IE41598B1 - Improvements in or relating to a stable construction - Google Patents

Abstract

1466827 Housing animals BETONWARENINDUSTRIE MILDER BV 15 Aug 1975 [15 Aug 1974] 34005/75 Heading AIM An animal house has rows of stalls having floors 7 supported on walls 3a, 3b alternating with walk ways having floors 11 formed by slats supported on the walls manure pits 2a, 2b being provided beneath the stalls and walk ways and being interconnected at the ends of the rows. The rows of stalls may stop short of the ends of the building and passages be provided interconnecting the walk ways. The stall floors and their supporting walls may be integrally formed and be provided by prefabricated concrete tunnel sections.

Description

The present invention relates to a stable construction including series of rows of stalls alternating with walk ways, with walk way floors formed by spaced apart joists supported at their ends by walls which define manure pits extending under the walk ways.

In the hitherto usual stable constructions of this type the pits for the storage of manure located under the walk ways have to be emptied a number of times a year, which is time-consuming and relatively expensive. If the manure pits should be made deeper in order to obtain a larger space for the storage of manure, the removal of manure from these deeper pits would become more difficult, while a deeper foundation of the manure pit floor adversely affects the building costs.

The object of the invention is to provide! a stable construction of the type defined above in which in the absence of deeper pits than used so far, a considerably larger space for the storage of manure becomes available and which can moreover be built rapidly and efficiently.

According to the present invention there is provided a stable construction including rows of stalls alternating with walk ways, the walk way floors being formed by spaced apart joists which are supported at their ends by walls which also support the stall floors and which walls and joists define manure pits extending under the walk ways, characterized in that each floor of a row of stalls and its two supporting walls form under each row , of stalls a tunnel section which defines for the row of stalls a further manure pit extending thereunder and communicating with the manure pits formed under the walk ways adjacent thereto. In this way it is possible to obtain in a simple manner substantially twice as much storage space for manure as compared to the space used so far, while it will normally be sufficient to empty the manure pit once a year. In plan view the various pits alternately under the rows of stalls and the walk ways form a successive series along a meander-like line.

In the stable construction according to the invention one continuous base - whether or not on an individual foundation - can be poured under the entire stable floor, Insofar as including the rows of stalls and the walk ways, on which base the partition walls are built or - in accor-ance with the preferred embodiment - tunnel sections are successively joined and placed in position. In the case of brickwork partition walls floor slabs are laid in those positions where the stalls are to be, and the walk way floor joists where the walk ways are to be.

This arrangement of the walk way floor joists is considerably facilitated in accordance with an optional feature of the invention when said v>alk way floor joists are supported at their ends between the projecting parts of castellated support construction made in rabbets along the upper edges of the walls.

The castellated supports are preferably formed by separate castellated, concrete prefabricated joist support sections, in which the recessed parts between the actual merlons are of course adapted to the transverse section of the walk way floor joists at the support ends of the walk way floor joists. The transverse section of the actual merlons of said prefabricated joist sections is hereby adapted to the desired mutual distance for the successive walk way floor joists. The joists themselves preferably have a trapezoid transverse section and are laid with the longer of the two parallel trapezium sides on top with intervals of 3-4 cm. In thi.s way there are formed between the adjoining joists self-emptying manure slots in the walk way floors, which do not hamper walking thereon on the walk ways. The prefabricated joist sections ensure the correct positioning of the joists J relative to one another.

With tho prefabricated parts mentioned above: tunnel sections, support joist sections and floor joists it is possible to build a stable construction rapidly and at relatively low cost in an efficient manner on a manure pit base poured as a continuous slab.

A considerable reduction in building time is thus achieved compared to the conventional constructions and in contrast to the conventional construction in which the stall floors are usually poured on a sand filling between - 4 41598 the respective walls, the present construction does not require, any such sand filling.

When a crane is used in building the crane can be more intensively and more completely utilized owing to the intensive prefabricated manufacture of the building elements required for the construction.

In another, advantageous embodiment of the invention connecting parts can be formed at the ends of the floors of a row of stalls between adjacent walk way floors by floor joists similar to the walk way floor joists and also spaced apart, which floor joists are at their ends supported by lintels extending between the floor of the last stall of the row and an adjoining transverse building wall.

With the use of mainly prefabricated elements the connections of the successive pit spaces can thus easily be effected.

The invention will now be described further by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a cross-section of part of a stable construction according to the invention using brickwork manure pit partition walls; Fig.2 is a cross-section similar to Fig.l, but using reinforced concrete prefabricated tunnel sections to form the manure pits under the rows of stalls; Fig.3 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale with respect to Fig.2 of a prefabricated tunnel section with parts of a number of concrete walk way floor joists superimposed thereon by means of a concrete prefabricated joist section of castellated configuration; Fig.4 shows a plan view in a reduced scale of a stable construction according Lo the invention.

As cah be seen in the drawings a static construction according to the invention comprises a site5 poured concrete base 1 which forms the bottom of manure pits 2a, 2b and serves as a support platform for the building. As shown in Fig.l, walls 3a and 3b define side walls of manure pits 2a and 2b, shown in cross-section in that Figure, the walls 3a and 3b support at their upper ends the floors for the stable and the outer vail 3b also supports the upright front wall which in turn supports the roof construction 5. Numeral 6 indicates the ground level surrounding the stable.

The stable floor consists, over the maiure pits 2a, of prefabricated concrete slabs which constitute the floor slabs for rows of stalls extending transversely to the plane of the drawing in Fig.l. These rows of stalls are alternated by walk ways over the manure p Its 2b, which walk ways also extend with their longitudinal direction normal to the plane of the drawing in Fig.l.

The rows of stalls and the walk ways are shown by reference numerals 8 and 9, respectively, η Fig.4.

The floor in the central part of the stable is indicated by reference numeral 10 in Figures 1, 2 and 4.

The walk way floors are formed by par;llel prefabricated concrete joists 11 with intervals c>f about 3-4 cm, said joists having a substantially reverse trapezoid transverse section when in use. At both ends they are supported by the earlier-mentioned partition or side walls 3a or 3b, respectively, of manure pits 2a, 2b.

As shown in Fig.4, the stable construction further comprises accommodation or store rooms 13 adjoining to one end of the rows of stalls 8 and walk ways 9, via partition walls 12. At their other end the rows of stalls 8 and walk ways 9 terminate against the front wall 14. Against the outer side of this front wall 14 gutters 15 are provided for the removal of manure and, which gutters 15 can be made to communicate with the manure pits by means of closable passages in the front wall 14 and are closed with a cover at ground level.

The plan view Figure 4 also applies to the embodiment shown in Fig.2. The latter differs from that shown in Fig.l in that instead of brickwork walls 3a, 3b and the superimposed prefabricated concrete slabs 7 forming the stall floors, tunnel sections 16 constructed as reinforced concrete prefabricated elements are used.

Fig.3 shows a tunnel section 16, having at the upper longitudinal edges on the outer side of the section sidewalls 16a a rabbet 16b to support the walk way floor joists 11, and also having a roof portion 16c acting as a stall floor.

In the interior angles between tunnel section sidewalls 16a and upper wall portion 16c, bevelled parts 16d are formed so that in spite of amply proportioned rabbets 16b a substantial rigidity and strength of the tunnel sections is ensured.

Reference numeral 17 in Fig.3 designates a castellated rabbet construction suited for the prefabricated support joists particularly advantageous for the stable construction according to the invention, and by means of which the walk way floor joists 11 are supported at the ends. Such support joists 17,can also be used in the embodiment of Fig. 1 at the upper edge of the brickwork walls and, are adapted with their recessed portions located between the actual merlons to the transverse section of the walk way floor joists 11. The actual merlons are so formed that the walk way floor joists keep the desired distance for forming downwardly Elaring, i.e. self-emptying slots 21 for the passage oE manure, which slots have their smallest width of 3-4 jm. at the top.

As appears from Fig.4, the partition walls, consisting of the brickwork walls 3a shown in Fig.l or the corresponding sidewalls of the tunnel sections 16 shown in Fig.2, terminate at both ends at a certain distance from the front wall 14 and the partition wall 12. These 15 distances are bridged there by lintels 18, which are supported at their ends by the respective manure pit wall 3a or 3b on the one hand and in the respective transverse wall 12 or 14 on the other. These lintels 18 support floor slabs for the end stall in a row of stalls or walk way 20 floor joists forming a walk way connecting two adjacent walk ways. Thus, under the lintels, the alternating manure pits formed under the rows of stalls and under the walk way, communicate with one another. It is also possible to have successive partition walls continue alternately 23 at one end up to the transverse walls, in which case intermediate manure pits communicate at one end with an adjacent manure pit and at the other end with the other adjacent manure pit, so that in this way the manure pits form one continuous chain of pits along a meander-like line· It will be clear that within the scope of the present invention many variants with respect to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings are possible.

Claims (6)

1. CLAIMS:1. A stable construction including rows of stalls alternating with walk ways, the walk way floors being formed by spaced apart joists which are supported at their ends by walls which also support the stall floors and which walls and joists define manure pits extending under the walk ways, characterized in that each floor of a row of stalls and its two supporting walls form under each row of stalls a tunnel section which defines for the row of stalls a further manure pit extending thereunder and communicating with the manure pits formed under the walk ways adjacent thereto.

2. A stable construction according to claim 1, characterized in that the walk way floor joists are supported at their ends between the raised protions of castellated rabbet constructions along the upper edges of the walls.

3. A stable construction according to claim 2, characterized in that said support constructions are formed by separate castellated, concrete prefabricated joist sections.

4. A stable construction according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that at the ends of the floors of the rows of stalls there are formed connecting parts between adjacent walk way floors by floor joists, similar to the walk way floor joists and also spaced apart, which floor joists are supported with their ends by lintels - 9 415 9 8 extending between the floor of the last stall of the row and an adjoining transverse building wall.

5. A stable construction comprising a row of stalls and a walk way adjacent thereto, said stalls com5 prising a floor supported on spaced apart walls to define a manure pit beneath said floor, said walk-way comprising spaced apart joists each supported at one end by the adjacent stall floor supporting wall and defining therebeneath a manure pit, and wherein the manure pit beneath 10 the stall floor communicates with the manure pit beneath the walk-way.

6. A stable construction substantially as described herein with reference to Figs. 1 and 4 or Figs.2,3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.