Improvements in Apparatus for the Alimentation or Rearing of Cattle.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan.,
1897.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Alimentation or Rearing of
Cattle.
I, LEON Ducos, of Langdon, Gironde, in the Republic of France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention for improvements in apparatus for the alimentation or rearing of
cattle has for its object to provide means for regulating the flow of liquid from the
apparatus and also for stirring or agitating the liquid to prevent the formation
of a deposit in the container or vessel as in cases where flour or meal is mixed with
the liquid.
According to this invention a container for receiving the alimentary liquid is
pivoted on two small trunnions and supported by a bracket fixed against the wall
or a post in such manner that its distance from the ground may be increased or
diminished according to the size of the animal to be fed. The suspension of the
receiver may be such as to allow of its oscillation in all directions. The liquid is
sucked from the vessel by the animal through holes in an india rubber dug or teat
fixed to a small tube fitted at the lower part of the container. A flow regulator
is fitted on the top of the container and comprises a threaded ring formed in two
pieces so as to be readily adjusted on the container which is thickened at the top
where the ring fits; a head for screwing on to the ring; a rubber ring interposed
between the head and the top of the container; a screw threaded hollow plug for
screwing into the head provided with a cylindrical prolongation; a valve whose
rod passing through the prolongation is screw threaded at its upper end to receive
a nut, and a spiral spring for holding the valve rod normally in a raised position.
The valve rests under the action of the spring on its seat formed in the hollow plug
and opens when required to re-establish the pressure in the vessel when some of
the liquid is sucked out. To hasten the flow of liquid the valve is held open by
the fingers.
Suspended from a ring or hook fixed to the lower part of the valve, is a rod of
an agitator pendulum of suitable form to which movement is imparted by the
motions of the container caused by the animal during feeding.
The container is filled by turning it on its axis into a horizontal position and
pouring in the liquid through the small tube on which the dug or teat is fixed.
Dated this 29th. day of April 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane London W.C. Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for the Alimentation or Rearing of
Cattle.
I, LEON Ducos, of Langdon, Gironde, in the Republic of France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment:-
This invention for improvements in apparatus for the alimentation or rearing of
cattle has for its object to provide means for regulating the flow of liquid from the
apparatus and also for stirring or agitating the liquid to prevent the formation
of a deposit in the container or vessel as in cases where flour or meal is mixed with
the liquid.
According to this invention a container for receiving the alimentary liquid is
pivoted on two small trunnions and supported by a bracket fixed against the wall
or post in such manner that its distance from the ground may be increased. or
diminished according to the size of the animal to be fed. The suspension of the
receiver may be such as to allow of its oscillation in all directions. The liquid is
sucked from the vessel by the animal through holes in an india rubber dug or teat
fixed to a small tube fitted at the lower part of the container. A flow regulator
is fitted on the top of the container and comprises a threaded ring formed in two
pieces so as to be readily adjusted on the container which is thickened at the top
where the ring fits; a head for screwing on to the rings; a rubber ring interposed
between the head and the top of the container; a screw threaded hollow plug for
screwing into the head provided with a cylindrical prolongation; a valve whose
rod passing through the prolongation is screw threaded at its upper end to receive
a nut, and a spiral spring for holding the valve rod normally in a raised position.
The valve rests under the action of the spring on its seat formed in the hollow plug
and opens when required to re-establish the pressure in the vessel when some of
the liquid is sucked out. To hasten the flow of liquid the valve is held open by
the fingers.
Suspended from a ring or hook fixed to the lower part of the valve, is a rod of
an agitator pendulum of suitable form to which movement is imparted by the
motions of the container caused by the animal during feeding.
The container is filled by turning it on its axis into a horizontal position and
pouring in the liquid through the small tube on which the dug or teat is fixed.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of
a container constructed according to this invention showing the same in use.
Fig. 2 i a front elevation.
Figs. 3 and 4 are elevation and vertical section respectively of the top of the
container to an enlarged scale.
The container A pivots on two small trunnions diametrically opposed and sup-
ported by a bracket fixed against the wall or a post in such manner that it can
be raised or lowered to increase or diminish its height above the ground, according
to the size of the animal, or oscillated in all directions.
It is provided at its lower part with a dug or teat T fixed on a small tube.
The flow regulator R is fitted at the top of the container A and is composed of
a threaded ring C formed in two parts to facilitate its adjustment on the thickened
top of the container A. A head D is screwed on the ring C with interposition of an
indiarubber ring E between the head and the top of the container. In the head D
is screwed a threaded cork F provided with a cylindrical prolongation F in which
passes the rod of a valve G having an indiarubber ring H. The rod of the valve is

page_text: threaded at its upper extremity and receives a screw I. A small spiral spring K
bears at one end against the lower part of the screw I, and at the other on the
cork F of which it surrounds the cylindrical prolongation F¹. The valve rests
under the influence of the spring, on its seat formed in the cork F, and the pressure
of the valve on its seat is regulated by screwing or unscrewing the screw I so as
to compress or loosen the spiral spring. When the liquid is sucked from the con-
tainer through the dug or teat T, the valve moves from its seat to admit a sufficient
quantity of air to the vessel to re-establish the pressure therein, the valve then
replaces itself on its seat under the action of the spring K the liquid again flows,
and so on.
It is possible, if required, to hasten the flow of liquid by lowering the
valve with the finger. The flow takes place only when the animal sucks, and this
flowing is then produced in a steady manner.
To a ring or hook disposed at the lower part of the valve, is suspended the rod
of an agitator pendulum L of an appropriate form. When using a flour diluted in
a liquid for the alimentation of cattle, it is necessary that the flour should remain
constantly diluted without forming a deposit in the bottom of the container. This
result is obtained by the agitator pendulum moving constantly when the animal
sucks, under the influence of the oscillations given to the apparatus.
To fill, the container is turned on its axes into a horizontal position in which it
is maintained by the wire fork M that is passed over the neck of the container.
The dug T is then removed and the liquid is poured in at the small tube on which
this dug is fixed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. An apparatus for the alimentation of cattle, composed of a container provided
with a dug, and characterised by a flow regulator fixed at the top of the container
and constructed and working in the manner described, and an agitator pendulum
suspended in the interior of the container, that, under the influence of the oscil-
lations of the container, moves the liquid nutriment and prevents the formation
of a deposit in the bottom thereof substantially as described.
2. The improvements in apparatus for the alimentation or rearing of cattle sub-
stantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 26th. day of November 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane London W.C. Agents.