US484442A - magoon - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

M. I. MAGOON.

HORSE FEEDING DEVICE.

Patented Oct. 18, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIUS I. MAGOON, OF MALONE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EGBERT R.

MAGOON, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-FEEDING DEVICE.

SPEOIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,442, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed September 11, 1889- Serial No. 823,684. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be'it known that I, MARIUS I. MAGOON, a resident of Malone, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Feeding Live Stock; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for feeding live stock, the object being to provide a device, primarily, which will prevent the animal from eating too rapidly, thus not only failing to thoroughly masticate its food and failing to get therefrom the full nourishment, but also preventing it from wasting it by reason of dropping it out of its manger, as is very frequently the case, especially when animals become old and their teeth are bad.

Other objects are to facilitate the feeding and care of live stock and to avoid the necessity of going into their stall to fed them.

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in front elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation.

A represents a hopper, in which the grain for feeding is placed. This is considerably elevated, conveniently as high as the floor above, or the loft or other place where the granaries are located. A spout B extends down from the lower end of the hopper to or nearly to the manger or feed-box 1, and the whole is preferably connected with a back board or similar device 0, adapted for attachment to the wall or side of a barnor other convenient place. The spout is'pivoted at P between the back board 0 and the'strap I, so that it may vibrate laterally from this point as the horse or other animal eating pushes it in either direction. The upper end of the spout B is enlarged and finished on top with a cup D, which receives the grain from the hopperand drops its contents into the spout. This filling and emptying of the cup is regulated in the following way: A plate G, projecting laterally from the lower edge of block F, projects loosely into an opening formed for it at the point where the cup and spout meet, and this plate G is adapted to form a temporary bottom for the cup or a bottom for it when the spout is in a vertical position or when its upper end strikes the end of block F, which constitutes a stop for the spout. The spout is withdrawn from this plate G when swung in the opposite direction, and the contents of the cup then drop out of it. Another plate E is secured to the upper edge of the cup, and this is adapted to close the hopper when the spout is swung into an oblique position and the bottom of the cup is opened. When swung back to the vertical position, this plate passes into an opening formed to receive it over the block F, thus opening the hopper, so the two plates E and G are arranged to alternately open the hopper and the cup, one being always open and the other always closed, the result being that the grain is dropped into the manger or feed-box in cupfuls upon the horse or other animal poking the spout sidewise. An adjustable stop L is located on the back board at one side of the spout. This stop is set to regulate the throw of the spout, and therefore the amount of grain. The spout is pushed by the animal in one direction and is calculated to drop back by gravity into its normal position.

A device K for stirring the grain in the hopper and keeping the lower end of the latter open is located inside the hopper, it being held down normally by a spring is. The lower end of this stirrer is beveled, so that the top of the cup strikes it in swinging past and forces it up, the spring returning it again to the position shown. Teeth or pins 2 2 on the stirrer operate to loosen the grain.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangementof the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

one end and having one end exposed, so that it may be struck and vibrated,a cup on the spout, and an adjustable stop for regulating the throw of the spout, and means for simultaneously opening the hopper and closing the cup, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a hopper,a vibratory spout, and a cup thereon, of a plate on the cup for closing the hopper when the spout is swung in one dirction, a stationary plate for closing'the cup at the bottom when swung in the opposite direction, and stops for regulating the swing of the spout, substantially as set forth.

MARIUS I. MAGOON. Witnesses:

A. A. MAGOON,

M. A. BIGELOW.

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