IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ROBERT KING of 17 Redcliffe Street Bristol, Harness Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS FOR HORSES AND
OTHER ANIMALS" to be as follows: -
This Invention relates to certain improvements in collars for horses and other
animals the object being to hold the collar firmly on the animals neck and to easily
adjust the same.
Ordinarily the collars of horses are fastened together by straps or other similar
fastening at the top but in carrying my Invention into practice :-
To each side of the collar "body" and close to the top I fix metal plates of any
convenient shape as desired by pins cast of a piece with said metal plates and
taking into the collar said pins being provided with holes through which thread or
other material is passed to fasten the said plates to the under part of the collar
body.
Said metal plates are cast with raised parts or sockets in the centre and near to
the open edges of the collar body.
Between said metal pieces is an arm terminating at one end with a cap or cover
which fits over the front ends or "pipe" of the collar and said arm is provided at
the other end on each side with projections with ears or lugs, (one of such lugs
being larger than the other) which take into the aforesaid raised parts or sockets
so that when the plates are fixed the arm cannot come out.
When the cap is over the tops of the "pipe" the collar is fastened. To open the
same the cap and arm are raised backwards about half a circle which movement
turns the ears in the sockets and so opens the fastening.

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COMPLETE OFMOTTICATION.
I, ROBERT KING, of 35 Dale Street, Saint Pauls, in the Oity and County of
Bristol, Horse collar maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved device.for closing and locking together the
ends of open horse collars after the collars have been placed around the necks of
horses or other draught aniinals for which such collars are suitable.
Instead of the straps and buckle litherto ordinarily employed for the purpose
aforesaid, a catch or clip of special construction is under this invention used. "On
each side of the division of the collar-the body thereof is Burmounted by a metal
plate secured to the collar, the plates, being provided with holes and eyes to receive
the thread or other material by which the attachment of the plates to the collar is
made..
Each plate is shaped to form a socket for the reception of ears or buttons
formed on the shank of an arm by the operation of which the fastening of the
collar is effected.
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At the outer end of the said arm is a cap which when the collar ends are made
to meet is lowered upon and receives the ends of the "pipe" which extends around
the collar body. The arm is preferably intended to be coupled first with that
plate which is secured to the right-hand or "off" side of the collar, and the button
'or enr of the shank on that side is accordingly inserted in the socket designed
therefor. The arui is then tilted to assume an approximately vertical position
when it affords a convenient handle for the application of the "pull" or strain
required to close the collar. As the collar closes, the ear or button on the left-hand
or "near" side of the arm enters the socket of the plate fixed on the corresponding
'side of the collar. The arm is now tilted further forward and the cap of the arm
is lowered upon and fits over the extremities of the "pipe" extending around the
collar body. The collar is thus closed and locked, the ends of the collar body and
the "pipe" at the division being maintained in contact until the arm is raised to
permit them to move apart..
A stop pin or stud is attached to the right-hand plate to prevent the arm from
being tilted back far enough to cause the button of the shank at that side to be
brought opposite the orifice in the socket, in which position the arm could be
withdrawn.
On the sheet of drawings hereunto appended Fig 1 represents a vertical section
of a collar body having fitted thereto the improved catch or fastening in which my
Baid invention consists. I
Fig 2 represents a side clevation of a part of that side of the collar which when
the collar is in place on an animal's neck is on the right-hand or "off" side. In
these views the arm a of the catch or fastening is shown raised. Fig 3 represents
a front view, the arm a being lowered. Fig 4 is a side view of the right-hand
plate b as seen from the inside, and Fig 5 is a similar view of the left-hand plate bl.
Fig 6 is a plan of tho latter.

page_text: The plates b. 61 are fixed upon the collar body A in the positions represented at
Figs 1, 2 and 3. They are made secure in place by threads or other suitable
binding material passed through the substance of the collar and the holes c and
eyes c. They may, however, be rivetted or otherwise attached to the collar
body A. They are shaped to form sockets d. d¹ for the reception of the ears or
buttons a¹, a of the shank e of the arm a.
The ear or button a¹ is approximately pear shaped, and the ear or button a³ is
approximately oval as seen at Figs 1 and 2. The orifices h. h¹ in the sockets d. ď¹
of the plates b. 6' are shaped as shown at Figs 4 and 5. At its outer end the arm a
is furnished with a cap i.
The device operates as follows:-The collar ends being open the arm a is
coupled with the plate b by inserting the ear or button a¹ of the shank e in the
socket d. The arm a is then tilted to assume the position shown at Figs 1 and 2
and the stop pin or stud m is inserted in the plate b to prevent the arm from
being tilted back again which, if permitted, would cause the ear or button a¹ to
be brought opposite the orifice h and allow the arm to become disconnected from
the plate.
In the raised position the arm a affords a convenient handle for the application
of the "pull" or strain required to bring the ends of the collar together. As the
ends of the collar approach one another the ear or button a² enters the corre-
spondingly shaped orifice h¹ of the plate 61, and when the said ear or button has
wholly entered the socket d the arm a is tilted forward so that the cap i thereof
descends upon and fits over the extremities of the "pipe" B extending around the
collar body. The ends of the collar body and the "pipe" are thus brought in
contact. The strap by which the hames are united is then passed over the top side
or back of the arm a which is thus prevented from rising. The body of the arm a
bears upon the bed-plates b, b' towards the front thereof the arm being made wider
towards the front and recessed at each side accordingly.
The shape of the ears or buttons a¹, a' of the shank e of the arm a, and the shape
of the orifices h. h¹ designed for their reception, as aforesaid, may be varied, as also
may be the shape of the plates b. b'.
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
The improved device for closing and locking together the ends of open collars for
horses and other draught animals, constructed, arranged and operating substan-
tially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.