An Improved Combined Sheep Rack and Horse or Cattle Trough.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Sheep Rack and Horse or Cattle Trough.
I THOMAS YATES of Market Place Doncaster in the County of York
Implement Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to, and consists in, an improved construction of sheep rack
and manger combined in the same implement or apparatus, which at one time can
be used for feeding sheep and the like and at another time can be used as a manger
for cattle generally..
This combined sheep rack and manger is made of galvanized iron or of other
suitable metal or material, the lower portion or body of the same is made like an
ordinary sheep rack and is provided with wheels so that it can be readily moved
about. The top cover or roof of the implement is so made and fitted. as to be
movable or to partly revolve and of such a form or contour that when the imple-
ment is required to be used as a manger the cover or roof can be inverted and so
become a receptacle for fodder or food, or a water tank for cattle.
The top cover or roof of the implement, when it is to be used as a manger or
tank, is moved round-by preference-by means of convenient levers which are
suitably. connected and arranged at each end of the rack, one of which levers being
so placed as to be operated by the foot, and it is connected with other levers at the
opposite end of the body of the rack by means of a shaft rod or bar fitted under-
neath.the floor of the rack.
By pressing down the foot lever the connecting rod raises up the cover or roof
to which it is pivotted at or near its centre, and guided by another of the levers,
on being raised sufficiently high, the operator turns or inverts the cover or roof and
allows the foot lever to return to its original position; the implement can then be
used as a manger or as a water tank for horses or cattle.
When only used as a rack for sheep the top cover or roof can be readily turned
on one side either by hand or by one of the levers so as to open and allow the hay
or fodder to be easily put in the implement.
Dated this 4th day of June 1891.
BRISTOW HUNT, R.P.A.,
Aldine Chambers, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved. Combined Sheep Rack and Horse or Cattle Trough.
1 THOMAS. YATES of Market Place Doncaster in the County of York
Implement Manufacturer 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 in writing and on reference to the accompanying
drawings:-
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My invention relates to and consists in an improved construction of sheep rack
and horse or cattle trough or manger combined in the same implement which at
one time can be used for feeding sheep and the like and at another time can be used
as a horse-or cattle trough or manger for cattle generally.
This combination implement is made of galvanized iron or of other suitable metal
or material, by preference I make it partly of wood and partly of galvanized iron.
The lower portion or body of it is made like an ordinary sheep rack and is provided-

page_text: with wheels so that it can be readily moved about. The top cover or roof of the
implement is so made and fitted as to be movable or to partly revolve, and is con-
structed of such a form or contour that when the implement is required to be used
as a horse or cattle trough or manger the cover or roof can be inverted and so it
becomes a receptacle for fodder or other food, or a water tank for cattle.
The top cover or roof of the implement, when it is to be used as a horse or cattle
trough or tank, is moved round, by preference, by means of conveniently arranged
levers which are suitably connected and fitted at each end of the rack. One of
the levers is so placed as to be operated by the foot and it is connected with the
other levers at the opposite end of the body of the rack by means of a shaft rod
or bar fitted and worked underneath the floor of the rack.
On the attendant or operator pressing down the foot lever the connecting rod.
raises пр the cover or roof to which it is pivotted or jointed at or near its centre,
and guided by another of the levers-on being raised sufficiently high-the operator
turns over or inverts the cover or roof and allows the foot lever to return to its
original position, the implement can then be used as a horse or cattle trough or
manger, or as a water tank for horses or cattle.
When intended to be used only as a rack for sheep the top cover or roof can be
readily turned round or moved on one side either by hand, or by one of the levers,
so as to open and allow the hay or fodder to be easily put in the implement.
In order however that my said invention may be more fully understood it is
illustrated on the accompanying three sheets of explanatory. drawings which are
marked with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following description.
Figure 1 is an end view of my improved sheep rack and horse or cattle trough,
showing the levers for raising and inverting the top cover or roof of the implement.
Figure 2 is a side view of the implement showing the shaft fitted under the floor
of the rack which shaft actuates the corresponding levers at the other end of the
rack..
Figure 3 is another end view of the implement showing the top or roof partially
open and the foot lever pressed down to enable the operator to invert the top or
cover for use as a trough or manger or as a water tank.
Figure 4 is an end view showing the trough inverted, the operating lever having
been allowed to return to its original position; and,
Figure 5 is an end view showing the sheep rack open so as to receive hay corn
or fodder.
A in all the figures of the drawings is the foot lever which is keyed onto the
shaft G, (see Figure 2) at the hanger B, and connected by a stud bolt at D. C is
a connecting rod for raising the trough or cover M, being jointed or pivotted to it
at its end by a stud bolt E. H is a lever which keeps the connecting rod C in a
vertical position when inverting the trough; it is fastened by a stud bolt at F to
the connecting rod. I, and N, are round castings which are screwed onto the end
of the rack haying holes bored in them and they are tapped to receive thumb
screws to secure the lever H, but leaving it free to move when operated.
In order to open the top of the rack to receive hay corn or fodder the lever H,
is removed by unscrewing the thumb screw at I, (see Figure 4) and screwing it
into the casting at N, as shown by the dotted lines S in Figure 4, which will enable
the operator to open the rack easily. This operation may also be accomplished
by fitting and using a slide from I, to N.
W in all the figures indicates the wheels which are mounted on axles and con-
nected to the foundation or floor of the main body of the implement so that it can
readily be moved from place to place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
claim is
The novel and peculiar construction combination and arrangement of the

page_text: component parts in one implement, forming an improved and useful combined
sheep rack and horse or cattle trough or manger, and its adaptation at one time
for feeding sheep and the like and at another time as a horse or cattle trough or
manger or as a water tank for cattle; substantially as herein before described and
as illustrated on the accompanying three sheets of drawings.
Dated this 15th day of October 1891.
BRISTOW HUNT, R.P.A.,
Aldine Chambers, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.