Improvements in or connected with Nose Bags for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Nose Bags for Horses and other
Animals.
I, GEORGE DAWs, of 31, Stodart Road, Anerley, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The ordinary nose bag for horses and other animals, when in use, requires
continual attention on the part of the man in charge, for as the animal eats the
food in the bag, the latter has to be strapped up higher, and if the man is
otherwise occupied, the animal in endeavouring to reach the food throws up the
bag, and part of the food becomes wasted.
According to my invention, and in order to obviate the disadvantages as above
stated, I attach springs, such as helical springs, to or near the bottom of the bag,
and such springs extend vertically upwards, the upper ends thereof being
attached to the suspension straps of the bag, whereby the bag and the contained
food are carried by means of the springs.
By such arrangement, when the bag is filled with food the springs become
extended, but as the food is consumed, the weight is gradually reduced, the
springs contract, and the bag rises, whereby the food is automatically maintained
within reach of the animal.
In the matter of construction, the springs may be variously fitted, thus for
example, I may fix the lower ends of the springs to the bottom of the bag,
exteriorally of same, and one at each side thereof.
To the upper ends of the springs I attach the straps by which the bag is
suspended. The springs may be encased in a leather, fabric, or other tube,
which latter can be secured to the bag.
In some cases I may arrange the bag so that the material of same folds
concertina" fashion, by say dividing the springs, so that on one side there shall
be a spring connecting the top and bottom of the bag, and another by which
the bag is suspended, the same arrangement of springs being provided on the
other side. By my invention, the food is always maintained within reach of
the animal, and when once placed in position, the bag does not require further
attention until it is necessary to remove same, and waste is prevented.
Dated th: 20th 1
1000

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Nose Bags for Horses and other
Animals.
I, GEORGE Daws, of 31, Stodart Road, Anerley, in the County of Surrey,
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:—
The ordinary nose bag for horses and other animals when in use, requires
continual attention on the part of the man in charge, for as the animal eats the
food in the bag, the latter has to be strapped up higher, and if the man is
otherwise occupied, the animal in endeavouring to reach the food throws up the
bag, and part of the food becomes wasted.
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According to my invention, and in order to obviate the disadvantages as above
stated, I attach springs, such as helical springs as hereafter described, to or near
to the bottom of the bag, and such springs extend vertically upwards, the upper
ends thereof being attached to the suspension straps of the bag, whereby the bag
and the contained food are carried by means of the springs.
By such arrangement, when the bag is filled with food the springs become 1
extended, but as the food is consumed, the weight is gradually reduced, the
springs contract, and the bag rises, whereby the food is automatically maintained
within reach of the animal.
My invention will be readily understood by the following description having
reference to the accompanying drawings, whereon Fig. 1 is a front sectional
elevation of a nose bag fitted with springs as aforesaid, which latter are extended
by reason of the weight of the food contained in the bag; Fig. 2 is a front
vertical section, the nose bag being empty and the springs contracted, when the
bag if suspended from the horses head, would consequently be raised as com-
pared with the position it would automatically assume when full as shewn at :
Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the nose bag shewn at Fig. 2. Fig. 4
is a sectional plan shewing a similar nose bag, but where the springs are located
inside the bag instead of outside as in the previous figures.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
A is the bag which is composed of any usual or suitable material or fabric
and referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the helical springs BB, are arranged one on
each side of the bag, exteriorally, and are each contained within casings or
sleeves C, formed say of leather or fabric, and attached, at convenient points,
to the sides of the bag A aforesaid. The lower ends of the springs BB are
fixed at the lower ends of the sleeves, either to the latter or to the bag itself,
while straps D are attached to the upper and free ends of the springs B, passing
out through the slots in the covering cap at the upper ends of the sleeves, the
straps D forming the means by which the bag is suspended from the horses head.
It will be readily understood that as the food is consumed and the weight in
the bag is thereby reduced, the bag A will rise by the contraction of the springs B
and the food is thus always maintained within reach of the animal, so that when
once placed in position the bag does not require further attention until it is
necessary to remove same, and waste is prevented.
In the matter of construction the springs may be variously fitted, thus while
the springs are arranged exteriorally of the bag at Figs. 1, 2 and 3, yet obviously
they may be placed interiorally as at Fig. 4; the tubes or sleeves within which
the springs are located may be formed as aforesaid of leather, (which I prefer),

page_text: or of fabric, or in some cases of metal, and a top cover C¹ may be fitted to the
sleeves, the cover being slotted to allow of the free passage of the straps D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
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1. In nose-bags for horses and other animals the application thereto of exten-
sible metal or other springs arranged on each side of the bag, the lower ends
thereof being connected to or near to the base of the bag, the upper ends of the
springs being connected to straps by which the bag is suspended from the animal's
head, and guide sleeves or tubes connected with 'the bag, within which the
springs operate, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. In nose bags for horses and other animals, the application thereto of exten-
sible metal or other springs arranged one on each side of the bag, in the interior
thereof, the lower ends of the springs being connected to or near to the base of
the bag, the upper ends of the springs being connected to the straps by which
the bag is suspended from the animals head, and guide sleeves or tubes
within the bag, within which the springs operate, substantially as described.
3. The general arrangement and construction composing my improvements in
or connected with nose-bags for horses and other animals, and including the
slotted covers for the sleeve tubes, all substantially as and for the purposes
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of May 1898.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.