A Device for Curing Horses of the Habit of Crib-biting.
Year: 1892

page_text: ate of Application, 2nd Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
A Device for Curing Horses of the Habit of Crib-biting.
A communication from ROMUALD CORTI, of 9, Rue Lafou, Marseilles, in the
Republic of France, Coachman.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
As indicated in the title the object of this invention is to cure horses of a vicious
habit which considerably diminishes their value and impairs their healthy con-
stitution.
The arrangement devised for this purpose consists of two semicircular plates of
preferably galvanized iron, each provided with a lug or foot whereby it is fixed by
screws to the flanged edge of the trough or manger. A series of galvanised wires
or the like, are then stretched between the two crescent-shaped or semicircular
plates thus completing the device. These wires are parallel to each other, are
passed through perforations in the plates, and are suitably stretched by means of
screws and nuts or equivalent.
The crescents or semi-circular plates may be screwed to the flange of the trough
and to the ends of the manger or side walls of the box or stall. When the wires
have been stretched they form a net-work round the edge of the trough and thus
prevent it from being gnawed or snapped at by the horse.
Experience has shown that a horse will only snap or gnaw so long as a solid or
resisting body is within his reach; whereas wires are too thin and too flexible for
him to attempt biting them.
It will be understood that this arrangement is applicable to mangers of any
length or shape and requires but very few alterations in the construction of either
the mangers or the boxes or stalls.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1892.
ALFRED J. BOULT,
Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Curing Horses of the Habit of Crib-biting.
A communication from ROMUALD CORTI, of 9, Rue Lafon, Marseilles, in the
Republic of France, Coachman.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I. Mech. E., and Chartered Patent Agent, 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 cure horses of a vicious habit which con-
siderably diminishes their value and impairs their healthy constitution.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figures 2 and 3 elevations of the opposite ends
of a device constructed according to the present invention, and
Figure 4 is a view drawn to a smaller scale than Figs. 2 and 3 showing the
device applied to a crib.
The arrangement devised for this purpose consists of two semicircular plates a a¹
Figures 12 and 3 of preferably galvanized iron, each provided with a lug or foot b
whereby it is fixed by screws e to the edge of the trough or manger m. A series
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page_text: of galvanized wires e or the like, are then stretched between the two crescent-
shaped or semicircular plates a a¹ thus completing the device. These wires are
parallel to each other and are passed through perforations in the plates a and are
suitably stretched by means of screws and nuts n or equivalent provided on the
plate a¹.
As shown in Figure 4 the crescent or semi-circular plates a and a' may be
screwed to the flange or edge of the trough m and to the ends of the manger or
side walls of the box; or stall. When the wires have been stretched they form a
net-work round the edge of the trough and thus prevent it from being gnawed or
snapped at by the horse.
Experience has shown that a horse will only snap or gnaw so long as a solid or
resisting body is within his reach; whereas wires are too thin and too flexible for
him to attempt biting them.
It will be understood that this arrangement is applicable to mangers of any
length or shape and requires but very few alterations in the construction of either
the mangers or the boxes or stalls.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. A device for curing horses of the habit of crib-biting consisting of a net-work
or frame made of flexible rods or wires and placed over the edge of the crib.
2. The device for curing horses of the habit of crib-biting consisting of two end
plates such as a a' adapted to be secured to the front of the horse's trough and
between which are stretched wires or equivalent substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings..
Dated this 28th day of November 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.