US1561548A - Hog carrier - Google Patents

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Nov. 7, 1925. 1,561,548-A A. KARPENKO Hoe CARRIER Filed March 5, 1925 IIIIHHHHI Hf HHHIH Hmmm o Humm mmm Q G" Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STA-TES PATENT OFFICE.`

HOG CARRIER.

Application filed March 5i, 1925.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that .1, Anorrir KAnrnNno, a citizen of Russia, and resident of New York,fin the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful HogCarriers,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in conveyers, particularly in means for transporting the dead bodies of animals or carcasses in slaughter and storage houses from one place to another, as for instance from railroad cars toa place 0f suspension, and more particularly the invention relates to a hog-.carrier for carrying hogs.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a hogcarrier allowing a convenient placing` of the dead hog bodies thereon, when they are for instance unloaded from railroad cars and to be suspended from the customary hooks running on wheels on tracks provided at a distance above the ground, so that the hogs can be readily carried to their place of suspension and be suspended by one man alone, thus producing a great saving in time and labor.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hog-carrier or conveyer of simple and inexpensive construction, yet efficient and positive in its operation.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hog-carrier which is readily adjusted to any of its receiving and delivering positions and one which can speedily be wheeled from one place to another.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, the preferred form of my invention is illustrated, and in this drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a hog-carrier constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear end view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the carrier.

The carrier according to my invention comprises a supporting frame composed of a plurality of legs 10 on swivelling casters 11, connected by horizontally disposed braces 12 and inclined bars or braces 13.

Serial N0. 13,157;

Qne pair of the legs, the rear legs, are con siderably longer `than. the other or front pair of legs and are connected at the top To the lower face or bottomof the platform 15, at a distance from the lower end thereof, are attached the leaves of hinges 19, the other1 leaves 2O `of which are hingedto the leaves 19 by means of a pintle 2l and to the inner faces of the shorter legs 10 of the frame.

The lower end of the trough 15 is closed by an end wall 22 hingedly attached, as at 23, to the bottom of platform 15. This end wall is displaceable to assume any desired angle to the trough bottom, and is adapted to be locked in any of its inclined positions by means of toothed bars 24 hinged to the side edges of the end wall 22, as at 25, between the teeth of which engage pins 26 in the side walls of the platform 15.

An operating rod 27 having an upper forked end 28, extends vertically along the rear of the device and is pivotally attached, as at 29, at its lower end to one arm of a lever 30 pivoted intermediate its ends, as at 31, to a frame bar 10. To the other arm of the lever 30 is pivotally secured, as at 32, the upper end of a foot operated lever 33 equipped at its lower end with a treadle 34.

In operation, the hog-carrier is wheeled to the place of reception for a hog and the hog carcass taken for instance from a railroad car, truck or the like, is placed upon the inclined trough-shaped platform 15 and the lower end wall of the same is properly adjusted for the reception of the hog to accommodate the entire length thereof. The apparatus is then wheeled to the place of suspension of the hogs from the customary storage house hooks running on wheels along overhead tracks, and the platform is then elevated by the proper operation of the foot treadle 84 and connecting rods and levers to elevate the forked end 28 of rod 27 to the desired degree in order 'to bring the body of the hog as close as possible to the suspension point, 'and nally the carrier is wheeled away to receive another carcass.

It will be clear that in this manner one man will be suliicient to perfo 1in all orp these operations without skill and the exercise of much force, thus a great saving in labor and time is produced through the means of my novel device.

It is to be understood that the illustration on the drawing shows my preferred form by way of example and that such changes may be made in the general arrangement and in the construction oit the minor details oit the invention as fall within the scopo of the appended claims wit-hout departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. Hog-carrier comprising a wheeled frame, an inclined trough hingedly secured intermediate its ends to said frame, a movable and adjustable end wall for said trough, a means for locking the end wall in any of its adjusted positions to said trough, an inclined rod secured at the upper end of said trough, an operating rod having a forked upper end engaging said inclined rod, and foot operated means for operating said oper'- ating rod to lift said trough to any desired angle.

ln a hog-carrier of the class described, a wheeled. frame, a trough-like structure inclined to said frame and hingedly connected thereto intermediate its ends, a movable end wall for said trough, a means for adjusting said end wall at a desired angle to said trough to accommodate hogs of different lengths, an inclined rod secured to the upper end of said trough, a vertical rod in rear or' said trough, a fork on the upper end of said vertical rod adapted to engage said inclined rod from below, a lever pivotally secured intermediate its ends to said frame having one of its ends pivotally secured to the lower end of said vertical rod, a vertical lever pivotally secured to the other end of said lever, and a foottreadle for operating said rods and lever to elevate the said trough.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 28th day of February A. D. 1925.

ARC/HIP KARPENKO.

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