US1277878A - Feed-bag. - Google Patents

Description

l. lVl. DOHERTY.

FEED BAG.

APPLICAHON FILED AUGJQ. 19H.

` l ,Qy-,S'Yg Patented Sept. 3, MMS.

lNVENTOR ATTORNEY l "To all whom t corwem.'y

" 'f l l JOHN ir. Bonanni?, or citaivisaoox; isaiiiisii, coLUiviBi Leraars.; Y

Be it known that I, JOHN M. `poannfrir, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Cranbrook', in` the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of 4 Canada'l haveA invented certain new and useful Improvements in lFeed-Bags, ofwhich the following is a specification. e

This invention relates to a feeding device for animals and more particularly to certain improvements in a nose bag' adapted to be attached to the head ofthe animal.

The primary obj ect ofthe invention `is to provide a nose bag havingmeans associated therewith to automatically raise the bottom of the bag nearer .the lips of the animal to which it is attached` as the feed contained iii the bag is consumed and the weight thereof diminishes.

Another obj ect of the Iinvention isto provide a nose bag of the character set forth l 1 u i `rings 2--2 which are adapted to receive the which can be cheaply manufactured and sold and which, when Ain use, will at all. times hold the feed contained therein in a position accessible to the mouth of the animal' yIn the drawings l? indicates va .standardv type of nose bag which is preferably made from flexible material and has secured to its upper edge the oppositely positioned loops 3 3 carried by the opposite ends of an attaching strip 4. Engaging the outer surface of the bag adjacent the. upper edge thereof area pair of oppositely disposed plates 5, each of theseV plates is of the construction elearly shown in Fig. 3; the upper end .of each plate being reduced and bent-inwardly above the upper edge of the bag as indicated at 6, then carried downwardly to extend-'along the inner side `of the bag as indicated at 7 and again bent as at 8 to extend outwardly throughy the material of Jghe bagand throughan opening 9 formed in the perpendicular part of the plate. These outwardly extending ends 8 of the -plate areprovided .with openings 1Q .for a4 purpose to be hereinafter set fortn. Y

A similarly connected pair of plates 'are connected to the lower part of the bag with the perpendicular partvll of each of these linnn-BAG.

Specification if Letters yPatent.

Application iled August 29, 1917. Seri-a1 No; 188,851V

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extreme ends of the plates are again bentY as at 14 and 'extend outwardly through the 65 sides of the bag and through the openings formed in the perpendicular parts of the plates.

The extended ends 11 of the lower plates are positioned in verticaly alinement with the extended ends of the upper plates and are equipped with an opening similar with those formed in the ends 8. These" alined extensions of the upper and lower plates are adapted to be connected by coiled springs 7 15-15 each of which has one end thereof fastened in the end of one of the extensions -8, and the opposite end 'thereofv fastenedy in the opening in one of the extensions 14.-

As shown these springs are under tension 80 and normally tend to contract and'thus raise the bottom of the bag nearer to the top., stufe thereof. When the bag is secured in "i n as shownintl? ig. 2 the weight of the reed contained ti'erein is sullicient to 85` normally holdthe bottom in extended yposition,v but as the` feed is consumed and the weight thereof diminishes, these springswill raise the bottom ofthe bag nearer to they l mouth of the animal thus allowing all the feed in the bag to. be readily consumed.

In the-foregoing I have described only a preferred embodiment of the invention. It

is to be understood that l reserve the right to make such changes in the construction and arrangement of the various parts thereon as may be desired providing of course that the changes contemplated come within I thescope of the appended claims.

I clai'mz- 1. A nose bag, including a flexible receptaole7 plates secured to the upper and lower edges of said receptacle, each of said plates having an end thereof bentto pass through a portion of the receptacle and to providey a projection extending 'outwardly therefrom, the projectionof the lower plates being ver--` tically alined with the projection of the. upper plates, and springs connecting saidalined projection.

2. A nose"bag,including a flexible krecep-l tacle; plates secured to opposite points lof said receptacle adjacent the upper edge thereon, each of said plates provided with an opening and havin-g the upper end therein reduced and bent inwardly above the upper edge ofthe receptacle, said reduced end being then carried downwardly along the inner surface of the receptacle, and again bent to extend outwardly through the one side of the receptacle and through the opening of the plate, duplicate plates secured to `the lower part of the receptacle and having other outwardly projecting ends alined vertical with the outwardly projecting ends of the upper plates and springs connecting the projecting ends of said alined plates.

3. A nose` bag including a flexible receptacleplates secured to the upper and lower' ends thereof, each of said plates being bent to provide portions engaging opposite sides of the receptacle and having one end extended to provide a projection extending outwardly from the receptacle, and springs connecting the projections of the upper and lower plates to raise the bottom of the bag as the feed therein diminishes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. DOHERTY.

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