Improvements in or connected with Compound Lever or Platform Weighing Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Feb.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Compound Lever or Platform
Weighing Machines.
1, JOHN SIBTHORPE POOLEY, of The Albion Foundry, Manchester Street,
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of.
this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention, I provide means whereby an ordinary compound
lever or platform weighing machine can be adapted to receive and weigh cattle,
and be converted into a "pen."
In the carrying out of my invention, I provide, where requisite, at the corners
and sides of the platform, a headed bolt or equivalent device, the shank of which is
free to move up and down in the plate of the platform, a large nut, washer, or
other provision on the bolt, on the under side of the platform, forming a stop to the
bolt in its raised position, and so as to receive the pull of the bolt. In connection
with the bolts and platform I provide metal sockets, which ship onto the bolts and
are secured thereto by wedges or equivalent devices and thereby to the platform.
When the sockets are not in position the bolts drop down, the heads thereof
forming part of the roughing of the platform. Instead of fastening the sockets to
the bolts by wedges, they may be secured thereto by cams, screws, cotters, or
equivalent devices.
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The sockets, secured to the platform as described, or in an equivalent manner,
receive suitable wooden or metal stanchions, or hurdles, whereby the "pen" is
formed.
Wooden
To form the sides of the "pen" I preferably use sheet metal strips, with their
edges bent over into the form of a gutter, the several strips being of different
widths, and adapted to ship into each other, for stowage, when not in use.
blocks are provided in the ends of the strips, for receiving the bolts by which such
strips are attached to the stanchions, the bending or rounding over of the bars,
strips, or rails, adds strength to such strips and also prevents the cattle in the
'pen" from damaging themselves should they come in contact therewith.
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I would here state that this invention is not confined to the exact constructions
of the various parts or details herein described, as these may be modified to suit
different conditions and requirements, for example, instead of using sockets to
-receive the stanchions and to secure them to the platform, the stanchions may be
secured direct to the-platform by keying onto the bolts, or by equivalent means.
Dated this 30th day of March 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Compound Lever or Platform
Weighing Machines.
I, JOHN SIBTHORPE POOLEY, of The Albion Foundry, Manchester Street,
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, 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:-
According to this invention, I provide means whereby an ordinary compound

page_text: lever or platform weighing machine can be adapted to receive and weigh cattle,
and be converted into a "pen."
In the carrying out of my invention, I provide where requisite, at the corners
and sides of the platform, a headed bolt or equivalent device, the shank of which is
free to move up and down in the plate of the platform, a large nut, washer, or other
provision on the bolt, on the underside of the platform, forming a stop to the bolt
in its raised position, and so as to receive the pull of the bolt. In connection with
the bolts and platform I provide metal socket fittings, which ship onto the bolts,
and are secured thereto by wedges or equivalent devices and thereby to the
platform. When the socket fittings are not in position the bolts drop down, the
heads thereof forming part of the roughing of the platform. Instead of fastening
the socket fittings to the bolts by wedges, they may be secured thereto by cams,
screws, cotters, or equivalent devices.
The socket fittings, secured to the platform as described, or in an equivalent
manner, receive suitable wooden or metal stanchions, or hurdles, whereby the..
66 pen" is formed.
To form the sides of the "pen" I préferably use sheet metal strips, with their
edges bent over into the form of a gutter, the several strips being the different
widths, and adapted to ship into each other, for stowage, when not in use. Wooden
blocks are provided in the ends of the strips, for receiving the bolts by which such
strips are attached to the stanchions, the bending or rounding over of the bars,
strips, or rails, adds strength to such strips, and also prevents the cattle in the
pen " from damaging themselves should they come in contact therewith.
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I would here state that this invention is not confined to the exact constructions
of the various parts or details hereinabove described, as these may be modified to
suit different conditions and requirements; for example, instead of using sockets
to receive the stanchions and to secure them to the platform, the stanchions may
be suitably formed at their base and secured direct to the platform by keying into
the bolts or by equivalent means in an equivalent manner to that herein.above set
forth.
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Drawings illustrating the invention, the nature of which is above described, are
hereto annexed. In these drawings,
Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a socket fitting according to this invention
of or for the weighing machine platform; and Figure 2 is a perspective view of
same.
Figure 3 is a general perspective view of a platform, shewing the position of the
fittings thereon.
Figures 4, 5, and 6 are elevation, plan, and a detail in section, respectively, of a
construction of pen sides under this invention.
Figures 7 and 8 show in elevation and plan a modification hereunder.
Referring to the drawings, a are the socket fittings and b are wedges. attached
thereto by chains. c is the holding down bolt in the platform, which is designated.d;
and e is a stanchion for the corners of the platform, or corners and intermediate
parts, fitting in the fittings a.
Each fitting a has in its upper part an aperture or socket proper, to receive and
hold the end of a stanchion e, as shewn; and in its lower part a transverse aperture.
or passage a right through it, and a slot a² in the base of the fitting..
To apply a fitting a to the bridge of an ordinary weigh-bridge weighing machine,
for rendering it suitable for use for weighing live stock, the bolt c which is loose in
the platform, is lifted, and the fitting is slid under its head, the slot a³ and the
passage a', allowing it to pass over the shank and head of the bolt, respectively.
When in the proper position, the wedges b are passed in, say in opposite ways as
shewn, through the passage a', and-under the head (say on the opposite sides of it)
of the bolt c, and are driven up until the fitting is firmly secured on the platform d..
The fittings are then ready to receive the pen stanchions or standards, which are
simply slipped into the sockets in the upper-parts of the fittings.
The fittings may be made suitable for ordinary wooden hurdles, or for cages as

page_text: shewn in Figure 3, or the improved pen sides shewn in Figures 4, 5, and 6; or for
posts and chains, and other equivalent kinds of fittings.
The modification shewn in Figures 7 and 8 illustrates a stanchion and fitting
made in one, in which case the fitting a consists mainly of a base plate with the
slot a in it, by means of which it is slipped under the bolt head c, as above set
forth with reference to Figures 1 and 2, in erecting it on the weigh bridge
platform.
In applying this part of my invention to existing weigh-bridges, it is only
necessary to drill as many round holes in the platform as there are fittings to be
used. The fastening bolts are dropped loosely into these holes, and a nut is
screwed on them sufficiently far to permit of their being raised to the required
position, as described. When the fittings a are not being used, the bolts c drop
down and their heads rest on the platform, and go to form a part of the ordinary
roughing" of same.
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The pen-sides according to this invention shewn in the drawings, Figures 4, 5,
and 6, comprise side metal bars of sheet iron or steel, h, having their edges turned
over into gutter section as shewn; and stanchions, i, of channel iron or steel bars
(or angle bars or their equivalent) in which the ends of the bars fit as shewn,
and are secured by bolts j, which pass through the sides of the stanchion and the
bars h.
The bars are preferably made of different depths (either arranged as shewn or
in other order), so that when not required on the bridge, they can be stowed one
within the other as shewn in Figure 6, and made to occupy comparatively small
space.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The herein described improvement connected with compound lever weighing
machines, consisting of readily attachable and detachable parts and provisions in
connection with the weigh-bridge, substantially as herein set forth, rendering
such machine capable of being used as an ordinary weigh-bridge, or as a cattle pen
weigh-bridge.
2. The fitting for use in connection with weigh-bridge weighing machines, for
the purposes specified, consisting of the socket device (a) constructed and adapted
to be fastened or attached to a weigh-bridge by a bolt thereon; substantially as set
forth with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.
3. The herein described improvement connected with compound lever or platform
weighing machines, consisting of pen-sides, comprising bars h of sheet metal, and of
the form substantially as described; and stanchions to which said side bars are
attached; substantially as herein set forth, and as shewn in Figures 4 to 6 of the
drawings.