US1086157A - Cattle-stanchion. - Google Patents

Description

G. GLEASON.

CATTLE STANCHION.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.10, 1912.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

GEORGE GLEASON, 0F AUBURN, NEW YORK.

CATTLE-STANCHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application filed September 10, 1912. Serial No. 719,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GLnAsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Stanchions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to cattle stanchions, and consists in the combinations and arrangement of parts disclosed in the following specification and particularly set forth in the claim.

The invention has for its purpose to improve over the cattle stanchion disclosed in my U. S. Patent #l,030,724, dated June 25, 1912, to the end of providing a construction wherein the hinged section for opening the yoke to apply same on the neck of the animal is provided with means for reinforcing the pivotal connection between the rigid part and opening section, and for limiting the extent of opening of the pivoted section, thus making the yoke more convenient for handling and ready in its application.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views :Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the improved constructionof the Y-piece, and showing its manner of application to the yoke side members; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 4: is a side elevational view showing the hinged mount of the swinging section, and the device which limits its extent of opening; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 4.

Referring to the construction in detail, the device consists of a pair of tubular bars 1 and 2, one of the bars thereof having its end portions 3 and 4 fitting within the legs 5 and 6 of the Y-pieces, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A pair of rivets '7 secure the ends of the bar 1. within sockets provided by the Y- pieces 5 and 6, and said rivets pass through said Y-members and the yoke bar 1, and are rivets 10 which pass through lugs 11 formed integral with said sections. Ahead 12 provides the swivel supports for the Y-members, and is adapted to fit within a suitable.

recess formed in one of the stall heads; and a head 13 formed on said head adjacent the lugs 11 is adapted to bear against the surface of the stall head around said opening. A suitable locking pin 23 is slidable within the head 12 of the lower Y-member and is operable, by means of a ring 24 held in a link 25 passing through an eye 26 in the pin, to engage and disengage a corresponding recess formed in the stanchion support, thereby securing the same in place to revolve horizontally.

The respective side edges of the sections forming the head 12 are provided with a groove 14 and a projecting edge 15, which are complementary to each other and interengage, and by reason .of which relative lateral slipping of. the Y-sections is prevented.

The swinging bar 2, by which the yoke is opened for attachment to the animals neck, is pivotally mounted between a pair of lugs 17 formed on an enlargement 18 at the end of th lower Y-piece, and a pin or bolt 19 passes through said lugs and said swinging bar and provides the pivotal bearing. To limit the extent of opening of the swinging bar 2, the same has secured thereto at its lower end a finger 20, said securing means consisting of a screw 21 and a nut 22 which clamp said finger against the inner wall of the tube, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The finger projects Within the tube of the rigid side section 2, and is adapted to engage with the inner side wall thereof when said swinging section is opened in that manner indicated by broken lines in Fig. 4. And when in closed position the finger lies against the opposite inner side of the rigid section 2, and acts in the capacity of a brace for making a rigid pivotal connection between the hinged parts.

The upper Y-piece is provided with a col-' lar 27 formed with a depending semi-circular flange 28 adapted to receive thereinto and limit the movement of the upper end of the latch 29 to release the bar 2, projects through a slot 31 in the Y-piece, said finger piece also serving the purpose of limiting the downward movement of said latch.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and 'arrangement of parts Without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore 1 do not Wish to be limited to such features,

except as may be required by the claim.

What I claim is A cattle stanchion comprising a pair of tubular Y inelmbers provided Withswivelsupports; thetw'o legsot' one of said Y-m-einbers provided respectively With asocket,and a pair oil? lugs; the two legs of the'other 0 1": said Y- 1 members provided respectively with a-soeke't and a projeoti-ng flange forming a stop member a tubular har fitting Within the sockets of said Y-members and rigidly connecting said members together; a tubular bar pivotally mounted between said lugs and adapted to engage With said stop member and form a *olosed yoke; a gravity operated bolt slidably mounted Within the yoke leg adj acent the free end of the pivoted bar and adapted to engage With and lock said bar in closed position; and a rigid member detaehably secured Within said pivoted bar and projecting Within the leg of the adjacent Y-member, said rigid member adapted to engage with said leg of the Y-member and form a brace for the yoke when the pivoted bar is in closed position and to engage with the opposite face of said Y member and provide a stop I for limiting the opening movement of said pivoted bar when the yoke is opened, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, 1 atti-X my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE 'GLEASON.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. HOSMER, F. H. HosMnR.

Copies of thispaten-t maybe obtained ,for five cents each, by addressing the tlommissioner of Patents Washington, D. "0?

Images