Improvements in Protectors for Hay Ricks or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1895-Accepted. 24th Aug.,
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Protectors for Hay Ricks or the like.
I, RICHARD ROTTENBURY, .Parracombe Barnstaple, Smith and Machinist do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1
My invention relates to improvements. in protectors for hay-ricks.or.the.like,
and consists in providing two end supports or posts to each of which, is attached a
suitable windlass provided with multiplying cog-wheels and with a check action,
such windlass being connected with the lower end of a wire or other rope which
passes over a pulley located at or near the top of..the respective end support or
post, the other end of each rope aforesaid, being connected to the respective end
of the protector proper. which consists of a framework preferably composed-1 of
wood, of such a shape as to conform to the shape of a hay-rick, for instance.
The said framework consists of a ridge-piece placed longitudinally between the
said end supports or posts, to which ridge-piece are hinged sides preferably covered
with corrugated or other iron sheets so .as. to constitute a roof or cover.capable of
being bodily raised and lowered, and the said hinged sides extended. or raised, and
lowered or diminished in span, at will.
"The ends of the ridge-piece. are provided respectively with a grooved. or flanged
wheel or roller, which travels, up and down a vertical guide-rail fixed to the inner
or opposing side of each end support or post.
To the inner or.. under sides of the hinged sides, is provided.rack and pinion
mechanism, for the purpose of enabling the said side flaps.to be raised and lowered,
upon their hinges, so as to. extend or. diminish the., spau of the roof.or cover,
according as desirable.
To the lower corners or other suitable parts of the hinged roof.or cover, are
pivoted stays, two to each end of such roof or cover, such stays being slotted
longitudinally.
The said stays.at. each respective end of the roof or cover, cross one another
and are held in that position by means of a screw. or its equivalent passing through
the crossed or superposed slots. into the respective end support or post.
These said stays can be slid up or down, according as the roof or cuver is to
be raised or lowered by loosening the screw or the like aforesaid.
A sheet iron or other cap is provided to cover the ridge-piece before mentioned,
which cap preferably fits loosely over such ridge-piece and over the upper part
of the hinged roof or cover, so as not to interfere with the raising or lowering of
the latter.
The ends of the roof or cover are closed in at the top, by means of over-lapping
plates or sheets of zinc. or.the like.
Dated thin 22-2 L

page_text: I, RICHARD ROTTENBURY, of Parracombe, Barnstaple, Smith and Machinist,.
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 relates to improvements in protectors for hay-ricks or the like,
and has for its object to provide efficient and simple means for protecting ricks or
the like against the weather.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the complete protector,
Fig. 2 being an end view thereof, while
Fig. 3 is a sectional end view intended solely to shew the means employed for
expanding or diminishing the roof or cover.
Referring to the drawings, a are two end supports or posts provided with a
windlass a or equivalent winding apparatus, preferably having multiplying gear a
and controlled by a suitable clutch or check arrangement, not shewn.
To each of the aforesaid winding apparatus a¹, is connected the lower end of a
wire or other cord 6', which passes over a pulley b located in each of the supports
or posts a, the other extremities of the said cords 61, being connected to the
respective ends of the roof, which comprises a suitable wooden or other framework
of such shape as to conform to the shape of a hay-rick or similar object.
The said framework consists of a ridge-pole c situated longitudinally between
the said end supports or posts, to which ridge-pole are hinged sides c¹, covered
preferably with corrugated or other iron sheets so as to constitute a roof or
cover capable of being bodily raised and lowered, and the said hinged sides c¹ c²
extended or raised and lowered or diminished in span, at will.
Mounted in suitable bearings in the ends of the ridge-pole c, are grooved or
flanged rollers which travel upon vertical guide rails & fixed to the inner sides of
the end supports or posts a.
The mechanism for raising and lowering, or in other words, extending or
diminishing the span of the roof or cover, may consist of a suitable well known
rack and pinion arrangement, or may conveniently consist of a reverse threaded
screw e, the pitch of the thread at each end whereof traverses in opposite
directions.
The screw threaded ends of such screw, work in tapped openings in vertical
lugs upon the horizontal arms e¹. A suitable arrangement such as that shewn
at e is provided for operating the reverse threaded screw aforesaid.
To the lower corners or other suitable parts of the hinged roof or cover, are
pivotted stays f, two to each end, such stays being slotted longitudinally as shewn
at f¹.
The two stays at each end of the roof cross one another, and are retained in
that position by means of a set screw or its equivalent, which passes through
the slots and has its forward end working in the respective end support or
post a.
The said stays are capable of sliding up or down, according as the roof or
cover is to be raised or lowered, (opened out or closed) by loosening the screw or
the like aforesaid.
2
A sheet iron or other ridge-cap g is provided, to cover the ridge-pole c, which
cap g is wider than the said ridge-pole c, so as to partly overlap the upper edges
of the side sheets c³, and allow of the raising and lowering of same, and to provide

page_text: for ventilation. The said ridge-cap g is preferably-fastened to the ridge-pole c, by
means of bolts or their equivalent g¹ (Fig. 1).
The ends of the roof or cover may be covered in or not, according as desirable
or convenient, by over-lapping plates or zinc sheets h.
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 I
claim is :-
:-
CLAIMS.
1. The improvements in protectors for hay-ricks or the like, substantially as
described and shewn.
2. In protectors for hay-ricks or the like, the employment of a hinged roof or
cover supported by end posts and capable of being bodily raised and lowered, and
opened out or extended, and closed or diminished, substantially as described and
illustrated.
3. In combination with a hinged roof or cover supported by end posts and
capable of a vertical movement, the means for raising and lowering, and opening
or extending and closing, or diminishing such roof, and the stays for strengthening
same, substantially as specified, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.