Improvements in or in connection with Zinc Pads for Harness Collars.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Zinc Pads for Harness
Collars.
I, LIONEL BARNETT of 59 Tenby Street North, Birmingham, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me from abroad
by Dexter Curtis of Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 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 improvements in "zine" pads for harness collars and
has for its object to construct same in an improved manner viz.: with an air
chamber or air space so formed that these pads will keep cool where they touch the
neck.
And in order that this present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to fully describe same with reference to the
sheet of drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of a pad; and
Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 1-1 Fig. 1; showing the present improvements
applied to such pad.
Fig. 3 is a view of the top part of an ordinary horse collar showing the said pad
(in end elevation) in position therein.
Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 a cross section (on line 2-2 Fig. 4) of a slightly
different arrangement of this improved pad and of somewhat different shape to
that shown in Figs. 1 2 and 3.
A is zinc plate formed into the ordinary or any suitable shape for zinc collar
pads (for instance of the shape approximately as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3) the
inside of which bears against the neck as usual.
B is a plate of zinc or other suitable metal or material (advantageously
perforated as shown at C) riveted or otherwise suitably secured on the exterior of
said plate A to the shape of which it approximately corresponds but so arranged
and mounted as to be held apart from one another so as thus to leave a clear air
space or air passage or passages between these two plates A and B and also
advantageously with a clear air passage or passages between the plate A and the
edge of said plate B see Figs. 2 and 5.
DD are the rivets by which the plate B is fastened to plate A or same may be
secured together in any other suitable manner.
E E are loops arranged on the plate A to receive a strap F (or straps) by which
the improved zinc pad is fastened in its position in the collar as usual or same may
be secured in its position in the collar in any other suitable manner.
By this invention when this pad is in use-in position in the collar-air can enter
and circulate between these two plates A and B and thus the plate A next to the
neck is kept cool and consequently will be found very advantageous for horses with
sore necks.
If desired the plate B may be made in two or more parts without departing from
the nature of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The combination with a zinc plate of the shape of an ordinary zinc collar
pad of a plate of corresponding shape thereto so arranged and mounted on the

page_text: back thereof as to permit the passage of air between the second said plate and the
said zinc pad plate for the purpose of keeping or assisting to keep the latter cool
as it rests against the neck of the animal.
2. The combination with an ordinary zinc collar pad of a perforated metal plate
of corresponding shape so arranged and mounted on the back thereof as to leave
an air space between said plates substantially as and for the purposes herein before
described.
3. The improved zinc collar pad constructed of two plates such as A and B
combined and arranged to act substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 4th day of July 1895
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.