US1540290A - Feed box - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES LEO SELINGER AND JACOB SELINGER, F LAJORD, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

FEED BOX.

Application led May 1, 1923. Serial No. 635,991.

To aZZ 'whom t may concern Be it known that we, Luo SELINGER and JACOB SELINGER, subjects of the King of Great Britain, both of the town of Lajord, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed Boxes, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in feed boxes and particularly to a feed box for feeding grain, such as oats, to horses and an object of the invention is to provide a feed box which will operate to feed ay limitedv and predetermined quantity of grain to the animal, thereby causing him to properly masticate the food.

A further object of the invention is to construct the appliance so that it can be readily regulated to feed a greater or less amount of food as desired and also to construct the saine so that it can be readily set and controlled.

A further object is to construct an appliance which can be utilized to control the feed of several animals by simply extending the device through the duplication of certain parts.

A further object is to construct the device so that it can be manufactured at reasonable cost and can be relied upon to operate satisfactorily.

`With the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the device.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an interior view showing certain of the working parts, the'eud of the box being removed. j

Fig'. 4; is a vertical sectional view 'through the box, the section being taken at 1 -4. Figure 3. y

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one end ,of the box with the cover removed and showing :interior parts. j l

Fig. G is a vertical sectional view at G-G Figure 4.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through the needle valve, the c lindrical casing and other parts associatec therewith.

ln the drawing like characters of referon the stub shaft. Vare provided with engaging clutch members ence indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The box 1 is substantially rectangular and is provided at the top with a hinged cover or door 2 and at one end with a hinged door 3, the door 2 permitting off the placing of the grain, such as oats, into the boX and the door 3 permitting of inspection of the operating parts. The box is interiorly dividedby two partitions L1 and 5 to provide two feed compartments 6 and 7 and a mechanism compartment 8, the latter compartment being at the end having the door 8. The bottom of the box underneath the compartments 6 and 7 is open. A rotatably mounted shaft 9 is mounted in the lower part of the boi; and centrally crosses the compartments 6 and 7, the said shaft being carried by suitable bearings secured to the partitions and to one end of the box. .On this shaft we mount a pair of similar feeders 10 and 11, the said feeders turning with the shaft and each presenting end discs 12 and 13, between which we locate a plurality of suitably spaced vanes or wings 14 radiating from the shaft.

By this construction we provide a plurality of similar .more or less V-shaped feed pockets 15. Ve provide each feed compartment with a more or less hopper shaped bottom 16 and these hopper bottoinswfeed the grain placed in the compartments into the pockets of the feeders as the same arel rotated, as later described. l

The mechanism for controlling and rotating the shaft 9 is contained in the compartment 8 and comprises the parts now Y described.

The shaft 9 is projected through the partition 5 andhas the projected end fitted .with a pinion 17v which meshes with .a gear `wheel 18, the gear wheel being rotatably mounted on a stub shaft 2O secured to the partition 5. A pinion 21 is also mounted The pinionV and gear 19, said members being held into engagement by a. pressure-spring V19. The pinion 21 meshes continuously with a vertically disposed rack bar 22 which has the ends thereof provided with sleeves 23 and 24; slidably mounted on a guide bar .25 permanently secured to the box. The sleeve 24 is supplied with an outstanding arm 26, the purpose of which will be later described.

nected to the arm 26, such as by screwing the upper end of the tube into the arm. The lower end of the tube passes slidably through 11' the cap 28, a suitable bushing being-therein provided and the end thereof is` contracted to provide a tapering valve seat which communicates with a duct 3l leading to the interior ofthe cylinder 27. A needle valve 32 adj oins the seat, the stem of the valve extending upwardly'through the tube and having the upper end thereof screw threading through the arm 2G and provided with an adjustingwheel Obviously by manipulating the wheell 33 one can seat the valve orY open the same a greater or less amount.

Above the` valve the tube 29" is provided withA an outlet .opening 34, the arrangement being'such th'atupon the valve' being opened there is a through passage up theV duct 31 andv outv the. opening rhe lower end of the rod 29: is fitted with a plunger orA piston operating within the cylinder, the piston lbeing beneath the opening 34 and beneath K the piston is'looated a disc valve 36 whi'chvis adapted to operate within a housing 37 formed as an4 extension' on the underside of theA piston. YEntry vopenings 38 are' `pror' vided in the housing beneath the disc valve and further outlet openings 39' are; provided in the side ofthe housing above the disc valve. lt will be observed (..secv .Figure 7) that there are ports or openings 40 through theJ plunger", these connecting the upper part ot' the casing 27' with the chamber located above the disc valve.

The cylindrical casing 27 contains a regulating liquid, such as oil, indicated at 41, it being desirable that the same be non-freezing. The plunger is adapted tok move up and down within the cylindrical casing and it will be apparent that if theneedle valve be opened'v and theplunger forced down the oil i-n the cylindrical casing' will` `flow lthrough the opening 31 and out the opening 34 under the pressure of the piston andfurther that thel fiow of oi-ll will bey absolutely controlled by the setting of the needle valve. The pressure ofthe oil at the underside of the piston will also act through rthe open-V ings' 38 to force up the disc valve so that the said disc valvev will close the openings 3:9 and also those 40. ln the up movement of the piston the pressure ofthe oil, which is then vabove the piston, will operate through the openings to force down the disc valve and consequently permit the oil to escape past the piston out the openings 39.

According to the abo-ve arrangement it is possible for lus to regulate the speed at which.theipiston goes down by setting the needle valve and it is also possible to more or less quickly raise the piston as in the up movement thereof the oil has a= more` or less free passage through the plunger from the top side to the underside.

lIn the compartment 8 we locate a cross shaft 42 which carries `a conical drum 43 and is adapted to be rotated by a coil spring 44, the spring having one'end' fixed tothe vside of! the box and the other endattached to the drum which is in turn secured to the shaft.

To the drum we attach one end of a cable, cord orl such like 45, the other end of which passes upwardly over suitable pulleys 4G and47 providedat the top ofthe box and then extends downwardly and out through. the bottomof thebox. This cord `is fastened at 48 tothe upper. sleeve 24.

According to this arrangement it. will be obvious that by pulling d'own on the end of the cord' extending fromthe box, the sleeve is raised and' conseqllently the rack bar kand at the same time turn the drum in a manner to windy upthespring 44. The yparts are so shown in Figure 3`whichis the Aset po sition of the device.

.Having broughtthve parts to 'this position one places the feed", such as oats, in the feed compartments 6 and 7 and regulates the needle valve to control the flow of oil. Obviously the springk44 will act 'to pull down the rack bar which operates to force down the plunger and' at the same time slowly rotate the feeders, the speedof rotation depending entirely on the setting ofthe needle valve. 4 As' the feedersrotate they gradually fill with the oats or other g 'ains and expel the same at the underside of the box through the open bottom thereof. The expelled and falling canbe directed to a box to which the ani-mals have access.

Obviously, by' utilizing tlellector plates,

the present appliance will feed two annuals.

B'y increasing the 'numberzof feeders and by providing suitable delector plates, chutes,

spouts or `othermeans ive-,can feed any numl ber of animals' with the one device.

After the spring 44has uncoiled the device' is reset by pulling theextending end of the cord.A T his turns the drum ,and winds the spring and duringv this movement the clutch member 19' disengages so that the l. In combination, a compartment for the reception of feed, said compartment having a discharge opening in the bottom thereof, a shaft crossing the lower part of the compartment, a feeder rotating with the shaft and presenting a plurality of radially disposed pockets, said pockets being adapted to successively register with the outlet opening in the rotation of the feeder with the shaft, a stub shaft adjoining the former shaft, a gear wheel mounted on the.stub shaft, a pinion meshing with the gear wheel and mounted on the former shaft., a pinion rotatably mounted on 'the stub shaft, engaging clutch members carried by the gear wheel and latter pinion, a spring normally maintaining the clutch members engaged, a slidably mounted rack bar engaging with the latter pinion, a cross shaft, a winding drum rotatably mounted on the cross shaft, a spring associated with the drum, a pulling line connected to the drum and to one end of the rack and adapted when pulled in one direction to shift the rack and wind the spring, and means for governing the speed of travel of the rack bar under the influence of the wound spring.

2. :in combination, a compartment for the reception of feed, said compartment having a discharge opening in the bottom thereof, a shaft crossing the lower part of the com-A partn'ient, a feeder rotating with the shaft and presenting a `plurality of radially disposed pockets, said pockets being adapted to successively register with the outlet opening in the rot-ation of the feeder with the shaft, a stub shaft adjoining the former shaft, a gear wheel mounted on the stub shaft, a pinion meshing with the gear wheel and mounted on the former shaft, ak pinion rotatably mounted on the stub shaft, engaging clutch members carried by the gear wheel and latter pinion, a 'spring normally maintaining the clutch members engaged, aslidably mounted rack bar enga-ging with the latter pinion, a cross shaft, a Winding drum rotatably mounted on the cross shaft, a. spring associated with the drum, a pulling line connected to the drum and to one end of the rack and adapted when pulled in one direction to shift the rack and Wind the spring, and means for governing the speed of travel of the rack bar under the influence of the wound spring, said latter means embodying an oil containing cylinder, a plunger operated in the cylinder, a plunger rod extending from the plunger and connected to the rack bar and suitable controlling valves associated with the plunger and adapted to permit of the slow regulated escape of the oil through the plunger in the movementthereof in one direction and the quick escape of the oil past the plunger in the movement of 'the same in the other direction.

Signed at Laj ord, Sask., this 22nd day of

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