IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUGHS FOR FREDING PIGS AND OTHER ANIMATO
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Rumbelow, of Bury St. Edmunds, in the
County of Suffolk, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUGHS FOR
FREDING PIGS AND OTHER ANIMATO "
Sealed the 28th September 1866, and dated the 5th April 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Rumbelow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th April 1866.
I, GEORGE RUMBELOW, of Bury St. Edmunds, in the County of Suffolk, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUGHS
FOR FEEDING PIGS AND OTHER ANIMALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in troughs for feeding pigs
and other animals. Heretofore troughs for feeding pigs and other animals
have been constructed divided into several compartments each for the feeding
of one animal, and the several compartments have been so separated one from
the other that food placed in one compartment or division cannot flow into
another compartment, and consequently each compartment or division has to
be separately supplied with food.
Now according to my Invention in constructing a trough to feed several pigs
or other animals at the same time there is a compartment into which all the
food is poured and from which it flows to each of the divisions. The bottom
of the compartment rises in the form of a cone against which the food comes,

page_text: and is thence dispersed into the several divisions or feeding places, and the
food in all the feeding places will be at the same level so long as there is any
food in the trough.
It is preferred that the trough and feeding places should be comprised in
a circle, and that the supply compartment should be in the centre, but this is
not essential as an oblong or other form of trough may be made according to
my Invention, having separate feeding places all round with a supply compart-
ment in a central position. When a trough is of a cireular form, the central
part or compartment is preferred to be circular, though this is not essential,
and it is formed with a cover so as to prevent the animals standing in the
feeding places and eating the food in the centre. Through the central com-
partment there are openings one into each feeding place, and the several feeding
places are separated by partitions radiating from the central compartment to
the outer part of the trough and feeding places or divisions, and the edges of
the feeding places are rounded.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Rumbelow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
RUMBELOW, of Bury. St. Edmunds, in the County of Suffolk, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
George Rumbelow, Her special licence that I, the said George Rumbelow,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
George Rumbelow, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN TROUGHS FOR FEEDING PIGS AND OTHER ANIMALS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Rumbelow, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,

page_text: and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Rumbelow, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in troughs for feeding pigs
and other animals. Heretofore troughs for feeding pigs and other animals
have been constructed divided into several compartments each for the feeding
of one animal, and the several compartments have been so separated one froni
the other that food placed in one compartment or division cannot flow into
another compartment, and consequently each compartment or division has to
be separately supplied with food.
Now according to my Invention in constructing a trough to feed several
pigs or other animals at the same time there is a compartment into which
all the food is poured and from which it flows to each of the divisions. The
bottom of the compartment rises in the form of a cone against which the food
comes, and is thence dispersed into the several divisions or feeding places, and
the food in all the feeding places will be at the same level so long as there is
any food in the trough. It is preferred that the trough and feeding places
should be arranged in a circle, and that the supply compartment should be in
the centre, but this is not essential as an oblong or other form of trough may
be made, according to my Invention having separate feeding places all round
with a supply compartment in a central position. When a trough is of a
circular form the central part or compartment is preferred to be circular,
though this is not essential, and it is formed with a cover so as to prevent
the animals standing in the feeding places and eating the food in the centre.
Through the central compartment there are openings, one into each feeding
place, and the several feeding places are separated by partitions radiating
from the central compartment to the outer part of the trough and feeding
places or divisions and the edges of the feeding places are rounded.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention I will proceed more fully to
describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side elevation; Figure 2, a plan of the trough complete ;
Figure 3 is a plan separate from the upper parts thereof; Figure 4, a per-
spective view. and Figure 5 a transverse section thereof

page_text: The trough or lower part is divided into several feeding places a, a, a, which
are separated one from the other by radial divisions or partitions b, b, in the
centre is a cone c, the upper part of which rises above the rim or surrounding
edge of the trough or lower part of the apparatus, as is shewn in the Drawings.
Above the lower part or trough is formed or fixed a frame, the radial divisions
or plates d, d, of which correspond with the divisions or partitions b, b, which
separate the separate feeding recesses in the trough or lower part of the
apparatus. In the centre of this upper part or frame is a cylinder c', which
surrounds the cone c, and over this cylinder is placed a moveable cover f.
The food is poured into the trough through the cylinder on to the cone c, and the
food will be thus caused to flow into all the feeding places. In the arrangement
shown in the Drawing the separate feeding places are formed round a circle
which is the construction preferred, but a trough may be of a semicircular,
oblong, or other form. In some cases when making troughs of a circular
or like form, the division or partition across the centre is raised in such
manner as to divide the apparatus into two parts, in the feeding places of one
half the food may be introduced, and in the feeding places of the other
half water may be placed. The peculiarity of the apparatus consists in
forming troughs with separate feeding places divided or partitioned one.
from the other as described, and communicating with a common supply
place and raised distributor of a conical or other suitable form as herein
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Rumbelow, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
GEORGE RUMBELOW. (L.S.)