part
of the bag is partly closed by the diaphragm c, which may be made of
metal, canvas, or other suitable material, having an opening in the centre
to admit the horse's mouth. A spiral spring d is attached to the inner
surface of the bag a, the extremities of the spring being fixed to the
diaphragm c and bottom 6; the contraction of this spring will keep the
corn or fodder contained in the bag pressed up against the diaphragm c,
and thus ensure the corn being always within reach of the horse's mouth,
the sides of the bag are continued upwards a short distance above the
diaphragm, thus forming a rim e, which will prevent waste of the corn
or fodder.

page_text: When not in use the mouth of the bag is closed by a slide ƒ operated
from the outside by cords g. Fig. 2 shews the mouth of the bag closed
by the slide, and in Fig. 3 it is withdrawn; a strap h is provided for the
purpose of attaching the bag to the horse's neck.
In order to fill the bag with corn or fodder it will only be necessary to
draw out the bag lengthwise, a loop or strap being provided for that
purpose.
Having now described my Invention of " Improvements in Nose Bags
for Horses," and having explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as
aforesaid, constructing nose or feeding bags as herein shewn and
described, whereby the upper surface of the corn or fodder is kept at
an uniform height and always within reach of the horse's mouth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Hampton Petty, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Eighteenth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witnessed by
WILLIAM PETTY.
JAMES HAMPTON PETTY. (L.S).