Year: 1886

page_text: WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS 128 Queen Victoria Street in the city of London
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of iny said invention to be as follows:-
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1 take ordinary table or other salt and by heavy hydraulic pressure compress it
into rolls or blocks which are sufficiently hard to render it impracticable for animals
to injure them by biting or other improper usage.
These blocks or rolls I then provide with a suitable bracket or box into which they
can be conveniently inserted & removed at will. The hardness of the salt makes it
impracticable for the animals to make use of them except by licking, and these
brackets are placed in convenient positions in the animals stalls or other feeding
places, & afford a very convenient & economical way of administering salt regularly &
systematically.
When it is desirable to use such salt brackets in the open air, I provide the hox or
bracket at the top with a cover to protect the salt from the weather, the underside
being conveniently exposed for the use of the animal.
As a modification of the above rolls, I sometimes incorporate with the salt, such
drugs & chemicals as are found to have beneficial effect in special cases of ill health.
In manufacturing the rolls, I provide them with a central metalic or other axis
upon which they revolve.
When the salt is compressed in the form of blocks, I provide them with suitable
metalic or other piece which enable them to be readily attached to the bracket designed
to hold & protect them.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Brackets for Holding Salt Rolls for the Use of Animals.
I, WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS of 128* Queen Victoria Street in the City of
London, 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 :-
To make salt rolls for the use of animals ordinary table or other salt is taken, and
by heavy hydraulic pressure compressed into rolls or blocks which are sufficiently
hard to render it impracticable for animals to injure them by biting. My invention
consists in mounting such blocks or rolls in a suitable bracket or box into which they
can be conveniently inserted and removed at will by an attendant but not by the
animal. The hardness of the salt makes it impracticable for the animals to make use
of the rolls except by licking and these brackets are placed in convenient positions in
the stalls or other feeding places. When it is desirable to place the rolls in the open
air, I provido the box or bracket at the top with a cover to protect the salt from the
weather, the underside being conveniently exposed for the use of the animal. The
above rolls may have incorporated with the salt such drugs and chemicals as are found
to have boneficial effect in special cases of ill health.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings which form part of this specification, and in which :-
Fig. 1 represents a front, view of the roll mounted in a bracket.
Figs. 2 and 3 are end views, and Fig. 4 is a plan of same.
Figs. 5, 6 and 7 represent front and end views of the roll with a bracket and
hood.
The salt roll A, is mounted on an axle a carried in end pieces B of galvanized metal
held in position by brace bars b, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 or by the hood C, as shown
in Figs. 5 to 7. The brackets so formed are slotted at so as to receive the end of
the axle a which is prevented from slipping out by a catch e pivotted at fas shewn.
When a hood is used I construct it as represented in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 in
which the cover C and end pieces B are made of galvanized iron the edges of which
are turned over wires g, 1. the ends of which are pointed and serve for fastening the
bracket to a fence or wall. With this construction when it is desired to put a fresh
roll in the bracket all that is necessary is to withdraw the lower points strain open
the brackets and remove the old roll and substitute another, then replacing the
lower points in position, the top wire forming a species of binge while this is being
done.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
1st. The improved bracket for holding salt rolls for the use of animals consisting
of suitably connected ordinary end pieces B, said end pieces being perforated or slotted
for the reception of the axle of the roll, in combination with pivoted catch e which
normally holds said axle in position substantially as shown and set forth.
2nd. The improved bracket for holding salt rolls for the use of animals constructed
as described and as shewn in Figures 5 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
Dand thin 17th day of June 1887.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd July, 1887.
WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS 1284 Queen Victoria Street in the city of London
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
I take ordinary table or other salt and by heavy hydraulic pressure compress it
into rolls or blocks which are sufficiently hard to render it impracticable for animals
to injure them by biting or other improper usage.
These blocks or rolls I then provide with a suitable bracket or box into which they
can be conveniently inserted & removed at will. The hardness of the salt makes it
impracticable for the animals to make use of them except by licking, and these
brackets are placed in convenient positions in the animals stalls or other feeding
places, & afford a very convenient & economical way of administering salt regularly
systematically.
When it is desirable to use such salt brackets in the open air, I provide the box or
bracket at the top with a cover to protect the salt from the weather, the underside
being conveniently exposed for the use of the animal.
As a modification of the above rolls, I sometimes incorporate with the salt, such
drugs & chemicals as are found to have beneficial effect in special cases of ill health.
In manufacturing the rolls, I provide them with central metalic or other axis
upon which they revolve.
When the salt is compressed in the form of blocks, I provide them with suitable
metalic or other piece which enable them to be readily attached to the bracket designed
to hold & protect them.

page_text: I, WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS of 128* Queen Victoria Street in the City of
London, 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:-
I tako ordinary table or other salt, and by heavy hydraulic pressure compress it &
into rolls or blocks which are sufficiently hard to render it impracticable for animals
to injure them by biting. These blocks or rolls I then provide with a suitable bracket
or box into which they can be conveniently inserted and removed at will. The
hardness of the salt makes it impracticable for the animals to make use of them
except by licking and those brackets are placed in convenient positions in the stalls or
other feeding places. When it is desirable to place them in the open air, I provide
the box or bracket at the top with a cover to protect the salt from the weather, the
underside being conveniently exposed for the use of the animal. As a modification
of the above rolls I sometimes incorporato with the salt such drugs and chemicals as
are found to have beneficial effect in special cases of ill health.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings which form part of this specification, and in which :-
Fig. 1 represents a front view of the roll mounted in a bracket.
Figs. 2 and 3 are end views, and Fig. 4 is a plan of same.
Figs. 5 and 6 represent end views of plates slotted to the edges and without holding
catches.
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 represent front and end views of the roll with a bracket and
hood.
The salt roll A, is mounted on an axle a carried in end pieces B which may con-
veniently be of galvanized metal held in position by brace bars b, as shown in Figs. 1
to 6 or by the hood C, as shown in Figs. 7 to 9. The brackets so formed are slotted
at d so as to receive the end of the axle a which may be prevented from slipping out
by a catch e pivotted at when the weight of the roll alone is deemed insufficient.
When a hood is used I prefer the construction represented in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 in
which the cover C and end pieces B are made of galvanized iron the edges of which
are turned over wires g, g, the ends of which are pointed and serve for fastening the
bracket to a fence or wall. With this construction when it is desired to put a fresh

page_text: roll in the bracket all that is necessary is to withdraw the lower points strain open
the brackets and remove the old roll and substitute another, then replacing the
lower points in position, the top wire forming a species of hinge while this is being
done.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
The improved means of supplying salt to animals substantially as hereinbefore
described and as represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dabad thin 17th JT 1007
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Applicant's Agent.