Improvements in connection with Bits for Animals.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Bits for Animals.
I, HENRY MIDDLETON SANDBACH of Latimer House, Maidenhead, in the
County of Berks, of no occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to a mode of controlling vicious or bolting horses, by
checking their respiration. This is effected by means of a pair of small levers
terminating in pads which compress or close the nasal orifices. It is applicable to
other draught animals.
The levers employed are fulcrummed on the bit and may be attached to a pivot
thereon, or said pivot may be fixed on a sliding collar working up and down on the
vertical bars of the bit. Horizontal adjustment is also provided for by a series of
holes in the levers corresponding with the pin of the pivot.
The levers are
curved in front so as to bring the pads to the right position for operating on the
nostrils.
In the rear they are connected by a chain or strap, which being pulled by a cord
or strap, causes the levers to contract in front and compress the nose.
The bits to which the levers are attached may be of the usual kinds, and may be
for riding or driving. The levers may be connected to the bits with removable
thumb-screws, or in any other preferred way.
The pads in front may be of india rubber or any other suitable material, and of
any suitable shape.
Deted this 31st day of December 1891.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Bits for Animals.
I, HENRY MIDDLETON SANDBACH of Latimer House, Maidenhead in the
County of Berks, no occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to control restive or vicious animals, and effectually
restrain any tendency to vice in such as may give indications thereof. It is
applicable to horses, mules, donkeys and the like.
I will now describe its application to horses.
At their
It consists of a pair of levers one on each side of the horses head, fulcrummed to
pivots on the cheek bar of the bit or placed at each end of the mouth-bar, or if there
be no mouth-bar fulcrummed to the ends of a connecting bar passing behind the
animals jaw and attached to a noseband as hereafter described. The said levers
are placed nearly or quite at right angles to the vertical cheek-bar, and their front
parts are curved so as to pass round the horses check and reach his nose.
front ends are two pads which are intended to press on the animals nostrils and thus
check or prevent his breathing, when restive or unmanageable by the ordinary
reins. The hind part of the fevers are curved behind the lower jaw and cross
each other there, and are connected by a ring and held in the open position by
a spring, and their terminals are so connected to reins that on said reins being
pulled, the front parts of the levers are drawn towards and caused to press on the
animals nostrils as before stated.

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descrive the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows a plan view of my improvements attached to a bit with a cheek-bar.
Fig. 2 shows a view of one side of same, shewing the levers before described and
the cheek-bar of the bit.
Fig. 3 shows a section, taken at the line -y, (Fig. 2) of the pivotted adjustable
joint through which each lever passes.
a, is the mouth-bar of the bit which passes through the animals mouth, and
which
may be of any well known shape. b, is the upper part of the check-bar.
c, is the lower part of the same. d, is the fore-part of the lever and e, is the pad
at end of same. ', is the back of the lever which terminates in the rein ring d.
s, is the spring. f, is the ring which connects the back parts of the levers. ', is
the feather nut of a short bolt, the head of which is denoted by g.
This bolt is
slotted to receive the lever d, which slides to and fro through a slot cut in g, so as
to be adjustable to the required length in front of the horses head. h, and i, are
two washers which to prevent slipping may be corrugated and work on corrugated
faces if preferred.
When the lever d, is drawn forward to the required distance so as to bring the
pad e, over the animals nostril, the nut g', is tightened and holds the lever d, firmly
against the cheek-bar b, c, which turns pivotally in the ring or socket at the end of
the mouth-bar a, thus allowing the pressure to be applied to the nostril by pulling
the reins attached to the rings d.
'
It will thus be seen that besides the pivotal movement of e, in a, whereby the
pad e, is caused to press on the nostril, there is also the horizontal sliding adjustment
of the levers d, d' as well as a vertical adjustment of the pad e, by elevating or
depressing the forepart of the levers, both which movements are controlled by the
bolt and nut g, g².
The horizontal adjustment of the levers may if preferred be confined to the fore
part d, by separating the back part d', and attaching it solidly to the bolt head or
cheek-bar or both parts may be made adjustable separately, by forming another
slot attached to the bolt or check-bar, in which the back part d', can be adjusted
forward, while the forepart d, is adjusted backward.
The pads e, may be round, oval, or half round, or pearshaped as shown in Fig. 2,
or any other preferred shape, and may be made of metal covered with india-rubber
or leather, or faced with cork, or in any other suitable way, and may be fixed solidly
to the lever or adjustable or made in any other preferred way.
My nasal levers may be attached to any pattern bit, but should the mouth bar be
jointed in the centre, it will probably be necessary to connect the levers by a bar
passing behind the animals jaw as before described.
Should the upper cheek-bar of the bit not be pivotted to the mouth-bar, the
joint 9, 9', may be attached to a sleeve turning freely on the upper check-bar,
and thus the necessary pivot action will be obtained. This pivot action may how-
ever be obtained in several other ways.
My nasal levers may be made in steel or any other suitable material, and may be
coated or plated in any way preferred.
In place of the rings d², shewn, for attaching reins, any other suitable attachment
for the reins can be used.
The springs, whose function is to keep the levers open, may be made of steel
or india-rubber or in any other suitable way.
Instead of being crossed behind the jaw as shewn, the levers may if preferred
be constructed to cross in front of the animals nose.
They may be made of any required angle or curve to suit the animals jaw
or nose.
Also instead of crossing before or behind they may be continued parallel to the
animals jaw and connected to crossed reins which after passing the crupper or
thereabouts may be united or connected to a single rein.
The nuts g¹, may be made slotted instead of winged or of any preferred pattern.

page_text: When the nasal levers are used without being attached to a bit they are suspended
to a noseband and connected by a bar passing behind the animals jaw as before
mentioned.
The noseband may be made of metal or leather, or of both combined.
The levers may be fixed to the noseband or may be removable as preferred.
A graduated scale is fixed on the part of the levers d, which passes through the
bolt g, so that when adjusting same, one can be sure to set them of equal length.
A similar scale will also be set on the bolt-head g, or on the adjoining metal, so
that the vertical adjustment on both sides may be equal,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. An adjustable lever attachment with or without a bit or bit mouth-bar, for
compressing the nostrils of animals used for riding or draught purposes as herein
explained and set forth.
2. A bit of any preferred shape or pattern combined with my improved adjustable
lever attachment for compressing the nostrils of draught or riding animals, as herein
described and set forth.
3. In an adjustable lever arrangement for compressing the nostrils of riding or
draught animals, the levers d, d, the springs, the adjustable sliding joint with
horizontal and vertical action, and with or without an outer or stiffening bar and
noseband, as herein described and set forth.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.