US474867A - Feed-trough - Google Patents

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FEED' TROUGH. No. 474,867. Patent d May 17', 1892.

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CORA B. SNELLENBERGER AND JOHNATHAN SNELLENBERGER, OF PAULDING, OHIO.

FEED-THOUGH..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,867, dated May 17, 1892.

Application led December 24, 1891. Serial No. l116,077. (No model.)

To a/Z whom tn/bay concern.- have their upper ends nailed to the bars 7 .and

Be it known that we, OORA B. SNELLEN- their lower ends to the outer edge of the feed- BERGER and JOHNATHAN SNELLENBEEGEE, trough, and single bars 9 are located opposite citizens oftheUnitedStates,residingatPauldthe front edges of the partitions and have 5 ing, in the county of Paulding and State of their upper ends nailed to the bar7 and their 55 Ohio, have invented a new and useful Comlower ends to the inner Yedge of the feed? bined Feed-Trough and Hog-Trap, of which trough, so that as the pairs of bars 8 are opthe following is a specification. posite the compartments and the single bars This invention relates to improvements in 9 are opposite the partitions forming the comro feed-troughs, the objects in view being to propartments it will be apparent that the bars 6o Vide a cheap and convenient feed-trough for 9 will alternate with the pairs of bars 8. A hogs and to so construct the same as to adapt series of wires l0 are connected to the upit to serve as a trap during the process of right or standard 6 and have their leading ringing the hogs. v, ends passed around the first adjacent single f5 Other objects and advantages of the invenbar 9, thence outwardly and around the ad- 6; tion will appear in the following description, jacent pair of bars 8, thence inwardly around and the novel features thereof will be parthe next succeeding bar 9, and so on through ticularly pointed out in the claims. the series of bars 8 and 9, so that the wire Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a strands are thusinterwound between the bars zo perspective of a combined feed-trough and and form a cheap manner of partitioning oif 7o trap constructed in accordance with our inthe feed-trough.

vention. Fig. 2 is a perspective, the View be- The partitions 3 support a fixed section 11 ing taken from the rear. Fig. 3 is a transof roofing, and to the rear edge of said section Verse section. there is hinged, as at 12, a swinging section z5 Like numerals of reference indicate like 13, which when let down to a horizontal posi- 75 parts in all the figures of the drawings. tion extends outwardly over the feed-trough,

1 designates the base or door of the comthus sheltering the same and preventing the bined feed-trough and trap, and rising from entrance of snow, sleet, and rain, and is supthe same, nearits opposite ends, are short ver ported in its position by the section l1, or a 3o tical end walls 2. Between the end walls post 14: (shown by dotted lines) may be pro- 3c there is located a series of vertical partitions vided for this purpose. In fair weather this 3, dividing the hoor-space off into a series of section 13 may be thrown back upon a fixed compartments 4, each sufficiently large to acsection 1l, and thus admit sunshine and air commodat-e one hog. The end walls 2 aid in freely to the inclosure. At one end of the 3 5 the support of a longitudiually-disposedfeed trough there is supported an inclined chute 85 trough 5,which extends between theend walls 15, the lower end of which enters into the in front of the partitions 3, and is such a distrough, and thus the trough may be filled from tance from the rear edge of the floor l as one point. agrees with about the length of a hog, so that Hinged to the front edge ofthe door or base,

4o when the rear sides of the compartmentsa are as at Y16, is a front wall 17, adapted to be 9o closed a hog will be maintained with his head swung to a vertical position and close the directly over the the feed-trough, all for a compartments and to be maintained in that purpose hereinafter specified. position bya pair of spring-latches 18. This Avertical post or standard Grises from the Wall 17 is provided with a door 10 opposite 45 door 1 and is secured to the outer side of the each of the compartments 4, so that one or an y 95 wall 2, and said standard supports a longinumber of the compartments may be opened tudinal connectiug-bar 7, extending along withoutopeningtheremaiungcompartlnents. above the feed-trough and flush with the up- Through the stationary roof-section 11, near per edges of the partitions 3. Opposite each the rear edge of the same and above each com- 5o of the compartmentsa pair of inclined bars S partment, there is formed a pair of perfora- 10o tions 20, and rope sections 2l have their ends passed upward] ythrough these sections, theintermediate portions of the rope-sections torming nooses, for a purpose hereinafter apparent. One terminal of each rope section is knotted, as shown, while the remaining terminal hangs down to form a pull, whereby the size of the noose, as will be readily understood, may be decreased.

In operation the front wall is released and swung to a lowered position, the hogs being driven into the compartments 4, after which said front wall is raised, so that each hog is now inclosed in a separate compartment and cannot communicate or pass from one compartment to the other. In this manner they may be conveniently' fed, each receiving his proper allowance of food. If it be desired to ring the hogs previous to the time they are driven into the compartments, the several nooses are slackened or drawn down, so that head must necessarily be passed th rough the noose. Now by pulling upon the terminal of the rope section forming the noose the noosel is decreased in size, and as it decreases takes under the chin or snout of the hog, thus elevating his head to a proper point, which elevation may be maintained either by holding to the rope or tying the same to some suitable object. It is but a simple matter for the operator to reach between the bars and apply the ring to the snout, after which the hog maybe released and the next hog similarly treated. The hogs may all be released at once by a lowering of the front wall 17, or, as before stated, may be singly released by successively opening the doors i9, and thus the trap is also adapted for branding and other purposes incident to the care of live stock.

The base or Hoor is provided with a clevis or staple and ring located at one end thereof, whereby a horse may be hitched to the structure for the purpose of dragging it from one ield to another.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. In a feed-trough, the combination, with the base o1' floor, the opposite end walls, and the intermediate longitudinally-disposed trough,

to the post 6 and passed successively around the single bars 9 and pairs of bars 8, substantially as specified.

2. In a hog-trough, the combination, with. the base, the series of vertical partitions rising therefrom and forming compartments,and the trough arranged in rear ot the compartments, of the front wall hinged to the base, means for locking the same in a Vertical position, and doors formed in the Wall opposite each of the compartments, substantially as specified.

3. In a hog-trough, the combination, with the base and the series of vertical partitions arranged in rear of the same, of the front wall, doors for each of the compartments formed in the wall, a root` mounted on the partitions and opposite each compartment provided with a pair of perforations, and a series of rope sectionshavingtheirterminals passed through the perforations, so as to form a noose within the compartments, one terminal of each rope section being knotted above the roof and terminating in a hand-pull, substantially as specified.

4t. In a hog-trough, the combination, with the base or floor and the vertical partitions rising therefrom and forming a series of coinpartments, of a trough arranged in rear of the compartments, a hog-holder arranged in each compartment, a hinged front wall, and doors located in said wall opposite each of the compartments, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CORA B. SNELLENBERGER. JOIINATHAN SNELLENBERGER.

Witnesses:

EDD. L. RHODES, ELMER E. RHODES.

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