GB190810804A - Improved Casting Machine & Ambulance for Cattle, Horses and the like. - Google Patents

Abstract

10,804. Freedman, H. May 18. Wagons; undercarriages.-A casting-machine and ambulance for animals comprises an iron cage H supported on trunnions in brackets N, F on an undercarriage A, the front swivelling- wheels of which are connected by a rod D carrying hauling arms E. The end J can be lowered for the entry of the animal, as shown in Fig. 1, the bracket N being turned down as shown, and the cage then supported by arms P on a crossshaft R. The arms P can be turned into the position shown in Fig. 4 to lock the bracket N in its normal position. The cage can be inverted by turning it about its trunnions bv means of the worm-gearing KK and handle MM, the weight of the animal being then taken by a saddle-piece AA supported on links BB, which can be swung about their pivots, to adjust the saddle-piece to the animal's back by worm-gearing GG and a band-wheel HH. One side of the cage can be swung out about its upper edge, and this side and the end J are retained in their normal positions by spring catches K. Specifications No 13,823, A.D. 1892, No. 18,802, A.D. 1898, No. 5388, A.D. 1902, No. 16,430, A.D. 1904, and No. 26,706, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Harness &c.], are referred to. According to the Provisional Specification, racks and pinions may be used to adjust the top of the cage to the animal ; provision is made for securing the animal's feet in the cage ; and the inside of the cage may be padded.