US505232A

US505232A - Henry schiffer

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Publication number: US505232A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 1910-09-19

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(No Model.) H; SGHIPIER.

STALL DRAIN.

No. 505,232. Patented Sept. 19, 1893;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SOHIFFER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STALL-DRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,232, dated September 19, 1893 Application filed March 20, 1893. Serial No. 466,898. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, HENRY SOHIFFER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stall-Drains, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved stall drain adapted to be readily and easily fitted in the bottom of the stall and arranged to insure perfect drainage.

The invention consists principally of a series of slats secured at the under side to cross bars and forming a series of channels or gutters extending a suitable distance in depth between adjacent slats.

The invention also consists of parts and details and combinations of thesame as hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a plan View of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the lines 2. 2. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the same on the lines 3. 3. of Fig. 2, and Fig.4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a modified form of the same.

The stall is provided with the usual front wall A, the sides B, and an inclined bottom composed of the front cross board 0, and the drain D, the lower end of which discharges into the gutter I.

The drain D is composed of a series of slats D placed firmly alongside one of the other so as to form on the under side an unbroken surface as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3. The several slats D are united on the under side by transversely extending metallic flat bars or battens F let into 7 recesses cut in the slats so that the under side of the bars is flush with the under side of the thereof with a rabbet D extending longitudinally throughout the length of the slats and having a depth approximately one half of the thickness of the slats. Each rabloet is slightly overlapped by an undercut D of the next adjacent slat so that a channel D is formed between each two adjacent slats as plainly shown in the enlarged detail Fig. 3. The upper ends of the slats are formed with transverse tongues D fitting into a correspondingly shaped groove 0 of the lowermost cross board 0 so as to connect the drain D firmly with the crossboards O, see'Fig. 2.

The entire bottom 0. D. rests on a cement floor H in which is formed the transverse gutter I of suitable depth and inclination to run off the liquid matter, flowing down the channels D which latter discharge at their lowermost ends into the said gutter I, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The gutter I is closed on top by a perforated metallic cover J, extending from the middle of one side B to that of the other side B, so that each stall has its own cover for that part of the gutter I extending on the lower or outer end of the stall. The aisle K extending beyond the gutter I is curved, or inclined upwardly from the gutter I, and is .a continuation of the cement floor H.

In order to securely hold the bottom 0. D. in place on the fioor H, I provide small angle irons L secured with their vertical flanges by screws or other means to the sidesB; the horizontal flanges resting on top of the outermost or side slats D and the ends of the cross boards C as plainly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

As shown in Fig. 2, the cover J. is flush with the top of the lower ends of the slats D the inner edge of the cover resting in a seat formed transversely in the slats D while the outer edge of the cover rests in a seat or rabbet formed in the cement floor; The cover is somewhat less in thickness than the depth of the channels D so that they discharge directly into the gutter I as will be readily understood by reference to the said Fig. 2.

As illustrated in Fig. 4 the under side of the wooden cover J is flush with the under side of the bottom slats D and in this case the inner edge of the cover is cut out to form a transverse rabbet J into which lead the downwardly beveled ends of the bottoms of the channels formed by the slats.

The aisle is formed with diagonal grooves so that any liquid matter thereon can drain to the cover J and through the perforations in latter into the gutter I.

It will be seen that the entire construction of the stall drain is very simple, ample provision is made for perfect drainage and no screws or nails liable to injure the animal project on the upper surface of the stall bottom.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A stall drain comprising a bottom made of cross boards and longitudinal slats connected at their upper ends with the lowermost of the said cross boards and forming top channels between adjacent slats, battens connecting the said slats with each other at the under side and angle irons adapted to be fastened to the sides of the stall and adapted to engage with their horizontal flanges the top surface of the said bottom at the sides thereof to securely hold the said bottom to the floor substantially as shown and described.

2. A stall drain provided with a bottom comprisinga series of cross boards and a drain composed of a series of longitudinal slats in alignment with the said cross boards, each slat being formed on top and on one edge thereof with a rabbet extending throughout the length of the slat, and partly overlapped by an undercut on the next adjacent slat so as to form a longitudinal channel between each two adjacent slats and on the top thereof substantially as shown and described.

3. A stall drain comprising a bottom made of cross boards and longitudinal slats forming channels between adjacent slats, the upper ends of' the slats being connected by ing with their horizontal flanges on the end slats and the sides of cross boards substantially as shown and described.

4. A stall drain comprising a cement floor formed with a transverse gutter, a cover for the said gutter and a bottom extending from the gutter to the head of the stall, the said bottom being inclined and made of cross boards and longitudinal slats each formed on one side with a rabbet overlapped by an undercut on the next adjacent slat for forming longitudinal channels in the top of the slats and between each two adjacent slats and battens secured to the under side of the slats substantially as shown and described.

5. Astall drain provided with adrain made of slats placed firmly alongside one of the other, each slat being formed on top and on one edge thereof with a rabbet extending throughout the length of the slat and partly overlapped by an undercut on the next adjacent slat so as to form a longitudinal channel between each two adjacent slats and on the top thereof substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of March, 1893.

HENRY SCHIFFER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES NIDA, S. FRIEDRICH OTT.