A NEW OR IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE HORSE COLLAR
Year: 1884

page_text: I LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Managing Director of
the Universal Inventors and Patentees Financial Company Limited 30 Finsbury
Pavement London E.C. do. hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE HORSE COLLAR" and in what manner_the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and' by
the following statement:-
Fig. 1 shows the front view Fig. 2 the leff Fig. 3 the right elevation and Fig. 4
the different parts of the iron collar.
The iron collar is built up in the following way the lower end a of the part A
is put in the upper hollow end of the part B whereupon the screw C is to be
screwed into the hole of the lower end a of the part A. After that the end b¹ of
the part E is to be put in the lower end b of the part B upon which the screw D
is to be screwed in the hole at the end 61 of the part E. Then the end a¹ of the
part F is to be put in the end a¹ of the part E so that the holes meet together
whereupon the part G the walls of which are perforated with screw holes and
form an angle of 90° (along the line.a B) is to be laid under the ends a¹ and a¹
of the respective parts E and F upon which the screw H with its ring is to be
screwed in. After that the end b¹ of the part F is to be put in the hollow end b
of the part J upon which the screw I is to be screwed in the hole of the end b' of
the part F. Then the lower end a of the part K is to be put in the upper end of
the part J upon which the screw L is to be screwed in the hole of the part K.
the end b of the part K there is a key that is to be turned round and the ring of
which can he put in the slotted hole at the end b of the part A and by being
turned turned through 90° will close the collar. At the end b of A a ring covered
with leather is employed for the easier opening of b. Properly speaking A consists
of two parts the part 1 holds firm in C one end of the part 2 which forms here a
common axis on which 1 and 2 may be turned. On the places x and y (Fig. 1) of
the collar the parts B and J are to be connected with the padded collar by leather
laces. On the place G Fig. 1 G with E F and H is to be fastened by a screw and
on the place d Fig. 1 the cover (part 2 of A) is to be connected with the part K
that is to say the collar is closed by the key at the end 61 of the part K.
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This horse collar is preferable to others for the ease with which it can be
adjusted to any horse's neck. It can easily be enlarged both in the perpendicular
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and the horizontal direction within certain limits. The minimum height inside
being 0.50 meters can be enlarged 0.10 metres by pushing upwards the ends a
and a of the parts A and K in the parts B and J. The maximum height is
therefore 0.50 +0.10 = 6.60 meters.
The minimum width inside is 0.20 meters and can be enlarged 0.04 by pushing
outwards the ends b¹ and b¹ of the parts E F within the lower hollow ends of the
parts B and J. The maximum width is therefore 0.20. +0.04 = .24 meters.
In Fig. 1 is shown two fold enlargement. made the height being enlarged
0.03 meters.
At the upper and lower ends of the bars B and J are slotted openings through
which the bars A. K. E. F. can be secured at any distance by the screws C. L. D. I.
The bars A KE and F are divided into centimeters for the purpose of regulation.
One advantage of this collar is the ease with. which it can be put on and
adjusted to the horses neck. With the ordinary collar the widest part is pushed
over the horse's head and by pushing and turning is brought gradually to the right
place.
This collar is passed straight over the horse's head until it touches its chest
when it is immediately closed and fastened by turning the ring through the slot.
This collar may also be adapted to draught horses in which case the wood
which supplies the place of the iron is thicker and firmer and a hook is fixed on e
and Fig. 1 which can be altered to three different heights.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,―
1st The bars B and J hollow and slotted at the ends for the insertion and,
regulation of slide bars to enlarge or reduce the size of the collar.
2nd The slide bars E and F. (joined by means of angle part G and screw H*to
each other and to the padded part) for the purpose of widening the collar.
3rd The slide bars A and K for the purpose of lengthening the collar. A provided
with hinged part slotted for the reception of the fastening ring, for the
purpose of opening and closing the collar.
4th The collar composed of the beforementioned parts as described and illustrated
in the Drawings.
Dated this 25th day of April 1884.