US309583A - tallman - Google Patents

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STOCK GAR.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pater-1t No. 309,583, dated December 23, 1884.

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To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN l?. TALLMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dunellen, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvementsin Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates, in the main, to what are known as double-deck cars 7 for the transportation of small stock, as pigs and sheep, although some of said improvements may be employed in single-deck or ordinary stock-cars. 1

My object is to provide convenient means for feeding and watering the stock; but myiinproveinents relate, in the main, to swing ing partitions for separating the animals into groups, whereby they are prevented from being thrown into a mass or heap at the end of the car by the sudden stoppage of the train. IVhere this occurs the animals are bruised and otherwise injured and often killed.

In the accompanying' drawings, wherein I have shown my ini provernents applied to a car, Figure l represents the central portion of the car, the right-hand end being in side elevation and the leftAhand end in mid-section. Fig. 2 is a cross'section of the car on line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view ot the feed-bin in the top of the car, showing the shape of same. Fig. @L is a detached sec tional view illustrating a modification which will be referred to hereinafter.

Let A represent the sides of the car, l; the roel", U the bottom or lower illocr, and l) the second iloor, placed about midway of" the height ofthe car.

E represents the doorways in the middle of the car at its sides.

F F are water and feed troughs arranged on the floors and at the sides of the car.

the troughs below-the pipe b down to the trough on the upper door of the ear, and the pipe b to the trough onthe lower door. I arrange these pipes or tubes in couples and quite close together, and divide the feed-bin into V-shaped compartments (see Fie. 3) by means of partitions c c,which extend from the point where they join obliquely down to the side ofthe car, the apex of the V embracing the outlets formed by the pipes b b', as shown.

Suitable cut-off devices may be arranged in the pipes b b,adapted to be operated from the outside of the ear.

rIhe bins may be lled through doors or traps d d in the car-roof. This arrangement of the bins insures the feed entering the feedpipes, as the sloping sides and bottoms of the same form a sort of hopper, and the jolting of the car will always keep the feed settled down toward the feedpipes.

I will now describe the swinging partitions for keeping the stock separated into groups.

I have shown the car divided as to its length, into three compartments by means of two swinging partitions on each floor; but more partitions may be employed, if desired. The partition on the lower floor is shown as arranged directly over that on the upper floor; but this ofcourse is not absolutely necessary. I will describe one partition and its appurtenances, as they are all alike.

I is a swinging partition or gate which extends across the car, and is high enough to prevent the stock from getting over it. As shown, this partition extends up t'o the crossbeam c in the car, whereto it is hinged.

Ona shaft, f, mounted rotatively in the car, and extending across the same, are fixed two sprocket-wheels, y g, arranged near the sides of the car, and on the end of said shaft which projects through the side of the car is fixed a G- is the water-receiver arranged in axis of the car-roof, and at the center ot' the car. Pipes a a lead water from this tank to the several troughs.

In order to provide feed-bins, I construct in the top ofthe car a false roof or ceiling, II, below the roof, and having preferably a steeper slope than the roof. IVhere this vceiling joins the sides of the car I provide pendent pipes b b', which extend down in pairs to notched wheel, h, and a hand wheel or crank, At the right in Fie. l I have shown one of these hand-wheels removed, so as to better illustrate the notched wheel h.

To engage the notched wheel h, a dog, j, is provided, pivotedon the side of the car.

k le are endless chains, which are secured to the partition I, and pass over the sprocketwheels g and idlers Z, (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.) These chains are of such IOC) length that when the partition is down (see lower floor at left in Fig. l) they are strainedtaut. Vhen in this position, the engagement of the dog j with the notched wheel h prevents 5 the partition from being moved in either direction. When the partition is hoisted up, as shown on upper iioor in Fig. l, the dog prevents it from falling. These partitions, when down, serve as rigid bulk-heads, and, as before stated, separate the stock into groups.

In lieu of the device just described for operating and holding the partitions in place, I may employ the modification shown in Fig. 4. In this construction the chains are not endless, and are simply wound upon the shaft f, as on a windlass, a simple pawl and ratchet serving to hold the partition up while loading and unloading. When the. partition is lowered, it rests against cleats or stops m, fixed to the sides or floor of the car, or both, and is prevented from moving in the opposite direction by bolts n, thrust through sockets in the sides of the car. I am aware that it has been proposed to provide stock-cars with partitions hinged at their upper edges and arranged to be turned or folded up, so as to leave the car free for the transportation of freight. This I do not broad- 1y claim. My purpose is to provide such parl titions with means for turning or folding them up singly from the outside of the car, as I have shown, and for securing them rigidly in place when down.

I am also aware that it has been proposed to construct feed-bins in the roof of a car and provide spouts for conveying the feed down to the trough in the car. This I do not broadly claim. f

My improvements are adapted to double- 4o dec-lr cars.

Having 'thus described my invention, vI claim*n l. In a stock-car, the partitions or gates I, hinged at their upper edges, and` provided with means, substantially as described, adapt- 4.5 ed to be operated from outside the car, for raising the same, and for securing them rigidly in posit-ion when down, as set forth.

2. In a stock-car, the combination, with the partition or gate hinged at its upper edge, of 5o the endless chains, the shaft f, bearing the sprocket-wheels and notched wheel h, and the dog j all arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

3. In a stock-car, the combination of the 55 partition or gate hinged at its upperedge, the endless chains secured to the free edge of said gate, the shafts bearing sprocket-wheels to receive said chains, and one of said shafts arranged to project through the side of the car, 6o and a detent mechanism, substantially as described, on the outside of the car, arranged to prevent the rotation of said shaft, for the purposes set forth.

4L. The combination, with a double-decked 65 car, of the feed-troughs arranged on each licor, thelong and short feed-pipes b and b', arranged in pairs and to extenddown to the upper and lower troughs, respectively, and the bins in the roof ofthe car formed by the false roof H 7o and partitions c c, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN I?. TALLMAN.

Vitnesses:

N. MARoI-IANT, HARRY FRANKLIN.

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