An Improved Cradle for Holding Sheep while being Dressed.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1890-Accepted, 28th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cradle for Holding Sheep while being Dressed.
I, HENRY DEE of Longlands Chipping Campden in the County of Gloucester
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows
:-
My invention has for its object an improved cradle for holding sheep while being
dressed by which I am enabled to firmly secure the sheep while dressing their feet
without any risk of damaging the sheep in the process as is so often the case when
they are held between the knees of a man while at the same time there is a great
saving in labour and time and it also allows of much more care being taken in the
dressing by reason of the sheep being so firmly secured in the most convenient
position.
In carrying out my invention I provide an oblong frame having the side pieces
projecting at the ends and this frame I cover with net or sacking which is left
sufficiently loose to form a hollow bed in which the sheep is placed with its feet
upwards. The projecting ends of the sides stand upon the ground the other ends
being supported at the top by slanting stays which are connected to it by means of a
link or other hinge so that the inclination of the frame can be altered at will. The
sheep is held down in the bed by two or more straps which have their ends secured
to the sides of the frame and which are provided with buckles for fastening the straps
down over the sheep. Receptacles are provided upon the frame for the bottle of
dressing and knife or for any other instruments which may be required.
Dated this 10th day of October 188a
GEORGE
BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cradle for Holding Sheep while being Dressed.
I, HENRY DEE of Longlands, Chipping Campden in the County of Gloucester
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
My invention has for its object; an improved cradle for holding sheep while being
dressed; by which I am enabled to firmly secure the sheep while dressing their feet,
without any risk of damaging the sheep in the process as is so often the case when
they are held between the knees, of a man while at the same time there is a great
saving in labour and time and also allows of much more care being taken in the
dressing by reason of the sheep being so firmly secured in the most convenient
position.
In carrying out my invention, I provide an oblong frame having the side pieces
projecting at the ends, and cover the frame with a net or sacking cover which is
sufficiently loose to form a hollow bed in which the sheep is placed with its feet up.
The projecting sides at one end stand upon the ground the other ends being supported
at the top by slanting stays, which are connected to it by means of a link or other
hinge so that the inclination of the frame can be altered at will. The sheep is held
down in the bed by two or more straps which have their ends secured to the frame
and which are provided with a buckle or buckles for fastening them over the sheep.
Receptacles are provided upon the frame for the bottle of dressing and knife or any
other tools which may be required.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my improvement.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the oblong or other suitable shaped
frame A and cover it with the netting, sacking or other suitable material B so as to
hang loose to form the hollow bed in which the sheep is placed as shewn by Figure 2,
with its feet up to the front in the most convenient position for dressing. The one
end a of the frame stands upon the ground: the other end a² being supported by the
slanting stays or props D, which are either pivotted to the ends a² of the frame A by
a bolt or pin or they may be hinged to the same in any suitable manner.
The sheep
is held down in the cradle by means of one, two or more straps E which may be
. secured to the frame A in any suitable manner and may be secured over the sheep as
shewn at Figure 1, by means of a buckle or other suitable fastening and I may place
the straps E upon the frame in the position shewn in Figure 1, or Figure 2, or in any
other convenient position. The receptacles F for the knife, and H for the bottle and
for any other tools of dressing are provided upon any convenient portion of the frame
and the bottom of the frame and stays may be provided with the spikes & to prevent
them spreading or a band may be placed between the bottom of the frame and the
support.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim then is :-
An improved cradle for holding sheep while being dressed substantially as herein
set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
TL 1
1000
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.