US428973A - Stock-car - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEETCE.

STEPHEN P. TALLMAN, OF FLAG'IOIVN, NEWTl JERSEY.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,973, dated May 27, 1890. Application filed November 2, 1889. Serial No. 329,045, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN P. TALLMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Flagtown, Somerset county, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Stock- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of stockcars commonly employed for t-ransporting horses, and which have stalls formed by vertically-sliding partitions.

The object of my invention is to enable the animals to be loaded and unloaded conveniently, and to provide for their comfort when stalled.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of my invention, Figure l is a vertical transverse section of a stock-car embodying my invention, the plane of the section being indicated by line 1 l in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the middle part of the car, the plane of the section being indicated by line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the middle part of said car, the plane of the section being indicated by line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. t is a detached pen speetive view, on a little larger scale, of one of the posts or studs in which the sliding partitions are hung. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a sli ghtly-different form of the stall-partition.

The interior features of the car will preferably be arranged-in this wise: At the center of the car on each side will be a door, and these oppositely-arranged doors will be connected by a cross-passage or gangway E, about five feet wide. Each end of the car will be fitted up with stalls and feed-troughs; but the animals in one end of the car will face in an opposite direction from that in which those in the other end of the car face. This arrangement I do not herein claim, nor do I limit myself to it.

The ends of the car will be divided up into stalls A of the proper width by means of vertically-sliding partitions B, mounted in keepers on posts or studs C C. The posts C' on the side of the car where the feed-troughs D are placed will stand in from the side of the car, as shown, a suflicient distance to accommodate the troughs and to allowT the attendant to pass along between said posts andthe side of the car. The partition B will be mounted to slide between keepers g g on the inner faces of the pair of posts C C', and it will be wholly or partially counterbalanced by weights a, attached to chains or ropes b, which play over pulleys or sheaves c at the tops of the respective posts C C. The weights d are housed in casings at the backs of said posts.

Preferably, for reasons that will hereinafter appear, I prefer to make the sliding partition B in two sections, herein designated by the letters a; and These sections will be hinged together at e by suitable hinges, which should be let in flush.

The partit-ions are displaced and moved out of the way by sliding them up as far as they will go, then folding the lower section up against the upper section and then turning up the partition thus folded, as seen in Fig. 2, untilit stands about horizontal. The counter-weights a will support the folded partition at one side-nan1ely, that to which the chains are attached-and the other side may be supported or held up in any convenient manner.

In Fig. 2 the partitions at the right of the gangway E are represented as folded up, and those at the left as down in place.

In order to prevent the animals from getting their legs over the partitions or from falling on or over them, it is necessary to make said partitions quite high, and I prefer that they should extend to about forty-eight inches above the door. On the other hand, it is very desirable that the stalls should be narrow, and I prefer to make them about twentysix inches wide. Therefore I make the upper section of the partition B wide enough to extendwhen folded up, as in Fig. 2, over to the adjacent pair of posts C C', and mount on these posts suitable latches or hooks f to catch under and support its free edge, as clearly shown. If the partition were not made of two hinged sections and folded, as shown, it would not fold up within -the width of the stall.

It will be obvious that if the keepers g g on the posts C C', which form the grooves in which the partition plays, both extended to the top of the post the partition B could not be disen gaged therefrom and swung out sidcwise or laterally for folding it up. To overcome IOO this diiiiculty, I construct the keeper g to extend only part of the way, so that when the partition is elevated as far as the construetion will permit its lower edge will be just above the upper extremity of this shorter keeper. This leaves the elevated partition free to swing out in one direction. The construction of the post is seen in Fig. 4. The partitions at both ends of the ear swing out toward the middle ot the ear, and those adjacent to the gangway E are supported at their free edges by suitable latch-hooksf, pendent from the timbers above or by some equivalent device.

The object in arranging the partitions to swing toward the middle of the ear will be apparent. In loading the car the partitions at both ends are folded up beforehand, and the first animal taken in is placed in the stall at the extreme end of the ear farthest from the gangway E. The attendant then lets down` the partition for that stall and brings in the next animal and houses itin the adjacent stall. This is continued until the stalls adjacent to the gangway E are reached, and these are .filled last. If the partitions did not fold or turn up toward the middle of the car, they would have to be brought down over the backs of the animals, and, moreover, their supporting-hooks could not be conveniently reached for disengagement.

After the animal is placed in the stall and the partition let down the latter may be fastened down temporarily by means of a hook, latch, or pin, if any suoli fastening be deemed necessary.

It is not absolutely necessary to make the partition B of two folding sections. In Fig. 5 I have shown each stall-partition made in one piece, this view showingl how they will overlap when folded up the one partition over that next adjacent. lhis construction will require that both ot' the keepers g g shall be made short, as otherwise the broad partition cannot swing between the adjacent pair of posts.

The lower portions 7L of the car sides will be boarded up to about half the height of the ear, and above this siding the ear will have laterally-projeeting bays or housings F F. These bays will be formed by securing brackets to the car-studs and boarding them up exteriorly, and will be substantially alike. In the boarding or siding of these bays will be formed grated or barred windows t, one for each stall, and these windows will be provided with covering-slides j, preferably of sheet metal, and connected in series to longitudi nally-arranged bars 7x7 7s, mounted to slide in gains'cut in the outer edges of the brackets ,forming the bays. This arrangement of connected slides permits the attendant to adjust the slides over all the windows in a single bay sinniltaneously. These connected slides 0perate in the manner of aregister and enable the windows to be wholly or partially closed, as desired.

The bay F at the backs of the horses provides room for the tails of the animals and prevents the horses from injuring their tails or buttocks by rubbing or chaling them against the side of the car. I also prefer to extend this bay down a little below the top of the siding 7; of the car, so as to form a pocket the bottom m ot' which is hinged to the car side, so that it may be let down for the removal or dumping of exeremcnt that may collect therein. 'lhe hinged board m', which closes the bottom of the bay F at the heads of the animals, will be convenient for ejecting from the ear any rubbish left in the troughs. I do not limit myself to closing the bottoms of the bays with hinged boards. They may be permanently closed in any convenient manner; but in that ease no pocket t will be formed at the bottom of the bay F.

'lhe sliding partition I3 maybe made close or solid, as herein shown, in which case I prefer to use matched boards extending lengthwise of the partition and bound together at the ends by iron bands; butI I do not limit myself in this respect.

The ear may be provided with an elevated water-tank in the usual way for supplying the stock with water. rlhis I have not shown, as it is common and forms no part of my invention.

lVhat I do claim, however, is

In a stock-ear, the combination ot' the posts (l C on opposite sides of the car, standing in from the side walls thereof and provided with vertically-arran ged guides or keepers g g', sliding and swinging stall-partitions extending erosswise of the ear, which slide vertically and swing when elevated, counter-weights on opposite sides of the ear, arranged in casings at the backs of said posts, pulleys at the tops of the respective posts C C', and chains passing over said pulleys and connecting said eo1interweigl1ts and stall-partitions, substantially as and for the purposes set `forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my .name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN I. TALLMAN.

Witnesses:

I I @Nev CONNETT, J. D. UAPIJNGER.

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