US87497A - Improved device for checking- horses - Google Patents

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WML? I C1 IMPROVED DEVICE FOR CHECKING- HORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom, fit may coiwern:

Be it known that I, 'lHnoDon I'rzs'rnrn, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and iinprovedDevice for Checking Horses; and I do hereby declare the-following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had lto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 is an elevation, in perspective, of my improvement as it appears when the headstall to which it is applied is placed upon the head of a horse.

Figure 2 is a iont view of one side orhalf of the headstall detached from a horse.

' Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to meansfor 'checking unruly or runaway horses; and

`It consists in several novel features of improvement, whereby such horses can be controlled without loss of time, and without requiring a great degree of skill or strength'in the driver.

My improvement for checking and controlling horses is applied by' meto the headstall or bridle, as will ap pear fromthe following description.

rlhe letter A designates the ordinary winkers, or blinds, which' are placed in such aposition as to prevent a horse from seeing objects atf his side or behind.

The winkels are connected to each other by a curved or bow-spring, B,which rises, in the form of an arc of a circle, from the, upper edges of the winkers, and goes through the upper part ofthe pendent lug C, so called, Awhich hangs vdown over the forehead from the crownpiece 1),-thev spring being in this example secured to the lug, so that saiil parts cannot move independently of each other.

The object of the spring B is to hold the winkers, or

blinds A, apart at a proper distance from the head of p the animal, so that his -vision in a forward direction shall not be obstructed lwhen the winkers, or blinds, are in their normal position.

Another object of the spring is to restore the winkers to their normal position away from the eyes ofthe animal, after the winkers are released from the pull of the rein, that operates to closethcm, as is hereinafter described.

The spring B is covered with4 leather, to preserve it from rusting, and tomake its appearance and color in keeping with' the rest of the headstall or bridle.

The winkers are drawn inward toward the head of the animal, so as to close his eyes, orfprcvent him from seeing, by means of checker-eins, E F, which are secured to the winkers at or near their front edges, going thence respectively through and around pulleys or runners in the sides of Vthe lug, or front piece C; and out at the bottom oi' said lugA C; thence backward under pulleys or runners arranged in the check-straps G G; thence upward toward the neck of the animal, and over pnlleys or runners arranged in the ends of the billets H H, which hang down from the crown-piece; and thence backward to the saddle ofthe harness, where the said check-reins E F are united together and passed loosely around a terret of the saddle, at which point they are connected to a rein, I, which extends backward to the drivel'. Y

By means of this construction and` arrangement, IA

am enabled to operate and close the winkers when a horse is unruly or running, and thereby check him and bring him at once under control, the check-reins E F being continnations of the main rein I, which, like the driving-rein, 'is to be held by the driver, or else is ar-4 ranged so as to be at hand when wanted. v

When the check-reins are pulled back to close the winkers, the resistance of the spring B must be overcome, the ends of the spring being drawn toward eachl other, so that the spring has increased power to throw the winkers open, and draw the checkreins forward again whenever the pull on the rein ceases.

The spring being applied to the top edges of the w-inkers, causes said winkel-sto close first at the bottom part, so that the same adapt themselves to the formation of the horses head.

.'Io prevent the winkers from being thrown out of position by thestrain of the closing-straps, I have applied a strap, L, which extends through u'nder' the head, as shown in fig'. l.

Without this strap, the winkers are liable to become displaced, and the action of my checking-apparatus is rendered uncertain and impractioable.

I combine with the check-reins E F, that close the winkers or blinds, a supplementary' check or throatstrap, J, which passes behind and under the head, and is attached by its ends to the check-reins E F, as shown in both figures of the-drawing.

The said strap J is sol arranged on the check-reins, that when the latter are drawn back, the strap J moves back with it, and presses against the windpipe of the animal1 and by that means aids in controlling and in. reducing him to obedience.

When the check-reins are released `from the pull of the driver, they, and the throat-strap and the winkers, 'or blinds, resume their former position, by the action of the spring B, which is suficiently powerful to pull -the check-reins forward again and force open the winkreins E F, combined with the winkers, or blinds A, and spring B, substantially 'as described.

2. 'lbe combination of the winkers A, the springr B, the check-reins E F, :md the lug or frout piece C, substantially as described :und shown.

3. The combination of the throat-strop J, checkreins E I, winkers A, and spring B, substantially as described.

4. The safety-strap L, in combinationl with the winkel-s A and cheok-reius E F, substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

THEoDoR ITZSTEIN.

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