IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTABLE PARTITIONS TO FORM STALLS FOR CATTLE
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Stuart Hunter, of the City of Belleville, in the
County of Hastings, in the Dominion of Canada, for an Invention of
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Stuart Hunter at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th June 1881.
WILLIAM STUART HUNTER, of the City of Belleville, in the County of Hastings,
in the Dominion of Canada. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTABLE PARTITIONS TO
FORM STALLS FOR CATTLE."
This Invention relates to folding partitions to form stalls for cattle on board
ship, in railway trucks, or in stables, or the like; and according to the said Invention
I provide a combination of bars and folding partitions in such a manner that a
ship, railway, vehicle, or stable may be divided off into any number of stalls or
compartments transversely, one or more animals being allotted to each stall; the
object being to provide a yielding partition affording the animal more room when
lying down than actually required when standing, and in such a manner that when
the animal rises to its feet again it must confine itself to the space allotted to it.
In the accompanying Drawing
Figure 1 is a transverse section shewing one of the partitions which form the
stalls.
Figure 2 is a partial plan shewing the form of the stalls.
A represents the pen on board of a ship; B represents stalls formed by bars C,
running transversely in pens or compartments on ship board, cattle vehicles, or
stables, and suspended at each end by short chains D passing through ring bolts E.
These ring bolts can be placed at any convenient height that may be required, and
are fastened along the sides of the pen on ship board, stock vehicles, or stables at
suitable and convenient distances apart, in order that the stalls may be made of
variable width as may be required. The short chains attached to each end of the
bar C are the means for giving a certain amount of oscillation to the stalls and

page_text: prevent the bruising which the animals would receive from a rigid fixture; they
also afford a simple and ready means of fixing the partitions. F, F, represent rings
through which the bar is passed; to these rings are attached the panels J forming
the folding partition, and which are suspended by means of short chains G.
The rings F slide on the bar, allowing the partition to fold and unfold. These
partitions are made of wood, iron, canvas, rope netting, or other suitable material.
The partition when unfolded and stretched along the bar is secured to the sides of
the pen or compartment on ship-board, stock vehicles, or stables by means of short
chains I, which are easily and quickly looped on hooks provided for the purpose;
H is a trough for feeding and watering the cattle, and is placed on the floor of the
pen on ship board or in railway vehicles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Stuart Hunter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st December 1881.
WILLIAM STUART HUNTER, of the City of Belleville, in the County of Hastings,
in the Dominion of Canada. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTABLE PARTITIONS TO
FORM STALLS FOR CATTLE."
My Invention consists in the combination of bars and folding partitions in such
a manner that ships, railway wagons, or stables may be divided off into any
number of stalls or compartments transversely, one or more animals being allotted
to each stall, the object being to provide a yielding partition affording the animal
more room when lying down than actually required when standing. When the
animal rises to its feet again it must confine itself to the space allotted to it, at
the same time providing a partition which will secure the greatest facilities for
loading and unloading; also its ready means of folding up into a small compass
when the wagon should be required for other description of freight, as well as
when it is necessary for the purposes of loading and unloading the cattle, and also
its simplicity and adaptability, at a comparatively trifling cost, to be furnished to
any description of cattle wagon or truck now in general use.
The figure in the Drawing is a perspective view of two partitions as adapted
for a stall for horses; for cattle the longer panels at the head of the animal need
not necessarily be any higher than the others.
A represents a portion of a cattle wagon or stable, or a pen on board of a ship;
B are stalls formed by bars C running transversely in pen or compartment on
ship board, cattle trucks, or stables, and suspended at each end by short chains D
passing through ring-bolts E. These ring-bolts can be placed at any convenient
height that may be required, and are fastened along the sides of the cattle truck,
stable, or pen on ship board at suitable and convenient distances apart, in order
that the stalls may be made of variable widths, as may be required. The short
chains D, attached to each end of bar C, are the means of giving a certain amount
of oscillation to the stalls, and prevent jamming and bruising which the animals
would otherwise receive from a rigid fixture. They also afford a simple and ready
means of fixing the partitions. F, F, are rings through which the bar is passed; to these
rings are attached the panels I (forming the folding partition), which are suspended
therefrom by means of short chains G. The rings F slide on the bar C, allowing
the partition to fold and unfold. These partitions can be made of wood, iron,
canvas, rope-netting, or any other suitable material. The partitions when
unfolded and stretched along the bar are secured to the sides of the pen or
compartment on shipboard, cattle trucks, or stables by means of short chains H,
which are easily and quickly looped on hooks provided for the purpose.
The mode
of operating is as follows:-
For example, in loading a cattle truck, the bars having been placed in position
with partitions hung therefrom, and the partition folded up against the side to
which the animals heads will be directed, and the bars being of a sufficient height to
allow the cattle to pass under them, all that is necessary is, that as the animals pass
into the wagon they are driven alternately towards each end and secured in their
respective places successively by simply drawing out or unfolding the partition and
securing it with its chains to the sides of the wagon. The manner of unloading is

page_text: the reverse of this, viz., loosening the chains from the sides of the wagon and
folding up the partition; then the animal is at liberty to pass out.
I claim as my Invention,-
The combination of the bars C, chains D and G, rings F, and chains H, and
panels I, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Stuart Hunter, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of December, A.D. 1881.
WILLIAM STUART HUNTER. (L.S.)