US155868A - Improvement in cattle-car bridges - Google Patents

Improvement in cattle-car bridges Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US155868A
US155868A US155868DA US155868A US 155868 A US155868 A US 155868A US 155868D A US155868D A US 155868DA US 155868 A US155868 A US 155868A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
cattle
car
improvement
bridge
bridges
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
Publication date
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US155868A publication Critical patent/US155868A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT reassignment GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT SECURITY INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: W. BRAUN COMPANY
Assigned to W. BRAUN COMPANY reassignment W. BRAUN COMPANY TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTERST Assignors: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/02Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
    • A01K1/0236Transport boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses for animals; Fittings therefor

Definitions

  • Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a sectional view of my cattle-car bridge, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same.
  • This invention has relation to means for transferring cattle from pens into railroadcars, and vice versa; and it consists in combining a sliding gangway with an elevated bridge leading from a cattle-pen, which gangway can be moved up to and from a car-door by means of a lever, as will be hereinafter explained.
  • A designates a cattle-bridge, which consists of a floor and two vertical sides, and which is mounted on trestles C, so that the floor from that end from which the animals emerge to enter a car is on a level with the floor of the car.
  • I) designates a bridge, consisting of a floor and two vertical sides, which are free to slide inside of one end of the gangway, and which are secured to long sliding beams 11 b, which work in suitable guides beneath the floor of the gangway A, and are connected together by means ofa crossbar, a.
  • the bridge D may be of any desired length, and it should be long enough to reach from the end of the gangway to the side of a car on the track running past it.
  • D designates a lever, which has its fulcrum at e on one end of the crossbar a, and which is loosely attached to a loop, 0, fastened to a beam, C.
  • the bridge D can be moved up closely to a car and animals driven into the car without danger to their lives or limbs.
  • the sliding bridge D In combination with an elevated cattlebridge, A, the sliding bridge D, guided and supported by beams b, and movable by means of the lever D, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

Description

A. H. HART.
Paterited Oct. 13,1874.
Cattle-Gar Bridges.
INVENTOR 12am 26, 912W I ATTORNEYS THE GRAPHIC CO. PHOYO-LIYH-BS IA-l PARK PLACEJLY.
UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE,
ANDREW H. HART, OF WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY.
IMPROVEMENT lN CATTLE-CAR BRIDGES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,868., dated October 13, 1874; application filed September 19, 1874.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ANDREW H. HART, of Winchester, in the county of Clark and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Cattle-Car Bridges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, mal;ing a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.
Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a sectional view of my cattle-car bridge, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same.
This invention has relation to means for transferring cattle from pens into railroadcars, and vice versa; and it consists in combining a sliding gangway with an elevated bridge leading from a cattle-pen, which gangway can be moved up to and from a car-door by means of a lever, as will be hereinafter explained.
In the annexed drawings, A designates a cattle-bridge, which consists of a floor and two vertical sides, and which is mounted on trestles C, so that the floor from that end from which the animals emerge to enter a car is on a level with the floor of the car. I) designates a bridge, consisting of a floor and two vertical sides, which are free to slide inside of one end of the gangway, and which are secured to long sliding beams 11 b, which work in suitable guides beneath the floor of the gangway A, and are connected together by means ofa crossbar, a. The bridge D may be of any desired length, and it should be long enough to reach from the end of the gangway to the side of a car on the track running past it. D designates a lever, which has its fulcrum at e on one end of the crossbar a, and which is loosely attached to a loop, 0, fastened to a beam, C.
It will be seen from the above description that, while the end of the bridge A may be safely out of the way of passing trains, the bridge D can be moved up closely to a car and animals driven into the car without danger to their lives or limbs.
What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
In combination with an elevated cattlebridge, A, the sliding bridge D, guided and supported by beams b, and movable by means of the lever D, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.
ANDREW H. HART.
Witnesses:
WM. MILLER, JOHN TALIAFERRO.
US155868D Improvement in cattle-car bridges Expired - Lifetime US155868A (en)

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US155868A true US155868A (en) 1874-10-13

Family

ID=2225278

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US155868D Expired - Lifetime US155868A (en) Improvement in cattle-car bridges

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US155868A (en)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2517348A (en) * 1948-07-30 1950-08-01 Jr E T Rachels Livestock-loading chute
US20060108318A1 (en) * 2004-11-22 2006-05-25 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. Blow-molded container and method of manufacture
US20100264107A1 (en) * 2009-04-21 2010-10-21 Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. Bottle Neck with Internal Embossments and Method Manufacture

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2517348A (en) * 1948-07-30 1950-08-01 Jr E T Rachels Livestock-loading chute
US20060108318A1 (en) * 2004-11-22 2006-05-25 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. Blow-molded container and method of manufacture
US20100264107A1 (en) * 2009-04-21 2010-10-21 Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. Bottle Neck with Internal Embossments and Method Manufacture

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US155868A (en) Improvement in cattle-car bridges
US875685A (en) Feeder for car-hauls, &c.
US101204A (en) Improvement in elevated railways
US155946A (en) Improvement in stock-frames for platform-scales
US265366A (en) Apparatus for changing car-trucks
US709105A (en) Cattle-guard.
US667780A (en) Safety cage-chair.
US140294A (en) Improvement in self-feeding tanks for railways
US317136A (en) Automatic hoisting cage or elevator unloader
US256545A (en) Car-shunter
US286198A (en) Car-coupling
US501785A (en) Cattle-guard
US415404A (en) Stock-car
US339782A (en) Car-coupling
US161439A (en) Improvement in railroad pinch-bars
US1607511A (en) Convertible car
US100943A (en) Improved railway gate
US735123A (en) Double-decked freight-car.
US8451A (en) Of railroad-cars
US139589A (en) Improvement in railroad switches
US215681A (en) Improvement in automatic safety-gates for railroads
US432506A (en) Stock-car
US956413A (en) Cattle-stanchion.
US150014A (en) Improvement in gangways for transferring cattle
US260171A (en) Car-coupling