Improvements in Stable Fittings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 5th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stable Fittings.
We, THOMAS WOOD and ROBERT STEWART WOOD of 20 and 22 Bridge Street
Chester in the County of Cheshire, Ironmongers, trading as Thomas Wood & Son
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-—
Our improvements are designed to effect the speedy conversion of a two stalled
stable into a loose box, or stable divided into 4 stalls, into 2 loose boxes; and so on,
and enable them to be reconverted into stalls if desired with great ease and speed.
To effect this instead of employing a rigidly fixed pillar and fixed partition as
hitherto used we attach the partition to the pillar by means of hinges rings swivel
joints, or sockets, so that when required, it can be unfastened from the wall, and
swing round by means of the joints on the pillar to a position at right angles to its
former station as a stall division. The method of construction is as follows.-The
base of the pillar forms a small travelling platform or carriage, and is mounted on
rollers, so as to slide or travel to right or left as required. A hollow iron box with
chequered surface of adequate size and strength, and with a longitudinal slot or
channel in the centre, is fixed in the floor for the base of the pillar to travel in. A
loose iron plate with chequered surface closes the open end of this iron box. Through
the hollow pillar, which may be cast or wrought iron or steel, runs an iron bar or
bolt, the lower end of which terminates in a thread and nut, which engages with a
shifting iron plate, while the upper end has a tightening screw in or on the knob of
the pillar. The pillar is fastened firmly to any part of the channel or slot by means
of this bolt, and the shifting plate into which or against which it screws, and is
unfastened by turning the knob on the top. When the grip of the bolt is released
the pillar drops on to the rollers and is easily moved to its new position. A special
improvement in our stable fittings is the substitution of a specially rolled section
of steel or wrought iron, (having a longitudinal opening to receive the partition,)
for the usual cast iron articles; and this is both stronger and lighter than the
ordinary cast iron ramp and sill hitherto employed. This special ramp and sill is
applicable to all stable divisions whether movable or fixed.
We do not confine ourselves to any precise method of moving or fastening the
pillar or hanging the partition, but what we desire to point out as our invention is
a movable pillar of cast iron, or, wrought iron or steel, and a swinging partition with
steel or iron ramp or sill, permitting the easy conversion of any two stalls into a loose
box and vice versa. To complete the front of the loose box a door of the required
size is provided and when not required is turned back against the wall or partition,
or may be removed entirely if preferred.
Dated thie 31st day of May 1980
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stable Fittings.
We, THOMAS WOOD, and ROBERT STEWART WOOD of 20 and 22 Bridge Street
Chester, in the County of Cheshire, Ironmongers, 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:→
Our improvements are designed to effect the speedy conversion of a two stalled
stable into a loose box or of a stable divided into four stalls into two loose boxes

page_text: and so on, and to enable them to be reconverted into stalls if desired, with ease and
rapidity.
To effect this instead of employing a rigidly fixed pillar and fixed division, as now
used, we use a movable stall post and we attach the division to the post by means
of some form of hinge, pivot or swivel joint, so that when required it can be
unfastened from the wall and swung round by means of the joints attaching it to the
post, to a position at right angles to its station as a stall division.
We will now describe the construction of our invention with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shews a reduced plan of a stable with two
open stalls and one loose box converted from two open stalls by our system. Fig. 2
shews a longitudinal section of the base of the stall post, the carriage, and the box
in which it turns. Scale about 1 inch to a foot. Fig. 3 shews an enlarged
section of the base of the stall post and the box, scale about 3 inches to a foot.
Fig. 4 shews an enlarged section of the base of the box at the line XY. Scale
about 3 inches to a foot. Fig. 5 shews a cross-section of division fitted with our
improved steel ramp rail or capping and sill. A, is the stall post. B, is the bar
C, is the knob or boss. D, is the sliding nut plate. E, is the carriage. F, is the
nut at lower end of the bar. G, is the box. H, is the swinging division. I, is the
door. K, is a dotted line shewing the trajectory of the division when changed from
open stall to loose box, or the reverse. L, L, shews the like trajectory of the door.
M, is the shifting plate for covering the channel. N, is a section of our improved
steel ramp rail or capping also serving as sill when required.
It will be seen that the base of the post A, is attached to a small travelling
platform or carriage E, which is mounted on rollers, so as to travel to right or left
as required.
A hollow cast iron box G, of adequate size and strength, and with chequered
surface, is fixed in the ground level with the floor. This box has a longitudinal
slot or channel in its cover to allow the post A, to pass to and fro. The carriage E,
before mentioned runs beneath this slot in the chamber of the box. Through the
hollow post there passes an iron bar or bolt B, the lower end of which terminates
in a screw and nut F, the nut being fastened, so that it cannot be moved on its
screw when once adjusted, but it slides to and fro with the carriage E. This bar
or bolt B, passes through the nut plate D, which slides in the slot of the cover of the
box G, and also passes through the carriage E, the nut F holding the end of the
bar beneath the carriage. Near the base of the pillar where the bar passes
through the sliding nut plate D, both the bar and plate are screwed with a strong
thread while the upper end of the bar is made fast to a knob or boss C, forming
the knob of the stall post. The method of fastening the post is to screw up the
bolt B, by means of this tightening knob or boss C, until the base of the post is
held by the bolt firmly against the top of the cover of the box G, and the carriage E,
is lifted from the bottom of the box G, and drawn tightly against the under side
of the said cover.
In order to change the position of the post it is necessary to slacken the bar by
means of the knob or boss C, when the carriage drops until the wheels reach the
bottom of the box and the pillar which then rests partly or entirely on the carriage E,
can be easily caused to travel to the other end of the box.
To complete the front of the loose box a door of the required size is provided, and
when not required is turned back against the wall or adjoining division or it may be
removed entirely if preferred.
A special improvement in our stable fittings is the substitution of a specially
rolled section of steel, or wrought iron (see N, Fig. 5) having the usual longitudiral
opening to receive the division instead of the ordinary cast iron fittings and thus it
is both stronger and lighter than the ordinary cast iron ramp rail or capping and sill
hitherto employed. This special ramp and sill is applicable to all stable divisions
whether movable or fixed.
We do not confine ourselves to any precise method of moving or fastening the

page_text: pillar or hanging the division but what we desire to point out as our invention is a
movable pillar of cast-iron, or wrought-iron or steel, and a swinging division with
steel or iron ramp or sill permitting the easy conversion of any two stalls into a loose
box and vice versa.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a series of stable divisions a movable adjustable stall-post, a door, and a
shifting or swinging division, capable of being arranged either as open stalls or as
a loose box, as prefered, substantially as herein described and set forth.
2. In stable fittings a movable stall post mounted on a carriage with wheels or
rollers, so as to travel freely in an iron box placed in the floor, but which can be
easily fixed at will in the position required for a loose box or for open stalls,
substantially as herein described and set forth.
3. In stable fittings the construction of a stall post with interior bolt and nut, and
a tightening knob for fixing in a slotted box or ground plate, substantially as herein
described and set forth.
4. In stable fittings, the employment of a rolled wrought-iron or steel ramp rail
or capping or sill of suitable section as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 17th dow of '
1000
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.