An Improved Cattle Pen and Horse Stall for use on Ships and other F Vessels.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1899 -Accepted, 29th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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An Improved Cattle Pen and Horse Stall for use on Ships and other
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Vessels.
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We, HENRY Wood, of Herne. Hill. Mansions, Herne Hill, in the County of
Surrey, Gentleman, and ALFRED STROVER WILLIAMS, of, 108, Fenchurch Street,.in
the City of London, Director of The Atlantic Transport. Company, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described. and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
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The object of this invention is to provide interchangeable cattle pens and horse
stalls which are easily fitted on board ships and other vessels and which are
easily and rapidly converted from horse stalls to cattle pens and vice-versa.
Now according to this invention we provide suitable' stanchions which are
secured at their upper ends to the deck beams and at their lower ends to the
deck at such a distance apart as to form a pen for four head of cattle.,
Suitable boards are also provided which fit into sockets on the stanchions at the
front and sides of the pen to retain the animals therein.
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We provide also three intermediate stanchions of channel iron or of any other
suitable section and material between the two herein before mentioned stanchions,
which intermediate stanchions are hinged to the deck beams at their upper ends
and fit into suitable sockets secured to the deck at their lower ends being secured
to the latter by a suitable locking device.
We provide further suitable channel iron or other suitable uprights attached
to the side of the vessel opposite to the stanchions to receive division boards
when horses are being carried to enable the single pen capable of carrying four
head of cattle to be converted into four stalls accommodating one horse each.
When carrying cattle the intermediate stanchions are turned upwards and
their free ends held up by any suitable means the division boards being stowed
between the deck beams and rods running across the stall upon which rods the
boards rest.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1, represents perspective view of a pen constructed according to this inven-
tion as arranged to accommodate four horses.
Fig. 2, is front view of same.
Fig. 3, is side view of same.
Fig. 4, is plan of same.
Figs. 5, and 6, shew method of securing the boards to stanchions.
Fig. 7, is back view of intermediate stanchion.
Fig. S. is section of same on line A, B, Fig. 7.

page_text: Figs. 13, 14, and 15, shew hooks to support the intermediate stanchions when
not in use.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.
u, is the side of the vessel.
bb the decks.
cc the deck beams.
dd stanchions secured at one end to the deck beams cc and at the other end
to the deck b¹.
ff are stanchions hinged at their upper ends to the deck beams their lower
ends being secured in sockets, g, attached to the deck & when in use.
hhhhh are uprights made of channel iron or other suitable material and
secured to the side of the vessel opposite the stanchions.
ii are boards forming the front of the pen and supported by the stanchions dd.
kare boards supported by the stanchions &d and uprights hh forming the
sides of the pen.
tare division boards supported by the stanchions fff and the uprights hhh
and serve to divide the pen into stalls for four horses.
The stanchions dd are provided with two sockets mm in the front thereof
and two sockets n n at the sides thereof to receive the boards ii and k k
respectively.
The stanchions d d may be tubular iron columns secured to the deck beams at
the top and to the deck at the bottom.
The stanchions fff are preferably made of channel iron or steel as shewn
by Figs. 7 and 8, the upper end of the stanchions being swayed-down as-shewn
to receive bolts or rivets o by means of which they are hinged to the deck beams c.
Stop pieces PA are welded to the stanchions to support the division boards l
or stout rivets or bolts passing through the stanchions may be used for this
purpose.
The lower ends of the stanchions are slotted at g and a bolt passed through
the slot so that when the lower end of the stanchion enters the socket g the bolt
drops into the recesses in the socket and secures the end of the stanchion there-
in. The sockets g are secured to the deck . When used as a cattle pen the
stanchions fff may be turned upwards as shewn by Fig. 3 their free ends being
supported by hooks s or other suitable means.
The uprights may be made of cast iron or steel or they may be pieces of
channel iron; they are fitted with stop pieces in the same manner as the stan-
chions fff. The boards ik and are all of the same dimensions and inter-
changeable and when not in use may be stowed away overhead between the
deck 6 and the rods ff.
By this invention any ordinary seaman is able to convert a cattle pen into a
four stall stable or vice versa in a few minutes no skilled labour being required.
Although we have described our invention as applicable to pens accommodating
four head of cattle yet we do not limit ourselves to this as we may make our
pens of any suitable dimensions and we may use any number of intermediate
stanchions and division boards to convert such pens into stabling for horses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
1. Cattle pens for use on board ship consisting of stanchions at each end of
the pen attached to the deck beams at their upper ends and to the deck at their
lower ends the stanchions having sockets thereon, channel iron intermediate
stanchions hinged to the deck beams at the top and capable of being secured at
the bottom to sockets attached to the deck channel iron uprights attached to the
side of the vessel boards supported by the end stanchions forming the front of
the pen and boards supported by the stanchions and uprights forming the ends

page_text: of the pen and transforming the pen into stalls for horses if desired all substan-
tially as herein before specified.
2. Cattle pens and horse stalls for use on board ships constructed as herein-
before specified and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Eighth day of June 1899.
ERNEST SALAMAN,
12, Union Court, Old Broad Street, London, E.C., Agent for Inventors.