An Improved Folding Trough suitable for Horse Food.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Trough suitable for Horse Food.
I, ROBERT HERMANN SCHMIDT of Hohenstein near Chemnitz in the Kingdom
of Saxony, Empire of Germany Master Smith 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 :-
It is known that many diseases are spread among horses by the use of the feeding
troughs found in stables frequented by different horses, such as at the stables of
inns, also that the feeding from nosebags is not entirely to be recommended from a
hygienic point of view owing to the confined nature of the bag and absence of
ventilation when feeding.
To overcome these disadvantages is the object of the present invention in pro-
viding a portable trough of such a nature that it may be folded up into a small
compass for carriage in any vehicle, and when erected it may be as open as an
ordinary trough and free consequently from the disadvantages of the nosebag.
The accompanying drawing illustrates this trough in perspective as erected.
A quadrapedal support is formed by pivoting in two pairs the legs aa aa. Each
pair of legs is held distended by a brace 6 consisting of two pivoted members
pivoted respectively to the legs. One of each pair of legs aa a a is extended above
its pivotal connection to the other leg of the pair to form a tongue c. On this
tongue is a lug d and the two lugs d are connected by a brace e formed of two
pivoted members pivoted respectively to the lugs d. Two struts ff are connected
to the two members of the brace e respectively and hook into eyes each on one of
the legs a of each pair of legs and preferably on those two legs which are extended
to form the tongues c.
The trough proper is composed of two solid ends 99 having respectively
sockets kk for receiving the tongues cc and a flexible piece of fabric h such as
waterproof canvas forming the bottom and the two longer sides of the trough. A
cord is threaded through the canvas and encircles the trough. This cord serves
to draw together the trough with the provender that may be in it when the trough
is to be packed up for transit.
In the supporting frame the lugs d d may be rigid or they may revolve in their
sockets in the tongues cc for convenience of hooking the struts ff.
It will be obvious that on unhooking the struts ff the frame may be folded into
very small compass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is ;-
1) An improved folding trough having two rigid ends gg and a flexible side and
back piece with cord i for the purpose set forth in combination with a folding
stand adapted to hold the trough extended.
2) An improved folding trough having two rigid ends g g a flexible side and back
piece h and a cord i, in combination with a folding stand having two pairs of braced
legs a a, a a, connected by a hinged brace e supported by struts f. f. and adapted to
hold the trough substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of Anril 1802
R. HADDAN,
Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agent for Applicant.