A New or Improved Combined Feeding Rack and Trough for Calves, Sheep and other Animals.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1898 ·
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Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combined Feeding Rack and Trough for Calves,
Sheep and other Animals.
I, WILLIAM JOSEPII HOBBS, of Chipping Norton, in the County of Oxford,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows; -.
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This invention relates..to a new, or improved, combined feeding rack and trough
for calves, sheep and other animals, and in accordance therewith, I provide a
circular top rail which encloses a number of vertical posts arranged in a circular
form, the lower ends of which rest upon the ground to support the rack and trough.
At, a suitable distance above the ground the bottom of the trough is situated,
such bottom being of circular form and having raised sides of convenient 'depth;
the top of which is provided with an inwardly projecting rim or flange.
Rising from the centre of the trough to about the level of the sides aforesaid; is
a pillar, and the floor of the trough inclines upward from the sides thereof toward
such central pillar, so as to cause chaff and crushed feed to gravitate from the centre
towards the sides of the trough. Depending from the top rail aforesaid, is a metal
or other rack of circular and tapering form; the lower ends of such rack encircling
and being fixed to, the top of the central pillar aforesaid!
Vertical bars are provided at suitable intervals along the raised sides of the
bottom of the trough; such bars being fixed to the top rail and the lower ones,
and being for the purpose of dividing the spaces between the vertical posts," into
suitable divisions so as to apportion off certain space for each animal and thereby
prevent crowding.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combined Feeding Rack and Trough for Calves,
Sheep and other Animals.
I, WILLIAM JOSEPH HOBBS, of Chipping Norton, in the County of Oxford,
Builder, 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 relates to a combined feeding rack and trough for calves, sheep
and other animals and has for its object the provision of a rack and trough com

page_text: bined which will allow of a considerable number of calves and sheep or other
animals feeding together at the same time, while further, such rack and trough
will allow of the animals having more ready access to the food without crowding,
than was heretofore possible.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of
illustrative drawings, wherein;
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the combined rack and trough, and
Fig. 2 a perspective view of same.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts throughout both figures, a is a circular top rail, which encloses (or to
which are framed,) a number of vertical posts arranged in circular form, the lower
ends of which posts rest upon the ground to support the rack and trough.
c represents the bottom of the trough which is situated at a convenient distance
above the ground, such bottom being of circular form and having raised sides c¹ of
convenient depth, the top of which may be provided with an inwardly projecting
rim or flange (not shewn) if desirable.
Rising from the centre of the trough to a convenient height is a pillar or dome d
for the lower end of the hay rack to be fixed to, and the bottom of the trough
inclines upward from the sides thereof, as shewn, so as to cause chaff and crushed
feed to gravitate from the centre toward the sides of the trough.
From the top-rail a depends a metal or other rack e, the lower ends of such rack
encircling and being fixed to the top of the pillar or dome d.
This rack e is tapering in form as shewn, and it may be given any suitable or
convenient curve."
Vertical bars are provided at suitable intervals around the raised sides c¹ of
the trough, such bars being fixed to the top rail a. The object of these bars f is
to divide the spaces between the vertical posts into suitable divisions, so as to
apportion off a certain space for each animal feeding and thereby prevent crowding.
If desirable the vertical posts 6 may be so fixed to the top rail a and the trough
sides cl as to be readily removable for convenience in moving the rack and trough
from place to place and in passing same through narrow door-ways.
It will be understood from the foregoing description that I fashion the com-
bined rack and trough of circular form, the rack preferably being composed of a
number of curved iron bars, while the trough extends completely around the lower
end of such rack.
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:-
The new or improved combined feeding rack and trough for calves, sheep and
other animals, consisting in a circular top rail and a number of vertical frame
posts arranged around same, said top rail having depending therefrom a tapering
hay rack formed of a number of curved bars whose lower ends are fixed to a central
pillar projecting above the trough bottom, such trough-bottom having a downward
inclination toward the raised sides surrounding same; and a number of vertical
bars dividing the spaces between the said vertical frame posts, all arranged and
combined substantially as described, and as illustrated by the drawings.
Doted this 15th day of Dreamb 1000
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., For the Applicant.