US1081045A - Stanchion. - Google Patents

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APPLIUATIDN FILED NOV. 26, 1909. A I t famme@ De@ 9, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 11 W. D. J AMES.

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 26, 1909.

Patented Dec. 9, 191.3.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 2.

. being communicated-Eto said inclinable stanl lil) which pin Se is slidably connected with the `amper side of the vbracket 25,Whereby all of 'tlieinclinable stanchions 10 of the series cated by, u'tted lines in said Fig. 1, motion chien from said locking bar through said brackets 25 and locking pins 34C.

For convenience of operating the locking bar 29, libere provided an operating handie y35 'vvh'clr operating handle is pivotally supp'drtedatone end from the horizontal member; 'i3 by the 'clamping plates 30 and pivritaliboltlgWhile it is connected to' the lloi" said locking bar 29 by a pivotal bolt?L inlr`37 and pivotal bolt 40. Thus it W, e obvious that when the operating ievef is moved from the position shown in i, to that indicated by dotted lines in sainA gure, all of said inclinable stanchion members 10 will be inclined toward the right as indicated by'dotted lines in said Fig.' l', .when by areverse movement oi said lever 35, said'` inclinable stanchion members will be brought bach and retained in their vertical position, as shown in said gure` when owing 'to-tbe fact that the locking bar 29 is connected said operating lever at a point below the supporting pivot 36, when the stanchions are in their locked position, any lateral strain brought to bear against the movable stanchion member- Will have a 'tendency to draw said lever 85 downwardly more firmly against the supporting stop, whereby said operating lever serves as a lock for retaining the inclinable stanchions in their closed position, as Well as the means of operatinglthem, andthe liability of said stanchions being opened by lateral pressure is avoided.

The stationary members 11 are connected at their lower ends with the horizontal mem bers 12 and 13 by the vertical pins 38, said pins 38 being rigidly aiiixed at one end to said stationary members 1l, While their op posits ends are secured in apertures 39 provided therefor in the sides of said horizontal members 12 and i3. It will be understood that for convenience of construction, the horizontal members 1Q and 13, the connecting posts 1st, intermediate posts ll, the several stanchion members 9 and 10, and

are all in the notches 33 and thev vinternaediate vertical members 11, are all preferably made of ordinary tubing, whereby thel maximum strength is provided with la minimum Weight of material.

Whilel haveshorvn and described a means of op rating all of the inclinable' stanchion members at the same time, it will be understoodthat any one of said inclinable stanchion members may be opened independently o' the' otlisby manually withdrawing the locking' pins 34 fromtheir retaining recesses gand that anyine' of such-inclinable stanchioiigmembers maybe manually osedby moving the same from the inclined to the vertical position, When said locking pins 34 Will drop of their own gravity into the re;L taining recesses 33 of the locking bar, Whereby the stanchion Will be retained in place. A

It will be understood that bythe device described, a plurality of calves or other animals may vall be simultaneousl secured in place by moving the lever 35 rom the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in that figure. When, however, it is desirable tovrelease such animals from the stanchions, all of' saidstanchion's may be simultaneously op ned by reversing the movement of said lever, as previously described.

Having thus described my invention, what l claimfa's new, and `desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the described class, the combination of a stanchion supporting frame, comprising a pair of stationary hori-` zontal members, and a plurality of vertical members rigidly atlixed at their respective ends to said horizontal members, a plurality or" pairs of stancliions supported by said frame, each pair comprising a vertical member and an inclinable member, meansior simultaneously moving all of said inclinable stanchion members to either their open or closed position' and for simultaneously locking all of said members in their closed position, and means for disengaging any one of said inclinable members from the operating mea s whereby such inclinable member may bey operated independently of all the frame, each pair comprising a vertical member and an inclinable member, a slidable bar horizontally supported above said frame provided upon its rality ot notches, the upper end of each 'of said inclinable stanchion members being provided With a vertically movable pin adapted to detachably engage in one of the notches upper edge with a plu- 'able stanchion members when they reach the vertical, n handle pivotally connected :1t-one end with said stationary supporting frame.

and at an intermediate point between its ends with said slidalole member, all substan-- tially as and for the purpose specified.

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

WILLIAM D. JAMES. Witnesses A. M. WEBB, V. EICHMANN.

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