IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING OR PRESERVING THE SINEWS OF HORSES.”
Year: 1879

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LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, of the Firm of J.
Brandt and Q. W. von Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of No. 124, Leipzigerstrasse,
Berlin, in the German Empire, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING OR PRESERVING THE SINEWS OF HORSES.” A
communication from Hans Lehmann and Aurel Börendt, of Hannover, in the
German Emnire.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus_von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th June
1879.
GEBARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of No. 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the German
Empire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING OR PRESERVING THE
SINEWS OF HORSES." (A communication from Hans Lehmann and Aurel Börendt,
of Hannover, in the German Empire.)
One of the greatest misfortunes with valuable horses is inflammation of the
fetlock sinews, which arises from undue stretching of the same, ospecially when
fatigued, when greatly exerted, say, after hard training before racing, after racing
where the horses have exerted themselves to the utmost, by coursing or long
marches, and in general by all extreme exertions.
The object of this Invention is to remedy this evil by affording the horse a support
in such a way that the sinews or the sheaf of the sinews, when stretched to a certain
degree, shall find an elastic resistance.
An india rubber ring is fastened in two places to the horses foot or leg. One
place is at the end of the back sinews by means of a strap, which is buckled onto
the back of an ankle boot in the direction of the back sinew; the other place is
just at the fetlock above the hoof, where it is united to a strap by means of a link
or eye piece. The elastic ring is in this way so connected to the horse's foot or leg
that it cannot shift thereon, and so that an expansion of it can only take place
when the horse is fatigued in a high degree.
The ankle boot is put on each fore leg while the other foot is held up; the ring
acts when the horse intends to stretch the sinews, and bend the fetlock in a greater
measure than when in a state of rest; it only bears on one fore foot.
A ring of india rubber has proved most suitable because the ring shape leaves
the sinew free action at its end point, and because the great elasticity of the india
rubber prevents all sudden or cramp like support. But the ring might be replaced
by an elastic bar or piece of other form, or other elastic material may be applied,
although possibly not with such success. The mode of fastening it may also be
varied.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th December 1879.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. v.
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the German
Empire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING OR PRESERVING THE
SINEWS OF HORSES." (A communication from Hans Lehmann and Aurel Börendt,
of Hanover, in the German Empire.)
One of the greatest misfortunes with valuable horses is inflammation of the
fetlock sinews, which arises from undue stretching of the same, especially when
fatigued, when greatly exerted, say, after hard training before racing, after racing
where the horses have exerted themselves to the utmost, by coursing or long
marches, and in general by all extreme exertions.
The object of this Invention is to remedy this evil by affording the horse a support
in such a way that the sinews or the sheafs of the sinews, when stretched to a 1
certain degree, shall find an elastic resistance.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing shows the apparatus as applied to a
horse's foot; and Figure 2 is a detached view of the main part of the apparatus.
a is an india rubber ring, which is fastened in two places to the horse's foot or
leg. One place is at the end of the back sinews, by means of a strap b, which is 2
buckled on to the back of an ancle boot A in the direction of the back sinew; the
other place is just at the fetlock above the hoof, where it is united to a strap B by
means of a link or eye piece d. The elastic ring a is in this way so connected to
the horse's foot or leg that it cannot shift thereon, and so that an expansion of it
can only take place when the horse is fatigued in a high degree.
The ancle boot A is put on each fore leg while the other foot is held up. The
ring acts when the horse intends to stretch the sinews, and bend the fetlock in
greater measure than when in a state of rest; it only bears on one fore foot.
A ring of india rubber has proved most suitable because the ring shape leaves the
sinews free action at its end point, and because the great elasticity of the india 3
rubber prevents all sudden or cramp like support. But the ring might be replaced
by an elastic bar or piece of other form, or other elastic material may be applied,
although possibly not with such success. The mode of fastening it may also be
varied, but I claim,―
A sinew support for horses, mainly consisting of an elastic ring or equivalent 3
appliance made of india rubber or other elastic material, which at one end or side
is connected to an ankle boot or similar appliance around the leg of the horse, and
at the other end or side is connected to a strap or similar appliance around the
fetlock.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have here-