Improvements in or applicable to mangers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1898
Improvements in or applicable to mangers.
I, AMÉLIE EUGénie LavoipierRE DE CHAUMONT, of 53, Rue de Provence,
Paris, in the Republio of France, Landowner, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a hygienic and economical manger.
It is hygienic for the horse because the grain is constantly kept at a given low
level which compels the horse to eat slowly and masticate the oats, maize or the
like thereby assisting digestion and keeping the animal in good condition. It is
economical because the horse cannot waste the grain and also because, in
consequence of the better mastication which it induces, a smaller quantity of grain
is required.
These advantages are obtained by the combination with the manger proper of a
regulating chamber into which the grain is introduced and which only allows it to
enter the manger through an aperture of small height.
The apparatus made of steel and which is therefore very strong has two
compartments one of which is wide-mouthed and constitutes the manger proper
while the other is much higher and constitutes the feed hopper. This hopper the
bottom of which is incliued communicates with the manger through the bottom
of the partition which forms the front of the hopper. This partition has its lower
part cut with indents and is provided on its edges with guides in which are
situated the outwardly turned edges of the sides of the hopper so that the said
partition can slide thereon and thus regulate the height of the inlet aperture at
the base of the partition. The said partition is kept at the height to which it is
adjusted by studs adapted to engage in holes at various heights; these studs
are carried by flat springs which can be deflected by depressing a jointed rod
when the partition can be moved.
The upper part of the partition is bent so as to form a funnel for facilitating
the introduction of the grain; the said bent part contracts the inlet of the hopper
and presents a hold for the hand to facilitate the sliding of the partition. The
manger can be hung up against a wall or be otherwise fixed.
The quantity of grain which it is desired to give to the animal is poured into
the hopper; it descends along the inclined bottom into the manger up to the
level of the top of the indents of the partition, and the flow then stops; as the
horse is eating and the height of the grain is consequently diminishing in
the manger, a fresh quantity descends and so on.
It will be obvious that my improvements can be applied to existing mangers by
arranging the base of my regulating chamber, having an aperture of small height,
above or at the side of the manger.
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To facilitate the introduction of the oats into the regulating chamber its.upper
part can be widened into the form of a funnel or a filling funnel can be attached
thereto.
Dated this 12th day of November 1895.

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I, AMÉLIE EUGÉnie LavoipierrE DE CHAUMONT, of 53, Rue de Provence,
Paris, in the Republic of France, Landowner, 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 :-
My invention relates to a hygienic aud economical manger.
It is hygienic for the horse because the grain is constantly kept at a given
low level which compels the horse to eat slowly and masticate the oats, maize or
the like thereby assisting digestiou and keeping the animal in good condition. It
is economical because the horse cannot waste the grain and also because, in
consequence of the better mastication which it induces, a smaller quantity of grain
is required.
These advantages are obtained by tlie combination with the manger proper of a
regulating chamber into which the grain is introduced and which only allows it to
enter the manger through an aperture of small height.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawings, in which :—
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a manger constructed according to my invention:
Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Figure 3:
Figure 3 is a plan partly in section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1
Figure 4 is an elevation partly in section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1:
Figures 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are views of modified forms of my
manger; and,
Figures 8 and 9 are perspective views of regulating chambers made according
to my invention.
The manger which is made of steel and is therefore very strong has two
compartments of which A is wide-mouthed and constitutes the manger proper
while the other Bis much higher and constitutes the feed hopper. This hopper B
'the bottom a of which is iuclined communicates with the manger A through the
bottom of the partition C which forms the front of the hopper. This partition C
has its lower part notched or provided with teeth and its edges care turned
back so as to form guides in which the outwardly turned edges d, d of the sides of
the hopper engage so that the said partition C can slide thereon and thus regulate
the height of the inlet aperture at the base of the partition. The said partition is
'kept at the height to which it is adjusted by pins or studs e, e adapted to engage
in holes f, fat various heights; these pins e, e are carried by flat springs g, 9
which can be deflected by pulling on the jointed rods h, so that the partition can
be moved.
The upper part of the partition C is bent as shewn at k so as to form a funnel
for facilitating the introduction of the grain; the said bent part contracts the
inlet of the hopper and presents a hold for the band to facilitate the adjustment
of the height of the partition. The manger can be hung up against a wall or be
'otherwise fixed.
The quantity of grain which it is desired to give to the animal is poured into
the hopper; it descends along the inclined bottom a into the manger A up to the
level of the top of the teeth 6 of the partition, and the flow then stops; as the
horse is eating and the height of the grain is consequently diminishing in
the manger, a fresh quantity descends and so on.
'In the modified forms shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 the manger proper A is
provided at the back with a feed hopper B in which the partition C slides.
Figures 8 and 9 are as above described perspective views of the feed hopper

page_text: and the regulating partition, that shewn in Figure 9 being adapted to fit into a
corner.
Figure 10 illustrates the application of my invention to a manger made of cast iron
in such a manner as to form a single piece only without altering the appearance of
the manger in the stable.
The manger comprises a plate D fitted to the wall of the stable by feet / and
having a recess or trough A for containing the hay. The said plate may be
provided or not, as desired, with another recess E. As shewn in Figure 10, the
chamber of the manger is continued to the rear edge of the plate D so as to form
the compartment B which serves as a reservoir for the regulator. The opening
of the compartment B by which the hay or the like is introduced may be closed
by a cover m as shewn.
Figure 11 shews a manger of cast iron provided with a rack Farranged laterally
and beneath the manger. This manger may be fixed to the wall by feet, as in
the preceding arrangement. Instead of arranging the rack beneath the manger it
could be arranged at the side and under the plate of the manger.
Figure 12 illustrates a corner manger of cast iron in which the recess A is
made circular. It may be fixed to the wall either by flanges n having holes o
through which screws may be inserted or by means of ordinary lugs & or fect p.
Figure 13 is a sectional perspective view of a cast iron manger provided with a
rack above it. In this arrangement the regulating chamber B, which is closed by
the partition C, is not made higher than the manger itself.
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. The combination with a manger of means whereby the supply of oats or
the like is constantly maintained at the same level substantially as described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts. forming the improved mangers
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dad the 11th day of Anust 1906
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.