An Improved Device or Appliance to be Worn by Stallions.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by LOURY ALEXANDER GRAY, Horse Trainer, residing at
the Corner Reisterstown Road and Bellevidere Avenue, Arlington, County of
Baltimore, and EDWARD LIPPS, Soap Manufacturer, residing at No. 1850 West
Baltimore Street, Baltimore City, both in the State of Maryland, United States
of America.]
An Improved Device or Appliance to be Worn by Stallions.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 78, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 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, reference being had to the accompany-
ing drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to devices or appliances for preventing stallions committing
masturbation, the object being to provide an extremely simple and comparatively
economical apparatus whereby this injurious habit, which is common with all horses,
may be effectually and easily prevented, without any injury to the animal, without
requiring attention upon the part of the person in whose care the horse is placed, and
free from liability to get out of order.
It is the object also to provide a device for the purpose specified, in which electricity
shall be the effective agent, and to so organize the same that the circuit of the
secondary coil of an induction coil shall be completed through some portion of the
body of the horse including the organ of generation, whereby, upon erection, a
continuous current will pass, in contradistinction to the production of a single shock,
or discharge, or a number thereof, such, for example, as may be produced by a spark
coil. Such an application of the electric current is liable to injure an animal, besides
being extremely startling and having a bad effect upon the nervous system, especially
in the case of young, blooded, and sensitive horses.
It is a further purpose of the invention to provide an electrical apparatus of the
character specified which shall normally remain upon an open circuit, whereby the
generator will be prevented from waste by a continuous discharge. In this connection
the invention includes the provision of a novel and simple form of automatic switch
whereby the generator circuit will be open when the horse lies down, and closed again
upon his rising, and means whereby the act of the horse will close the electric circuit
through the organ of generation, and a portion of the body, which includes the
secondary helix of the induction coil, said circuit being automatically opened when
the current has done its work.
The invention also comprises other novel features, all of which will be fully described
hereinafter and then more particularly pointed out and defined in the claims which
conclude this specification.
For the purpose of the following description reference will be had to the accom-
panying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a horse having the device attached to his body.
Fig. 2 is a view showing part of the surcingle upon which a primary battery or
suitable source of electrical energy is shown, with an induction coil and circuit-closer,
this figure also showing a diagram of the circuits.
Fig. 3 shows the automatic mercury switch.
In the drawings 1 indicates a surcingle girth, or some similar means of attachment,
surrounding the body of the horse. Upon this girth is mounted a battery, or
preferably two cells 2, 2ª, of any suitable type, a dry battery being well suited for
the purpose. Between the two batteries 2-2ª is arranged an induction coil 3, located

page_text: at the centre of the back where it will not be an obstacle to the horse lying down, or
be injured by his assuming such a position. The primary of the induction coil is
connected to the opposite poles of the generator, or generators, of electricity, the
connections being made through binding-posts 4 and 5 upon the insulating base
plate 6 of the induction coil.
The secondary helix of the induction coil has one terminal connected by a wire 7 to
a binding post 8, on the base plate 6 of the induction coil. From the post 8 a wire 9
goes to the bridle bit 10, or to any other metallic part which is in constant contact
with the body of the horse.
The second terminal of the secondary helix is connected by a wire 12 to a binding
post 13 and thence by a wire 14 to a circuit closer 15. The latter consists of a thin
plate of copper or other conducting metal, mounted upon non-conducting headod
studs 24 at the ends of a strap 15", and insulating washers 25, of some non-conducting
material, are interposed between the ends of the circuit closer and the strap, the
object being to prevent such contact between the circuit-closer and the belly as to
complete the secondary circuit.
From
The primary, or battery circuit consists of a wire 20, from one element of battery 2
to the binding post 4 and to a make and break contact, to which one terminal
of the primary helix is connected. The other terminal of the latter is connected
by a wire 19 to an element of battery 2", and from the other element a wire 18
goes to a terminal of an automatic switch 17 attached to the base plate 6.
the other switch terminal a wire 16 is taken to the second element of battery 2.
The switch 17 consists of a cylindrical receiver of non-conducting material such as
glass, or hard rubber, the switch terminals entering the ends of said receiver.
Mercury 23, or any other suitable movable conducting material, is placed in the
receiver and, as the latter will be horizontal, or nearly so, when the horse is standing,
the mercury or movable conducting material will be in contact with both the switch
terminals and the battery circuit will be closed. When the horse lies down,
however, the receiver will be inclined, and the mercury, running to the lower end,
will be removed from contact with one of the switch terminals only, so that the
circuit will be broken and will remain open as long as the recumbent position is
maintained.
The operation of the device is as follows:-
'When the horse projects the organ of generation from its sheath, if excited it must
come in contact with the circuit-closer 15, and as the secondary circuit is thereby
closed, current will flow from one terminal of the secondary helix to the circuit closer
through the generative organ and body to the bit, or other point of contact of a
piece of metal connected to the wire 9. The circuit is completed over this wire back
to the other terminal of the secondary helix. This current is continuous and can be
regulated to any required strength. It is needless to say that after the completion of
the circuit the horse will turn his attention to other subjects.
On the other hand, no obstacle is presented to the discharge of any natural
function.
If the animal discharges the bladder, no completion of the circuit will take place,
as this act is not accompanied by any erection. If he lies down, the circuit closer 10
may make contact with any part of the body without completion of the secondary
circuit, as the inclination of the receiver will break the primary, or battery circuit
and maintain it in this condition until the horse is again upon his feet.
It is preferred to secure the batteries in pockets upon the girth 1, but they may be
attached in any other suitable, or preferred manner. They may also be located
elsewhere, and the circuit closer may be secured to the body of the animal in any
preferred manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1

page_text: electric energy and an induction coil, a circuit closer adapted to maintain an open
circuit and to be secured upon the belly of the horse, a primary circuit, and a
secondary circuit including the circuit closer, a metal in electrical contact with the
horse and the intervening portion of the body, substantially as described.
2. An apparatus of the character specified, comprising a source of electric energy, a
circuit-closer adapted to lie against and be insulated from the belly of the horse, and
an automatic switch consisting of a non-conducting receiver containing a suitable
movable conducting material, the switch terminals being within the receiver in such
position as to be both in contact with the conducting material when the horse is
standing up, and to have but one terminal in contact when the horse is lying down,
substantially as described.
3. An apparatus of the character specified, consisting of a source of electric energy
and an induction coil adapted to be secured upon the body of a horse, a circuit-closer
forming part of the secondary circuit of the induction coil and adapted to lie against
and be insulated from the belly, and automatic switch arranged upon the base plate of
the induction-coil and consisting of a non-conducting receiver having terminals of the
primary circuit entering the ends of said receiver, and a secondary circuit including
the circuit-closer, a metal in electrical contact with the body, such as the bit, and the
intervening portion of the body, substantially as described.
4. An apparatus of the character specified, consisting of an induction-coil secured
to a girth so as to rest directly over the horse's back, two dry batteries one upon each
side of the induction coil and connected in the primary circuit, a circuit-closer
consisting of a conducting strip carried by, and insulated from, a strap adapted to be
fastened to the belly, an automatic switch consisting of a cylindrical receiver on the
base-plate of the induction coil and having terminals of the battery wires entering its
ends, the receiver containing a body of mercury to make contact with both terminals
when the horse is standing up, and with but one when lying down, and a secondary
circuit including the circuit-closer, the bridle bit, and the intervening part of the
body, substantially as described.
5. The improved device or appliance for preventing stallions committing mastur-
bation,, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of Ton 1907