A New or Improved Adjustable Stem Clip for Halters.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Stem Clip for Halters.
I, EDWARD WOODCOCK, of Abbotsham, near Bideford, Devon, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to a new or improved clip more particularly intended for
use with the ordinary and well known halter for horses, cattle, or other animals,
the object being to provide a device by means of which the easy adjustment of
the stem or halter rope is ensured with a security of fixing not hitherto attained,
while my improved device prevents rubbing or galling or the accidental tighten-
ing on the jaw of the animal.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, the clip comprises a central
tube or sleeve split longitudinally and hinged at one side, while it is fitted with
an internally projecting spike or spikes so that when closed it can tightly grip
the halter rope. I further provide two circular discs or side picces designed to
be screwed together and furnished centrally with holes or perforations to allow
of them slipping over the aforesaid central tube or sleeve, said sleeve being fur-
nished around its outer periphery and approximately at the centre with a raised
rib or flange, the inner periphery of the side discs being correspondingly recessed,
so that when the latter are screwed in position over the inner tube or sleeve it
is impossible for it to be withdrawn until the side discs are removed.
The device is suitably secured to one extremity of the-halter, while the halter
rope passes through the aforesaid central tube or sleeve which tightly grips same,
and in order to adjust the said halter, it is only necessary to remove one of the
side discs when the inner tube or sleeve can be removed and opened, the rope
drawn through until the required position is reached, when the tube or sleeve
is closed and secures the rope by the aforesaid inwardly projecting spike or
spikes, the inner tube or sleeve being then locked in position by screwing to-
gether the aforesaid side discs over same.
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page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved clip more particularly intended for
use with the ordinary and well known halter for horses, cattle, or other animals,
the object being to provide a device by means of which the easy adjustment of
the stem or halter rope is ensured with a security of fixing not hitherto attained,
while my improved device prevents rubbing or galling or accidental tighten-
ing on the jaw of the animal.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, the clip comprises a central
tube or sleeve split longitudinally and hinged at one side, while it is fitted with
an internally projecting spike or spikes so that when closed it can tightly grip
the halter rope. I further provide two circular discs or side pieces designed to
be screwed together and furnished centrally with holes or perforations to allow
of them slipping over the aforesaid central tube or sleeve, said sleeve being fur-
nished around its outer periphery and approximately at the centre with a raised
rib or flange, the inner periphery of the side discs being correspondingly recessed,
so that when the latter are screwed in position over the inner tube or sleeve it
is impossible for it to be withdrawn until the side discs are removed.
The device is suitably secured to one extremity of the halter, while the halter
rope passes through the aforesaid central tube or sleeve which tightly grips same,
and in order to adjust the said halter, it is only necessary to remove one of the
side discs when the inner tube or sleeve can be removed and opened, the rope
drawn through until the required position is reached, when the tube or sleeve
is closed and secures the rope by the aforesaid inwardly projecting spike or
spikes, the inner tube or sleeve being then locked in position by screwing to-
gether the aforesaid side discs over same.
In order that this invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a halter fitted with my improved clip.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a halter showing the clip in place,
and drawn approximately full size.
Figs. 3 and 4 are detailed view of the clip.
According to this invention the clip comprises a central tube or sleeve a
(Figs. 3 and 4) split longitudinally and hinged at one side, and fitted internally
with projecting spikes c. so that when closed it tightly grips the halter rope r.
Two circular dises or side pieces are provided, the part b being designed to
screw into the part 61, each part being furnished with a hole or perforation d d
to allow of their slipping over the aforesaid tube or sleeve a, said sleeve being
furnished upon its outer periphery and approximately at the centre with a raised
rib or flange, designed to be accommodated within the recessed portions of. the
parts bb when screwed together, and in this manner the sleeve or tube a when
closed is contained within them, while tightly gripping and holding the rope.
A clip of the kind above described is inserted in one extremity of the
halter 3, the roper which is secured to the opposite extremity al of the halter.
passes through the said clip and is tightly held therein by the spikes c carried
by the inner sleeve or tube a.
In order to adjust the rope it is only necessary to unscrew one of the side
pieces 61 of the clip when the inner tube or sleeve a can be drawn out and
opened, the rope being then adjusted to the required position, inner tube or
sleeve a closed upon it, and secured in that position by screwing together the
side pieces b b¹.
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:
1. The new or improved adjustable stem clip for halters, comprising an inner
tube or sleeve a formed in two parts and hinged together and furnished with

page_text: internally projecting spikes such as c, and an approximately central outer flange
or rib g, in combination with circular discs or side pieces 6 61 furnished with
holes or perforations d d', designed to screw together, and contain the sleeve or
tube a, the whole being thus locked together, substantially as herein described
and shown, and for the purposes specified.
2. The new or improved adjustable stem clip for halters substantially as
herein described and shown with reference to the accompanying drawings, and
for the purposes specified.
1000
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.