IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH NOSE-BAGS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Mark Campbell, Saddler and Harness Maker, of
71, Alderminster Road, Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey, for an
Invention of "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH
NOSE-BAGS."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Mark Campbell at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th January 1880.
THOMAS MARK CAMPBELL, Saddler and Harness Maker, of 71, Alderminster
Road, Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE
USED IN CONNECTION WITH NOSE-BAGS."
The improved appliance, which is the subject of the first portion of present
application for Patent, is applicable to all those nose-bags which are suspended or
supported by ropes or straps taking on to the bearing rein peg, or some other
suitable part of the harness, and especially to such bags as are provided either on
the inside or the outside with side straps or tabs for depressing the upper portion
of the bag or raising the lower portion when the corn is getting low, and thus
enabling the horse to feed to the bottom of the bag.
The appliance consists of a combined buckle-and-loop or buckle-and-ring, or
buckle-loop and ring.
According to one method the loop or ring is soldered or otherwise attached to
the upper portion of the buckle, and in this case is by preference nearly semi-
circular in shape.
According to a second method the loop may be soldered or otherwise suitably
attached to the side of the buckle.
A third method is to let the ring hang loose upon the buckle, so that it can be
passed from one side to the other of the buckle, as desired.
And according to a fourth method, which is the one I prefer, the appliance
consists of a buckle with a semi-circular loop at the top, as described under the
first method, and a ring playing loosely in the said loop. By the use of these
appliances great economy is effected in the "fittings" of the bag.
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page_text: The second portion of the Invention relates to an appliance to be fitted to a
portion of the head gear of the horse for the rope or strap, by which the nose bag
is suspended to pass over or through.
The appliance consists of a suitably shaped book, which may be provided with a
grooved pulley running freely upon a pin. The upper portion of the hook is by
preference partially closed or contracted, so as to close over the rope with a
slight spring after it has passed the mouth of the book to take on to the
grooved pulley.
The hook may be provided with a loop or eye, by which it may be screwed,
rivetted, or otherwise fastened to the head gear.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Mark Campbell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
July 1880.
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THOMAS MARK CAMPBELL, Saddler and Harness Maker, of 71, Alderminster
Road, Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey.
IMPROVED APPLIANCES TO BE
USED IN CONNECTION WITH NOSE BAGS."
The improved appliance, which is the subject of the first portion of the present
application for Patent, is applicable to all those nose bags which are suspended or
supported by ropes or straps taking on to the bearing rein peg, or some other
suitable part of the harness, and especially to such bags as are provided either on
the inside or the outside with side straps, ropes, or tabs for depressing the upper
portion of the bag or raising the lower portion when the corn is getting low, and
thus enabling the horse to feed to the bottom of the bag.
The Invention will be clearly understood on reference to the accompanying
Drawings.
The appliance consists of a combined buckle-and-loop or buckle-and-ring, or
buckle, loop, and ring.
According to one method the loop a is made in one with or is attached to the
buckle at its upper part, as shown in Figure 1, and in this case is by preference
nearly semi-circular in shape.
According to a second method the loop may be soldered or otherwise suitably
attached to the side of the buckle, as seen in Figure 2.
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A third method is to let the ring 6 hang loose upon the buckle, as in Figure 3,
so that it can be passed from one side to the other of the buckle, as desired. And
according to a fourth method, which is the one I prefer, and is shown in Figure 4,
the appliance consists of a buckle with a semi-circular loop a at the top, as
described under the first method, and a ring b playing loosely in the said buckle,
or it may be in the loop.
The appliance b hanging loose on the side of the buckle, as in Figure 5, is the
form I use for a strap to pass through, while the loops and rings shown in the
previous Figures are intended for the guidance of cords or ropes, though by slightly
lengthening them and flattening their sides they will serve equally well for straps
to pass through.
A buckle of either of the above forms I attach to the top of the nose bag by
means of a metallic chape c, Figures 5 and 6, which is rivetted or otherwise
attached to the top of the nose-bag, one at each side, the said buckles taking on to
the ends of the suspending strap of the head gear, by which the nose-bag is
connected and held up when it is full.
The cord or strap for raising the lower portion of the bag when the corn is
getting low is rove through the loop a or ring b, as the case may be, and its ends
are attached to the lower portion or sides of the bag, whilst the loop formed by the
top portion is hooked on to the bearing rein peg.
The second portion of the Invention relates to an appliance to be fitted to a
portion of the head gear of the horse for the rope or strap, by which the nose-bag
is suspended and raised to pass over or through.
The appliance, Figure 8, consists of a suitably shaped hook, which is provided
with a grooved pulley & running freely upon a pin e. The upper portion of the
hook is by preference partially closed or contracted, as clearly shown, so as to close
over the rope, Figure 7, or it may be strap, with a slight spring after it has
passed the mouth of the hook to take onto the grooved pulley. The hook is
provided with a loop g, or it may be an eye, by which it can be screwed, rivetted,
or otherwise fastened to the head gear.

page_text: The hook shown in Figure 8 is suitable to be attached to a horse's ordinary
head gear (one on each side), as it facilitates inserting the rope or strap by which
the nose-bag is suspended and raised, but when the head and front straps are
used, as shown in Figures 9 and 10, I prefer the modified form of hook or support,
Figure 11, which is then rivetted firmly to the head strap h in the manner shown
in Figure 9, in which Figure it will be seen that the rivet i, by which the hook or
cord support is attached, has an extension on its head of hook, or it may be of
button form, which serves to secure the free end of the front strap ), which is
made adjustable to suit the varying sizes of horses' heads.
The convenience afforded by the front strap being adjustable is very great, as it
facilitates adapting the head gear to any horse, and ensures the free working of
the cord fover the pulleys & and through the rings b, so that the action of the cord
is certain.
In Figure 9 the front strap j is shown rivetted at k to the head strap, but in
Figure 10 it is shown as vertically adjustable upon it.
This I accomplish by means of the double buckle on one side and buckle and
loop on the other, as clearly seen in the illustration, the hooks or supports for the
cord f being made with a loop 7 at the top, so that it can depend from an extension
of the buckles, one of which is seen on an enlarged scale in Figure 12.
In the latter Figure the support for the cord f is in the form of a loop with
a roller d running loose upon it.
Figure 13 shows a strap m with a buckle at one end and a plain hook or a
swivel or a spring hook n at the other, which I fit on a nose bag to facilitate its
being carried on any suitable part of a vehicle when the bag is not in use.
The buckle with the guide ring b is attached by the chape c (Figure 5) to one
side of the nose bag, so that the strap m hangs loose, as seen in Figure 7, when
the bag is on, but when the bag is removed from the horse the hook n is passed
over the loop a of the buckle on the opposite side of the nose bag, so that it supplies
a ready means of carrying and hanging it where desired.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my improved
appliances to be used in connection with nose-bags,-
The several appliances and combinations of appliances hereinbefore described
and substantially as shown in the annexed Drawings, for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Mark Campbell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty sixth day of July, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty.
THUMAS MARK CAMPBELL. (L.S.)