IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Henry Paul Pettit Oram, of Tottenham, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE
BAGS"
Sealed the 27th September 1878, and dated the 27th March 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Henry Paul
Pettit Oram at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th March
1878.
FREDERICK HENRY PAUL PETTIT ORAM, of Tottenham, in the County of Mid-
dlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS."
This Invention consists in improvements in nose bags, whereby the nose bag
containing food being attached to the head of a horse or other animal will be
automatically raised up as the food is consumed so as to keep the food constantly
to the level of the feeding point of the animal and prevent the bag being thrown
off.
My improvements also have for object to prevent the spilling or waste of food
which usually takes place by the blowing of the animal and the tossing of the
animal's head.
To carry out the first part of my Invention I fix on each side of the strap by
which the nose bag is attached to the animal's head a piece or strip of vulcanized
india-rubber, the ends of the strap passing through loops on the nose bag, while the
lower ends of the said pieces of india-rubber are attached to loops or buckles on the
nose bag, and the upper ends to loops or buckles on the inside of the strap. By
this arrangement when the bag is filled with food the said pieces of india-rubber are
stretched, but as the food is consumed the weight of the bag and its contents
diminish, and the india-rubber pieces contract and raise up, the bag thus keeping the
food at the proper level for the animal to feed. Instead of india-rubber, metal
springs may be employed.
To carry out the second part of my Invention I make the upper end of the nose
bag smaller than the lower part, whereby the said upper part is caused to converge

page_text: inward when placed on the animal's head, thus forming a ledge, against which the
food thrown up by the tossing of the animal's head or otherwise strikes, instead of
being thrown out of the bag as hitherto and wasted.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Henry Paul Pettit Oram in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th September 1878.
FREDERICK HENRY PAUL PETTIT ORAM, of Tottenham, in the County of
Middlesex. IMPROVEMENTS IN NOSE BAGS."
"
This Invention consists in improvements in nose bags whereby the nose bag
containing food being attached to the head of a horse or other animal will be
automatically raised up as the food is consumed so as to keep the food constantly
to the level of the feeding point of the animal and prevent the bag being thrown
off.
My improvements also have for object to prevent the spilling or waste of food
which usually takes place by the blowing of the animal and the tossing of the
animal's head.
To carry out the first part of my Invention 1 fix on each end of the straps by
which the nose bag is attached to the animal's head a piece or strip of vulcanized
india-rubber, the straps passing through loops on the nose bag, while the lower ends
of the said pieces of india-rubber are attached to loops or buckles on the nose bag,
or to the nose bag direct. By this arrangement when the bag is filled with food the
said pieces of india-rubber are stretched, but as the food is consumed the weight of
the bag and its contents diminish, and the india-rubber pieces or springs contract
and raise up the bag, thus keeping the food at the proper level for the animal to
feed. Instead of india-rubber metal springs may be employed.
To carry out tho second part of my Invention I make the mouth of the nose bag
smaller than the lower part, whereby the said upper part is caused to converge
inward at the back when placed on the animal's head, thus forming a ledge against
which the food thrown up by the tossing of the animals head or otherwise strikes,
instead of being thrown out of the bag as hitherto and wasted.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of
a nose bag constructed according to my Invention; Figures 2 and 3, views of the
bag applied to a horse's head, Figure 2 shewing the position of the bag when first
placed on the horse's head and full of food, and Figure 3 shewing the position into
which the bag is raised by its springs as the food is consumed.
a, a, is the nose bag, which is made of the ordinary material; b, b, are the straps,
with the usual buckle c by which the bag is attached to the animal's head; & is the
india-rubber spring (one being placed on each side of the bag), the upper end of the
spring being attached by means of a buckle or ring e to the lower end of the strap_b,

page_text: and the lower end of the spring being attached to the lower part of the bag; f is a
loop on each side of the bag through which the straps b pass; these loops also serve
as a stop for the buckles or rings e, so as to limit the amount of play of the
springs d, d, and prevent their being stretched beyond the required distance. A
piece of webbing g is sewn ovor the springs, as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, to
protect them from the weather or injury.
The upper part of the bag at h, where it comes under the horse's lower jaw,
is contracted or drawn in, as shewn, so as the better to adapt itself to the shape
of the horse's head as the bag rises.
In a bag of this construction it will be seen that if the bag be filled with food the
weight of the food will distend the springs d, d, until the buckles or rings e come
against the loops f, so that when placed on the horse's head, as shewn in Figure 2,
the food will be close to the animal's mouth as usual, but as the food is consumed the
weight diminishes and the springs d, d, contract in proportion, thereby raising the
bag and keeping the level of the food at the proper height for the animal to
feed without it being necessary for it to move down its head.
At the same
time as the bag rises the contracted portion of the mouth of the bag coming
against the animal's jaw will be somewhat inclined inwards, and will form a
kind of ledge, which will prevent the food being thrown out as hitherto by the
tossing of the animal's head, thereby preventing waste.
Although I have described india-rubber springs as being the most suitable
for my improved bag, it will be understood that other suitable springs may be
employed.
It may sometimes be necessary to provide the bag with a number of holes
at the upper part of the bag, towards the front of each side, for the purpose
of allowing the animal to breathe freely. In this case I cover these holes with a
kind of curtain, which bangs over the holes and prevents the food being thrown out
of the holes, at the same time allowing the free admission of air.
Having thus described my said Invention and the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect, I I wish it to be understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details herein laid down, and shewn in the Drawing,
as the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar character of my
Invention, but what I do claim is,-
Firstly. The application to nose bags of springs for automatically raising the bag
as the food is consumed, arranged and operating substantially as herein-before
described, and shewn in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. The contracting the upper portion of the mouth of the nose bag, as and
for the purpose herein-before described.
Thirdly. Providing the bag with air holes covered by a curtain, as and for the
purposes herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Henry Paul Pettit Oram, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
G. E. REDFERN,
Patent Agent,
4, South Street,
Finsbury,
London.
F. H. P. P. ORAM. (L.S.)