US2762531A

US2762531A - Stock feed dispensing cart

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Publication number: US2762531A
Application number: US533383A
Authority: US
Inventors: Syren J Haugen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1955-09-09
Filing date: 1955-09-09
Publication date: 1956-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 1973-09-11

Description

Sept. ll, 1956 2,762,531

S..J. HAUGEN lSTOCK FEED DISPENSING CART Filed sept. 9, 1955 2 sheefs-sneet 1 ATTE/VE YS Sept. 11, 1956 Filed Sept. 9, 1955 S. J. HAUGEN STOCK FEED DISPENSING CART 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ZZ u INVENTOR. F/G. 4 Yea/v d. Maag/v ATT/Z/VEYS United States Patent O STOCK FEED DISPENSING CART Syreu J. Haugen, Coon Valley, Wis.

Application September 9, 1955, Serial No. 533,383

Z Claims. (Cl. 222-177) The present invention relates to a stock feed dispensing cart.

An object of the present invention is to provide a stock feed dispensingY cart which automatically dispenses stock feed in equally-spaced piles upon a floor or into aoor-supported feed trough.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a stock feed dispensing cart which has means for regulating the amount of stock feed that it dispenses in equallyspaced piles upon a floor or into a feed trough.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a stock feed dispensing cart which has means for preventing the stock feed from clogging in the dispensing opening.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a stock feed dispensing cart which is sturdy in lconstruction, one simple in structure having few parts, and one commercially practical and highly effective in action.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational View of the cart of the present invention, with a portion of one side wall broken away showing the construction of the hopper-shaking and feedcontrol mechanisms,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the assembly of Figure l, with a portion of the hopper broken away showing the shaking and dispensing mechanisms,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure ,1, l

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure l, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary View, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the stock feed dispensing cart of the present invention is designated generally by the reference numeral 10 and comprises a platform 11 having spaced side edges 12 and 13 and a pair of .caster wheels .14 and 15 supporting one end of the platform 11.

A horizontally-disposed drive shaft 16 extends transversely of the platform 11 adjacent the end opposite tothe endhaving the

caster wheels

14 and 15 and is mounted on the platform for rotation in a clockwise direction.

Drive wheels

17 and 18 are secured one to each end of the drive shaft 16 for rotation therewith and with the

caster wheels

14 and 15 support the platform 11 for rolling movement over a ground or other supporting surface, the latter being indicated in Figures l and 3 by the reference numeral 19.

Side walls

21 and 22 rise from the opposite side edges of the platform 11 and

end walls

23 and 24 rise from the end edges of the platform 11, the upper end portions of the

side walls

21 and 22 and the

end walls

23 and 24 together with sloping

inner walls

25 and 26 which have their Hee top ends abutting the

side walls

21 and 22, respectively, and

inner walls

27 and 28 which have their top ends abutting the

end walls

23 and 24, respectively, forming a hopper designated generally by the reference numeral The hopper 29 has a discharge opening 31 in its bottom and is fixedly supported upon the platform 11 so that the discharge opening 31 is spaced above the platform 11. A carriage 32 having a bottomless dispensing pocket 33 adjacent one end thereof is positioned transversely of and between the side edges 12 and 13 of the platform 11 with its pocket 33 in registry with the discharge opening 31 in the hopper bottom. The carriage 32 is mounted on the platform 11 for movement from the position in which its pocket 33 is in registry with the discharge opening 31 to a position in which its pocket 33 is projected beyond the adjacent side edge 13 of the platform 11. The carriage 32 is of boxlike drawer construction and includes a vertically-disposed front face 34,

side walls

35 and 36 having their front ends connected to the front face 34, and an end member 37 connecting the other ends of the

side walls

35 and 36 together, as seen in Figure 4. A bottom 38 extends between the

side walls

35 and 36 of the carriage rearwardly of a partition 39 which, with the front face 34 and the adjacent portions of the

side walls

35 and 36 defines the boundaries of the pocket 33.

Guide walls

41 and 42 rising from the platform 11 form the means for connecting the carriage 32 to the platform 11 for its transverse movement on the platform 11.

Means operatively connects the carriage 32 to the drive shaft 16 for movement of the carriage 32 from the position in which the pocket 33 is in registry with the hopper discharge opening 31 to the position in which the pocket 33 is projected beyond the adjacent side edge of the platform 11, the latter position being indicated by dotted lines in Figures 2 and 3. Specifically, such means comprises, as seen in Figure 2, a drive gear 43 mounted upon the drive shaft 16 intermediate the ends of the latter and in mesh with a gear 44 which is mounted upon a driven shaft 45 intermediate the ends of the driven shaft 45, the latter being journaled for rotation in the

side walls

21 and 22. A bevel gear 46 is fixedly secured to the driven shaft 45 and is in mesh with a second bevel gear 47 which has a cam arm 4S projecting from its periphery on the lower face thereof. A guideway 49 supports an actuating slide member 51 between its sides, as shown most clearly in Figure 6, the slide member 45 having a cam roller 52 adjacent one end engageable by the cam arm 48 to effect the sliding movement of the slide member 51 toward the one side edge 13 of the platform 11, as shown in Figure 3. A spring 53 biases the slide menu ber 51 toward the side edge 12 of the platform 11. A lever 54 is pivotally connected intermediate its ends to the slide member 51 adjacent its end remote from the cam roller 52 and has one end pivotally connected to the end member 37 of the carriage 32 and its other end pivotally mounted for swinging movement about a vertical axis on the end wall 23 of the cart. Upon rotation of the bevel gear 47 the carriage 32 is moved from its position in which the pocket 33 is below the discharge opening 31 to a position projected beyond the side edge 13 of the platform 11.

A clutch assembly 55 controlled by a handle 56 is mounted upon the drive shaft 16 for selectively connecting the

wheels

17 and 18 and the shaft 16 to the drive gear 43. Means is provided for continually shaking the stock feed within the hopper 29 as the cart 10 is pushed over the ground, such means consisting in a first pulley 57 mounted for rotation upon the driven shaft 45 and a second pulley 58 supported for rotation upon a brace member 59, the pulley 58 and the pulley 57 being connected by means of a belt 61. The pulley 58 carries a crank pin 62 adjacent its periphery. A sliding panel 63.is mounted for longitudinal movement upon the one inner wall of the hopper 29 with its upper end slidably connected to a channel strip member 64. A bracket 65 projecting from the lower face of the panel 63 projects through a slot 66'in the inner wall 25 and is connected to one end of a crank'arrn 67, the other end of the crank larm being pivotally connected to the crank pin 62. Upon rotation of the pulley 58 as a result of the rotation of the driven shaft 45 the sliding panel 63 moves toward and away from the end walls of the cart and serves to shake the stock feed within the -hopper to keep it from clogging the discharge opening in the hopper bottom.

Means is provided for selectively controlling the flow of the stock feed in the hopper 29 and consists in a gate 68 pivotally connected by a pivot pin 69 to the upper ends of the

guide walls

41 and 42 and connected for movement toward and away from the discharge opening in the hopper bottom by means of an operating rod 71 having a crank on its end which is exterior of the one end wall 23. The gate 68 is connected to an offset portion of the rod 71 by means of a pair of brackets 74 overlying the offset portion of the rod 71 adjacent each end of the gate 68. As seen in Figure 5, the crank 73 is held in position by its engagement with a quadrant 75 having grooves 76 therein for retaining the crank 73 in a selected position fully opening the discharge opening in the hopper bottom as shown in full lines inv Figure 3, or partially closing the discharge opening as shown in dotted lines in that figure.

A deecting board 77 extends along the side edge 13 of the platform 11 adjacent to the lower end of the carriage 32 so that the stock feed when emptied from the pocket 33 in the carriage 32 is deected outwardly beyond t-he adjacent drive wheel 18.

A handle 78 is provided for manually pushing the cart over a supporting surface or the ground surface.

In operation, the cart is filled with stock feed and a clutch assembly is put into operative position by means of the handle 56 and upon rolling movement of the cart and execution of a predetermined set distance interval of traveling movement of the drive wheels the carriage will move from its position in which its pocket is in registry with the hopper discharge opening, the stock feed having fallen through that opening into the pocket, to its position in which the pocket is beyond the adjacent side edge of the platform, the stock feed then falling into a pile a predetermined distance from the previous pile of stock feed deposited by the carriage pocket. This permits the user to feed stock quickly and easily, depositing the correct amount of food required for each animal either upon the floor surface of a barn or into a feeding trough extending along the floor of the barn and supported thereon. It will be seen that the drive shaft is operable only in a clockwise direction to eifect the movement of the cam arm 48 into engagement with the cam roller 52, this clockwise movement of the drive shaft being effected by the pushing movement of the cart in one direction only.

What is 'claimed is:

1. A stock feed dispensing cart comprising a platform having spaced side edges, a pair of caster Wheels supporting one end of said platform, a horizontally-disposed drive shaft extending transversely of said platform adjacent the other end thereof, and mounted on said platform for rotation in a clockwise direction, a drive wheel secured to each end of said drive shaft for rotation therewith, said caster and drive wheels Supporting said platform for rolling movement over a ground surface, a hopper having a discharge opening in the bottom thereof fixedly supported on said platform so that the discharge opening is spaced above said platform, a carriage having a bottomless dispensing pocket adjacent one end thereof positioned transversely of and between the side edges of said platform with its pocket in registry with the discharge opening in said hopper bottom and mounted on said platform for movement from the position in which its pocket is in registry with said discharge opening to a position in which its pocket is projected beyond the adjacent side edge of said platform, means operatively connecting said carriage to said drive shaft for movement of said carriage from the position in which its pocket is in registry with said hopper discharge opening to the position in which its pocket is projected beyond the adjacent side edge of the platform responsive to the execution of a predetermined set distance interval of traveling movement of said drive wheels along the ground surface by rotation of said drive shaft in the clockwise direction and manually operable gate means positioned within said hopper discharge opening for selectively controlling the ow of stock feed therethrough.

2. A stock feed dispensing cart comprising a platform having spaced side edges, a pair of caster wheels supporting one end of said platform, a horizontally-disposed drive shaft extending transversely of said platform adjacent the other end thereof and mounted on said platform for rotation in a clockwise direction, a drive Wheel secured to each end of said drive shaft for rotation therewith, said caster and drive wheels supporting said platform for rolling movement over a ground surface, a hopper having a discharge opening in the bottom thereof tixedly supported on said platform so that the discharge opening is spaced above said platform, a carriage having a bottomless dispensing pocket adjacent one end thereof positioned transversely of and between said side edges of said platform with its pocket in registry with the discharge opening in said hopper bottom and mounted on said platform for movement from the position in which its pocket is in registry with said discharge opening to a position in which its pocket is projected beyond the adjacent side edge of said platform, means operatively connecting said carriage to said drive shaft for movement of said carriage from the position in which its pocket is in registry with said hopper discharge opening to the position in which its pocket is projected beyond the adjacent side edge of the platform responsive to the execution of a predetermined set distance interval of traveling movement of said drive wheels along the ground surface by rotation of said drive shaft in the clockwise direction,

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Suddith et al. June 26, 1860 Mattox Apr. 15, 1902