US1303917A - Hog-feeder - Google Patents

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E. A. KLUMR.

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APPLICATION FILED AFR.\8.19I8.

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EDWARD A. BLUM?, GF PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1919.

Application led April 18, 1918. Serial No. 229,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. KLUMP, a citizen of the United States, residing in Pleasant township, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hog- Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention while relating generally tol feeders for hogs has for its special objects to provide an improved construction whereby the feed in the hopper is kept from clogging and the feed in the trough is kept from fouling and from being wasted.

The invention is embodied in the example herein particularly shown and described, the features of novelty being finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section on the line I-I Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the line II--II Fig. 1 with some parts in full.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line III--III Fig. 2 looking down.

In the views 5 designates the inclined walls of the hopper, and 6 the vertical walls between which the inclined walls are secured. 7 is a cover for the hopper, said cover being hinged at 8 so that feed can be supplied to the ho per and the same protected from rain. omewhat below the outlet of the hopper and supported between the vertical walls 6 is a iioor 9. Secured between the vertical walls 6 on the floor 9 beyond the opposite sides of the discharge of the hopper are rails 10 which form a trough to confine the feed to the floor and prevent its loss by scattering. In the corners of the trough between the rails 10 and the floor I secure a strip 10L triangular in cross section with the beveled side out so as to form sloping sides. Hingedly hung from rods extending between the opposite vertical walls 6 above the rails 10 are doors which the hogs must push inward before access to the feed in the trough can be gained. The hog naturally tries to get into a trough with both feet. The sloping sides, however, make an insecure footing and when employed in connection with the doors, as shown, putting the feet into the trough is rendered impracticable because he cannot get both his feet and his head in at the same time. The hog soon learns that he can gain nothing by attempting to put his feet into the trough. Another 00M of this patent may be obtained for advantage arising from the construction is that the corners do not become clogged with feed inaccessible to the hog and the trough is kept in a sanitary condition without the necessity of frequent cleaning by the owner.

Secured between the upper ends of the vertical walls 6 is a beam 12 in which the agitator or agitators are secured. The agitator comprises a bar or piece of pipe 13 pierced to receive a series of horizontal cross pieces 14 extending in succession at right angles to each other. The lower end of the bar 13 has secured to it al stout cross piece l5 while the upper end is provided with a chain 16 and bolt 17 The application of a nut 18 to the threaded end of the bolt provides the means for adjustably suspending the agitator to the beam 12, the bolt being passed through a hole in the beam. The parts comprising the agitator are of such combined length that the stout cross piece 15 at the lower end thereof lies below the discharge end of the hopper when the agitator is properly suspended. The hog in feeding moves the stout piece with his snout and this of course swings and rotates or lifts the bar 13 and its cross pieces more or less thereby agitating the contents 0f the hopper and causing the feed to discharge with proper freedom. To prevent the agitator from being unduly swung I provide an elongated link 19 for each bar 13, the links being connected by a hook member 2() and supported in horizontal position by means of hook bolts 21 secured by nuts in the vertical walls 6. These links, of course, limit the oscillations of the bars 13 and also prevent the agitators-where there is more than onc-from interfering with each other.

The forms and proportions of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

In a hog feeder, the combination with a hopper having a discharge, a feed agitating device consisting of a rigid structure eX- tending upward into the hopper and including a bar provided with cross bars. one of said cross bars being below the discharge of the hopper, and links suspending said rigid structure by its upper end in said hopper whereby the rigid structure may be moved vertically and laterally.

EDWARD A. KLUMP.

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