IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR SUSPENDING NOSE BAGS FOR FEEDING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Hamblin Greenstreet, of Number 68, Burton
Road, Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Contractor's Assistant, for an Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR SUSPENDING NOSE BAGS FOR
FEEDING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Hamblin Greenstreet
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th March 1880.
FREDERICK HAMBLIN GREENSTREET, of Number 68, Barton Road, Brixton, in the
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR
County of Surrey, Contractor's Assistant.
SUSPENDING NOSE BAGS FOR FEEDING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."
My object is to promote the comfort of the horse while feeding by relieving the
head of the weight of the bag, and thus affording the animal that rest which under
present conditions he does not enjoy. I accomplish this by attaching to and con-
tinuing from the shafts rods of iron or other suitable material, which hook into
eyes, and are kept in position by a catch or saddle made to fit the shaft. The
bag is then suspended from the ends of the rods, and hangs midway between
them, so that the horse is really able to feed as comfortably as from a manger.
In the case of pair horses I place a rod in an
the rod being held in position by a catch or
double branch, one curving towards each horse.
to bitch up one side of each bag, the other side
on the pole.
eye upon the pole between them,
saddle as above. The rod has a
Each branch is hooked at the end
being hooked to the staple or eye
For trace or other horses I suspend the bag from the lower part of the collar by
a rod or rods hooked into an eye or eyes-in-the-collar. The-rod-has two arms,
between which the bag hangs from the hooked end of each arm.
The above system, besides preventing waste of fodder, wear and tear of bag, and
friction to harness, secures free air, clean and dry food, and the ability to feed
without any hindrance. At the same time the animal has no control over the bag.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Hamblin Greenstreet in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 7th September 1880.
FREDERICK HAMBLIN GREENSTREET, of Number 68, Burton Road, Brixton, in
the County of Surrey, Contractor's Assistant. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES
FOR SUSPENDING NOSE BAGS FOR FEEDING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."
My Invention consists of rods of iron, steel, or other suitable material attached
to each side of the nose-bag, as hereinafter explained. Where long rods are
necessary owing to shortness of shafts they may be jointed for doubling up and
placing in the bag. In feeding a rod is attached to each shaft by means varying
according to the size and shape of the shaft. For small shafts a socket to fit the
shaft-end is attached to and supports the rod, which is kept in position by a small
socket formed in the rod at the inner end, and catching up upon a fixed peg
screwed to the under side of the shaft.
For large shafts, such as heavy cart shafts, etcetera, the rods are attached to the
upper side of the shaft by means of a fork at the ends of the rods. The fork
pushes under and is held by a catch or knob upon the shaft. The rods are kept
in position by a socket a few inches from the fork. The socket in the rod drops
upon a peg fixed on the upper side of the shaft.
For a pole with a horse on either side a branching rod is attached to the upper
side of the pole by a fork and catch, and is kept in position in same way as above.
The rod curves round towards each horse, and the outer sides of the bags are
supported by a book at each end of curve. The bags are so connected that the
tie or connecting links may rest upon the pole to avoid the trouble of catching up
separately the inner sides of the bags.
For trace horses I let a socket into the collar just above the tug, which forms a
bearing for the rods. This is made fast by a plate and nut at the back of collar,
and screwed up tightly, i.e., flush with surface. Into these sockets the rods are
placed for feeding, the bag being hung upon the rods immediately under the horse's
head.
Where desired the rods could be made a fixture to the shafts by the simple
expedient of making them to drop back upon the shafts by means of a hinge, or to
slide back into a groove upon or under the shaft, although the mode of fixing
would vary according to the shape of the shaft.
I claim as advantages of my system that by relieving the horse's head of a great
weight it allows the animal to eat in much greater comfort than at present, and
by permitting the nose to be taken out of the bag at pleasure secures free breathing
without requiring any exertion such as is at present necessary to enable the animal
to obtain its food; it keeps the food pure and dry, besides preventing the great
waste and the friction to harness, inseparable from the old system of making the
head bear the weight of the bag.
I claim the above in all its applications.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Hamblin Greenstreet, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of September, in the year of
FREDERICK HAMBLIN GREENSTREET. (L.S.)