US1057249A - Cow-stall. - Google Patents

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w. LOUDEN.

' cow STALL. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 190

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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. (BOW-STALL- Specifioatio'n of Letters Patent.

Application fiieacmber' 21, 190B. serial'm; teases.

To all 10120772525 may concern; v I

Be it known that I,- vVinLIaM LOUDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Fairiield, in the county ofdefierson and State oi lowa, have invented a'new and useful Llmprovement in Cow-Stalls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cow stalls having vertit iy disposed posts connected to a floor c r supporting means; and having a horidisposed top rail attached to the ends of the posts in approximately ne' horizontal plane, stanchions hung on the top rail between the posts andparti-- tions connected to, the posts soas to divide .oe on o ne side of'the posts and p separate stalls andper'mit. a cow .pyeach stall and beheld thereinloy or the stanchions; andit consists of an arrangement of the parts whereby single upr glitposts will be used in the upper portion and double spaced apart posts will be in the lower portion of thestalls, the upper ends of the double posts being'connested to-the lower ends of the single posts while the upper ends of the latter are con-- nected to the horizontal top rail and the wiper ends of the partitions are connected to the single posts between their upper and lower ends. Also, of other features which are set forth in this specification and more definitely pointed out in the claims.

The drawing is a perspective"o'l theinvent-ion in which- I,

it is the top rail and D the floor upon which the lower double posts and partitions mounted. lit the right handside of the drawing the upper single post is shown by B and the lower double posts by G, G. In the center the upper single post is represented by E ltl and the lower double posts by F while at,

the left hand side the single post is shown by C and the double posts are designated by I ll. H represents the partitions which have their lower ends secured to the floor D and their upper ends connected to the single posts B, E and C by means of T shaped clamps J. They are preferably curved so their lower ends will be in an approximately vertical position while their upper ends will be in an approximately horizontal position. The lower posts G, G, I, and F hat their upperends bent or inclined toward the lower ends of their corresponding single v posts B, E and C; and are connected thereto by Y shaped clamps L, Mand N. The upper ends'of the si'n'gle posts Band E are connected to the top iailA by T clamps J whole the upper end of the single post C is atented Manes.- rats.

connected to the left hand end of the top.* rail by a corner coupling K. Therighthand end of the top rail may be extended any distance desired and additional posts, partitions and st'anchions may be connected to it, thus adding any additional number of stalls desired." 4

While being held in the stalls the cows heads are placed-in'the stanchions W which being connected to the top rail all-their upper ends and preferably secured at'their lower ends to the floor I) orto something connected to it, the cows will be securely held in the stalls and'yetbe free to lie down, and get up or turn their heads from side to side. The 'postsshould be made ing to stop the forward movement-0f the 'long enough' and the top rail raised highi cow, this -function being performed by the stanchion which is securedto the top rail and preferably also 'to the fioor.- l

Usually a feed troughbr'manger, which is not sho'wn in the. drawing; is placed on the floor at the side of the posts opposite the partitions not used the feedwhich generally consists on' the .floor where the manger would be If this trough or manger is principally of hay or other forage is placed 1 been constructed a single vertical post reach ing from the floor to the top rail has been set so as to "connect with .each partition H.

This is a desirable construction so far as giving the cow plenty offreedom'to .mL l

her head from side to side is concerned bub] it doesnot form an eflicient guard; t0-pre vent the hay or other feed in the manger or on the floor from getting under the cows feet.

is that while it -forms a betterguard for the feed at the bottom itaflords-the cowwhile she is standing'an'd needs it most, all the freedom she would have if only a single post The principal advantage of my invention the feed will not extend up so far as toin terfere withthe freedom of the cow. Also thepartitions H may be set lower if found best without departing from the spiritmyinvention.

'I he stall is neat in appearance or may ,eas1ly be-made so and it .will be easily kept. 1n a cleansanitary 'condition; There are no cracks or crevicesorpockets to catch and hold dirt nor any sharp angular corners to 'irritate'orinjure the cow. The stall is inexpensive yet strong and durable and there is little 6i5noobstruction of light which is an important feature in the equipment of a dairy barn. In addition to this my invention"has"-,-the advantages of two posts in-the lower half of the stall and also the-advan-, 'f-. *'ta'ges of a single post-in the upper half of the stall while it avoids the disadvantages of a single post'in the lower half of the stallI and of two' posts .in the upper half of the What I- claim is 3 1. In cow stalls, afhorizontally disposed 1 top rail supporting stanchions thereon, up-

' r ght members connected tosaid top rail be- .tween the stanchions and extending .part way down toward a support below and vet.-

I; of the members.

tically disposed posts inserted in said support on each side of said members and having their upper ends bent towardeach other at an angle and-connected to the lower ends .2. In cow stalls, a horizontallydisposed top rail extending'in the same plane "throughout its length and supporting stanchions thereon, upright members con-. nected to said top rail between the stanchions and extending part way down toward a 7 support below and vertically dlsposed posts inserted-in said support on each side of said members in line therewith and having their upper ends bent toward each other atan angle and connected to the lower ends of the members.

3. In cowstalls, a horizontally disposed .bent toward each other at an angle and connected tothe lower ends of the members and partitionposts having their upper ends connected to the upright members above their connections with the supporting posts and their lower ends attached to the stable 4; In'cow stalls having a horizontal toprail, singlevertically disposed posts connected at intervals vto the lower ,side of the toprail, partitions connected to the vertical posts so as to divide the space on one side into stalls, and a stanchion connected to the top rail approximately half Way between the posts and stall partitions, in comblnation.

with a series of pairs-of verti'callydisposed posts spaced apart and set in the lower part of the stall in line with the top rail, and each pair having their upper ends bent toward each other and connected to the lower ends of the single posts at a point a distance below thentoprail.

Fairfield, Iowa, October 19, 1903.

WILLIAM LOUDEN.

Witnesses:

LAURA J KAM H. G. KING.

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