US335384A

US335384A - Sheep-feeding rack

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Publication number: US335384A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 1903-02-02

Description

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D. PHILLIPS.

SHEEP PEEDING RACK. N0. 335,384. Patented Feb. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

DENZIL PHILLIPS, OF COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHEEP-FEEolNG RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,384, dated February 2, 1886.

A pplication filed March t), 1885.

T0 all w71 om it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENZIL PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cochranton, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sheep-Feeding Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in sheep-feeding racks, the object being to provide a device of this character which may be readily and quickly taken apart and folded, and which will occupy but a minimum amount of room.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sheep-feeding rack whereby the animals will be prevented from wasting their feed, as is done to a large extent in other racks.

With these ends in view the invention consists in theimproved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a sheep-feeding rack constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig.3 is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the device folded.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures, A represents the rack, which is constructed as follows:

B B represent sides, which are each composed of a top and bottom rail, connected by a series of vertical bars, a, arranged a sufficient distance apart to allow of access to the hay or other feed contained in the rack. Secured to the ends of the side are end rails, C, the lower ends of which extend below the bottom rails of the sides.

C C2 represent supporting-legs, which are pivotally secured to the end rails midway the top and bottom rails of the sides B B, and said supporting-legs are pivotally connected at their upper ends by plates b. The upper ends of the supporting-legs are cut off on their inner sides to form straight faces @,which, when Serial No. 1:38,*270. (Model.)

the rack is opened, as in Fig. l, bear against each other, and thus prevent the legs from spreading.

D represents the ends of the rack, which are removable therefrom, said ends consisting ot' the top and bottom strips, c c2, the top strip, c', being soniewhatlonger than the bottom strip,.c`i, said strips being connected by vertical bars d. which converge at their lower ends, thus holding the sides B B/in an inclined or converging position when they are placed between said sides, so that thehay will be fed to the bottom of the rack, the bottom strips, c2, having notches or cuts on its upper side,near the ends thereof, which are adapted to be engaged by pinsf, projecting outwardly from the end rails, C

rIlhe top strip, c', is provided on its inner side, near the ends thereof, with vertical cuts or notches, which are adapted to be engaged by pins e, projecting upwardly from the top rails of the sides B B. In applying the ends they are placed between the sides, and the pins j' engaged with the notches of the bottom strip, ci, and the notches on the top strip, c, forced into engagement with the pins e.

F represents the bottom of the rack, which is adapted, when placed in position, to bear against the ends D, and thus hold said ends in engagement with the pins efnntil the bottom has been removed, when the ends may also be removed by pulling the strip c from the pins f, and then lifting the strip c from the pins e.

The bottom F consists ofthe two strips, g, secured together at their upper ends and diverging, so that the bottom is of an inverted extended V shape in cross-section, and secured between said strips, near their ends, are blocks h, which fit between the bottom rails ofthe sides, the ends of the strips g resting on the upper sides of the bottom rails of the sides B B.

Pivoted at their inner ends between the lower ends of 'the end rails, C, are V-shaped troughs G, the outer ends of which, when the device is in use, are supported by hooks h',

which engage eyes t' on the ends of the trough. 95

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To fold the device, the bottom is removed, and then the ends. The troughs are then lowered by detacliing the hooks from the eyes, when said troughs will, inasmuch as they are pivoted at their inner ends, swing under the trough. The sides may then be folded to gether and the supporting-legs fold against y each other, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination, with the sides, of the supporting-legs pivoted to the end rails thereof, plates pivotally connecting the upper ends of said legs, the removable ends, and the removable bottom, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a feed-rack, with the folding sides, supporting-legs pivoted to the end rails thereof, and plates pivotally connecting the supportinglegs at the upper ends thereof, of the removable ends and bottom, and the pivoted or hinged troughs arranged along the sides of the rack and adapted to be supported in a horizontal position, substantially as set forth.

v3. The combination, with the sides having the extended end rails, and the troughs pivoted between the same, of the supporting-legs pivoted to said rails and pivotally connected at their upper ends by metal plates, and the removable ends and bottom, substantially as set forth.

notches to engage the pins, and a bottom, as

set forth.

6. lIhe combination, in a feed-rack, with the sides, of the inverted-V-shaped trough supported upon the lower rails ot' the same, downwardly-extending blocks hat the ends of the trough, and the removable ends, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the sides and the pivoted supporting-legs pivotally connected at their upper ends by metal plates, of the removable inverted-V-shaped trough, the pins ef, and the removable ends having notches to engage the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DENZIL PHILLIPS.

Vitnesses:

GEO. W. ADAMS, L. BARR.