A New or Improved Hand Device for Leading or Holding Animals.
Year: 1893

page_text: te of Application, 22nd Mar., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 189.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Hand Device for Leading or Holding Animals.
We, WILLIAM BARWELL, of 33 South Street, Greenwich, in the County of
Kent, Time Keeper, and ROBERT LLEWELLYN PRUTTON of 77 Earl Street,
Plumstead, also in the County of Kent, Engineer, 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 :-
Our invention relates to a new or improved hand device for leading or holding
animals whereby the thong or strap by which an animal is led may be securely
held and stored in a more compact and portable manner than heretofore, and by
means of which the length of the thong or strap may be readily adjusted.
For this purpose we construct a case which in its opened position is of such a
shape as to be easily and securely held in the hand, and we provide with this case
means of coiling a thong or strap within the case, or of drawing it out of or
uncoiling it from the said case, much in the same manner as is done in a tape
measure.
We will now proceed, with the aid of the accompanying drawings, to describe
one form of our invention.
In these drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of our device showing the case
closed and the thong or strap partly drawn out.
Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the case opened and partially exposing the
thong or strap.
Figure 3 is an edge or rim elevation showing a part of the rim cut away to form
an opening for the ingress or egress of the thong or strap and to allow of the thong
or strap being brought to bear on the edge of the segment a.
Figure 4 is a side elevation showing the method by which the segment a is
partially exposed to enable it to be gripped to completely close the case.
Figure 5 is a side elevation showing the general external appearance of our
device when the case is closed and when the device is not in use.
Figure 6 is an edge or rim elevation showing a tongue or spring for locking
the case.
Figure 7 is a transverse section of a pivot with a slot tapered transversely and
showing the method of attaching the thong or strap.
Figure 8 is a longitudinal elevation of the slotted pivot.
Figure 9 is a transverse section of the pivot showing the thong or strap fixed to
the pivot and in the transverse tapered slot.
In these figures similar letters of reference indicate similar or equivalent parts.
a, a' are two parts or segments one (a) fitting or nesting easily in the other (a').
Both parts or segments are mounted on a pivot or spindle so as to be capable of
angular movement around the said pivot or spindle. The two segments a, a¹ with
the pivot or spindle 6 form a case or box, in which the segment a¹ may be con-
sidered as the body, the segment a as the lid or cover and the pivot or spindle bas
the hinge. It will readily be seen that movement of the pivot does not move
either segment. For the purpose of locking the case the rim of the segment a¹ is
cut or slotted to constitute a spring tongue or catch which engages in a slot or
indent in the rim of the segment a. The shape of the tip of the spring tongue
or catch should be such that the segment a may be freely turned in the direction
of the arrow (Figure 1) and resist movement in the opposite direction. The rim
of the segment al is cut away at k to form an opening when the case is closed and
for another purpose to be hereafter described. A slot c, tapered transversely, is
cut in the pivot or spindle b to provide a means of attachment for a thong or
strap d, and a milled head or folding bandle f is attached to or forms part of the
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page_text: pivot or spindle, by means of which the pivot or spindle may be turned. The
thong or strap d is attached to the pivot or spindle preferably in the following
manner: One end of the thong or strap is looped or doubled as shown in Figure 7,
when the loop so formed is drawn into the slot c as shown in Figure 9, the more
strongly it is pulled, as when subjected to strain by a dog led by it, the more firmly
does the loop become wedged in the slot. If desired the thong may be further
secured by a pin e, shown in Fig. 7. ready to be driven home, and shown in Fig. 9
driven into position through the loop after it has become wedged. At the free end
of the thong or strap d is affixed a swivelled snap hook g or other similar device
to provide a means of attachment to the collar of a dog or animal.
The thong or strap d may be coiled in the case by turning the handle f, or
uncoiled by pulling it from the case as is done in the case of a tape measure.
By coiling and uncoiling, the length of the thong or strap may be altered
at will.
To lead an animal by our device the thong or strap d is first attached to the
animal's collar by the snap hook g and the thong or strap pulled out. The case is
then opened as shown in Figure 2 when it may be easily and securely held or
gripped by the hand in the same manner as is usual with the cross bar provided
with the ordinary dog chain or lead. To facilitate the opening of the case the
thong or strap d' is pulled back on one edge of the segment a as shown in Figure 1
until the said segment is turned, in the direction of the arrow (Figure 1), into the
position shown in Figure 2.
To release an animal and stow the device compactly, the snap hook
g is detached
from the ccllar of the animal and the case is closed. To facilitate the closing of
the case the thong or strap d is pulled, and brought to bear on one edge of the
segment a, as shown in Figure 4, until the said segment comes into the position
shown in the figure, in which position it may be easily gripped by the finger and
thumb and thrown over, in the direction of the arrow (Figure 4), into the closed
position shown in Figures 1 and 5. The case al is cut away at k as described
before, to allow the thong or strap to bear upon the edge of the segment a in its
passage from the position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in Figure 4. When
the case is closed the handle is turned and with it the pivot so as to coil the
thong or strap within the case. These operations being completed the device
assumes the appearance shown in Figure 5 in which condition it may be either
stowed in a pocket or left attached to the collar of the animal and used as a name
plate or badge. It is obvious that the thong or strap or connecting device may be
wound up by a spring as in a well known form of tape measure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
1. The new or improved hand device for leading or holding animals, substantially
as set forth.
2. The arrangement & combination of parts by which segment a may be moved
angularly with respect to segment a substantially as set forth with reference to
Figure 4.
Dated this 22nd der of Mauh 1909
WM. BARWELL,
ROBT. L. PRUTTON,
Per J. G. Lorrain, M. Inst. E.E., M. Inst. M.E.,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.