Improvements in Feeding Troughs or Apparatus for Supplying Food to Animals in Confinement.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1889-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Feeding Troughs or Apparatus for Supplying
Food to Animals in Confinement.
I, JAMES YATE JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention which has been com-
municated to me from abroad by Charles Desormeaux of 22 rue do Paradis, Paris
in the Republic of France to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a moveable or oscillating trough for the reception of the
food supplied to animals shut up or confined in a house or den or other enclosed
space.
This improved trough or apparatus hereinafter more fully described presents
numerous advantages in practice. It enables the attendant to place any kind of food
in the feeding trough without entering the house or place in which the animal is
confined. The food not eaten by the animal can be removed in the same way. The
house or den of the animal is always maintained closed by the action of the trough
irrespective of the position which the latter may occupy on its trunnions or axis of
oscillation and the person in charge of the animal is never required to enter the
house for the purpose of feeding it the trough being worked entirely from the
outside.
These results are obtained according to this Invention by means of a trough
constructed with two flat sides or checks connected at their lower edge which is pre-
ferably curved by a bottom so as to form a receptacle roughly approximating the
form of a segment of a hollow cylinder in which the food is placed and preferably
presenting a lip or spout on the outer side. A trunnion on each of the two flat sides
or cheeks works in bearings in the side of an aperture in the wall of the house or
studs fixed to the sides of the aperture work in bearings in each of the said cheeks.
The upper side of the aperture or opening is bevelled on both sides so as to fit
against the upper edges of the trough when the latter is tilted as hereinafter
described.
To fill the trough it is tilted or rocked upon its trunnions or horizontal axis in such
a manner as to present its upper open side at the exterior of the wall of the house.
The trough may be supported in this position by a chain and hook or other suitable
mechanical arrangement. When filled the trough is rocked upon its trunnions so as
to present the open side of the trough on the inner side of the wall of the house in a
convenient position for the animal to eat the food which it contains the trough being
secured in this position by the chain.
In order to clean or wash out the trough and remove the remnants of food the
trough is tilted outwards to the utmost extent and when in this position it can be
easily cleaned and rinsed with water if required.
Dated this 8th day of April 1889.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements; in Feeding Troughs or. Apparatus, for. Supplying
Food to Animals in Confinement.
I JAMES YATE JOHNSON of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which has been com-
municated to me from abroad by Charles Desormeaux of 22 rue de Paradis, Paris,
in the Republic of France) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention relating to feeding troughs or apparatus for supplying food to
animals in confinement facilitates the operation of supplying food to animals which
require to be shut up or confined in a house or den or other enclosed space.
This improved trough or apparatus presents numerous advantages in practice. It
enables the attendant to place any kind of food in the feeding trough without entering
the house or place in which the animal is confined. The food not eaten by the animal
can be removed under the same conditions. The house or den of the animal is always
maintained closed by the action of the trough irrespective of the position which the
latter may occupy on its trunnions or axis of oscillation and the person in charge of
the animal is never required to enter the house for the purpose of feeding it the
trough being worked entirely from the outside.
With this object a feeding apparatus according to this invention is constructed with
a trough or food receptacle of suitable shape capable of being rocked or oscillated on
an axis or trunnions in an aperture in the wall of the house, den, stye, or other
enclosed space in which the animal is confined. This food receptacle is so arranged
that the aperture is maintained closed in both positions of the trough as hereinafter
explained.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the several
figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings represents partly in section the wall of a
house or den provided with a feeding trough or apparatus constructed, according to
this invention.
Fig. 2. is an external perspective view of the house or den showing the aperture in
the wall with the trough turned inwards and secured in the closed position.
Fig. 3 are similar illustrations showing the trough open to the exterior. and closed
to the interior.
The said trough or food receptacle is constructed with two flat sides or cheeks 1
connected at their lower edge by a curved bottom 2 so as to form a receptacle in
which the food is placed as indicated in figures 1 and 3. A pin or trunnion 3 on
each of the two flat sides or cheeks works in bearings in the side of the aperture in
the wall of the house or the pins or trunnions may be fixed to the sides of the
aperture and work in bearings in each of the said cheeks. The upper side of the
aperture or opening is inclined or bevelled on both sides as indicated in the drawing
so as to fit against the upper edges of the trough in either position of the latter.
To charge or fill the feeding trough it is tilted or rocked upon its trunnions and
placed in the position indicated in figure 1 so as to admit of the introduction of the
food from the exterior of the house or den. The trough may be supported in this
position by a chain 4 attached to the wall at one end as indicated in figure 2 and
connected at the other end to the trough by a hook 5.
When filled the trough is rocked upon its trunnions and placed in the position
indicated in figure 2 so as to present the open side of the trough on the inner side of
the wall of the house in a convenient position for the animal to eat the food which it
contains the trough being secured in this position by the chain 4 as represented in the
drawing (figure 2).

page_text: In order to clean or wash out the trough or remove the remnants of food the
trough is tilted outwards as represented in figures 3 and 4 and when in this position
it can be easily cleaned and rinsed with water if required after which it may be
returned to its original position and secured by means of the chain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
A feeding trough or apparatus for supplying food to animals in confinement con-
structed and operating substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.