US236909A - John w - Google Patents

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' J. W. PAUL.

Stock Car.

ERS. PHOKULITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D. c

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. PAUL, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

STOCK-CA R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,909, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed May 24, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN W. PAUL, of Omaha, Douglas county, and State of Nebraska, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Oars, or Cars for the Transportation of Live-Stock of all Kinds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved construction of cars for carrying cattle and other live-stock, so that the same may be fed and watered and kept separate each from the other while in transit without unloading; and I do declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

To enable one skilled in the art to make, use, and operate my invention, I describe more in detail as follows, reference being had to Figures 1, 2, and 3 in the drawings hereto attached, and made part hereof, wherein- Fig. 1 represents the external View of a car with my invention attached; Fig. 2, a 1ongitudinal view of the inside of said car, and Fig. 3 cross-sectional view of so much as is necessary to explain my invention.

R R is the rack attached to the side of the car and door, swinging downward and outward from the top of the car on a hinge, rod, or any like appliance at the points H H, so thatstock may be fed by hay placed in said rack between it and the sides of the car, said rack to be held at the proper angle by a chain, rope, or like appliance extending from the top of said rack to the top of the car, and when not in use to be closed up and fastened at pleasure.

A A are the openings in the side of the car for feeding purposes, the size of the same allowing free access to hay in the rack, but not large enough to allow the heads of stock to protrude from the car. L L are iron rods dividin g the openings aforesaid into the required size or width.

T T are the watering-troughs, to be lowered or raisedat pleasure from the outside of the car by means of a chain, rope, or wire, 0 G,

. passing over a rod or pulley, B, the trough at the left hand in Fig. 2 being in position for watering cattle or horses, the trough at the right being in position for sheep or swine, and

the central trough in Fig. 2 being drawn up out of the way when not in use for watering, said chain or other appliance for raising or lowering said troughs from the outside being fastened to a hook or ring on the side of the car.

B B are the pulleys over which the chains or ropes pass when used in raising and lowering the troughs.

G O are the chains, cords, or ropes for raising or lowering the troughs and partitions separating stock.

D D are plank partitions for separating stock into single or double stalls at pleasure, said planks being so attached at the ends to avertical iron rod extending from the top to the bottom of the car, on the inside, as to allow the plank to be raised or lowered from the outside by the same means as said troughs for watering are lowered, the letters D D in Fig. 2 giving an end View of said partition-planks when in position to slide on the rods E E, and D in Fig. 3 giving a side view of said partition when in position to keep each animal separate from another, said partition-planks to be raised to the top of the car when loading, and lowered to the proper place, if desired, as each animal is driven into the car, said planks then being held firmly in position by a pin or bolt, M M, passing through from the outside of the car and holding the plank D in place.

E E are the rods of iron holding the troughs and plank partitions in place, and upon which they slide up and down by iron clasps or rings encircling said rods and attached firmly to the troughs or partitions.

F F is an iron pipe firmly fixed to roof of the car, on the inside, as a reservoir for water, being filled from the top of the car through the connecting-pipe G, thus giving an opportunity to take water from any tank where tenders to locomotives take water at stations.

I I is a pipe conducting water to the drinkin g-troughs'from the large pipe or reservoir F F, as shown in Fig. 3.

K is a valve operated from the outside of car, as seen in Fig. 3, to let on or shut off water at pleasure from reservoir-pipe F.

L L are iron rods regulating the size of openings through which stock may feed from the racks R R.

M M are bolts or pins extending through from the outside of the car, holding the partition-planks D D firmly in the desired position when lowered to the proper place for keeping stock from crowding or being thrown one against another.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a stock or cattle car having side openings, A, of the exterior racks,R, hinged or pivoted at their lower ends, and means for holding them in an inclined position, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. In a stock or cattle car, the combination of the vertical guide-rods E, extending from top to bottom of car, transverse planks or partitions D, provided with perforated or eye plates working on said rods, means, substantially as described, for raising and lowering 20 JOHN W. PAUL.

Witnesses CHARLES OGDEN, J. M. UONGLETON.

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