Year: 1886

page_text: I, ALFRED BLACKIE, of Tidebrook Manor, Wadhurst, in the County of Sussex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the construction of a portable apparatus which may
readily be removed from one place to another without taking the whole of it to
pieces, and which is yet of sufficient size when set to hold about 20 sheep. It
consists of two parts, a trough in which the sheep are dipped and a drainer in
The
which they stand to drip before they are allowed to return to their pasture.
trough is made in one piece and can be easily loaded on a cart.
consists of two principal parts, which slide telescopically into one another, thus
reducing the size, so that it may either be lifted bodily on to a cart or waggon,
or may be conveniently loaded by lifting the fore part or section on to the cart
first, and then lifting the rear part and sliding it into the fore part as it stands
on the cart.
The drainer
It is preferable to construct the drainer with two telescopic parts or sections
although more may be employed if desired.
I will describe the invention as applied to an apparatus with two telescopic
parts or sections.
The rear part or section which slides into the fore part or section is divided into
two by means of a partition, which partition, when the parts or sections are
telescoped together abuts against the front of the fore part or section.
Across the
middle of the fore part or section, at the top is fixed a cross beam, having a slot"
cut in the centre. When the parts or sections are drawn out and placed in position
a piece is slid into this slot and forms a continuation of the partition of the rear
part or section. This piece has spikes on its bottom edge which enter into holes
in the flooring, thus firmly securing it in position. The two parts or sections when
placed for use thus form two distinct pens, into either of which the sheep may be
made to enter after having been dipped in the trough. In the front of the fore
part or section is an open doorway, through which the sheep pass from the dipping
trough into the pens. On the front of the sliding piece is hung a gate which
swings between the posts of the open doorway, so as to open or close the two pens
alternately. The flooring of the pens is arranged to slant slightly towards the

page_text: front, so that the drippings from the sheep may run back into the trough, and the
flooring is provided with slats or grooves which carry the drippings to the middle
of the drainer and thence back into the trough.
At the back of the rear part or section are two doors, one for each pen, through
which the sheep pass down an inclined foot board provided with slats, after they
have been allowed to drip a sufficient time; or these doors may be arranged at
the sides of the pens if desired, each being provided with an inclined foot board.
The trough is partly sunk into the ground and the top edge is arranged to be
flush with the flooring of the fore part or section of the drainer. The bottom of
the trough is preferably made narrower than the top, so as not to require so much
"dip" to fill the trough. From the bottom of the trough to the flooring of the
fore part or section of the drainer is arranged an inclined foot board, provided
with slats up which the sheep pass into the pens after having been dipped. At.
the sides of the top of the trough are arranged guards, so as to prevent the sheep
jumping over when passing into the drainer.
It will thus be seen that in order to remove the apparatus from one place to
another it is only necessary to remove the sliding piece and then telescope the two
parts or sections one into the other.

page_text: An Improved Portable Apparatus for Dipping Sheep and other
Animals.
I, ALFRED BLACKIE, of Tidebrook Manor, Wadhurst, in the County of Sussex,
Gentleman, 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 the construction of a portable apparatus which may
readily be removed from one place to another without taking the whole of it to
pieces, and which is yet of sufficient size when set to hold about 20 sheep. It
consists of two parts, a trough in which the sheep are dipped and a drainer in
which they stand to drip before they are allowed to return to their pasture. The
trough is made in one piece and can be easily loaded on a cart. The drainer
consists of two principal parts, which slide telescopically into one another, thus
reducing the size, so that it may either be lifted bodily on to a cart or waggon, or
may be conveniently loaded by lifting the fore part or section on to the cart first,
and then lifting the rear part and sliding it into the fore part as it stands on
the cart.
It is preferable to construct the drainer with two telescopic parts or sections
although more may be employed if desired.
I will describe the invention as applied to an apparatus with two telescopic parts
or sections, as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal
section and Fig. 2 a plan view of the complete apparatus.
The rear part or section A which slides into the fore part or section B is divided
into two by means of a partition C, which partition, when the parts or sections A
and B are telescoped together abuts against the front of the fore part or section B,
as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Across the middle of the fore part or
section B, at the top, is fixed a cross beam D, having a slot D₁ cut in the centre.
When the parts or sections are drawn out and placed in position, as shown in full
lines in the drawings, a piece E is slit into this slot and forms a continuation of
the partition C of the rear part or section A. This piece has spikes C¹ on its
bottom edge which enter into holes in the flooring F, thus firmly securing it in
position. The two parts or sections when placed for use thus form two distinct
pens, A¹, A³, into either of which the sheep may be made to enter after having
been dipped in the trough G. In the front of the fore part or section B is an open
doorway H, through which the sheep pass from the dipping trough G into the pens.
On the front of the sliding piece E is hung a gate H' which swings between the
posts of the open doorway H, so as to open or close the two pens A', A², alternately.
The flooring F of the pens is arranged to slant slightly towards the front, so that
the drippings from the sheep may run back into the trough G, and the flooring is
provided with slats F1 or grooves which carry the drippings to the middle of the
drainer and thence back into the trough G.
At the back of the rear part or section A are two doors I, I', one for each of
the pens A, A, through which the sheep pass down an inclined foot board J
provided with slats J¹, after they have been allowed to drip a sufficient time; or

page_text: these doors may be arranged at the sides of the pens if desired, each being provided
with an inclined foot board.
The trough G is partly sunk into the ground and the top edge is arranged to be
flush with the flooring F of the fore part or section B of the drainer. The bottom
of the trough G is preferably made narrower than the top as shown, so as not to
require so much "dip" to fill the trough. From the bottoin of the trough G to the
flooring F of the fore part or section B of the drainer is arranged an inclined foot
board K, provided with slats K¹ up which the sheep pass into the pens after having
been dipped. At the sides of the top of the trough G are arranged guards, G¹, G³,
so as to prevent the sheep jumping over instead of passing into the drainer.
It will be seen that in order to remove the apparatus from one place to another
it is only necessary to remove the sliding piece E and the gate H³ and then
telescope the two parts or sections A and B one into the other.
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. The improved portable apparatus for dipping sheep and other animals
consisting in a drainer made in two or more sections capable of being telescoped
one within the other, and divided into two separate pens with suitable doorways
and doors to direct the animals from and to the drainer as desired, the dipping
trough being arranged at one end of the drainer and its inner end arranged on a
level with and close against the flooring of the drainer, to which flooring an
inclined foot board leads from the bottom of the trough, while at the opposite end
or at the sides of the drainer another or other inclined foot board or foot boards
is or are arranged to allow the animals to pass from the drainer all substantially
as specified.
2. The improved drainer for receiving sheep or other animals after they have
been dipped, such drainer being made in two or more sections capable of telescoping
or sliding one within the other for the purpose of facilitating its transport,
substantially as described.
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