US363089A

US363089A - Dennis w

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Publication number: US363089A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 1904-05-17

Description

(No Model.)

D. W. SHORTEIL FEED RACK. No. 363,089, Patented May 17, 1887.

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DENNIS \V. SHORTER, OF UNION SPRINGS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T1 GEORGE REED, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

FEED-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,089, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed November 23, 1886. Serial No. 219,615. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern/.-

, Be it known that I, DENNIEi W. Snowman, of

Union Springs, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feed-Racks, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings. The object of myinvention is to produce an improved animal feed-rack, the same being hereinbelow fully described, and more partic ularly pointed out in the claims.

The feed-rack shown is intended more particularly for feeding sheep.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lisaside elevation of my improved feed-rack, parts be ing broken away, and a part of the frame and other parts at the lower left-hand corner being verticallylongitudinally sectioned, as upon the dotted line a in Fig. 2, a cover of one of the salt-boxes being shown in dotted lines as raised; Fig. 2, a plan of the same, a part of one of the gates being broken away to uncover parts beneath; Fig.3, an end elevation of the device seen as indicated by arrow y in Fig. 1.; and Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section of the device, taken as upon the dotted line 00 in Fig. 1, and viewed as indicated by the arrow pointed thereon, drawn to further show the positions of the gates and the form and relation of the feed-trough, parts being shown in two positions by full and dotted lines.

Referring to the parts, A is the frame of the device,formed with equal vertical uprightparts or end boards,B, at the respective ends thereof, said end boards being opposite and parallel.

O are two equal opposing gates placed be tween said uprights, each being held upon two horizontal pivot-pins or bearings, g, rigid with said uprights so as to swing or rock thereon. Thepinsg enter the end posts, lt,of the gates,and all four said pins are in a plane parallel with the base of the device. The gates are formed with broad bottom rails, a, and top rails, b,with vertical slats or rods it, held by said rails. The uprights R are formed with curved parts t at their respective upper ends, concentric with the respective pivot-pins g, and the top rails, b, of the gates extend at their ends over said respective curved parts, resting thereon, as shown. By this means the weight of the gates,

together with that of the contained hay, stalks, or other fodder, is mainly supported, and the pivot-pins g are relieved of much of the strain that would otherwise fall upon them.

At the junction of the curved parts i the uprights are formed with projecting parts Z, which form rigid stops for the gates as they are brought together at the top, the rails?) e11- countering said projecting parts, as shown. The frame is formed with longitudinal feedtroughs d at each side, for containing cereals or other line feed, and the gates are so hung that when swung apart at the bottom the bottom rails, a, thereof form covers for said troughs. \Vhen the gates are swung together at the bottom, the troughs are uncovered, as shown.

1' is a button held against the inner face of one of the uprights, upon the endof a shaft,

s, reaching horizontally through said upright,

horizontal position its ends will bear against the adjacent posts of the gates when the latter are swung apart at the top, as shown, serving to rigidly lock them in that position.

The gates are held together at the top by'a simple link, I, slipped over the upwardly-projecting ends of the two middle slats or rods thereof. These two locking or fastening devices-that is to say, the button and the link, respective]yprevent the position of the gates being altered by the animals feeding, whether said gates may be opened or closed at the top.

At the ends the device'is formed with transverse salt-boxes f, provided with hinged covers c, which latter may be swung upward against the respective uprights and secured thereto when salt is to be fed to the animals.

Carrying bars or handles 7L are secured at the ends of the device, as a matter of convenience in moving it about.

I secure tapering blocks a rigidly against the inner faces of both the uprights, between and in contact with the posts of the gates, as shown, which serve, to support the gates against an inward pressure exerted by the ICO animals while feeding. The top lines of these respective blocks coincide with the lines joining the centers of the pins 9 at either end of the device, 011 account of which the upper corners of said blocks are in contact with the two adjacent posts of the respective gates, in whatever position the latter may be. The blocks thus serve at all times to support the gates against pressure from without and relieve the pins of strain.

In use the gates are thrown apart at the top, giving an opportunity to the sheep to eat from the troughs (1. While thus feeding, hay or other fodder is placed between the gates. When the feeding at the troughs terminates, the gates are swung together at the top and secured by'the link, as stated, and the animals allowed to feed by reaching through between the slats n. The troughs (I, being covered when thegates are in this position, are kept clean, and the animals prevented from putting their fore feet therein. While the gates are together at the top the hay or contained fodder is in such position that thistles or other extraneous matter contained therein rejected by the sheep, in falling, drop into the space or opening D within the frame at the bottom thereof. When this space becomes filled with rejected matter, the device is moved by persons grasping the handles h. One important advantage of this device is that the dirt and foreign matter contained in the fodder falls within the gates, as stated, and not upon the necks of the sheep, the wool of which is the most valuable part of any upon the sheep. In

end boards, and longitudinal feed-troughs at the sides of the rack, the sills of said gates forming covers to close said respective troughs, substantially as shown.

2. A feed-rack having rigid end boards, in combination with tilting gates pivoted to said end boards, a stop-button pivoted to one of said end boards between said gates, and rigid supports a for the gates, held to coincide with the respective linesjoining the adjacent pivots of said gates, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a feed-rack, rigid opposing upright parts or end boards, in combination with a pair of gates held therebetween upon pivotpins or bearings to beswuug in vertical planes, said end boards being formed with curved parts concentric with said pivots, and said gates being formed with extended parts to bear upon said curved parts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.-

DENNIS W. SHORTER.

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ENos B. "WHITMoRE, M. L. McDERMorr.