A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED PORTABLE SHEPHERD'S to be as follows:- HUT AND SHEEPCOTE
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM ALLEN of Cherrington Manor Newport in the County of Salop
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMBINED PORTABLE SHEPHERD'S
to be as
follows:-
HUT AND SHEEPCOTE
"
My invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner herein after
described the parts of a combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote whereby
the same may readily be in part taken to pieces and in part folded and its removal
from place to place thereby rendered easy.
The shepherd's hut which constitutes the base or foundation of the whole
structure is supported on small wheels or rollers the connection of the hut with the
axles of the rollers being such that by the action of a screw the hut and sheep-cote
can be raised or lowered as removal or other purpose may render desirable. The
hut has a door and window at each end and shafts at one end. On each side
of the hut is an inclined roof which roofs with the additions hereinafter described
constitute a sheepcote on each side of the hut. These roofs are supported by
jointed folding rods. When the said rods are in their open or unfolded position
they support the roof at the required angle and when the said rods are doubled
or folded they allow the roof to fall. The roof and sides which are in three parts
capable of folding the one on the other can be folded flat against the side of the
hut. The ends of the sheepcote are made of pieces which for the most part
are connected by hinges similar to gate hinges so that the said parts can be
connected and disconnected vertical motion. The ends of the sheepcote contain
doors and windows forming part of their structure. Folding cratches for
containing hay are formed in the sides of the hut and open into the sheepcote.
Loose troughs are also placed in the sheepcote for containing turnips or other food
for the sheep.
When the combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote is in its collapsed
state fit for conveyance from one place to another the roofs and sides of the
sheepcote are folded against the sides of the hut in the way hereinbefore described
and the cratches are raised into a vertical position. The separate pieces forming
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page_text: the ends of the sheepcote are put into the hut together with the troughs the body
of the hut is raised by the screwing action described and the whole may be drawn
by a horse.
In preparing the combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote for use the hut
is lowered the roofs and sides are unfolded raised and supported by the folding rods
described and the ends of the sheepcote connected to the hut and each other by the
junction described. The cratches being lowered and the troughs introduced into
the sheepcote the whole is ready for use.

page_text: I WILLIAM ALLEN of Cherrington Manor, Newport, in the County of Salop
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for " A NEW OR IMPROVED
COMBINED PORTABLE SHEPHERD'S HUT AND SHEEPCOTE" and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner hereinafter
described the parts of a combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote, whereby
the same may readily be in part taken to pieces and in part folded and its removal
from place to place thereby rendered easy.
The shepherd's hut which constitutes the base or foundation of the whole
structure is supported on small wheels or rollers. The hut has a door and window
at each end and shafts at one end. On each side of the hut is an inclined roof
which roofs with the additions hereinafter described constitute a sheepcote on each
side of the hut. These roofs are supported by jointed folding or rigid rods. These
rods support the roof at the required angle or allow the roof to fall. The roof and
sides which are in three parts capable of folding the one on the other, can be folded
flat against the side of the hut. The ends of the sheepcote are made of pieces
which for the most part are connected by hinges similar to gate hinges so that the
said parts can be connected and disconnected by a vertical motion.
The ends of the sheepcote contain doors and windows forming part of their
structure. Folding cratches for containing hay are formed in the sides of the hut
and open into the sheepcote. Loose troughs are also placed in the sheepcote for
containing turnips or other food for the sheep.
When the combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote is in its collapsed state
fit for conveyance from one place to another the roofs and sides of the sheepcote
are folded against the sides of the hut in the way hereinbefore described and the
cratches are raised into a vertical position. The separate pieces forming the ends
of the sheepcote are put into the hut together with the troughs and the whole may
be drawn by a horse.
In preparing the combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote for use the roofs
and sides are unfolded raised and supported by the rods described and the ends of
the sheepcote connected to the hut and each other by the junctions described. The
cratches being lowered and the troughs introduced into the sheepcote the whole is
ready for use.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents in end elevation; Figure 2
in plan partly in horizontal section and Figure 3 in side elevation, a combined.
portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote constructed according to my invention, the
parts being arranged for use; Figure 4 represents in end elevation the sheepcote in
its collapsed condition, the combined hut and sheepcote being ready for conveyance
from one place to another.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawings.
a is the hut supported on the four wheels b, b, b, b. At one end of the hut is a
door c and a window d is made at one end, or at each end of the hut. At one end
of the hut a are steps e for gaining access to the raised hut and at the opposite end
are shafts f for drawing the hut by a horse.
The sheepcote g, g is situated on each side of the hut a as best seen in Figures 1
and 2. Each part g of the sheepcote consists of an inclined roof h, i, a side picce k
and end pieces 1, 1, m. The roof h, i and side k consist of three pieces jointed to
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page_text: the side of the hut a and to each other in the manner represented in Figure 4, the
said parts h, i, k being so jointed together that they can fold flat upon one another
against the side of the hut.
The construction of the joints will be readily seen by an examination of Figure 4.
The side piece k of each part of the sheepcote, carries small wheels p, p which rest
upon the ground for supporting the said side piece; q, q are rigid rods for supporting
the roofs at the required angle, the said rods being jointed at q² to the roof and
their free ends being hooked into eyes or staples q³3 on the hut a (see Figure 1).
When the said rods q, q are unhooked from the eyes or staples q³ on the hut, the
roofs and their sides may be folded into their collapsed state as seen in Figure 4. The
end pieces of the sheepcote (best seen in Figure 1) are connected to the hut a by
hinges at n, n similar to gate hinges and the end piece m is connected by like
hinges at r, to the upper end piece l. By means of these hinges n, n and, r-the
said pieces 1, and m can be readily connected to the hut and to one another and
disconnected when required.
The ends of the sheepcote contain the doors ss and windows t, t the said doors
and windows forming part of the structure as represented in Figure 1; u, u (see
Figure 1) are cratches for containing hay arranged on the sides of the hut a and
opening into the sheepcote. The cratches u, u are capable of being folded flat
against the sides of the hut.
When the combined shepherd's hut and sheepcote is in use the parts are
arranged in the manner represented in Figures 1, 2 and 3 but when it is
required to be conveyed from one place to another the sheepcote is collapsed in
the following way.
'
The,cratches u, u are first folded and the separate pieces 1, land m forming the
ends of the sheepcote, are detached from the hut a and from one another and the
supporting rods q, q are unhooked from the eyes or staples q³, 93. The roofs h, i
and sides of the sheepcote are next folded against the sides of the hut a in the
manner represented in Figure 4. The separate end pieces 1,7 and m and the troughs
being put into the hut a the whole of the apparatus may be drawn by a horse to
the place where it is temporarily to be used.
In order to arrange the combined portable hut and sheepcote for use the
roofs h, i; h, i and sides k, k are unfolded and raised and supported by the
rods q, q and the end pieces l, and m of the sheepcote are connected to the hut a
and to each other by the hinge joints at nr. The cratches u u being lowered and
the troughs introduced into the sheepcote the whole is ready for use as represented
in Figures 1 2 and 3.
Folding stay rods or supporting rods for the roofs may be used in place of the
rigid rods represented in. the Drawings. 5
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is A combined portable shepherd's hut and sheepcote the parts of which
are constructed arranged and used substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this Twenty ninth day of October 1884.