An Improved Cover for Hay and other Stacks or Ricks and Means for Securing the same thereon.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Aug., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cover for Hay and other Stacks or Ricks and Means
for Securing the same thereon.
1, JAMES ADAMS, of Landscove House, Staverton, in the county of Devon, gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved rick cover in which this invention consists, is made up of a series of
sheet metal plates-preferably corrugated iron sheets-which are separately laid upon
the inclinations of the top of the stack. The series of sheets laid on one side of the
top of the stack are furnished at their upper ends with hooks, which take into
corresponding holes formed for their reception in the upper ends of the sheets laid on
the opposite slope. The sheets are thus hooked together at the apex in such manner
that those laid on one slope overlap those placed on the opposite slope to an extent
requisite to exclude rain while yet leaving a sufficient opening for admission of air and
for free evaporation of moisture. The sheets also overlap at the sides.
Each sheet is of such length as to extend from the apex down to project beyond the
vertical plane of the sides of the stack.
After the sheets have been hooked together, as aforesaid, a pole, beam or batten,
having a flat side, is placed longitudinally on each side of the cover at a desired point
between the apex and the caves or ends of the slopes, the flat side of the poles, beams
or battens being downwards.
At each end of the stack the said poles, beams or battens are coupled together and
held in position on the stack cover by a connecting rod which is provided at each end
with loops, eyes or hooks by which it is attached or connected to the poles, beams or
battens. In addition to these connecting rods there is coupled to each pole, beam or
batten a separate tie rod which depends vertically therefrom and is, at its lower end,
coupled to a pin or bar which is driven into the end of the stack and forms an
anchorage for the said rod. By these means the cover is secured in proper position on
the stack or rick.

page_text: The improved stack cover above described is capable of being placed upon a stack
or removed therefrom with great rapidity and facility.
A portion of the stack to the extent covered by a pair of sheets may be cut
out at a time without involving the necessity of unhooking and removing more
than the said pair of sheets, and the remaining portion is protected by the remaining
sheets.

page_text: An Improved Cover for Hay and other Stacks or Ricks and Means
for Securing the same thereon.
I, JAMES ADAMS, of Landscove House, Staverton, in the County of Devon, gentle-
man, 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 :-
The improved rick cover in which this invention consists is made up of a series of
metal plates separately laid upon a rick or stack. The sheets are preferably of corru-
gated galvanized iron. The sheets laid on one slope of the top of a stack are
furnished at their upper ends with hooks or bent pins which are inserted in holes
formed for their reception towards the upper ends of those sheets which are laid upon
the opposite slope of the top of the stack. Or the sheets may be connected by bolts
and nuts. The sheets constituting the cover are thus hooked or linked together at the
apex of the stack in such manner that those laid on one slope overlap those placed on
the other to an extent requisite to exclude rain while yet leaving sufficient space for
admission of air and free evaporation of moisture of the hay or other produce of which
the stack is composed: The sheets overlap also at the sides.
When the sheets have.been hooked or linked together, as aforesaid, a pole, beam
or batten having a flat side is placed longitudinally on each side of the cover at a
convenient point between the apex and the eaves, the flat side of each pole, beam or
batten being made to bear on the sheets. At each end of the stack the said poles,
beams or battens are coupled together and held in proper position by a rod or stay
which is furnished at each end with loops, eyes or hooks for connection with the poles,
beams or battens.
In addition to the rods by which the poles, beams or battens are coupled across the
ends of the stack there is connected to each pole, beam or batten a separate tie rod or
stay which depends vertically therefrom and is at its lower end provided with a
slot or eye through which is passed a spike which is driven into the stack and
maintains the rod in its proper position, making an effective anchorage for the
cover.
Referring to the accompanying sheets of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1, Sheet 1
represents a side elevation of a stack having applied thereto an improved cover
arranged in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 represents an end view of the
stack.
Laid upon the sloping top of the stack are the sheets ab of corrugated galvanized
iron. Towards the top the plates a are furnished with hooks c secured to the plates by
the rivets e. The plates b laid upon the opposite slope are perforated towards the top,
and through the perforations therein are passed the hooks c of the plates a.
The
sheets a and b are thus coupled or linked together above the apex of the stack which
is thereby shielded from rain or damp atmosphere.

page_text: Along the top of the sheets are placed the battens d extending throughout the stack,
as shewn. At their outer ends the battens d are tied together by the tie rods f
Depending vertically from the battens d are rods or stays g which at their lower ends
are furnished with slots or eyes through which are passed pins which are driven into
the stack and hold the rods g securely in their proper position.
By theso means the cover is firmly secured upon the stack. The cover is capable of
being applied to or removed from a stack with great rapidity and ease.
The arrangement admits of a portion of a stack to the extent covered by one sheet
or by two sheets-one on each slope and opposite one another-being cut out at a
time without involving the necessity of unhooking or removing more than the
said sheet or pair of sheets, the remaining portion being protected by the remaining
sheets.
The figure shewn on sheet 2 of the drawings is a part transverse section through
the cover illustrated at an enlarged scale the method preferably employed for securing
the hooks cto- the plates a, namely by the rivets e. Other modes of coupling the
sheets a and b may, however, be adopted, as, for instance, bolts and nuts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The use, for covering ricks or stacks of hay and other crops or produce, of
metallic sheets preferably of corrugated galvanized iron-such as a and b laid upon
the respective slopes of the top of the rick or stack and coupled or linked together
above the apex by hooks such as c, or the equivalents thereof, attached at suitable
intervals to the sheets laid on one slope and engaging with sheets laid on the opposite
slope, the whole being made secure upon the rick or stack by poles, beams or battens
such as d longitudinally disposed above the plates and tied together by tie bars such as
and to the stack by tie rods such as g, or the equivalents thereof, substantially as
hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings.
2. The combination of parts constituting the improved cover for ricks or stacks of
hay or other crops or produce, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn
in the accompanying sheets of illustrative drawings.
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