Means or Apparatus for Collecting Horse-dung.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means or Apparatus for Collecting Horse-dung.
I, HENRY MAXIMILIAN HIRSZSON, of Slonovaya, 37, St. Petersburg, in the
Empire of Russia, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for collecting horse-dung as it is evacuated,
whereby roads can be kept clean without the necessity of collecting the dung in
the manner heretofore practised; the atmosphere is rendered more healthy by
reason of its being freed to a considerable extent from organic substances in a
state of decomposition; and wood pavements are prevented from becoming pre-
maturely rotten, from dirt consisting of the said organic substances in a state of
decomposition.
The apparatus consists of a long apron of leather or other suitable material,
which is suspended under the horse's tail to the hind or breeching strap of the
harness or to a special strap. The upper part of the apron is in contact with the
horse's body and the lower part extends rearwardly to a box fixed under or in
front of the coach or sledge. To stiffen the edge of the apron it is sewn with
thick wire and the upper part of the apron is made trough like by means of bent
cross wires; the cavity of this trough becomes deeper towards the lower end and
the edges of the apron eventually approach each other so as to form a tube the
lower end of which extends into the said box. The bottom, or one of the sides,
of this box is hinged so that the accumulated dung can be easily removed.
For short journeys I provide an arrangement in which the box is dispensed
with. This arrangement consists of a leather or other bag, one side of which is
suspended from the hind or breeching strap of the harness in the same manner
as the herein before described apron, and the other side is suspended just under
the tail; this side of the bag is provided with a loop which is firmly attached to
the tail; the loop being connected by a strap to the harness.
Or the apparatus may consist of a long bag, the lower end of which terminates
in a box placed below or in front of the coach.
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1000
I, HENRY MAXIMILIAN HIRSZSON, of Slonovaya, 37, St. Petersburg, in the
Empire of Russia, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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My invention relates to apparatus for collecting horse-dung as it is evacuated,
whereby roads can be kept clean without the necessity of collecting the dung in
the manner heretofore practised; the atmosphere is rendered more healthy by
reason of its being freed to a considerable extent from organic substances in a
state of decomposition; and wood pavements are prevented from becoming pre-
maturely rotten, from dirt consisting of the said organic substances in a state of
decomposition.
The apparatus consists of a long apron of leather or other suitable material,
which is suspended under the horse's tail to the hind or breeching strap of the
harness or to a special strap. The upper part of the apron is in contact with the
horse's body and the lower part extends rearwardly to a box fixed under or in
front of the coach or sledge. To stiffen the edge of the apron a thick wire is
sewn therein and the upper part of the apron is made trough like by means of
bent cross wires; the cavity of this trough becomes deeper towards the lower end
and the edges of the apron eventually approach each other so as to form a tube
the lower end of which extends into the said box. The bottom, or one of the
sides, of this box is hinged so that the accumulated dung can be easily removed.
For short journeys I provide an arrangement in which the box is dispensed
with. This arrangement consists of a leather or other bag, one side of which is
suspended from the hind or breeching strap of the harness in the same manner
as the hereinbefore described apron, and the other side is suspended just under
the tail; this side of the bag is provided with a loop which is firmly attached to
the tail, the loop being connected by a strap to the harness.
Or the apparatus may consist of a long bag, the lower end of which terminates
in a box placed below or in front of the coach.
my said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
Means or apparatus for collecting horse-dung consisting of an apron or bag
adapted to be suspended under the horse's tail and serving to convey the dung,
as it is evacuated to a box fixed to the coach or other vehicle substantially as
herein before described.
Dated THIS on day OI January
1900
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.