Improved Means for Suspending and Adjusting Nose-bags and Nose- tins for Horses and other Draft Animals.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVIDIUNAL DIEUTICATION.
Improved Means for Suspending and Adjusting Nose-bags and Nose-
tins for Horses and other Draft Animals.
I, ARTHUR CHATWIN, of Neptune Street, Tipton, in the County of Stafford,
Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improved means for suspending
and adjusting nose-bags and nose tins for horses and other draft animals. My
invention is designed to automatically raise the nose-bag or nose-tin as the
food therein is eaten by the animal so that the food is always in a convenient
position for the animal's mouth instead of being out of reach as is often the case
when a certain amount has been eaten and the nose-bag or nose-tin is hung
round the animal's head by a strap in the usual way.
I will describe my invention in connection with a nose-bag or nose-tin
for a horse.
In carrying out my invention the two ends of the strap which passes over the
horse's head and by which the nose-bag or nose-tin is suspended are connected
to the nose-bag or nose-tin by a coiled spring compensating appliance which is
constructed as follows so as to automatically raise the nose-bag or nose-tin as the
food therein is eaten.
Each of these compensating appliances consists of a light sheet metal or other
casing containing a barrel in which is a spring like a clock spring wound round a
spindle on which the barrel can revolve and which spindle is fixed to the sides of
the casing. The casing is connected by a hook or other means to the top of the
nose-bag or nose-tin. The strap by which the nose-bag or nose-tin is carried from
the horse's head is fixed to and wound round the barrel in such a way that the
unwinding of the strap from the barrel turns the drum and winds up the spring
round the spindle the strap passing through a suitable opening in the casing.
As before stated there are two of these compensating appliances one at each side
of the horse's head. When the corn or other food is put in the nose-bag or nose-
tin and the latter is suspended by the strap the weight of the nose-bag or nose-tin
and the corn therein unwinds the strap off the drums to a certain extent and winds
up the springs so that the weight of the nose-bag or nose-tin and the corn therein
is taken by the springs. The strap carrying the nose-bag or nose-tin is placed over
the horse's head in the usual way and the strap, which is made with a buckle for
adjusting, is buckled up until the corn or other food is in the right position for
the horse's mouth. Then as the food is eaten and the weight decreases the springs
raise the nose-bag or nose-tin and thus the level of the corn is maintained at the
proper position relatively to the horse's mouth until it is all consumed.
Dated this 16th day of February 1899.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improved Means for Suspending and Adjusting Nose-bags and Nose-
tins for Horses and other Draft Animals.
I, ARTHUR CHATWIN, of Neptune Street, Tipton, in the County of Stafford,
Iron Founder, 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:-
This invention consists of the herein described improved means for suspending
and adjusting nose-bags and nose tins for horses and other draft animals. My
invention is designed to automatically raise the nose-bag or nose-tin as the
food therein is eaten by the animal so that the food is always in a convenient
position for the animal's mouth instead of being out of reach as is often the case
when a certain amount has been eaten and the nose-bag or nose-tin is hung
round the animal's head by a strap in the usual way.
I will describe my invention in connection with a nose-bag or nose-tin
for a horse and refer to the accompanying drawings on which Fig. 1 is a front view
of a horse's head provided with a nose bag with my invention applied; Fig. 2 is
a full size front elevation and Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of one of the
coiled spring compensating appliances of the nose bag; Fig. 4 is a front sectional
elevation of the said coiled spring compensating appliance; Fig. 4+ shews the
barrel separately; Fig. 5 shews an alternative method of using my invention with
the nose-bag; Fig. 6.is a front elevation, Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a slightly
modified form of the said coiled spring compensating appliance; Fig. 8 is a
sectional front elevation of the same and Fig. 9 is a plan of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
1 will first describe the arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 1, 2,
3, 4 and 4+.
In carrying out my invention the two ends of the strap A which passes over the
horse's head and by which the nose-bag or nose-tin B is suspended are connected
to the nose-bag or nose-tin by a coiled spring compensating appliance which is
constructed as follows so as to automatically raise the nose-bag or nose-tin as the
food therein is consumed.
Each of these compensating appliances consists of a light sheet. metal or other cas-
ing by preference made in halves marked respectively CC connected together at the
periphery containing a barrel D in which is a coiled spring E like a clock
spring wound round the spindle F which passes through the central eye or boss
of the barrel and on which the barrel D can revolve and which spindle F is by
screws g g or by other means fixed to the sides C¹ C² of the casing. The outer
end e of the spring E is fixed to the inner periphery of the barrel D and the other
end of the said spring is fixed to the part 2 of the spindle F which is by prefer-
ence made square for that purpose. The casing C C2 is connected by the spring
hook H or by other means to the top of the nose-bag or nose-tin B. The strap A
by which the nose-bag or nose-tin is carried from the horse's head is fixed to and
wound round the barrel D as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 so that the unwinding of the
strap A from the barrel D turns the same and winds up the spring E round the
spindle the strap A passing through a suitable opening I in the casing.
As before stated and as shewn in Fig. 1 there are two of these compensating
appliances used with the nose-bag or nose-tin one at each side of the horse's head.
When the corn or other food is put in the nose-bag or nose-tin B and the latter is
suspended by the strap A the weight of the nose-bag or nose-tin and the corn

page_text: therein unwinds the strap A off the drums D to a certain extent and winds up the
springs E so that the weight of the nose-bag or nose-tin B and the corn therein
is taken by the springs E. The strap A carrying the nose-bag or nose-tin is placed
over the horse's head in the usual way and the strap which is made with a buckle a
for adjusting is buckled up until the corn or food is in the right position for the
horse's mouth. As the contents is eaten and the weight decreases the springs E
uncoil to some extent and wind up more of the straps A round the drums 1)
thereby raising the nose-bag or nose-tin B and thus the level of the corn is main-
tained at the proper position relative to the horse's mouth until it is all consumed.
J is a projecting stop fixed to the strap A to take against the top of the casing
and prevent the strap being wound up too much within the casing.
Instead of the nose-bag or nose-tin being suspended by hooks H from the coiled
spring compensating appliances illustrated in Fig. 1, the hooks H may be dis-
pensed with and the casing CC of the compensating appliances be rivetted or
otherwise fixed directly to the sides of the nose-bag or nose-tin B as illustrated in
Fig. 5, the action of my invention being the same as hereinbefore described with
reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4+.
The arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 is similar to
that herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3. 4, 4+ and 5 except
that the casing in this example merely consists of the two sheet metal side
cheeks CC instead of the enclosed casing illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. These
side cheeks C C can readily be made with flanges c¹ to rivet or otherwise fix to
the outside of the nose-bag or nose-tin B, or the said flanges can be dispensed
with and the side cheeks provided with a spring or other hook H as indicated by
the dotted lines in Fig. 6 connected by the cross pin h¹ to the side cheeks C¹ C³.
The strap A as it rises from the barrel I) passes between the two cross bars kl 12
which are fixed in and between the side checks C C and serve to keep the strap A
in place.
The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best methods
of carrying out my invention but it is to be understood that my invention is not
limited to the precise details shewn.
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:
1. The combination with a nose-bag or nose-tin of the two coiled spring com-
pensating appliances each consisting of an outer casing or side cheeks connected
to the nose-bag or nose-tin, a barrel adapted to revolve on a cross pin or axle
between the said side cheeks or sides of the casing, a coiled spring like a clock
spring contained in said barrel and fixed thereto and to the spindle, a strap for
passing round the horse's head and carrying the nose-bag or nose-tin, the lower
portions of said strap being wound round the said barrels and connected thereto
the parts being arranged substantially as herein described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings so that the springs support the nose-bag or nose-tin and
the contents thereof and gradually raise the same as the contents are consumed.
2. In a coiled spring compensating appliance for use with a nose-bag or nose-tin
for horses or other draft animals, the combination of the enclosed sheet metal
casing CC, the pin F connected to the sides of the same. the drum D revolving
on said pin within the casing, the clock spring E contained within the said
drum and connected respectively to the pin F and to the inner periphery of the
drum, the strap A wound round the said drum and passing through a hole I in
the upper part of the casing and so arranged that the spring tends to wind the
strap round the drum, and the spring hook H or other means for connecting said
casing to the nose-bag or nose-tin, the parts being constructed arranged and com-
bined together substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs.
1, 2, 3, 4 and 4+ of the accompanying drawings.
3. In a coiled spring compensating appliance for use with a nose-bag or nose-

page_text: tin for horses and other draft animals, the combination of the open sheet metal
casing consisting of the side cheeks C C². the pin F connected thereto between
the side cheeks, the drum Drevolving on said pin between the
side cheeks, the clock spring E contained within said drum and connected res-
pectively to the pin F and to the inner periphery of the drum, the strap A wound
round the drum and passing between the bars fixed to the side cheeks, the
strap being so arranged that the spring tends to wind the strap round the drum,
and the spring hook H or other means for connecting said side cheeks to the nose-
bag or nose-tin, the parts being constructed arranged and combined together sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the
accompanying drawings.
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1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.