CUBICLE SEPARATION

Abstract: By laterally connecting the shoulder beam (16) of a cubicle separation (1) to the separation that is bent in mushroom-shape and by bending it towards the head beam (3) that serves as the fulcrum (4, 19) for the complete structure of separation and shoulder beam, and extremely simply constructed tiltable cubicle separation (1) is obtained.

Description: The invention relates to a cubicle separation, substantially comprising a separation element of tube material which is bent a form which includes the silhouette of a vehically cut semi-mushroom in side view, an upwardly movable shoulder beam laterally connected to the separation element by a connection element and a head beam that serves as the fulcrum for the complete structure of the separation element and shoulder beam. Such a cubicle separation is known from EP-A-0090470. The measures to make the shoulder beam upwardly movable consist in this known cubicle separation in slidable connections between the shoulder beam and the separation elements disposed on either end thereof. These connections have to compensate the extension of the shoulder beam if this would not remain parallel to itself when moving it upwardly. This arrangement entails extra costs, both with respect to manufacture and with respect to maintenance. The invention aims to improve the above-described situation. According to the invention this has been attained, in that the shoulder beam is bent, both in top view and in side view, towards the head beam and fastened thereon. In a preferred embodiment the connection comprises a three-dimensional clamp to which also a tube portion, extending substantially vertical in its rest position, of the separation is connected. The invention will be further elucidated hereafter on the basis of the drawing, showing as an example an embodiment of a cubicle separation according to the invention. In the drawing: figure 1 shows a side view of the invented device and figure 2 shows a top view of figure 1. The cubicle separation shown in the drawing comprises a separation element 1 of tube material that is bent in mushroom-shape, constructed of a long tube 2 that at its one outer end is connected to a sleeve 4 that is rotatable about a head beam 3. The long tube 2 in its position shown in the drawing extends upwardly with an arcuate tube portion 5 and from there rectilinearly downwards in a top portion 6, sloping towards a semi-circularly and downwardly bent end portion 7 that merges into a horizontal bottom portion 8. However, it is also possible that the top portion 6 sloping downwardly in the (drawn) rest position extends substantially horizontally. About halfway its length the long tube 2 of the separation element 1 has a portion 9 bent in reversed U-shape. At the lowest point of the portion 9 bent in U-shape a rubber or plastic sleeve 10 is disposed, with which the separation element 1 rests on the floor 11. This sleeve serves in the first place as a buffer stop, but it may also serve to protect the tube from corrosion due to the animals' excrements. In the free end of the portion 9 bent in U-shape a short tube 12 of smaller diameter is welded tightly, which tube connects the end of the long tube 2 to its arcuate tube portion 5. At the usual distance from the head beam 3, which is supported on the floor 11 by means of poles 13, connection elements (clamps) 14 have been mounted on the top portions 6 of the separations, to which clamps a shoulder beam 16 is connected by means of a bolt 15. In the preferred embodiment the short tube 12 extends substantially vertical in the rest position of the separation and the clamp 14 is a three-dimensional clamp. However, the short tube may also be deflected, as drawn by the dotted line, to a portion of the tubular tube section 5 that is closer to the head beam 3, and welded thereto. The shoulder beam 16 may then be connected by means of a T-clamp 14 to the top portion 6, but this embodiment appears to be less stable. The shoulder beam 16 comprises a piece of tube material that is bent in such a manner that a horizontal portion 17 is created that merges into a rearwardly and downwardly bent portion 18 that at its end is connected to a sleeve 19 that is pivotable about the head beam and that is in the vicinity of the sleeve 4 of a next separation. The shoulder beam is at such a distance from the floor 11 that the cattle cannot crawl through under it; for cows this is ± 80 cm. The shoulder beam 16 is then ± 110 cm above the floor. If a cow should walk against it with its neck, it would lie down. If the animal wants to get up, it can move one of the separation elements 1 of its cubicle seperation upwards by means of the shoulder beam 16.

Claims: 1. Cubicle separation, substantially comprising a separation element (1) of tube material which is bent in a form which includes the silhouette of a vehically cut semi-mushroom in side view, an upwardly movable shoulder beam (16) laterally connected to the separation element (1) by a connection element (14) and a head beam (3), that serves as the fulcrum (4, 19) for the complete structure of separation element (1) and shoulder beam (16) characterized in that the shoulder beam (16) is bent, both in top and in side view, towards the head beam (3) and fastened thereon. 2. Separation according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection element (14) comprises a three-dimensional clamp to which also a tube portion (12), extending substantially vertical in its rest position, of the separation element (1) is connected.

Inventors: SPINDER, PIETER
Applicants: SPINDER STALINRICHTING B.V.
Application year: 1988
Main classification: A01K1
IPC codes: A01K1