US557590A

US557590A - Wesley b

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Publication number: US557590A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 1913-04-07

Description

(No Model.) 7

W. B. MARTIN.-

PEED BOX.

Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VESLEY B. MARTIN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

FEED-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,590, dated April 7, 1896.

Application filed 06%01391 13951 To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, WEsLEY B. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Feed-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective of my box open. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same closed. Fig. 3 is a broken end view showing fastening device, and Fig. i is a broken perspective showing box secured to a wagon-pole.

The purpose of my invention, generally stated, is to provide a strong but light feedbox for wagon-poles.

The box is made detachable from the pole, and can also be neatly and compactly folded when not in use.

The body of the box I prefer to make of any suitable sheet metal, although other materials may be used. It is practically made in halves 2 2.

3 is a frame, preferably of iron or steel, which surrounds the outside end and two sides of each half.

at 4 are depending semicircular clips, either made integral with the frame or attached thereto at the center and sides of the box.

5 is a transverse pin pivoted in the side frames and on which the right-hand half of the box may be folded upon the left-hand half.

6 is a hasp, 7 a staple, and 8 a padlock, (shown only in Fig. 2,) by which the halves may be secured when folded.

9 is a handle.

In Fig. 4., 10 is an ordinary wagon-pole, except that it has a rib-piece 11 running longitudinally in its forward end, against which the inner ends of half-clips 4 4 are seated.

Serial No. 565,107 (No model.)

It will be clear from the foregoing description that the box can be rapidly and firmly attached to the pole of a Wagon and will afford a much better receptacle for feed than the usual nose -bags. When not longer needed, it can be speedily detached and doubled together.

It may be observed that while the box is held by the gravity of its parts against the pole with sufficient firmness for all ordinary purposes, yet it is not rigidly locked thereto. This is a decided advantage, for if a horse in feeding, as occasionally happens, should get his head beneath the trough he will only double the box together and knock it from the pole closed, spilling only a little of the feed. A box clamped to the pole would, on the contrary, either break or turn on the pole, spilling its entire contents.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A wagon-pole feed-box, made in halves hinged together, said halves being on opposite sides of the pole, and a depending clip on each half of the box, near the end of the box-hinge, said clips being pressed toward each other, and held in position against the wagon-pole by the gravity of the box.

2. A wagon-pole feed-box, made in halves hinged together, said halves being on opposite sides of the pole, and a depending clip on each half of the box, near the end of the box-hinge, said clips being pressed toward each other, and held in position against a pro jection on the under side of wagon-pole by the gravity of the box.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of October, A. D. 1895.

WESLEY B. MARTIN. Vvitnesses:

LUCY DORSEY IAMS, WM. L. PIERCE.