Year: 1897

page_text: ARTHUR GARSTIN, Leather Goods Manufacturer, Queen Square, Aldersgate Street,
London, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The intention is to provide an improved muzzle which shall be durable in the
nozzle or nose of the muzzle & secure the suspension of the muzzle from the dog's
head & that it shall be so constructed that no weight shall lay upon the dog's nose or
snout.
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The muzzles commonly worn at the present time consisting of all leather, are open
to objections -
(1) On account of the leather when wet becoming more or less soft, & the strands
of the leather thus getting near to the mouth of the dog, he bites them through, &
the effect of the muzzle is lost,
(2) In the case of wire muzzles, those which are made of very strong wire are
too heavy, & those made of light wire so easily bent that they become ineffective.
(3) Those which are composed of wire & leather both, hang upon the dog's nose &
irritate it.
By my invention I propose to do away with the above difficulties, & my muzzle is
composed preferably of wire & leather, or other suitable material.
One way in which I perform the same is by taking the ordinary strands of
leather, which shall be more or less soft to make the upper or skull part of the
muzzle, which I make to fit over the dog's eyes, round the neck, & to pass over
the nose immediately below the eyes.
I next take a length of wire or other suitable material, preferably best tinned
wire, & proceed to construct a small cage for the nose or nozzle of the muzzle.
This I may do with so many bars and cross bars as are necessary, leaving ample
room for the dog to protrude his tongue & also room to open his jaws without being
too much confined.
I then pass a strong piece of iron or steel wire from the strap that passes over
the dog's eyes & round its neck, & piercing holes in all the strands of leather on the
one side of the muzzle, I pass the wire through the whole of the strands of leather
& continue it round the wire or nozzle part of the muzzle, & pass it up on the other
side in a like manner, fastening both ends of the wire at the neck or head strap by
turning over the wire, or in any other suitable way of fastening.
I then by means of solder & by nuckling the wire, attach the strong steel wire
firmly to the nozzle, & then proceed to fasten the other parts of the wire nozzle to
the upper or head part of the muzzle by means of flat metal clips riveted, or
otherwise affixed.
In may be observed that my invention by carrying the metal or wire part of the
muzzle directly from the nozzle to the back or head part, causes the whole weight
of the muzzle to be suspended from the neck & skull of the dog, & leaves no
weight upon the nose & consequently no irritation.

page_text: The combining together of the leather & the wire (or such suitable material), &
the carrying of the wire through the leather to the back of the muzzle, shall be
considered an important part of my invention.
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Improvements in Dog Muzzles.
I, ARTHUR GARSTIN, 1, Queen Square, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C., Leather
Goods Manufacturer, 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 dog muzzles & improvements in the manufacture of
same, one feature of which is to combine wire & leather together in an improved
manner.
In carrying out my invention, the connections are made in some cases by piercing
holes in strands of leather & inserting wires therein, & in other cases by turning
the ends of the leather over the wire & riveting.
I first proceed to make a wire nozzle or nose-part for a dog's muzzle, which I
construct by making curves & cross-bars of any suitable shape, preferably shape of
Fig. 1, leaving sufficient wire at the ends of the cross-bars A, which may be attached
to the leather part of the muzzle at E, Fig. 3, or used for making loops or eyes for
the same purpose.
I also construct the upper part of muzzle Fig. 2, of the ordinary strands of leather,
or other suitable material.
I next take the wire front or nozzle, Fig. 1, & pass the same through holes
perforated in the leather strands at C, Fig. 2, to the neck-strap D, passing it in an
horizontal direction through the perpendicular or diagonal strands of leather, from
the front of the muzzle.
I also carry the same wire through the opposite side of the muzzle in the same
manner, fastening the same off at the neck-strap D.
I thus connect the nose or wire part on to the leather or head-part of the
muzzle.
The connection at the joints between the wire nose & the upper or leather
part of the muzzle at F Fig. 3, I may make by turning over & riveting, or by
merely bending the ends of the wire round the leather as at E Fig. 3 and at a
other parts as may be required.
Or I may vary my mode of fastening by stitching or other suitable means.
The suspending of the whole weight of the muzzle upon the above-mentioned
horizontal wire A Fig. 1, from the neck-strap D, is an important part of my invention,
which I so construct that the neck or skull portion of the dog bears the weight of the
whole muzzle.
I carry my leather portion of the muzzle to any length from the top of the dog's
head, either merely to the forehead or får below the eyes, by using more or less
leather in the place of wire.
I find that in the construction of my muzzle, it may be advisable to use other
suitable material instead of wire & leather.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of
my said
invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
First A muzzle composed of wire & leather, consisting of horizontal, diagonal
& cross-strands or bars,

page_text: Secondly In fitting an horizontal wire throughout the whole centre of the
muzzle from back to front on each side.
Thirdly
By connecting the substances of the muzzle together by means of holes
pierced in the leather, through which to pass wires, & also by turning the ends of the
leather over the wire & riveting, as arranged, substantially described & set
forth.