Improved Means for Holding the Reins of Draft Animals while Left Unattended.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Holding the Reins of Draft Animals while
Left Unattended.
I, WILLIAM JESSOP STORER of 45, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire,.
Hosier, 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 a device to be employed in carriages and vehicles.
of any ordinary description, and has for its object to provide a simple arrange-
ment which will prevent the horse from running away when the vehicle is left.
without an attendant.
The device I propose to employ consists simply of a leather or other band or
strap about a foot in length. This band is furnished with a ring or loop at each
end, one of the rings being of sufficient size to be passed through the other,.
forming the band into a loop. This band is passed around the rim of the wheel,
and attached to same by passing one end through the other.
The reins are then passed through the small ring preventing the device.
becoming disengaged. On leaving the vehicle the reins are attached to a hook
or other convenient device. Thus should the horse begin to move with this device
applied, on the wheel turning the reins will be pulled tight, and any further
forward movement will increase the pull on the reins, bringing the horse to a
standstill immediately. At the same time the wheel is prevented from turning
the device thus acting as a brake upon the vehicle.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had.
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a view showing the general arrangement applied to the horse and.
trap, and
Fig. 2 is a perspective view to a larger scale of the device.
A is the strap or band which may be of any suitable length, and according to.
a convenient arrangement, is made from stout leather. A chain however can be
employed in place of the leather or like band. To one end of this band a large
metal ring or loop B is secured in the usual manner and to the other end a.
smaller ring B' which can be passed through the larger one as shown. When.
applied the band is passed round the rim of the wheel, the ring B' is placed
through B, and the reins D threaded through the small ring B. When the-
reins are secured as shown in Fig. 1 any movement of the wheel would tend to.
pull the reins tight and stop the horse.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is.―
(1.) A new or improved grip and controlling device for horses, consisting of
a band or chain looped round the rim of the wheel, and engaged with the reins
in such a manner as to tighten them on the wheel turning substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) An improved grip and controlling device for horses consisting of a chain
or band attached to the rim of the wheel and furnished with a ring at each end,.
one of the rings passing through the other, the reins being threaded through.
the former, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

page_text: (3.) The improved grip and controlling device for horses, constructed and
operated substantially in the manner described, and shown in the accompanying
drawings, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 25th day of November 1895.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.