US1578028A - Door construction for hog houses - Google Patents

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March 23,1926. f 1,518,028

K. N. HEALY DOOR vCONSTRUCTION FOR HOG HOUSES med June 4, 1924 YPatented Mar. 23,1926. 'l

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. KENNETH N. EEALY, or :arvEn FALLS, WISCONSIN.

noon oNsrnUoTioN 'Eoniroe HOUSES. l

'Application 'med rime 4, 1924. serial No. 717,860.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be .1t known that I, KENNETH N. HEALY, a citizen of the United-States, residing kat River Falls, in thelcounty of Pierce and` State of Wisconsin, have invented certainl new and useful Improvements ink a :Door

Construction for HogHouses, of which the following is a specification. f

Thisinvention relates to a new and useful improvement in door construction for hog houses, and has for its principal object to provide simple and efiicient means for opening and closing the door.

Aiifurtherobject of the invention is to provide a door which vis adaptedfor vertical sliding movement in opening or closing thedoor opening, guide means'being provided for permitting the proper sliding movement of the door;` p

Alfurther object `of the! Ainvention is" to provide a door constructionffor hog houses Oflthe aboveinentioned character, which ,is

simple in construction, inexpensive, strong A the arrangement of the 'guide members and the guide means carried by the door.

Figure 3 is a transverse section, throughthe door, showing the manner, in which the a guide rollers co-operate with the guide rails, and f Y proximately on the line JC- 4l 4of Figure 2; l v

Figure a is al sectional view, taken ap- In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral. 1

l designates a portion of a hog house, and

the same includes the floor 2, the door open- Y ing 3, .provided in the side 4, and the rafter 5.

The door posts, which arel provided on the inside of the sidewwallfi, adjacent the respective side edgesof t-he door opening 3 `are designatedby the numerals 6 and 7 respectively.

Extending upwardly from the floor 2, on

each side of the `door opening and beingf spaced from the door posts 6 and 7 -are the tubular guide` rails 8 and@ 9 respectively. The lower `ends of the guide rails may be embedded in theconcrete floor 2, or may be` `otherwise supported in a Vsecure position,

and-"Ido not wish to limit myself to any particular manner' in which the lower ends of the guide rails are fastened. The upper portions of the tubular guide rails, at points above t-he upper edge ofthe door opening 3, are vinclined upwardly as illustrated at 10 and 11 respectively, in the drawings, and the upper ends of the inclined portions are disposed inwardly and are fastened to the rafters 5, by any suitable fastening means, in the manner as illustrated, more clearly at 12 in the drawings. It is also apparent that the 'upwardly inclined (portions 10` and 11 are spaced from therafters', so as to permit the freel ,'.slidingf movement of the door 13;

For the purpose'of bracing the intermediyate portionsof the tubular guiderails, I provide thebracing means, the construction of which is more clearly illustrated -inFigure 4.

of the drawing, and the same comprises substantially U-shapedmembers 14, one'arm of each member l14` being of greater length than the other arm, vand the longer arm being fastened at its outer end to one door post, in the manner as illustrated at 15. The

,shorter arm 16 of each of thek U-shaped bracing members has `its outer end seatable in l .a suitable opening provided in each ofthe guiderails, and if desired, a threaded connection maybe provided between the, shorter arms of the U-shaped bracing members and the tubular guide rails. The U-shaped bracing members are preferablyv arranged at the junction of the vertical portions of the tubullar guide rails, and the inclined portions thereof, inthe manner as clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. a Y

The door 13 may be ofV any suitable construction, and the same is adapted for vertical slidable movement between the door posts 6 and 7 respectively. Extending transversely across the upper portion of the door, on the inside thereof, is the shaft 17 and the same is journalled in suitable brackets 18, which entend from the side edges of the door, in the manner as clearly illustrated in Figure 3. A

The ends of the shafts 17 extend beyond the sides of the door and carry thereon the rollers 1S) and 2O respectively, the same being adapted' for engagement with the guide rails 8 and 9, and also the inclined portions 10 and ll of the guide rails. Ext-ending across the bottom of thel door, on` the inside thereof, and fastened thereto in any suitable manner is the guide rod 21, and the ends thereof extend beyond thesidesof. the door, and are bent rearwardly, as illustrated at for engagement withl the tubular guide rails 8and9. V- f.

For the purpose of operating the door, so that thesaine `may be moved'to either an. open or closed position, I provide the actuating cable 22, one end of which is fastenedV to the upperA edge of the door, as illustrated at 23, and the cable is adapted to extend aroundoa vsuitable pulley 24, supported by the ratter 5', in the manner as clearly illustrated in Figure l. Y

As shown. in Figure 1 of the drawings, the door 13- is in a closed position and covers the door opening 3.l vWhen it isA desired to open the door, softhat the hogs may pass through the door opening, the free end of thevcable 22 is actuated, and the door will be caused to move upwardly between the door posts, andas theV door is `raised, the guide rollers 19v and 20, on thel upper portion of the door will cooperate with thetubular guide rails, which are inclined at their upper portions, while the guideprod 21 on the lower end ofV the door will have its tree ends engaging the vertical portions 8 and 9 ot the tubular` guide rails, so that the door will be supported inl proper position, when the same is operated. lVhen the door. has been raised to uncover the door openinm and., thev door-is in the position as shown in the dotted lines in Figure l of the drawing, the free end of the cable may be fastened to support the door in such position, at which v timethe ends of the rod 2l willengage the U-sha-ped members 14 so as to limit the upward movement of the door.

The provision of a door construction of thel above mentioned character, for hog houses will enable the latter to be constructed at a very low cost, and will further obviate the necessity of having to provide side walls ot great heigli f such as is now done, and by constructing a hog house wherein the Vside walls are relatively low, the house may be kept warinin the winter weather and a more even temperaturemay be had, during the warm weather. The simplicity of my device enables the sameto be easily and etticiently operated, and will further be streng and durable, as well as inexpensive.

'Vhile I have shown thepreferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes in the size, shape, and arrangement ot parts may be resorted to, without departing tromV the spirit of the invention,y and the scope of the appended claim.A

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In combination with a building structure provided at its side wall with a door'opening and having a roof disposed in an inclined position above the door opening, a door structure including guide rails eXtendingvertically along the sidewall of the building'and being disposed parallel with the side wall fromA points belovvthe lower edge of the door opening to pointsabove the upper edge thereof, the yupper portion of the guide rails being extended Vunder the roof and approximately parallel with the same, `bracing members for the guide rails adjacent the juncture of the upper portions thereof with the lower portions, .a door panel having at its lower edge guides which engage the rails, rollers vjournaled von the upper edge of the door panel for engaging the rails, and means for raising the door to an open position at which time the guides engage the bracing members.

In testimony'whereof I aiiix my signature.

VKENNETH HEALY f

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