Horses and other Draught Animals are .Exposed.
Year: 1886

page_text: Horses and other Draught Animals are .Exposed.
I, PETER JENSEN Fel. Inst. "P.A. of 77 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex
do hereby declare the nature of this invention a communication to me from abroad
by Johan Theodor Bernadotte Sidén of Nybo, Walbo, Sweden, Manufacturer,
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This horse protector differs from the horse protectors or guards formerly patented
by the same and other inventors principally therein, that the spiral (helical) springs
intended for taking up the jerks shocks and sudden pulls of the vehicle and whích
thus protect the horse or other draught animal against the said jerks, in this
protector are placed abreast of each other instead of being placed one around the
other as heretofore. This mode of arranging the springs allows of making the
protector considerably thinner than hitherto has been possible.
On the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a horse protector constructed
according to this invention and Figure 2 an end or edge view of same.. Figure 3
is a side elevation of a modified form of the horse protector.
The construction shewn in Figures 1 and 2 is as follows:-
A bar A at one end shaped as a traction hook is passed through a hole in a cross
bar B and at the other end fixed in another cross bar C. A U-shaped bent bar D,
the both ends of which are passed through the cross-bar C and fixed in the cross-
bar B, forms the draught-eye. Round those parts of the bars A and D which are
situated between the cross-bars B and C steel wire spiral springs E are applied
which springs are compressed between the cross-bars B and C when the pull comes
on the hook and eye being then forced towards each other, and by their elasticity
the springs again push the cross-bars from each other when the pull ceases. The
springs thus obviate or moderate any violent jerks shocks and pulls. F F are two
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page_text: studs or stops projecting from the one cross-bar B and pointing towards the other
cross-bar C having for purpose to limit the motion of the cross bars in the direction
towards each other.
It is evident that the bar A also may be U-shaped.
In the modified form shewn in Figure 3 the spiral springs E though as before
applied abreast of each other are themselves fixed in the cross-bars B and C from
which respectively a hook and an eye or other suitable traction and fixing device
are projecting. Besides the springs E two pairs of links F engaging each other
are fixed to the cross-bars. These links have for purpose partly to guide the cross-
bars and partly to limit the extension of the springs. As shewn on the drawing
the links are placed one on each side of the springs, but evidently one pair of links
would suffice if placed in the middle of the apparatus. The springs in this modi-
fication act by extension and tend to bring the cross bars together again when
pulled apart.
By applying one of the horse protectors described above in a suitable manner
either at the lower ends of the traces or where no traces are used, between the
shafts of the carriage and the harness, the protector will by its elasticity obviate or
moderate the violent jerks or pulls which the draught animal else would have to
Sustain on many occasions, for instance at starting when driving over uneven
ground &c. When no splinter bar and traces are used the horse protector also
moderates the pulls arising through the animals own shoulder motions.
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 as the invention communicated to me is,
The improved horse protectors or guards having helical springs E placed abreast
between two cross bars B and C to which are applied suitable traction devices
whereby when in action the said cross bars are made to approach each other thus
compressing or extending the springs, stops F being provided for limiting the com-
pression or extension of the springs and means being provided for keeping the
cross-bars B and C parallel, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1886.