Improvements in Fittings for Cattle-stalls and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Fittings for Cattle-stalls and the like.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM SIVEWRIGHT, of 5, Radcliffe Terrace, Hartlepool, in the
County of Durham, Shipbuilder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention consists in improvements in fittings for cattle-stalls and the like.
According thereto, for the purpose of readily locking in position the upper end
of a cattle-stall fitting such as used in the tween-decks of vessels and com-
prising a portable stanchion furnished with sockets into which head and foot
boards can be dropped, there is secured in a suitable position (say to a deck-beam
of a vessel) and so as to be capable of rotating about a horizontal axis, a bolt or
stud having at its outer or free end an eye formed with a key-way; and the upper
end of the stanchion is provided with a key or feather across which is made a
groove or notch corresponding in thickness to the eye-end of the bolt or stud. The
arrangement is such that on passing the upper end of the stanchion through the
eye in the bolt or stud, then putting its lower end into the usual footstep, and
partially rotating it until the sockets carried by the stanchion are in position to
receive the head and foot boards, the eye-end of the bolt or stud will be located
in the groove or notch made across the key, so that when the head and foot boards
are placed into position the upper end of the stanchion will be securely locked.
The arrangement is also such that the key or feather end of the stanchion will
also be locked by the bolt or stud if, the head and foot boards having been removed,
the stanchion be swung up out of the way into a more or less horizontal position
and twisted so that the head and foot board sockets be vertical as they would be
if hooked up against one side of the deck-beam carrying the bolt or stud aforesaid.
For the purpose of readily locking the head and foot boards in position in their
sockets, whether such sockets be carried by a portable stanchion or not, the sides
of each socket may be made to extend above the corresponding board and be
provided with two opposite holes each furnished with a key-way, so that a piu
provided with a corresponding key or projection on its front end can be passed
into these holes and on being turned slightly will lock the board in position. The
rear end of the pin is preferably provided with a lug, which may be attached by
a chain to the socket, the arrangement being such that the weight of the lug,
with the addition, it may be, of that of the chain, will tend to keep the pin in its
locking position.

page_text: Improvements in Fittings for Cattle-stalls and the like..
I, GEORGE WILLIAM SIVEWRIGHT, of 5 Radcliffe Terrace, Hartlepool, in the
County of Durham, Shipbuilder, 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 consists in improvements in fittings for cattle-stalls and the like.
In order that the invention may be properly understood, I will, in describing it,
refer to the accompanying drawings, which represent an example of apparatus
embodying the same.
According thereto, for the purpose of readily locking in position the upper end
of a cattle-stall fitting such as used in the tween decks of vessels and comprising,
as shown in elevation in Fig. 1, a portable stanchion 1 furnished with sockets 2
and 3 into which head or foot boards 4 and 5 can be dropped, there is secured in a
suitable position (say to a deck-beam 6 of a vessel) and so as to be capable of
rotating about a horizontal axis (in the example shown, its own axis), a bolt or
stud 7 having at its outer or free end an eye 8 formed with a key-way 9; and
the upper end of the stanchion 1 is provided with a key or feather 10 across which
is made a groove or notch 11 corresponding in length to the thickness of the eye-
end of the bolt or stud 7. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are views drawn to a larger scale than
Fig. 1, Fig. 2 showing in elevation the eye bolt or stud with the upper end of the
stanchion inserted, Fig. 3 the eye bolt or stud in plan, and Fig. 4 the upper end
of the stanchion alone, in elevation. The arrangement is such that on passing
the upper end of the stanchion 1, through the eye 8 in the bolt or stud 7, then
putting its lower end into the usual footstep 12, and partially rotating the stanchion
until the sockets 2 and 3 carried by it are in position to receive the head or foot-
boards 4 and 5, the eye-end of the bolt or stud 7 will be located, as shown in
Figs. 1 and 2, in the groove or notch 11 made across the key 10, so that when the
head or foot boards 4 and 5 are placed in position, as shown in Fig. 1, the upper
end of the stanchion will be securely locked. The arrangement is also such that
the key or feather end of the stanchion will also be locked by the bolt or stud 7
if, the head or foot boards 4 and 5 having been removed, the stanchion be swung
up out of the way into a more or less horizontal position and rotated about its own
axis so that the head or foot board sockets be vertical as they would be if hooked
up against one side of the deck-beam 6 carrying the bolt or stud 7.
For the purpose of readily locking the head or foot boards in position in their
sockets, whether such sockets be carried by a portable stanchion or not, the sides
of each socket 2 or 3 may, as shown in Fig. 1, be made to extend above the
corresponding board 4 or 5 and, as shown to a larger scale in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 in
elevation, vertical section, and horizontal section respectively, be provided
with two opposite holes 13 and 14 each furnished with a key-way 15,
so that B pin 16, provided with a corresponding key or projection 17
on its front end, can be passed into the holes 13 and 14 and, on being turned
slightly, will lock the board 4 or 5 in position. The rear end of the pin is preferably
provided with a lug 18, which may be attached by a chain 19 to the socket, as,
for instance, by means of a ring 20 threaded on the bolt 21 that secures the
sockets 2 and 3 to the stanchion 1, the arrangement being such that the weight
of the lug 18, with the addition, it may be, of that of the chain 19, will tend to
keep the pin 16 in its locking position.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what mammer the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Means for locking in position the upper end of a cattle-stall or like fitting
comprising a portable stanchion furnished with sockets into which head or foot
boards can be dropped, a rotary eye bolt or stud and a notched feather on the upper
end of the stanchion, the arrangement being such that the feather end of the
stanchion will be locked by the eye bolt or stud both when the head or foot boards
are in position and when the said boards have been removed and the stanchion is
swung up out of the way in a more or less horizontal position and rotated so that
the head or foot board sockets are vertical, substantially as described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts for locking the upper end of a
cattle-stall fitting hereinbefore described with reference to and shown in Figs. 1
to 4 inclusive of the drawings annexed.
3. A socket of a cattle-stall or like fitting whose sides have extensions provided
with two opposite holes each furnished with a key-way, so that a pin provided
with a corresponding key or projection on its front end can be passed into these
holes and on being turned slightly will lock the board in position, substantially
as described.
4. The combination and arrangement of parts for locking head or footboards
in the sockets of a cattle-stall fitting hereinbefore described with reference to and
shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 4th day of September 1897.