US319568A - Combined feed-rack and stall - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. H. DYSINGER.

GOMBINEDIFBBD RACK AND STALL. No. 819,568. l Patented June 9,1885.

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JESSE H. DYSINGER, OF FLUSIIING, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED FEED-RACK AND STALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,568, dated Tune 9, 1885.

Application filed May 28, 1884. (No model) To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, Jvnssn H. DYsrNGEn, of Flushing, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Feed-Racks: and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to combined feed-racks and stalls for cattle, by means of'which access on thepart of the stock to the feed is prevented, when desired, leaving the feed-boxes to befllled without trouble from the cattle, and which will prevent, to a large extent, any waste of the feed used.

The invention consists in arranging a series of stalls, each one of which should be only large enough to admit one head of stock, the divisions between such stalls being pivotally secured at top and bottom and connected at their free ends, so that they may be simultaneously folded upon each other, thereby clos ing access to the feed-boxes, which are located in front of such stalls.

It also consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the feed-boxes, whereby the boxes for grain are arranged to close or disclose the hay-rack; and the invention also consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

It will readily be seen' that this feed-rack may be set into a length of the fence surrounding a pasture, with the stall part of the device projecting into the pasture, while the feedboxes are presented outside the feed-pasture, and are of easy access for the purpose of being filled..

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved rack with the roof removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

In the accompanying` drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the division-Walls between the stalls B, and C are the end walls. These division-walls A, at top and bottom near one edge, are pivotally supported by pintles journaled into the top and bottom rails, D, so that they will swing freely. The free edges of these division-walls are sen cured by means of proper links a to a bar, E, so that a movement of said bar in one direction will cause the division-walls to close upon each other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and a movement in the opposite direction will compel them to open, thereby forming the stalls B, and any device may be employed, if necessary, for locking them in this position. To give a simultaneous movement to all these partition-walls, a lever, F, is pivotally connected to such bar and to the top rail D, with the longer end of such lever projecting in front ofthe device, as shown, so that the operator can openV or close the division-walls forming the stalls from outside the pasture. There are many ways by means of which these divisionwalls may be made to swing upon their pintles; hence I do not desire to confine myself to the improvement-s described for accomplishing this purpose'. A vertical wall, H, forms the front of the stalls and the inner wall of the hay-box I. The height of this wall may be varied to suit the height of the animals using the rack. For instance, for sheep it should be lower than for neat cattle 5 but under all circumstances it should below enough to allow the animals to reach the feed in the boxes on the opposite side of said wall. A wall, h, forms the front wall of the hay rack or box, extending across the whole length of the device designed to receive hay and straw, and this wall 7L should not extend quite to the floor of the rack, so that, the bottom t' of the haybox I being upon an inclined plane toward the opening between the floor and the bottom of the vertical wall h, the dust, seed, and other impurities in the hay will fall to the bottom and be discharged through the space b.

J is a long shallow grain-box divided into sections, one for each of the stalls, by means ofthe partitions c. This boX, when in use, rests upon and forms a cover for the hay-box I, and the entire series of small grain-boxes being made by division-walls c, as described, in one long shallow boX, the front edge of this box swings or partially rotates upon pin-ties a', pro jecting into the end walls of the rack, so that it may be raised to a vertical position by any suitable means, thereby disclosing the haybox, and in this case it will form also that portion of the front wall of the rack :above the ICO 2 clases front wall, h, of the hay-box. After the stock has been fed grain, the grain-box is swung up to disclose the hay-box, thereby discharging any small amount of feed that might have been left in the grain-boxes, which, if left there, may sour. A suitable roof, G, partially covers the device.

This rack may be made portable, so that it may be conveyed from one pasture to another; and it may be found very advantageous in cars or vessels for the transportation of live stock` as it entirely prevents the waste of feed and prevents the necessity of the care-taker coming in contact with the stock lwhile feeding them.

What I claim as my invention is l. A feed-rack with pivotally-supported division-walls A, forming stalls B, each of said division-walls being pivotally secured to they bar E, whereby said walls may be operated simultaneously, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. 'A feed-rack with pivotally-supported divvision-walls A, forming stalls B,y each of said division-walls being pivotally secured to a comlmon bar, E, in combination with the lever F, pivotally connected to said bar and to the top rail D, whereby said walls A may be operated simultaneously, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A feed-rack with pivotally-supported division-walls A, forming stalls B, each of said division-walls being pivotally secured to a common bar, E, and a lever, F, for moving such division-walls, in combination with a hay-box7 l, having an inclined bottom, and a grain-box, J, the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JESSE H. DYSINGER;

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SOULLY.

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