Improvement in Receptacles for Feeding Grain to Live Stook.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application (in united kingovi), Tan may,
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1892-Accepted, 18th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Receptacles for Feeding Grain to Live Stook.
1, CHARLES ADDISON SMITH, of Toledo, County of Lucas, State of Ohio,
United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 receptacle for feeding grain to live stock, and has for
its object to form a feed box, nose, and manger of such construction that the
animal to be fed is obliged to eat grain slowly thereby allowing time for the
mastication of the food and consequently perfect assimilation thereof with the gastric
juices.
In the ordinary form of receptacle for feeding grain to stock the bottom is flat,
thereby allowing the animal to feed faster than is possible to thoroughly masticate
the grain, and as a consequence the grain enters the stomach in its normal state.
I have overcome this objection by forming the food receptacle with hemispherical
projections upon the bottom, whereby the animal in feeding is obliged to gather
the food from between the projections, which necessitates slow feeding, or time
to masticate the grain between intervals that necessarily exist between each
succeeding mouthful of grain.
My invention consists in forming the bottom of the feed receptacle with
upwardly projecting portions in such arrangement that the grain shall rest
between the same, and gravitate to the bottom, with the space between the pro-
jections of an area to allow of feeding from the same of an amount of grain, only
such as will gravitate thereto.
The invention further consists in forming the receptacle for feed with pro-
jections so disposed that the entire amount of grain deposited therein may be
accessible to the animal feeding.
In the drawings :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of an angular feed trough constructed in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view of a rectangular manger with the same construction of
bottom.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, on lines x-x Figure 2.
Figure 4 is an elevation of a feed bag with a portion broken away to disclose the
bottom with a similar construction.
1 designates the side of the receptacle, 2 the bottom formed with projections 3,
preferably of hemispherical shape, to form a smooth exterior, in order to cause the
food to gravitate towards the bottom, the spherical form being preferably as forming
a smooth contour for the nose of the animal.
The entire receptacle being preferably formed of metal to not only cheapen the
manufacture, but prevent the gluten and saliva from absorbing and fermenting.
The advantages will be apparent, the feed is placed in the receptacle and as the
animal feeds therefrom instead of voraciously gathering a greater quantity of feed

page_text: than is possible to masticate it is compelled to exercise the time in gathering the
feed necessary to masticate that already collected, and as
a consequence all the
feed enters the stomach in a masticated condition thereby insuring proper
digestion.
By reason of the hemispherical contour of the projections the feed gravitates to
the bottom, and there is an absence of sharp projections to injure the mouth of the
animal, another advantage being that it is possible for the animal to collect all the
grain or feed from between the projections, thereby avoiding fermentation of
the same, I therefore prefer the hemispherical form although it will be understood
that I may vary the form of projections without departing from the spirit of my
invention.
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 :
1. In a feed receptacle, a bottom formed with projections having an incline
towards the bottom, whereby there are plane communicating surfaces formed upon
the bottom.
2. As an article of manufacture, a receptacle for feed formed with enclosing
sides and a bottom part having hemispherical projections, whereby there are plane
communicating surfaces formed upon the same.
Dated this 14th day of A nril 1892
CHARLES ADDISON SMITH.
H. D. Fitzpatrick,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.