USRE4336E - Improvement in stock-cars - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES f PATENT FFICE.

LEE SWEARINGEN, OF GRAFTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CATTLE-UAR COMPANY, OF SALEM, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,517, dated May 29,1860; reissuey No. 4,336, dated April 11, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEE SWEARINGEN, formerly of Valley River Falls, in the county of Marion and State of Virginia, but now residing at Grafton, in the county of Taylor and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construcy tions to prevent the stronger ones from injuring the weaker ones; and owing to the height of such stock, these partitions must necessarily extend nearly the whole depth of the car. For sheep or hogs, however, partitions are not so essential, neither is so much vertical space required; consequently, such ears are usually made double-decked.

The object of my invention, therefore, is readily io convert a stock-car from what is known as a double-decker, adapted to carry small stock, into a sin gle-decker, adapted to carry horses and horned cattle.

My invention consists in combining with a stock-car swinging partitions, so constructed that the car may readily be convertedv from a double-decked one into a single-decked one, or vice versa, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent so much of a vcar embracing my improvements as is necessary to illustrate the invention herein claimed, Figure 1 represents a view, in perspective, of the body of my improved car with the roof removed to show the interior. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinal section through the car at the line m of Fig. 1.' Fig. 3 represents a vertical transverse section through the car at the line y y of Fig. 1, looking toward the end of the car, showing the partitions arranged vertically to divide the car into stalls for large stock. Fig.

`trucks of the usual construction.

ilar sections at the line y y of Fig. 1, looking in a direction the opposite ot' that shown in Figs. 3 and 4, showing a difference iu the construction of the partitions.

. The body A of the car may be constructed in any well-knownway, and mounted upon The car is shown as constructed with three subdivisions, B B1 B2; but, of course, a greater or less num ber might be used, and they might be made either by tight or skeleton partitions, or simple studding or posts. In this instance posts C Cl C Cn are arranged across the car on each side of the doorway.- Between these posts and the ends of the car partitions or platforms D Dl D2 D3 are hung upon pivots or hinges d, or other means of shifting or turning them,

so .that one or all of them may, at will, be

izontal position, the outer edge on one side rests on a ledge, d1, on the car, the central sections overlap, as in Figs. 4 and 6, and the other edge is likewise properly braced. The car is then converted into a double-decker7 without horizontal divisions.

The doors E of the car slide on ways e, in the usual manner. They are also divided horizontally into slidng panels E1 E2, which construction facilitates the loading of the animals,l

as hereinafter shown.

The central compartment B1 of the car is, in this instance, provided with a partition, D1, swinging on a pivot, d4, transverse to the car. This partition is supported by rods d5, hooked at their upper ends and sliding on ways d6 inside the car. Owing to this mode of construction, the partition, when vertical, as shown by dotted liuesin Fig. 2, can be moved toward one end or the other ot the car,.thus leaving more room for large stock to enter the stalls.

In loading large stock the doors E are opened, and the cattle driven into the stalls at one end of the car. i The Central partition D4 is then moved close up to the posts at that end of thc car, and the cattle driven into the stalls at the opposite ends. The central partition D4L is then placed in its proper position and the cattle driven into the central stalls,

thus filling the entire car.

In loading small stock the partitions are all arranged horizontally, the upper and lower panels opened, and the stock driven in until the car is full.

When the platforms are horizontal it is ob^ vious thatthe upper portion of the car inightbe used as a receptacle for food for the stock, 4or that one part ofthe car might be used as a single-decker, while the other part was used as a double-decken7 thus adaptin g'the car to all the requirements of stockmen.

The partitions, it will be observed, are'constructed in two parts, and so hinged 'together that one part may move upon the 4other-,thus allowing one part to be vertical While the other is horizontal, thus still further facilitat ing the division of the car.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with a stoclrcaryof par,- titions operating substantially as set forth, so that when vertical, they form stalls for large stock, but`when horizontal, they divide the car into two compartments, one 'above `the other, for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with a stoclrcar, of partitions swinging on horizontal axes parallel to each other, so that when horizontal, one partition overlaps and is supported by the other, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a stock-car, of partitions arranged' parallel to each other lengthwise ofthe car, and swinging ou horizontal axes, substantially as set forth, so that when vertical, the car is divided into longitudinal stalls, and when horizontal, the inner portions of the partitions overlap each other, while their outer portions are supported by the vsides of the car.

'4r The combination, with a stock-car, of swinging end partitions arranged longitudinally at each end of the car, with swinging central partitions arranged across the car,

ysubstantially as set forth, to facilitate the loading or unloading of the ear, and to economize space.

5: The combination, with a stock-car, of a Iswinging sidewise-moviug partition, D4, con- `structed and'operating substantially as set forth, so that it may be swung ont of the way when not in use.

4(i. The double-leaved swinging partitions, constructed substantially as setj'orth, so that one leaf maybe turned up or down without Itheother, for the purposes specified.

LEE SWEARINGEN.

Witnssses WM. MALLONEE, S. L. SEMMELMAN,

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