provements in Horse Collars.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Horse Collars.
A communication by CONRAD POPPE, of Gelnhausen, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S. M.I.M.E. of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex Civil 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:-
This invention relates to an improved horse collar, and refers more particularly
to the construction of the body of the same which has hitherto been formed of a
cushion covered with canvas or leather and which has several drawbacks. For
instance, it causes the chest of the horse to be compressed, as, owing to the great
stiffness of the padding, the collar seldom lies evenly, and it also causes the neck of
the horse to be rubbed into a sore.
The jerks, also, to which the horse is subjected when drawing a load over a bad
road, are never equally received by the stiff cushion or padding, but are partially
transferred to the chest of the horse, and the so-called under collar, employed to
mitigate this, only partially fulfils its object.
In order to remove these various drawbacks, which are a source of great expense
in horseflesh, I make the body part of this improved horse collar, which is shown
in Figures 1, 2 and 3 on the accompanying drawing, of a hollow indiarubber tube a
filled with compressed air, which tube, according to the construction of the collar,
may consist of one or more pieces.
The putting on and fastening of a collar constructed in this way do not differ
from the usual manner, and it has the further advantage that the under collar or
pad can be entirely dispensed with, the inherent elasticity of this india rubber tube
filled with compressed air allowing the collar to rest perfectly even on the chest and
shoulders of the horse.
In order to give the collar body, constructed in the manner hereinbefore
described, a support at the sides, a covering b is employed, similar to the old form
of construction, but made of metal and not, as hitherto, of leather. The collar
border or edge c is attached in the usual manner.
In order to prevent heat arising from the contact of the indiarubber tube with
the body of the animal, strips d of some suitable animal's hide are arranged at the
point of contact.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
An improved horse collar, the body of which takes the form of an india rubber
tube a to be filled with compressed air and composed of one or more pieces, the
said tube being supported at the sides by means of a suitable covering 6 and
provided at the points of contact with the animal's body with strips d of some
suitable animal's hide, substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of October 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & CO.,
Agents for the Applicant.