USRE4340E - Improvement in cattle-cars - Google Patents

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J. w. STREET.

CATTLE GAR. I No. 4,340. Beissvued 4.111?- 11, 1871.

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of the cattle when the partitions are swung back.

ble joint in them for folding,

the posts G to the opposite side of the car, the animals will be unable to pass 1 out swinging the gate the animals will be kept apart whet of the gates be fastened or not.

i'cofi'snd the feed may be supplied to the animals as requh'edrkeby dropping it down between the frame D and the of JOHN w. STREET, or MA s-HALL 'owm-Iowii.

'Letters Patent No. 0;C,362,dated November 2, 1869; reissue Nc.4,3 40,datedAprll11,1871.

IMPROVEMENT lN'CATTLE-CARS.

The Schedule to in these Lem Patent and mun part of the isms.

I, Joux W. STREET, of Marshalltowu, Marshall county, in the State of Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Railway Oars for the Transportation of Horses, Cattle, and bther Live Stock, of which the following is a specification. I

The first part of my invention relates to the division of the car into stalls or apartments by partitions or gates extending across or nearly across the car, the

same being so constructed, arranged, and secured as to produce several important advantages, as will be' fully set forth below.

The second part of my invention relates to certain devices and arrangements for supplying water and feed to the stock while in the car,a, will be hereinafter fully explained.

' In the drawing accompanying and forming part of this spccification Figure 1 is a plan of one-hzdf of a lon wheel car with my improvements, moved to-show the interior.

" Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figure 3 is an end view. A A are the sides of the car;

B, the end and 0, the floor.

Dis a vertical frame or series of posts dividing ofi a space along one side of the car, within which the fixtures for holding feed and water are placed.

The partitions or gates -E E are provided at both ends with detachable hinges, which may be formed by the'rods F passing through the staples or eyes G, fastsued to the gates and in the frame or posts D, and to the side of the car, as shown.

The posts D are placed far enough from the side A,

to which they are adjacent, allow the wide-spreadat the ends of the s provided for that room.

I contemplate the use of a pipe, having a funnel top, to receive grain'or other short feed, and convey it down from the feed-room into the boxes or mangers' in the stalls.

J is a water-pipe, having a. funnel top, K, to receive water from the same hose or talls, openings or trap-doors being purpose in the floor ofthe feedon or near the middle 'line of the train, so as to be filled with equal facility from either side.

Near the bottom of the car the pipe J connects with a horizontal pipe or reservoir, 0, extending through the car lengthwise between the posts or frame D and the side A, and having connected with' it troughs or basins L, one in each stall, with openings into them from the pipe 0, to supply water to the an-' imals in the stalls. v The reservoir 0 should be provided witlr'a waste way, so that when filled to a level somewhat below the upper edges of the troughs L any further supply will escape without causing the troughs to overflow into the stalls or upon the floor of the car.

The pipes J, on each pair of adjacent cars; are to be placed on the adjacent ends of the two cars, so that both may be filled or supplied from thestation-tank without movingthe train.

I At the door of the car the-pipe O is bent twice at right angles, to pass underthe doorway, whence itrises again in the same manner after passing the doorway, so as to be continuous from end to end of the car without obstructing the doorway.

A short supplementary detachable reservoir, P, connecting with 0 by the-pipe Q, is arranged across the doorway, to supply water to the stalls opposite the door, and so as-to be capable of being removed whenever the doorway is required to be open for use.

At Sis shown, in dotted lines, a portion of a door provided with an inner frame, nearly corresponding to the frame D, vwithin which the small reservoir P is to be placed, the connecting-pipe Q passing down' through the bottom into the pipe 0. a

That portionof the pipe or reservoir 0 that is under the doorway may be inclosed in a box or case, in which, in the winter season, a stove may be placed, to prevent freezing, the water heated in this lower part naturally rising into the higher portions. A

As the gates E are supported by loose or detachable hinges at both ends, which maybe used either as hinges or fastenings,as required, either end may be swung 'around, according to the side at which it may be desirable to load or unload and when it is required to have the car-body clear for other, kinds of freight both ends of the gates may be detached, and they g or eightthe top being reside of the car, so as to permit a free movement of the head, and to allow the ready entrance or exit The gates E are made rigid, or without any flexiand as they extend from rom one stall to another witharonnd further than will be tails are occupied, and hence her the rear ends 11 is an upper floor, placed some distance below the the car into feed-boxes, racks, or mangers new $tat2z stunt cm.

tank is filled from, and arranged at the top of the car detention for 'may then be stowed away in the feed-room in the top of the car, as shown in fig. 3.

R R are additional eyes or staples for holding the gates or partitions, by means of which the width of certain stalls may be increased or diminished to adapt them to animals of different sia'es.

It has been proved by actual experiment that, by the use of cars constructed as above described, live stock may be transported thousands of miles without feeding, watering, or rest, without the usual loss of weight and condition, and without injury or suffering of any kind, and with a great saving of both time and expense.

The foregoing being a full description of my invention and improvements in stock or cattle-cars,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1 A stall partition, constructed in a single rack or gate attached near the head of the stall, so as to swing horizontally, and fastened at the rear end to the side of the car by a detachable fastening in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The swinging partitions, in combination with the open spaceway at the head of the stalls, as and for the urpcse set forth.

3. A railway car for live stock, when divided into stalls by swinging gates or partitions, provided with detachable hinges at both ends, so that either end may be swung around to admit or release the animals, and so that both ends of the'gate may be detached, to clear the car for other kinds of freight, substantially as descibed. I 4

4. A store-room or feed-bin in the top of the car, provided with doors or hatches in the roof for filling the same, and with openings through the floor at oneside for dropping the feed into mangers or feed-boxes in the ends of the stalls below, substantially as herein described.

5. The arrangement of the reservoir 0 in the side of the car, at a suitable height to supply water to the drinking-troughs or basins, without the use of a pipe and stop-cock, substantially as described.

6. The arrangement of the troughs L with reference to the pipe 0, whereby the water may be allowed to flow freely through the openings in the side of the pipe into the troughs and stand at the same level in .both, substantially as described.

7. The arrangement of the pipe or reservoir 0, whereby it is made to convey water from end to end of the car without obstructing the doorway, by passing under the same, substantially as described.

JOHN W. STREET.

Witnesses:

J. Dnnnrs, Jn., Jno. D. Pawns.

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