Improvements relating to Stalls for Cattle and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Stalls for Cattle and the like.
1, GEORGE CROYDON MARKS, of 18 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
London W.C., Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent (a communication from
abroad by Sewell Malbron Parker, of Robbinsdale, Hennepin, County of Minnesota,
United States of America, Farmer and Dairyman), 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 means for keeping the cows, and the floor of the tie-up
clean and dry, and the object of the invention is to provide a receptacle, suitably
suspended above the stall to receive the droppings while the cow is standing in the
stall, and arranged to move back and forth to adapt itself to the different positions
of the animal while standing or lying in the stall."
To this end the invention consists in a pan or receptacle suspended upon an
inclined track above the stall in position to receive the droppings, and arranged to
be moved back out of the way by the animal while in the act of lying down, and
allowed to resume its former position when the animal gets up again, and further
the invention consists in modifications of this construction, and in combinations,
all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this Specification.
Fig. 1 is a view of a cow stall showing the invention suspended above the
same.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device.
Fig. 3 is a detail of a portion of one of the tracks and the part supported
thereby.
Fig. 4 is a perspective of a stall showing a modified means for connecting the
receptacle to the animal.
In the drawing 2 represents the stall of the tie-up of the ordinary construction.
Suspended from the ceiling above the stall are the forwardly inclined_parallel
rails 3 and 4 supported by the hangers 5 and 6 at each end thereof. Upon the
rails 3 and 4 are arranged the pulleys 7 and 8 to which the upper end of the chain
or cord 9 is connected while the lower end of the chain is attached to the bail 10
provided on the receptacle 11. Between the rails 3 and 4 is arranged a third
rail 12 also forwardly inclined, and supported by the hangers 13 and 14. This
rail or rod extends beyond the forward end of the rails 3 and 4 and is slightly
above the plane of the same.
Upon the rail or rod 12 is provided a V shaped brace 15 having its apex bent
at right angles to its arms and looped over the rod or rail 12 and freely slidable
thereon. Its arms are secured to the pulleys 7 and 8 so that when the brace
is moved along the rod or rail 12 the pulleys will be moved a corresponding
distance on the rails 3, and 4. At each end of the rail 12 are arranged the
pulleys 16 and 17 over which a flexible connection is passed to connect the
brace 15 with the animal. A rope 18 is shown in the figure but any other suitable
connection may be used if desired. When the animal lies down the brace will be
drawn back over the rod 12, and the pulleys pushed up the track to the position
indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1. The pan is thus moved back away from the
animal and remains in this position until she gets up when the connection between
the cow and the brace being slack the pan will be permitted to resume its former
position. A band or girth 19 is provided to pass about the body of the cow and
to which the end of the rope or chain 18 is connected.

page_text: A modified form of the invention is shown in Fig. 4 in which the rails 20 and 2!
are backwardly instead of forwardly inclined, but supported by hangers 22 and 23
as before described. Pulleys 24 are provided on the rails 20 and 21 and chains or
cords 25 connect said pulleys with the bails 26 of the pan 27. A girth 28 is
provided to pass about the body of the animal and traces 29 connect the girth with
the pan so that when the animal lies down the pan will not be moved from its
normal position close to her rear legs. At any time the traces may be unhooked
and the pan moved down the track to the rear of the tie-up and emptied of its
contents into a wheelbarrow or other suitable receptacle.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I do hereby declare
that what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. The combination, with the stall or stand, of the tracks arranged above the
same, a pan suspended from two of the tracks, a brace slidable ou a third track or
rail and adapted to communicate its movement to the pan, and means for connecting
the pan to the animal whereby as the animal lies down the pan will be moved back,
substantially as described..
2. The combination, with the cow stall, of the track arranged over the stall, the
pulleys on said track, a pan or receptacle, a flexible connection between said
pulleys and said pan, and means connecting said pulleys with the cow, whereby
when the animal lies down the pan will be drawn away from the cow towards the
rear of the stall, for the purpose set forth.
3. A cow stable appliance, comprising parallel rails suspended above the stall,
pulleys to run thereon, a pan or receptacle supported by said pulleys, a rod forming
a third rail arranged between said first named rails and parallel thereto, a V shaped
brace or connection between said pulleys and said third rail, said connection having
a looped portion, to clasp said third rail and to slide freely thereon, a flexible
connection between said brace and the cow standing in the stall, whereby when the
animal lies down the pan will be pushed up the track towards the rear of the stall,
for the purpose set forth.
4. The combination, with the stall and tie-up, of a pan suspended at the back
thereof, the same and its supports being backwardly movable with a cord or like
connection between the pan or its supports and the animal, and whereby as the
animal lies down the pan will be moved backwardly, substantially as described.
5. The modification of the above as shown in Fig. 4..
Dated this 14th day of January 1900
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.