Improvements in Flooring for Stables and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by OLIVER SIMMONS WILLIAMS, of 189, Alden
Street, Orange, New Jersey, Plumber, and GEORGE SYKES CARSON, of
301, Magnolia Avenue, New Jersey, Telegraph Operator, both in the United
States of America.]
Improvements in Flooring for Stables and the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
This invention is designed to provide a channeled flooring for stalls, which when
in use answers the purpose of the ordinary floor, allowing the urine from the animal
to pass therethrough and flow along channels beneath the same into a gutter or
waste-pipe, whereby the floor is at all times kept perfectly dry, and which may be
lifted out of the way to allow the cleaning of the floor beneath.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stall provided with the herein described
improved flooring, showing one part of the same in position upon the floor of the
stall, while the other part has been removed therefrom.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same, and
Figure 3 is a vertical section through line a in Figure 2, and
Figure 4 is a similar section taken through line y in said Figure 2.
Figure is a vertical section of one of the T-shaped bars or strips of which the
removable flooring consists.
Figure 6 is an end view of two of the strips connected by means of a tie-bolt and
a wedge-shaped block.
In the above described figures, similar letters of reference are employed in each
of the several views.
In said views, A. indicates the removable or hinged flooring, which is made up of
any number of bars or strips a. As shown in the drawings, said flooring consists
of two frames A' and A, which are preferably secured by means of hinges to
strips at the sides of the stall. Each frame is made up of any desirable number of
such strips or bars a, according to the width of the stall, which are spaced apart so
as to leave longitudinally extending channels a', as will be clearly seen from
Figures 1 and 2. Between the bars or strips a are arranged at desirable intervals
small blocks a², which may be of wood or metal, and extending centrally through
the same and the bars or strips a, are arranged the tie-bolts or rods a³, which firmiy
secure the strips and blocks together, and whereby are obtained the channeled
frames A¹ and A². Each strip or bar a is cut away at a and a³ on the bottom
of the strip, making the same T-shaped in cross-section, as shown in Figures
and 5, and whereby a wider channel is formed beneath two adjacent strips
directly beneath the channel a', formed by the said strips, thus making a L-shaped
channel with the floor of the stall.
The urine from the horse or other animal will flow through the apertures
between the strips into the channels and discharge at the foot of the stall into
a gutter c connected with a waste-pipe d. Said gutter e is covered with a hinged
board e, having small channels or grooves e along one edge, which are connected
with the channels in the frames A and A2, and whereby the water is caused to
beled into the groove c, as will be evident from Figure 3. The advantage
derived from this construction is that by providing each frame with a wide
channel on its under side, any dirt cr other hard substance, which might be forced
into the narrow channel a' will not clog up the wider part, but will still allow a free
passage of the water therethrough.

page_text: In Figure 6 is illustrated a construction in which the inner sides a of the strips a
are inclined so as to form a channel a', which is wider at the bottom than at
the top.
These bars or strips are connected by means of tie-bolts a³ and correspondingly
wedge-shaped blocks a². This construction has this advantage, in that when
manure has become jammed in the upper and narrower part of the channel or
slot a', the frame can be swung on its hinges and slammed down upon the
bottom floor of the stall, and owing to wider part of the channels all manure
will drop through the same. In stalls made in this manner the bottom flooring
can be of cement or metal, thus making a cool floor for the animals, and
owing to the effectual carry-off of the urine the wooden flooring is at all times
dry, and
stall is the result which is free from the disagreeable odours generally
found in stables.
As shown in the drawings, the frames A' and A2 are hinged at their sides, which
hinges, however, may be entirely dispensed with and the frame can be directly laid
upon the lower floor. While the hinged board e (shown in the drawing in Figure 1)
may be of advantage under certain circumstances, still the same can be dispensed
with and the frames made of the proper length, so as to cover the gutter or groove e,
as will be understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is:
1. In a stall, the combination with the floor having a gutter at one end,
hinged frames A1 and A2, provided with L-shaped channels, and a board e provided
with groovese, arranged-over said-gutter in the floor of the stall, for the purposes
set forth.
2. The-herein-described-frame to be used as a covering on the floors of stalls,
which consist of T-shaped strips a, cut away at a and a, blocks a² between said
strips, and tie-bolts a³, passing through said blocks and the strips and securing the
same together and forming the frame having 1-shaped channels, as and for the
purposes set forth.
3. The herein described frame to be used-as-a-covering-on-the-floors. of stalls,
which consists of strips a, provided with inclined sides a, and cut away at a and a³
and connected by means of tie-bolts_and_wedge-shaped blocks, whereby a frame is
formed having longitudinal channels which are narrow at the top and wider at the
bottom, as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 18th day of December 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.