US1316785A - Hog-feeder - Google Patents

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H. E. GEHRISCH.

' HOG FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1919 1 ,3 1 6,785 Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

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} HOG FEEDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. a. 1919 Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

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HARRY E. GEHRISCH, 0F BLUFFTON', OHIO.

HOG-FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application filed March 3, 1919. SeriaLN'o. 280,222.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E.

GEHRrsoH, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Blufiton, in the county. of Allen and State of 7 Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hog- Feeder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide novel means for regulating the flow of feed to a trough as the feed is eaten out of the trough.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view,

which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction herelnafter described and claimed, it being understood that, with in thescope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side elevation wherein parts are broken away and sectioned; Fig. 2 is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a crosssection; Fig. 4 is a sectionon the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a fragmental bottom plan showing one of the bearings.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a receptacle which may be constructed variously without jeopardizing the utility of the invention. The receptacle may include corner posts 1 connected transversely by ends 2, sills 3 and intermediate beams 4 having depending flanges 5. The corner posts 1 are connected longitudinally of the structure by sides 6 extended between the ends 2, the sides being connected toconverging bottoms extended between the sides. Extensions 8 are hinged at 9 to the bottoms 7 and are adapted to swing upwardly, in the direc tion of thearrows in Fig. 3, the extensions ordinarily knuckling against the bottoms 7, to maintain the extensions in substantial alinement with the bottoms, as depictedin Fi 3.

1% rail orsupport 10 extends between the intermediate beams 4 and carries a deflector 11 comprising downwardly diverging parts, the deflector being of substantially inverted V-shape. The ends of the deflector 11 are cut away as shown at 12 to receive the beams 4, the deflector thus being supported on the said beams and onithe longitudinal rail 10. V Regulators 14 in the form of strips or plates are united by hinges 15 with the rail 10 and cooperate with the deflector ll 111 a way which will bemanifest from Fig. 3. Feed retainers 16, which may be T members, are attachedto the lower edges of the regulators l4 and outstand therefrom.

The regulators 14 rest against the inner walls 17 of troughs 18 comprising outer walls 19, and ends 20, the ends 20 extending behind the flanges 5 of the beams 4, as shown 111 Fig. 1, to steady the troughs. The troughs may be lmed internally to any desired ex- 7 0 tent as shown at 21.

The troughs 18 are connected by means of hmges 2-2 with a base 23 extended between and supportedon the sills 3. The base 23 issupplied intermediate its ends with an opening 24, elongated transversely of the base. bearing 25 cooperates with the lower surface of the base 23 and is provided with a slot 26 adapted to receive a securing device 27 engaging the base 23. A bearing bar 28 extends transversely of the receptacle, between the sides 6 and is supported on cleats 29 carried by the sides. A keeper 30 1s mounted on the bearing bar 28.

A shaft 31 is loosely journaled for-rotation, adjacent its upper end, in the bearing bar 28, the'lower end of the shaft 31 being journaled in the bearing 25. T he shaft may be provided at its upper end with a'handle 32 coacting with the keeper30, and may be 0 supplied near to its lower end with a hub 33, which, coacting with the base 23 limits the downward-movement ofthe shaft. The shaft 31 carries a transverse head or eccentric 34 havingrounded ends 35 cooperating with the inner surfaces ofthe inner walls 17 of the troughs 18.

In practical operation, the feed in the receptacle is directed bythe bottoms 7 upon the regulators 14, and from theregulators, the feed flows into the troughs 18. The re tainers 16 serve to hold back the feed, to some extent, as the feed runs out of the receptacle, across the regulators 14, and, thus, the troughs are prevented from overflowing, should the feed be of such afluent' nature as to make the retainers 16 necessary.

Vhen swine or other animals eat out of the trough 18, the troughs tend to swing outwardly in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 3, thus swinging the regulators 14 toward the lower edges of the extensions 8,

and cutting off the supply of feed. As soon as the pressure exerted by the animals on the troughs 18 is released, the troughs tend to swing inwardly, until their inner walls 17 rest on the ends of the transverse head 34: on the shaft 31. This inward swinging of the trough is brought about by the weight of the regul. tors 141, and by the weight of the material which is superposed on the regulators. When the parts are restored to the positions of Fig. 3, as above described, more feed will run out of the receptacle into the troughs 18. Thus a regulated supply is at all times assured. The shaft 31 may be rotated, the handle 32 being disengaged from the keeper 30. When the shaft is rotated, the head 34: will be swung, thus permitting the trough to swing inwardly a greater or less extent, and, consequently, varying the space between the lower edges of the extensions 3 and the regulators 14:, the flow of feed into the troughs 18 being adjusted. It may be that the feed will flow more rapidly into one trough 18 than it will flow into the other trough, or it may be desired to secure a more rapid delivery into one trough than the other. In order to secure an adjustment of this kind, the securing element 27 may be loosened, and the bearing 25 may be moved endwise, thus shifting the lower end of the shaft 31 transversely in the opening 2% of the base 23, the position of the ends of the head 3% with respect to the inner walls 17 of the troughs 18 being adjusted accordingly.

Ordinarily, the extensions 8 remain almed with the bottoms 7 but if the feed in the receptacle is depleted to a considerable extent, then the animals eating out of the troughs 18 may raise the parts 8 and accelerate the flow of feed into the troughs.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising a bottom; a pivotally mounted trough wherein the bottom discharges; a pivotally supported regulator engaging the trough to swing the same 1nwardly, the trough being adapted to swing outwardly, under pressure supplied by an animal eating out of the trough, thereby to adjust the space between the regulator and the bottom of the receptacle; and means for limiting the inward movement of the trough.

2. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising a bottom; a pivotally mounted trough wherein the bottom dis charges; a pivotally supported regulator engaging the trough to swing the same inwardly, the trough being adapted to swing outwardly, under pressure supplied by an animal eating from the trough, thereby to adjust the space between the regulator and the bottom of the receptacle; and adjustable means under the control of an operator for limiting the inward movement of the trough.

3. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising a bottom; a pivotally mounted trough wherein the bottom discharges; a pivotally supported regulator engaging the trough to swing the same in wardly, the trough being adapted to swing outwardly under pressure supplied by an animal eating from the trough, thereby to adjust the space between the regulator and the bottom of the receptacle; a shaft; means for supporting the shaft for rotation; and an eccentric on the shaft, the eccentric engaging the trough to form an adjustable stop for limiting the inward swinging movement of the trough.

4. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising bottoms; pivotally mounted troughs wherein the bottoms discharge; pivotally supported regulators engaging the troughs to swing the same inwardly, the troughs being adapted to swing outwardly, under pressure supplied by animals eating from the troughs, thereby to adjust the space between the regulators and the bottoms of the receptacle; and a movable stop located between the troughs and coacting therewith to limit the inward swinging movement of the troughs.

5. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising bottoms; pivotally mounted troughs whereinto the bottoms discharge; pivotally supported regulators engaging the troughs to swing the same inwardly, the troughs being adapted to swing outwardly, under pressure supplied by animals eating from the troughs, adjust the space between the regulators and the bottoms of the receptacle; a shaft journaled for rotation between the troughs; and an eccentric on the shaft, the eccentric co operating with the troughs to limit the inward movement thereof.

6. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising bottoms; pivotally mounted troughs wherein the bottoms discharge; pivotally supported regulators engaging the troughs to swing the same inwardly, the troughs being adapted to swing outwardly, under pressure supplied by animals eating from the troughs, thereby to adjust the space between the regulators and the bottoms of the receptacle; a shaft disposed between the troughs; an eccentric carried by the shaft and engaging the troughs to limit the inward swinging movement of the troughs; a bearing wherein the shaft is journa-led; and means for adjusting the bearing transversely with respect to the troughs.

7. In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising a bottom having a thereby to r hinge extension; a hingedly mounted trough Whereinto the extension discharges; a pivotally supported regulator engaging the trough to swing the same inwardly, the trough being adapted to swing outwardly, under pressure supplied by an animal eating from the trough, thereby to adjust the space between the regulator and the extension of the bottom; and means for limiting the inward swinging movement of the 10 trough.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my slgnature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

HARRY E. GEHRISOH. Witnesses IMO STEINMAN, G120. GASSMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O.

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