US933384A - Rack for feeding-troughs. - Google Patents

Description

W. A. MQGOLLOUGH.

RACK FOR FEEDING TROUGHS.

APPLIOATION FILED 00w. 10,1908.

933, 384, Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

WILLIAM A. MCCOLLOUGH, CF BURLINGTON, CQLORADO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 10, 1908.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909. Serial No. 457,441.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM A. McCoL- LoUon, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Burlington, Kit Carson countv, Colorado, have invented a new and usetul Rack for Feeding-Troughs, or which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved feeding trough and rack, in which the trough is supported by the rack and wherein means are provided for adjusting the openings whereby access is had to the trough.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination or elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanyingdrawing, in which i V Figure 1 is a perspective of the complete trough. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the indicated line 88 of Fig. 2. F t is an end elevation showing the same devices supported on legs.

In the construction of the device as shown, the numerals 10, 11, 12 designate cross-bars arranged parallel with each other and suitably spaced apart. Standards or frames 13, lat, 15 are arranged on and connected to the bars 10, 11, 12 and rise therefrom. The lower end portions of the standards are fixed to end port-ions of the bars and the body portions of said standards are curved downwardly so that they form frames of approximately semi circular shape and adapted to support a trough 16 semi-circular in cross-section. The trough 16 preferably is made of galvanized iron closed at its ends and open at its top. Bars 16* are fixed to and extend beneath the trough. 16 and are hinged at one end by removable pins 16* to eyes 16* formed on the standards 13, A central bar 16 on the trough maybe latched at one end to the standard 14 if desired.

A rack is provided and is formed of marginal bars 17, 18, an apex bar 19 and partition bars 20, 21. The marginal bars 17, 18 are arranged parallel with each other and in proximity to the edges of the trough 16. The apex bar 19 is located in a plane intermediate of and above the marginal bars 17, 18. The partition bars 20 are attached at their lower ends to the marginal bar 17 and at their upper ends to the apex bar 19, and are suitably spaced apart. The partition bars 21 are attached at their lower ends to the marginal bars 18 and at their upper ends to the apex bar 19 and are suitably spaced apart. The partition bars 21 are arranged in staggered relations to the partition bars 20 so that the upper portions of the bars 21 are attached to the apex bar midway of the points of attachment of the bars 20 thereof. Folded portions of the standards 13, 15 are bent outwardly to form eyes 13 15 and the lower end portions of two of the partition bars are bent outwardly to form eyes 20 adjacent to and in alinement with the eyes on the standards, and bolts 22 are mounted in said eyes and serve as hinge-pins to connect the standards and partition bars. The bolts are removable and replaceable relative to the eyes, thus providing means for removing and replacing the rack relative to the supporting frame and trough when desired. A folded portion of one of the standards 14 is bent outwardly adjacent one margin of the trough 16 and an eye 21 is formed in the lower end portion of a partition bar 21 adjacent thereto. A ring 23 is mounted in the eye 21 and is adapted to engage over and inclose the projecting portion of the standard 14, thus providing means for latching the rack to the supporting frame and trough. Cross-bars 2a, are fixed to and connect the end portions of the marginal bars 17, 18 and yolres or arches 26, 27 are fixed to and rise from the central portions ofsaid cross-bars. A gate-bar 28 is mounted loosely with its end portion in the yolres or arches 27 and is secured at any desired elevation within the limits of the openings or the arches by bolts 29, 3O removably and replaceably mounted in one or another of the series of holes in the arches and extending through end portions of the gate-bar. Base-bars 33, 34: are mounted beneath and connect the cross-bars 10, 11, 12.

In practical use, the device as thus described preferably is employed in feeding swine, and the rack is latched by means of the rings 23 so that it extends across the top of the trough as illustrated and limits the actions of the feeding swine. The gate-bar 28 is adjusted altitudinally in respect of the size of the animals using the trough. For instance, when the trough is used to feed small animals, the gate-bar 28 is placed in contact with the cross-bars 24-, 25, and as the animals increase in height and strength the gate-bar is raised to provide more room for access to the trough. At the same time the partition bars 20, 21 prevent crowding of the animals in respect of the single opening to the trough, and the staggered relations of said bars provide alternate openings on opposite sides of the trough, each adapted to accommodate one animal. End portions of the trough outside the cross-bars 24, 25 also may be used for feeding purposes. The rack may be tilted on the hinge-pins 22 after releasing the ring 23 from the standard 14, and the trough may be tilted on the hinge-pins 16 away from the supporting frame for emptying or cleansing.

lVhen it is desired to employ the trough, supporting frame and rack just described in feeding larger animals, such as sheep and calves, I prefer to raise the device from the ground. Any suitable means may be employed, such as legs 31, 32 arranged in pairs, fixed to end portions of the cross-bars 10, 11, 12 and diverging outwardly at their lower ends. The legs 31, 32 may be detachably connected to the cross-bars so that they can be removed when it is desired to employ the trough for feeding the smaller animals.

I claim as my invention- 1. A feeding trough, comprising a supporting frame, a receptacle removably and replaceably mounted therein, a rack hinged at one side to said supporting frame and arched over said receptacle, means for latching the opposite side of said rack to said supporting frame, the rack composed of marginal bars, an apex bar and partition bars connecting the same, the partition bars being arranged in staggered relations on opposite sides of the apex bar, cross bars on the rack and a gate bar adj ustably mounted on said cross bars.

2. In a feeding trough, a supporting frame composed of horizontal bars, cross bars connecting the same, standards fixed to and curved upwardly from said cross bars, eyes formed on end portions of some of said standards, a hook formed on an end portion of one of said standards, a rack formed of marginal bars, an apex bar and partition bars connecting the marginal and apex bars, eyes formed on some of said partition bars, bolts connecting said eyes to the eyes of the standards, an eye formed on another partition bar, a ring in the latter eye engaging the hook on the standard, cross bars on the rack, a gate bar adjustably mounted on the cross bars of the rack, and a trough removably and replaceably mounted within said standards beneath said rack, said trough formed with curved supporting bars adapted to be hinged to some of said standards opposite to the hinging of the rack to the standards and also provided with a curved su porting bar adapted to be latched to one of said standards opposite to said ring.

3. In a feeding trough, a supporting frame, a trough mounted thereon, a rack formed of marginal and apex bars and partition bars connecting the same, crossbars connecting the marginal bars, arches on said cross-bars, and a gate-bar adjustably mounted in said arches.

4. In a feeding trough, a supporting frame, a trough hinged at one side and latched at the opposite side to said frame, and a feeding rack hinged and latched to said frame and comprising marginal and apex bars, partition bars connecting the same and arranged in staggered relations on opposite sides of the apex bar, cross-bars connecting the marginal bars, arches on the cross-bars beneath the apex bar, and a gate-bar adjustably mounted in said arches.

5. A feeding trough, comprising a supporting frame, legs on said frame, a trough on said frame, a rack hinged and latched to said frame, said rack arching across the trough, arches on said rack beneath the apex thereof, and a gate-bar adjustably mounted in said archw.

6. A feeding trough, comprising a supporting frame, a trough hinged to one side of said frame, a rack hinged to the opposite side of said frame and arching over the trough, and a gate bar adjustably mounted within and longitudinally of said rack.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this twenty seventh day of August, 1908.

XVILLIAM A. MCGOLLOUGH.

Witnesses WV. WV. FINK, S. 0. SWEET.

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