US1552948A - Stanchion - Google Patents

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Sept. s, 1925.. y1,552,948

W. F.. PLANTIKO STANCHION Filed oct. 9. 1924 2 sheets-sneu 1 WI'lIiamRlantikn sept. s, 1925. 1,552,948

` w. F. PLANnKo sTANcHIoN y Filed 001;. 9. 1924 2 Sheets-$1001 2 l William F. P1 amiko @ew Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

WILLIAM F. PLANTIKO, OF 'STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN, ASSIGN OR T0 FARMERS BARN EQUIPMENT COMPANY, F STEVENS r CONSIN.

OINT, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WIS- STANCHION.

Application led October 9, 1924. Serial No. 742,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. PLANT- Ino, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Stevens Point, in the county of Portage and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iny Stanchions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to cattle stanchions.

This invention is an improvement over that disclosed in my United States Patent Number 1,200,231, dated October 3, 1916 for cattle stanchions and has in general the same objects as those disclosed in such patent in addition to the objects enumerated hereafter.

Further objects are to provide animproved stanchion in which the sure stop o r stop bar construction is materially simplified, and in which a stronger and more easily and quickly assembled mechanism is provided, and in which a small number of parts are employed for operating and controlling the sure stop bars.

Further objects are to provide an improved stanchion hanger and alignment device which is adapted to cooperate with the usual stanchion equipment in a manner to permit the easy and ready adjustment of the stanchion so as to align long or short cows with the rear gutter, and to provide a stanchion hanger in which bolts and nuts are wholly avoided, and an extremely simple and easy operating device is provided.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichz- Figure 1 is a view showing the stanchion open.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing'it in closed position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged partial sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse view showing the stanchion hanger.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional lview on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

The stanchion comprises the usual uprights 1 which are preferably of tubular construction and which support the top rail 2 and the control bar 3, such control bar being operated by means of the hand lever 4 in any suitable manner as for example as shown in my above noted patent.

-The neck bars 5 and 6 are pivoted at their lower ends to a fitting 7 which is adjustable longitudinally of the stall in any suitable manner, as disclosed for instance in my above noted patent. The upper ends of these neck bars are suspended and supported by an open ended casing 8, the movement of the neck bars being cont-rolled in any suitable manner, for instance'as described in my above noted patent.

A relatively long stop bar 9 has it-s upper end pivoted to a clip 10 securedto the control bar 3 and has its lower end pivoted to a lever 11. This lever 11 is pivoted to a bracket 12 clamped to shown in Figures 1 and 2 It is to be noted that the end of the lever to which the stop bar 9 is pivoted is relatively short and that the lever projects a' materially greater distance on the other side of its pivot point, and carries an apertured casting 13.V This apertured casting slidably receives the short stop bar 14 whose upper end is a bracket 15 bolted to the upright 1.

It will be seen that when the control bar 3v is moved to stanchion closing position that the long stop bar 9 will be rocked into substantially vertical position, as shown in Figure 2, and will depress the right hand end of the lever 11 thus sliding the collar or casting upwardly on the short stop bar 14 and rocking such short stop bar into proximity to the upright 1, as shown in Figure 2.

This structure may be duplicated on opposite sides of the intermediate stanchion. However, at the end stanchion as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a single long stop bar 9 is pivotally carried by means of a short link 11 secured to a bracket 12 attached to the other upright 1. The upper end of the bar 9 is operatively coupled to the control bar 3 by means of a clamp 10. This construction may be employed on one side of intermediate stanchions if desired.

It is to be particularly noted that-the lever 11 is of extremely simple construction and provides for easy attachment to the collar orcasting 13 and to the lower end of the long stop bar 9. This construction is illustrated in detail in Figure 3 from which it will be seen that such lever is composed of two similar members 16 which are ribbed the upright 1, asl

pivotally carried by means of 2 and flanged, as shown. These members are each provided with Ainwardly projecting lugs 17 which iit within an \ape-rture"formed in the bracket 12. The long endsoftl-ie i sition `and to permit A their ready attachment and detachment ffrom; fthe-collar AE13, the bracket 12a-nd? the lever-"9. I

vIn vorderl to Vpermit i the `ready 'aligning of Y a short lor -longcow with fthe Arear gutter suitable Y means Y are provided for adjust-ably holding the member-8 (seeFigu-res "1, 2-and 4) in its correct position` and-providingffor forward --and vrear ladj ustment of such; member. This structure,as shown in Figure 4,

' may comprise ya roughly rectangular suspension member having 'an tupper ltransverse portion l2O and alowertransversev portion 21. The upper transverse Aportion is clamped tolthe angle )bar 2 (see Figures `1,

f 2 and 1) by means -ofal/#shaped lfamp22 whose lprojecting ears are'secured by means of bolts 23 to the transverse'member 20. If v desired, this ltransverse member ini-ay :be provided `with an iupwardly 'bulged central d'5 portion 24to fitiwithin thechannel ofthe angle bar 52,1 as shownk inFigure .4. j y `rlvhe `lower transverse "inember'21 i's'provided withy a lplurality of apertures 125 1 through anyone of 'which the yprojecting pin 26 Imayeztend.

This pin isprovided witli'afhead'27 -which swivelly itsand suspends the hanger or open 'ended casing 18, as shownin Figure "-4. Atransverse'aperture- 28 extends Ythroughithe "pin 26 `and a locking key -29 f is i passed through v'such .ap-v

erture and'retains the pin in"its'correctpo-v sition. `This 1locking key i29 is preferably a rod vand is provided lwith ya right angle downwardly .extending portion 30 which terminates in la horizontally extending tongue 31.

In using'tlie suspension device, the pin 26 is inserted in the appropriate aperture 2'5to secure the desired alignment of 'the cow with'th'e `rear` gutter. Thereafterjthe key 29 is slipped through `the"transverse aperture 28 of -thepin 26 and its end is'dropped downwardly through `the adjacent aperture 25, and `its tongue 31 is .hooked beneath :the transverse member "21. y

It willbe seen therefore that a suspension device has been provided which is adjustable 'to insure the proper aligning of the cow with ythe reargutter, and 'which is so constructed that it-.does not require "the unscrewing or removal of nuts or bolts for yits adjustment.

" This construction, therefore, provides an means for the fadjustablehanger Aand ;may`

be'feasilyy operated without the use 'oftools It ywill-further be seen that a very simple. and f strong stop bar construction has been provided in whicha lvery small number of parts are needed, in which the assembling .ganddismantling may be most easily effected,

and in which the utmost reliability is attained. f Y

Although the invention has been described in considerable deraih'fit is'tobeVunderstood that the invention may be. variously embodied-and is, therefore, to'be limited only as claimed.

yI claim:

1. A stanchion comprising apai'r ofuiprights,` a' pairof neck bars suspended therebetweemacontrol barfor 'operating said neck bars and slidably carriedfbysaid' uprights, fa

long stop bar located upon the outer side" of one ofsaid uprights and having its upper end jpivoted to said control bar, a lever pivoted; intermediate its ends to y'said upright and-having one end pivoted tovthellowerend of said stopfbarandhaving `an inner end provided Vwithv -a pair of "apertured ears,=`a collar having a pair of outwardly proj ecting trunnio'ns fitted within they aperturesV 'fesaid ears, and a second sto'plbarlocated onithe in'nerls'ide of 'said upright -and having Iits lower portion slid-ably fitted Awithin said collar. j l

2. A stanchion comprising apair foffuprights, a pairl of lneck b ars suspended therebetween, acontrolp'ba'r :for operating fsa-id neck lbars and slidabl'y carried by "sa-id* uprijglits, along stopbarlocated'upon thefouter sideof'on'e'o'f said uprightsfand having" its upper end 'pivoted to said A'control f'bar, 'a lever pivoted'intermediate itsends toA'said upright and 'having one end Apivoted 5to the lower 'end of said stop bar'and having-'an inner `endvprovided with'a pair'o'f apertured ears, acollarhavin'g a ypair of outwardly projecting "trunnions ,provided .with hooked ends 'and iitted 'within' the "apertures -of said ears, and a .second'stopbar located on `'the inner side of said 'upright and having 'its lower portion slidably fitted .within "said collar, said Elever 'having' two portions Lnormally held .together by a bolt forming one ofthe pivotal connections.

3. In a stancliion the `combination of 'a s'lidablecontrol bar, an upright, a longfs'top bar located upon ,one side .o'f said gupright and'having its upper end operatively coupled to said control bar, an apertured ibracket secured `to said upright adjacent 'its 'lower end, a lever having complementary[parts provided with inwardly 4extended Mintegral trunnions fitting the aperture in said bracket, abltjpassing through one endof 'sai'dflever and through the lower end of said stQp'bar, said lever having apertured ears adjacent its other end, a collar provided with trimnions fitted within said apertured ears and having hooked ends, and a short stop bar located upon the other side of said upright, pivotally carried at its upper end by said upright, and having a free lower end slidably fitting said colla-r.

4. In a stanehion the combination of a top bar having an angular upper portion, a rectangular supporting frame positioned below said top bar, a bracket having an inverted V-shaped portion bolted to said frame and itting over said top bar, said frame having a transverse lower portion provided with a plurality of apertures, a pair of neck bars, a suspension therefor, a pin carried by said suspension and provided with a laterally extending aperture adjacent its upper end, said pin being adapted for positioning within anyone of the apertures in said transverse member, and a locking key adapted to enter the aperture in said pin and having a hooked end adapted to be positioned in one of the apertures in said transverse member, whereby the neck bars may be adjusted.

5. In a stanchion the combination of a top bar, a rectangular frame carried thereby, and having a transverse lower portion provided with a. plurality of apertures, a pin adapted to lit any of said apertures and provided with an aperture extending transversely through its upper portion, a locking key and having a transverse lower portion provided with a plurality of apertures, a pin adapted to lit any of said apertures and provided with ian aperture extending transversely through its upper portion, a locking key adapted to fit said transversely extending aperture and having right angle extensions provided with an outwardly projecting' Y tongue, said extension and tongue being adapted for passage through any one of said apertures in said transverse member, and said tongue being adapted to hook beneath said transverse member, a housing swivelly carried by said pin, and a pair of neck bars carried by said housing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Stevens Point, in the county of Portage and State of Wisconsin.

WILLIAM F. PLANTIKO. j

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