Improvement in Apparatus for use when Milking.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvement in Apparatus for use when Milking.
I, OLE R. HAUSKEY, of Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, U.S.A.,
Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide an improvement in apparatus for
catching the milk, when milking, and conveying it to the pail or other receptacle
at a place removed from the cow, goat or the like, and into which receptacle,
other apparatus of a like kind may be discharging milk from other animals being
milked.
The invention possesses other advantages which will suggest themselves to those
using the apparatus.
An apparatus made in accordance with this invention can, moreover, be readily
manipulated.
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The apparatus comprises a chute of rubber or the like having a tube at its
lower end which conveys the milk, caught by the chute, to the receptacle.
piece of vulcanite or metal extends upwardly from the annular edge of the chute
and has loops of rubber or other soft substance or material thereon.
To use the apparatus, the tubing is placed in the receptacle, and the operator,
passing his fingers through the loops, proceeds to milk the animal in the usual
way, the milk being caught by the chute and conveyed to the pail or the like.
Dated this 25th day of June 1898.
R. RAINSFORD,
Agent for Applicant.
Apparatus for use when muring.
I, OLE R. HAUSKEY, of Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, U.S.A.,
Farmer, 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:-
My invention relates to milking apparatus, the object of the same being to
provide an attachment for the hand of the operator whereby the milk may be
conveyed to a covered can or vessel without danger of becoming filled with dirt
or other impurities.
The invention consists of means adapted to be secured to the hand, wrist or

page_text: forearm of the operator, a ring adjustably connected to said means, and a tube of
rubber or like material attached at its upper end to said ring, gradually converg-
ing, with the lower end thereof extending through an opening in the lid or cover
of the can.
The invention consists in other details of construction and combination of parts
which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.
In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 represents a per-
spective view shewing the application of one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a
side view of the upper part of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3
illustrates side and front view of the means for securing the apparatus to the
hand of the operator. Figure 4 represents a perspective view shewing the appli-
cation of an alternative form of my invention, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal
sectional view through the frame which supports the milking tube.
My invention comprises the ring of wire or the like 1 having a square or angular
portion 2 which is inserted through the lower part 3 of a metal, vulcanite, or other
standard 4 having its upper end preferably bent over as shewn at 5.
A piece of rubber 6, preferably shaped as shewn, and having finger loops 8 is
secured to the standard 4 by a suitable adhesive and may be made more secure
by means of rivets 9 and washers 10.
The ring 1 supports a funnel 11, of rubber or the like, terminating at its lower
end in a tube 12.
In operation, the operator's fingers are placed through the loops 8-which are
extensible and the act of milking is performed in the ordinary way. The milk
is caught by the funnel and conveyed through the tube to the receptacle.
The alternative form of my invention comprises a hollow casing 13, in which
18 adapted to fit a rod 14, made up of two sections which are pivoted one to the
other. The opening through the casing 13 is larger at its forward end than at its
rear end, and the rear section of the rod 14 fits closely the contracted portion of
said opening. The front section 15 of the jointed rod 14 is adapted to be moved
laterally in the enlarged portion of the opening in the casing, and is formed with
longitudinally extending grooves 16 in its edges. The said jointed rod may be
moved longitudinally and adjusted by means of set screws. Secured to the frame
is a strap 17, which is adapted to embrace the wrist or forearm of the operator,
with the ends buckled one to the other. Secured to the front section 15 of the
jointed rod 14 is the ring 1 formed of wire, with outwardly extending arms at
the ends thereof, which fit into the grooves 16 and are secured in place by bands 19,
as clearly shewn. To the ring 1 is attached the funnel 11 and the rubber tube 12.
The operation of this form of my device is as follows: The frame is secured to
the wrist or forearm of the operator in the manner heretofore described and as
shewn in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The ring is then so adjusted, according to the
length of the arm of the operator and the position of the teat of the cow, so that
it will lie directly beneath said teat, the hand partially covering the upper end
of the tube. The milking operation is performed in the usual manner, and the
milk is conveyed directly into the milk-can without danger of becoming filled with
dirt, hairs, or other filth.
The longitudinal and lateral adjustment of the ring which supports the funnel
and tube adapts the device to be used by any operator.
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:-
(1) A milking apparatus consisting of a funnel terminating in a tube, and
adapted to be secured to the hand of the operator substantially as described and
shewn with reference to Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, of the drawings.
(2) A milking tube adapted to be secured to the arm of the operator, and provided
with means whereby the position thereof may be adjusted.
(3) A milking tube provided with means whereby it may be attached to the

page_text: wrist or forearm of the operator, and means whereby it may be adjusted longi-
tudinally and laterally.
(4) In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a frame, means
for securing said frame to the arm of the operator, a ring attached to said frame,
a milking tube supported by said ring, and means for adjusting the relative posi-
tions of said ring and frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.
(5) In a device of the character set forth, a hollow casing adapted to be attached
to the arm of the operator, a longitudinally and laterally movable rod in said
casing, a ring attached to one end of said rod, and a milking tube, supported by
said ring.
(6) In a device of the character set forth, a hollow casing, means for attaching
said casing to the arm of the operator, a jointed rod longitudinally movable in
said casing, a ring attached to one of the sections of said rod, and a milking-tube
supported by said ring, as and for the purpose described.
(7) In a device of the character set forth, a hollow casing, a strap for attaching
said casing to the arm of the operator, a longitudinally movable jointed rod in said
casing, one of the sections of said rod having grooves in its outer edges, a ring
having laterally-extending arms thereon fitting within said grooves, a band for
securing said arms to said rod, and a milking tube supported by said ring, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose described.
(8) In a device of the character set forth, a casing having an opening extending
longitudinally therethrough which is smaller at one end than at the other, a
strap for securing said casing to the arm of the operator, a jointed rod, one section
of which fits tightly the contracted portion of said opening, and the other section
having longitudinal grooves in the opposite edges thereof, a ring having laterally
extending arms thereon fitting within said grooves, a hand for securing said arms
to said rod, and a milking tube supported by said ring, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
Dated this 25th day of Vorob 1800