US244444A - Stock-car - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2'Sheets-Sheet 1.

O. G.- L. FRIK.

STOCK GAR. -1 10.244,444. V Patented July 19,1881.

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G. G. L. PRIK.

STOCK GAR.

o. 244,444. Patented July 19,1881.

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. o. a. Lotus FRIK, on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofvLetters Patent No. 244,444, dated July 19, 1881.

Application filed April23, 1881. (No model.) I

a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stock-cars, and to that class in which provision is made for watering and feedingthe cattle. without having to remove them from the car.

It more particularly relates to improvements in movable partitions which can be lowered,

out of the way While the car is being loaded and afterward each partition raised, thus forming a stall for one or more head of cattle, the said partitions having water and feed troughs attached, which can be filled without moving them, and to the devices by which the Water can be kept at a regular level in all ofthe water-troughs continuously.

To enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describeit, refer-j ence being had to the acconipanyin g drawings,

.forming a part of this specification.

1n the drawings, wherein similar letters of reference indicate like parts,'Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a carembodyingmy invention, the side being removed. Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of a section of the same, a part of the roof being removed. Fig. 3 is an end view of the car. Figs. 4. and 5 are detailed views of the water-tank and regulating device forming part of my invention. Fig. 6 shows a front elevation of the cross-bars of the partitions, representing them in the position they would be placed when elevated out of the way.

The floor of the car A will be (about two inches) higher in the middle than at the sides, as shown in Fig. 3, and on this floor there are fastened slats which taper from the outside toward the middle, thus restoring it to a level. The distance between the slats will be about one or one and a-half inch, thus forming gutters for manifest purposes.

The partitions consist each of a series of cross-bars, a a and a, and longitudinal bars b b, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The cross-bars a may be of iron, while the bar a will be made of wood. The latter, a, have grooves in which run tubes a Fig. 1, by which the water-troughs c are supplied, and these pipes a are connected with a pipe, a running on the outside of the car. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 3.) The cross-bars aand a. are dovetailed at the ends, and slide up or down in grooves at the side of the car. (See Fig. 2.) These grooves in the car are formed in the manner indicated in Fig. 2, and are of such length and proportions as to permit the partition-bars a and a to slide freely in them.

The raising or lowering of the bars a a and a is accomplished by means of two sets of ropes or chains, 01 d. The ropes d are fastened to each of the bars a a (through which they pass) in such manner that when the bars are raised to form partitions they will be about one foot apart. The ropes d run on each side of the bars a and a, but are attached to the lower one only, thus enabling all of the bars a and a to be raised up out of the way, so that d pass over sheaves in the roof of the car, and thence beneath it to the shaft 01 to which they are made fast, and wound in opposite directions, the ropes d being wound thereon about four feet when the bars are raised to form partitions. The shaft (1 has a crank-handle and suitably-arranged ratchet-wheels, whereby it may be turned and prevented from returning after the'bars have been placed in the desired posit-ion. The longitudinal bars I) I) run between the cross-bars a and a and the end of the car. Those extending to the end of the car, Fig. 2, are dovetailed at one endin grooves, like the cross-bars, but are connected with them by hooks, and at these points are curved upward, Fig. 1, to avoid contact with the troughs and the feet of the cattle. These bars b I) will be raised or lowered by ropes at or near their ends, operated in a similar manner to those connected with the bars a a.

At the top of the car, either above or below the roof, and at one or both sides or ends, are arranged water-tanks g 9, connected by leadpipes 9 Fig. 2. These tanks ghave at each end of the car rubber lead-pipes g, with suitablyconstructed stop-cocks and couplings for connecting all of the cars of a train together, in a similar manner to the method employed on the well-known air-brakes. Thus water can be supplied to all the cars without moving the entire train.

As the cars may be used separately, the tanks are furnished with standpipes 9 having tightly-fitting covers, and by these pipes the tanks g may be filled. These openings in the tanks 9 may be made large enough to allow them to be cleansed from the mud or other substance deposited by the water. Pipes h and 71. enter the tanks from below, Fig. 1. By means of the pipe h the water flows down to what I term a regulator, It, and the pipe h, extending upward within the tank 9 to an air-chamber formed at the top of the tank, serves to admit the air, in the manner hereinafter stated. The regulator It has the pipes r and 1", arranged as shown, by which it is joined to the tank through rubber tubes, Fig. 4.

A float, r, at the end of the lever-bar 1'", is connected with the stop-cock r in the flowpipe 0* h. The pipe 1" h, as shown at Fig. 5, descends within it, and as soon as the water has submerged the extremity of this pipe it is evident that the fiow of water from the tank must be checked; but for additional security I have combined therewith the float and stopcock. The regulator It is connected with the lead-pipe a for supplying the water-troughs c by the rubber tube a, and as the regulator can be raised and lowered, as desired, it will be kept at about the same height as the water-troughs, and the water therein will therefore be maintained at a certain level.

Stop-cocks may be placed in both the leadpipes h of the tank and in the pipe a nearits junction with the regulator.

To fill the tanks 9 with water when a number of cars are connected it is manifestly unnecessary to open all the stand-pipes g for the water as it fills the tanks will force the air out through the pipes r It, thus saving much time in the operation, aside from that gained by the connected tanks.

in gs hay and corn may be fed to the cattle, and thus the great shrinkage in weight and the disease incident to a long fast, so common in the transportation of stock, be avoided.

While the cars are being loaded all the bars are down on the floor, and having to step over them they will find it convenient as the car is filled to place themselves in separate stalls. The cross-bars'now being raised a short distance, water may be let on, when those of the cattle standing with their heads where their tails should be will be very apt to turn for a drink, and as the longitudinal bars will also be up partially they must drink, it at all, from their own troughs. The bars are now all raised, and the stock will be securely lodged for a journey.

To unload the cars all that is required will be to drop the bars and drive out the stock, as in ordinary cars.

The car may, by my arrangement and combination of bars, be divided into any number of stalls, either single or double.

If it should be desired to load the cattle crosswise, instead of in the way indicated, the longitudinal bars could be omitted and the feed and water troughs arranged at the sides. This would require some change in the minor features, but would not depart from the major ones embodied in my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In cars for the transportation of stock, a water-tank arranged therein, having lead-pipes at each end of the car, supplied with suitablyconstructed couplings, whereby the said tank maybe filled and also serve as a conduit for the water to others when connected therewith in a train of stock-cars, combined with the means employed for regulating automatically the flow of water from the aforesaid tanks to the water-troughs and for the admission of air thereto.

2. The combination of troughs c on the adjustable bars a of the partitions, intermediate supply-pipes, and the regulator R, by means of which the amount of water in said troughs can be automatically regulated when desired.

3. The combination of troughs c on the adjustable bars a of the partitions, regulator It, by means of which the amount of water in said troughs can be automatically regulated when desired, tank 9, having stand-pipes g for the purpose stated, and the intermediate leadpipes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' (J. G. LOUIS FRIK.

Witnesses:

FRED. S. BELSTERLING, ALBERT H. LADNER.

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