US18395A - Apparatus for barns - Google Patents

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J. 'E. HALL.-

Apparatus for Barns and Stables t6 Rescue Horses, &c., from Fire. No. 18,395. a Patented 0ct.13,-1857. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

JOSHUA E. HALL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR BARNS, sTABLEs, 850., FOR RESCUING HoRsEs AND OTHER STOCK FROM FIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 18,395, dated October 13, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. E. HALL, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented an Apparatus for Barns and Stables to Rescue Horses and other Stock from Fire; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a stable or barn with my improvement attached, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical section.

Like letters denote like parts in the different views.

The building to which my improvement is to be attached, may be constructed with little alterations in the ordinary manner, and my improvement may be applied to buildings already erected.

A, is a general view of the barn or build ing. B, B, B, three stalls, B, B, being provided with a rack C and manger D, which may be constructed in the ordinary manner and attached to the movable frame E, E, E, E, in any desirable manner. This frame consists of two right angled side frames which are connected together by two, three or more girts F, F, F. The outside at G, of this right angled frame work may be sided or boarded up in the same manner as the building. The frames are hung upon a bar or rod H, which is supported by the posts or studding of the building.

6 6 represents the upper portion of the movable frames, which is directly over the animal in the stall, and under the loft floor I. The upper end a, of each of the frames, rests upon an arm J, which arm is attached to the post K, by a pin joint at L, Fig. 1; in the arm is a slot or hole through which passes the cord M, as seen in Fig. 1, which then directly passes over a pulley N. One end of the cord M is secured to the staple 0, it is then passed through the first arm J, Fig. 1, then over the pulley N, then through the next arm, and over the next pulley and so on, through any number of stalls in the same manner, as the before described arm J, and pulley N. After the cord has passed through all the arms, it passes around the pulley P, Fig. 2, ascends up and over the pulley Q, then along under the roof to the pulley R, over which it passes, and then descends, and is hooked to the pin T.

It will be observed that both ends of the cord are fastened so as to give tension to it, and that it is by means of the cord that the arms J are held up, as the cord passes over a pulley close to the arm, for that purpose. These pulleys may be secured to the joist above.

As there is the most Weight of the frame E, E, above the rod H, the tendency of the frame is to swing from Z, to Z, and the post E, to E, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. This would be the case, if the cord should be burned off at any point, as

the slacking of the cord would cause the arms J, to fall by their own weight. Consequently the frame would swing to the posi tion 6 E, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. In case of fire in the loft, the cord would be soon severed by the flames; the same would be the case, if the fire should be in any part of the building not near the stalls, the cord could be then detached from the pin T, which would allow the frames to sging, the same as if the cord were burned o The animal is tied to the post U, above the spring V. This is a light spring of sufficent strength to hold up the halter. \Vhen the frame is released, the post and spring assume the position indicated U and V, Fig. 1. In this position, as the animal pulls to get away, the halter slips under the spring, and over the post, so that the animal is at large.

As the section 6 descends, the-section E moves correspondingly, so that the section 6 touches the animal on the haunches or tail, so that the animal is pushed from behind, while he is being drawn by the bridle, attached to the post. While the animal is under the frame, when it is at E, the animal is protected from the flames, or falling brands, as the covering of the section E, forms a kind of shed, when in the position at E.

If desirable, a pin may be inserted at or near the end of .the post U, so that the animal may be retained under the section E", as may be expedient.

It will be seen that by the use of my apparatus, animals in barns and stables Wlll by What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The swing frames E E, arm J, and cord H, and also in combination with the spring V, and post U, when the same is arranged substantially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

JOSHUA E. HALL lVitnesses S. H. MARTIN, W. H. BURRIDGE.

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