Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
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MODO Dags.
I, ALFRED WILLIAM TOOLEY, of 12 Market Place, Leighton Buzzard, in the
County of Bedford, Wholesale Forage Contractor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
1
This my invention relates to improvements in feed or nose bags used for horses
or other animals, and has for its object the provision of a bag having the advantage
of lightness, cheapness and durability, and more especially in providing a bag
having an efficient means of ventilation, and at the same time one that shall be
perfectly waterproof, so that it can be used for drinking purposes, thus providing a
light and portable utensil for watering horses as well as for feeding.
In order to carry this my invention into practice, I provide a bag made of
canvas, cocoa nut matting or any suitable material and lined with india rubber or
coated with an india rubber or other waterproof solution, so that the whole of the
bag inside may be rendered absolutely waterproof, thus ensuring the protection of
the food from wet and also enabling the bag to contain water or liquid and be used
for watering purposes.
It is obvious however, that while it is available for containing water or liquid of
any kind, said bag would be without ventilation, and therefore unsuitable for
feeding purposes.
In order to overcome this objection and render the said bag available for both
purposes, fix on the inside of the bag a tube or tabes made of india rubber or
other suitable material said tube or tubes continuing from the upper edge of the
bag down to a convenient position in the bag, each tube having holes made at
various distances along its length, or I provide a tube or tubes by sewing or
otherwise forming a portion of the side of the bag into the shape of a tube, or
I adopt a further plan, and provide in one or more positions in the side of the bag,
a series of holes or perforations of any convenient shape, number and size, from the
upper portion of the bag down to a convenient position in its side and sew or
otherwise fix over said holes or perforations on the outside of the bag a strip of
waterproof material in such a way that a watertight tube or channel is provided,
60 that the air may have free access from the top of the outside of the bag
through the aforesaid holes or perforations into the inside of the bag, thus giving
free ventilation and at the same time rendering the bag perfectly watertight.
Dated this 19th day of September 1895.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Monument Chambers, E.C., Applicant's Agent.
I, ALFRED WILLIAM TOOLEY, of 12 Market Place, Leighton Buzzard, in the
County of Bedford, Wholesale Forage Contractor, 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 my invention relates to improvements in feed or nose bags used for horses

page_text: or other animals, and has for its object the provision of a bag having the advantage
of lightness, cheapness, and durability, and more especially in providing a bag
having an efficient means of ventilation, and at the same time one that shall be
perfectly waterproof, so that it can be used for drinking purposes, thus providing a
light and portable utensil for watering horses as well as for feeding.
In order to carry this my invention into practice, I provide a bag made of
canvas, cocoa nut matting or any suitable material and lined with india rubber or
coated with an india rubber or other waterproof solution, so that the whole of the
bag inside may be rendered absolutely waterproof, thus ensuring the protection of
the food from wet and also enabling the bag to contain water or liquid and be used
for watering purposes.
It is obvious, however, that while it is available for containing water or liquid
of any kind, said bag would be without ventilation, and therefore unsuitable for
feeding purposes.
In order to overcome this objection and render the said bag available for both
purposes, I fix on the inside of the bag a tube or tubes made of india rubber or
other suitable material, said tube or tubes continuing from the upper edge of the
bag down to a convenient position in the bag, each tube having holes made at
various distances along its length, or I provide a tubo or tubes by sewing or
otherwise forming a portion of the side of the bag into the shape of a tube, or
I adopt a further plan, and provide in one or more positions in the side of the bag,
a series of holes or perforations of any convenient shape, number and size, from the
upper portion of the bag down to a convenient position in its side and sew or
otherwise fix over said holes or perforations on the outside of the bag a strip of
waterproof material in such a way that a watertight tube or channel is provided,
so that the air may have free access from the top of the outside of the bag through
the aforesaid holes or perforations into the inside of the bag, thus giving free
ventilation and at the same time rendering the bag perfectly watertight.
In order that my invention may be readily understood, I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 shews a waterproof bag partly in section, provided with india rubber
tubes having perforated holes.
Fig. 2 shews a waterproof bag with the ventilation obtained by sewing or
otherwise forming a portion of the side of the bag together into the shape of a
tube, with openings in the seams for admitting the air into the bag.
Fig. 3 shews a further modification of ventilating arrangement, wherein the bag
is provided with holes or perforations in the side of the bag, the said holes being
covered by strips of waterproof material.
Fig. 4 is a view of a portion of the bag with part of the waterproof covering
broken away to shew the holes or perforations in the side of the bag.
The same letters refer to the same parts in the several views, A being the
watertight bag, B the india rubber tube or tubes fixed to the side of the bag and
having a series of holes or perforations C. D shews the modification of providing
the ventilating tube or tubes by sewing or otherwise forming a portion of the side
of the bag into the shape of a tube, the necessary holes or openings being supplied
by leaving portions unsewn or formed as at E E. FF are holes or perforations in
the side of the bag, and G G are strips of waterproof material sewn or otherwise
fastened on the outside of the bag over said holes, thus forming a tube or channel
to prevent the water or liquid from escaping, but allowing free access of air to the
inside of the bag.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The provision of a nose bag made of watertight material, said watertight bag
having a tube or tubes made of india rubber or other suitable material, fixed from
the top of the bag and down its side, said tube having perforations for the purpose

page_text: of ventilation, or forming said tube or tubes by sewing or otherwise fixing a portion
of the side of the bag into the shape of a tube, and providing ventilating openings
by leaving portions unsewn, or, of perforating the sides of the bag and fixing over
said holes a strip or piece of watertight material, substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. The application of this invention or any part thereof to any form or kind of
nose bag used for animals substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of January 1896.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Monument Chambers, E.C., Applicant's Agent.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Monument Chambers, E.C., Applicant's Agent.