Animal Release (Patent No: 191349)

Inventor: Christoffel, John

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description: John Christoffel, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 8th July, 1919; 6 years. Filed 31st August, 1918. Receipt No. 298,904.

Claim.—1. In an animal releasing device, a shelf formed with a plurality of perforations, a slotted pull rod formed with a plurality of elongated grooves, bolts carried by said pull rod and disposed in the perforated portion of the same and of said shelf, the heads of said bolts being disposed in the elongated grooves of said pull rod, brackets, staples carried by said pull rod, U-shaped levers journalled in said brackets and connected to said staples, said brackets, levers and staples being disposed in a common vertical plane in the normal position of said pull rod, said staples and levers being capable of movement about said brackets as a center when said pull rod is moved out of its normal position, lift springs for said pull rod, and means for yieldingly retaining said pull rod in a predetermined or normal position.

2. In combination with the walls and stall partitions of a stable, said walls and partitions being formed with suitable perforations, of a slotted pull rod extending through perforations in the front stable wall and in the partitions, said pull rod being formed with a plurality of elongated grooves, a perforated shelf slidably supporting said pull rod, bolts connecting the perforated portions of said pull rod and said shelf, the heads of said bolts being disposed in the grooves of said pull rod brackets secured to said partitions upon opposite sides of the perforations therein, staples carried by said pull rod U-shaped levers journalled in said brackets and connected to said staples, said brackets, levers and staples being disposed in a common vertical plane in the normal position of said pull rod, said staples and levers being capable of movement about said brackets as a center when said pull rod is moved out of its normal position, lift springs for said pull rod disposed in the perforated portions of said partitions and a spring connecting one end of said pull rod and one stable wall.

Claims allowed, 2.