Improvements in Fodder Troughs for Cattle.
Year: 1897

page_text: * Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1897
Improvements in Fodder Troughs for Cattle.
1, JOHANN CORD ORTMANN, of Kreis Syke, Riede in the Province of Hanover,.
Prussia, Farmer, 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 :-
This invention relates to fodder troughs which are accessible to the cattle from
all sides.
In the accompanying drawings is shown a fodder trough constructed in-
accordance with my invention, Figure 1 being a plan, and Figure
a vertical
sectional elevation.
The trough may be made of any suitable material, such as cement for example,.
and preferably of a circular form as shown in the drawing; but it may be made
square, polygonal, elliptic or of other suitable shape. It is formed with a hollow
recess a of semi-circular section which follows the general shape of the trough and
serves to contain the fodder. The middle part, which is surrounded by the recess a,.
and which middle part also follows the general external shape of the trough,.
carries a conical or pyramidal cap-piece 6 the base of which projects somewhat
over the inner edge of the recess a. This cap-piece b is fixed by a dowel to the-
lower part of the trough. At the bottom of this conical or pyramidal cap--
piece 6 is placed a cylindrical or funnel-like vessel d, the bottom of which is.
provided with openings c through which the fodder can pass. This vessel d prevents.
the fodder, when delivered on to the cone, from being deflected so as to fall out.
over the edge of the trough or on to the heads of the cattle, and distributes it
uniformly into the recess a of the trough. This vessel d may be made of any
suitable material.
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 :-
First. A fodder trough consisting of an under part having a recess a to contain.
the fodder, and an upper part consisting of a conical or pyramidal cap-piece 6 for
distributing the fodder uniformly into the said recess a, substantially as described.
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Second. In a fodder trough of the kind herein described, the use of a conical:
or pyramidal cap-piece b the base of which projects somewhat beyond the inner
edge of the recess a, for the purpose of directing the fodder, when delivered on.
to the said cap-piece, into the middle of the said recess, substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings:
Third. In a fodder trough of the kind herein described the use, in combination.
with the conical or pyramidal cap-piece b, of a cylindrical or funnel-like vessel d
for the purpose of guiding the fodder, delivered on to the said cap-piece, into the.
middle of the recess a, and preventing the same from falling out over the edge.
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page_text: of the trough or on to the heads of the cattle substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
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J. C. ORTMANN,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.