US366975A - Stock-car - Google Patents

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No. 366,975.. Patented July 19, 1887` AUNrTEo STATES PATENT EEreE.

OLNEY NEWELL, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECECA-FIN termini part of Letters Patent No.366,975, dated July 19, 1887.

Application tiled May- 523, i857. Serial No. 239,097. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may] concern.-

Be it known that l, OLNEY NEWELL, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and Slate of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stock-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

My invention relates to stock-cars of that class used for transporting cattle long distances, and which are therefore required to have fcedracks and water-troughs to supply the cattle with proper nourishment in transit.

The object of my invention is to provide in one ear a feed-rack in the upper part, adapted when not in use to be folded up against the side of the car out. of the way, and a watertrough inthe lower part of the car, adapted also to be folded up against the side ofthe ear when not in use.

Herctofore watering-troughs have been provided for cars composed of flexible material, and supported at their outer ends by spring supports, the entire trough and supports being mounted upon a sliding frame, by means ot' which, when not in use, the trough could be elevated to the top of the car. A construction of this kind is very objectionable, for the reason that the whole side of the car is taken up practically, as no feed-rack can be used in the upper part, and the devices for moving such troughs are continually getting out of order, thereby causing great annoyance and, many times, injurious delays.

It has also been suggested to provide a ear` with a series of curved bars supported upon hooks for holding hay, these hooksbeing adapted to be moved to other hooks,so as to be raised from their normal level. Such aconstruction, however, necessitatesa supplemental chamber in the top of the car, and cannot therefore be applied to the cars as ordinarily constructed.

My invention overcomes the numerous objections heretofore existing in this class of cars, as I provide a folding hayrack in the upper part of the car and a folding water-trough in the lower part, arranged in such relation to each other as not to interfere, and so that both may be used together, and they may also be applied to the cars as ordinarily made.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a section of a car containing my inple means of vvention. Fig. 2 is a erosssection of the car. l from lts bottom portion upwardly toward the In the drawings, A represents a car of ordinary construction. My improved water-trough is shown at I3. It is preferably made in sections if the car is of great length, but may be made of one piece, if desired. It is composed of a trough made of canvas or other suitable material made in bag shape, being connected directly to the car-side at one edge, and to a strip at the other edge, extending longitudinally ofthe trough. The ends ofthe sections are closed, so as to make the trough hold water. The strip a, which supports the inside of the trough, is supported at intervals npon curved standards, b, or by bars or straps of springsteel constructed to collapse oropen the trough automatically, as preferred. These are pivoted or secured to the bot-tom of the car close upto the side thereof. The curved form of the supportiiig-standards is for the purpose of having them lie close to the side of the car beneath the point where they are connected to the longitudinal strip a. A water-pipe from a reservoir on the ear or at the rear of the car supplies the trough with water, or the water may be supplied by hose from railroad watertanks. At the middle of each section I connect a bar, wire, or strap with the edge of the strip a, and extend it to the outside of the car, providing it with a suitable handle, as shown at c. A pin or other suitable locking device is provided, and by pulling upon the handle the trough will be collapsed, (or whenv used in connection with the steel springs to collapse or open the trough the springs may be arranged to operate,) and it may be se cured in either position by fastening theholding bar, wire, or strap to the pin. It will be observed that by this means the trough may be opened or closed from the outside without necessitating the presence ofany one inside the car.

At C I have shown my improved folding hayrack. It is composed ofaseries ofvertical bars united by a longitudinal strip at top and bottom, the space between thevertical bars being ofsul'ficient width to allow the cattle to draw the hay or other long feed through it. The lower edge of the rack rests upon one of the side bars oif the car, and is secured in place by an easilydetachable pin fitting in a staple or other simfastening. The rack is inclined e f I y 366,975

center of the car, and is connected to the side of the car near its top by means of links or bars cl d. An opening is made in the roof ot' the car, as shown at e, and through this opening the hay or other feed may be inserted into the rack. vVhen a rack is not in use, the link-connections for the lower end are detached from the outside, and this will allow the rack to fold down hat against the side of the car. This construction of rack and trough will take up no room of any consequence, dispenses with all slides and operating devices, and permits the car to be used on the return trip'for the carrying of any kind of merchandise.

It will be understood that in double-deck cars used for smaller animals the trough and rack may be duplicated for the compartments and made of a little smaller size.

Any suitable chains or gates may be used to separate the cattle.

The trough may be provided with partitions, as at 2, so that the sudden movement of the car or stoppage thereof will not cause the water to run violently to one end.

I elaiml. In a stock-car, a water-trough composed of exible material secured at one edge to the side of the car and at the other edge to a longitudinal strip, said trough being adapted to be folded, in combination with iexible partitions dividing the trough into sections, said partitions being perforated,substantially as described.

2. In a stockear, a water-trough composed of llexible material secured tothe side of the 35 car at one edge and connected to a strip upon the other edge, springsupports for the strip, and an operating bar or handle extending to the outside of the-car and adapted tooperate the trough to collapse or. open the same, sub- 4o stantially as described. .u

3. In astockcar,ahay-raek supported upon the inside thereof, consisting of vertical paral lel bars joined by crossstrips having a linkconnection at its upper end, and a detachable 4 5 connection at its lower end, whereby when not in use the rack maybe folded up against the side of the car, substantially as described.

4. In a stock-car, a watentrough composed of tlexible material connected directly to the 5o side ot' the car at one edge and to a longitudinal strip at the other'edge, with springstandards for the strip, said standards curving from their lower points of support upwardly and outwardly, substantially as de- 55 v scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilcation in the presence of two subl scribing witnesses.

' oLNnY NEWELL.

Witnesses:

P. E'. ROBINSON, HENRY GERHARD.

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