New or Improved Construction and Arrangement of Cattle Stalls and Fittings for Cattle Carrying Ships.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Construction and Arrangement of Cattle Stalls
and Fittings for Cattle Carrying Ships.
I JOHN ROOTH of 61 Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, Cattle Dealer
and Butcher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
The object of the present invention is to reduce mortality and casualties in
carrying live stock on board ship, and further to provide ready means of access to
Cattle stalls and
any particular animal for feeding, watering, and other purposes.
fittings constructed in accordance with my invention as hereinafter described can
also be readily taken to pieces and stowed away when not required for use, and put
together again with equal facility.
According to my invention I arrange the stalls in rows running fore and aft of
the ship with alley ways between. The various stalls in each row are separated
from one another by shifting boards, and the front of each stall may be provided
I reverse the usual
with shifting boards or doors as found most convenient.
disposition of the animals, and arrange them with their heads facing the alley ways.
In lieu of securing the beasts by head ropes, I provide, in the case of long voyages,
a collar for embracing the neck of the animal, which is attached by convenient
lengths of chain or rope to slide rods on the stanchions of the stalls, the said
lengths of chain being arranged to permit the animal to move freely and also to
lie down or stand up as it may desire, but at the same time restraining it sufficiently
to prevent it from injuring its neighbour. For shorter trips the animals heads may
be held in stocks or lunettes which may be made in graduated sizes and which
slide in suitable guide grooves on the said stanchions. To prevent injury to the
beasts from the motion of the vessel I provide pads or bolsters of rubber or other
suitable material arranged at convenient heights along the back of the stalls.
air pipe runs along the stalls so that the same may be ventilated by forced draught
if necessary. In lieu of arranging the battens for giving foothold fore and aft of
the ship only, I provide in addition cross battens, and make channel ways in the
fore and aft battens to allow complete drainage of the deck.
An
The various parts and fittings are all so arranged and constructed that they can
be readily taken apart and put together by unskilled labour, as by ordinary
seamen.
of April 1994
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
For the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Construction and Arrangement of Cattle Stalls
and Fittings for Cattle Carrying Ships.
I JOHN ROOTH of 61 Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, Cattle Dealer
and Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of the present invention is to reduce mortality and casualities in
carrying live stock on board ship, and further to provide ready means of access to

page_text: any particular animal for feeding, watering, and other purposes. Cattle stalls and
fittings constructed in accordance with my invention as hereinafter described can
also be readily taken to pieces and stowed away when not required for use, and put
together again with equal facility, my invention will consequently be found of
great value for ships employed in transport service, where cattle accomodation is
often required for one voyage only.
According to my invention I arrange the stalls side by side in rows running fore
and aft of the ship with alley ways between the rows. The various stalls in each
row are separated from one another by shifting boards, and the front of each stall
may be provided with shifting boards or removeably hinged doors as found most
convenient. I reverse the usual disposition of the animals, and arrange them with
their heads facing the aforesaid alley ways, and in lieu of securing them by head
ropes, I provide a collar for embracing the neck of the animal, which is attached
by convenient lengths of chain or rope to slide rods on the stanchions of the stalls,
the said lengths of chain being arranged to permit the animal to move freely and
also to lie down or stand up as it may desire, but at the same time restraining it
sufficiently to prevent it from injuring its neighbour. If desired the animals heads
may be held in stocks or lunettes in lieu of the above mentioned collars, said stocks
or lunettes sliding in suitable guide grooves on the said stanchions and being made
in graduated sizes. To prevent injury to the beasts from the motion of the vessel
I provide pads or holsters of rubber or other suitable material, such as stuffed
waterproofed canvass, arranged at convenient heights along the back of the stalls.
An air pipe runs along the top of the stalls so that the same may be ventilated by
forced draught if necessary. In lieu of arranging the battens for giving foothold
fore and aft of the ship only, I provide in addition cross battens, and make channel
ways in the fore and aft battens to allow of the complete drainage of the deck.
The various parts and fittings are all so arranged and constructed as hereinafter
described that they can be readily taken apart and put together by unskilled
labour, as by ordinary seamen.
In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to corresponding
parts in all the figures:
Figure 1 is a front elevation,
Figure 2 is a sectional plan on line 1-2 Figure 1, and,
Figure 3 is an end view, illustrating shipboard cattle stalls and fittings constructed
in accordance with my invention.
Figure 4 represents in plan and edge view one of the shoes in which the feet of
the stall stanchions are inserted.
Figure 5 is a plan of one of the slippers into which the upper ends of the stall
stanchions are slipped.
Figure 6 is a detached view of a convenient bolt for securing the stanchion
within the slipper.
a a represent the decks of a vessel, and indicates the side thereof. cc are
stanchions the feet of which are inserted in the shoes d (Figure 4) let into the
deck a whilst their upper ends are held in the slippers e (Figure 5) secured
beneath the deck a. ffare bolts passed through the sides of the slippers e for
retaining the stanchions c therein. By providing the bolts f with a jointed end f¹,
as shewn clearly in Figure 6, the accidental displacement of the same by the
motion of the vessel is prevented. 9 g are grooved pieces secured to the stanchions c
and g¹g are corresponding grooved pieces secured to the side of the vessel b.
hh are shifting boards which slide in these grooved pieces and which, when
in position, divide the deck, between the row of stanchions c and the vessels
side b, into stalls having each sufficient accomodation for two animals placed side
by side with their tails to the vessels side and their heads to the alley way A
between the rows of stalls. ii are shifting breast boards which slide in the grooved
pieces kk on the stanchions c. If desired removeably hinged doors may be
substituted for these breastboards. 11 represent pads or bolsters, here shewn in the
form of pneumatic tubes of rubber, disposed along the ship's side at convenient

page_text: heights so as to catch under the rumps of the animals and prevent them from
slipping down and from being injured or bruised when the vessel rolls. Any
convenient construction of pad or bolster / may be employed in substitution for
pneumatic tubes if desired, but I prefer to employ rubber pneumatic tubes as being
more cleanly. m, Figures 1 and 2, represents a collar intended to be passed round
the neck of the beast, and n n are short lengths of chain secured to each side of
the collar m and terminating in rings or snap hooks which slide freely on the slide
rods o o secured to the stanchions c. By the use of this collar the beast can move
about freely, stand up or lie down as it may desire, but will be sufficiently restrained
to prevent it from injuring its neighbour with its horns. The beast can also be fed
and watered without removing the collar. p indicates a ventilating pipe passing
along the underside of the deck a through which air may be pumped for ventilating
the stalls if desired. I give a better foothold to the animals by providing the
floor of the stalls with cross battens g in addition to the ordinary fore and aft
battens in which latter I make suitable channel ways s whereby the complete
drainage of the deck is secured. tt are intended to indicate electric lamps which
would preferably be placed in the alley ways A between the rows of stalls.
When the vessel is not required for cattle transport the stalls and fittings can
readily be taken apart by unskilled labour, as by the ordinary seamen for example,
and the various portions may be stowed away in convenient racks v secured beneath
the deck a, see Figure 3.
If desired in lieu of each stall being arranged to contain two animals as illustrated,
it might be made of smaller or larger dimensions for the reception of one, three, or
more animals, as will be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Cattle stalls for shipboard, arranged side by side in rows running fore and aft
with alley ways between the rows and constructed as described so as to be readily
erected and taken apart, combined with bolsters or pads at the back of the stalls,
and collars or stocks for embracing the necks of the animals substantially as and for
the purposes described and illustrated.
2. In shipboard cattle stalls, securing the animals by collars m passed around
their necks and connected by short lengths of chain or rope n n with slide rods o o
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
3. In shipboard cattle stalls, the use in combination of floor battens arranged
both fore and aft and thwart ship with passage ways for drainage in the fore and
aft battens, pads for the animals' rumps, and collars or stocks for their necks,
substantially as described and illustrated.
4. The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, constituting
improvements in cattle stalls and fittings for cattle carrying vessels, substantially as
described and illustrated.
Dated this 1st day of May LOST.
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
Fels. Chartered Inst. Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
For the Applicant.