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series of folding troughs L. Each one of the
troughs L consists of a rectangular-shaped
water- ight open box, having sides l and ends
1' ',which extend within a short distanceof the
standard D' contiguous thereto and bottom
11, anmid is secured between the opposing sides
of two contiguous standards D' D' in tle fol-
lowing manner: To the outer surface of both
end portions 1' l' of each trough L, in line with
the bottom 'l and at a point nearly equidis-
tant between the sides 1 1, is pivotally at-
tached at l one end of the vibrating support-
ing-braces 11 11, the other endsof which braces
extend from their pivotal pointof attachment
/X to the trough L a short distance beyond the
line of the side 1, and are pivotally attached
to the respective side portions of the contigu-
ous standards D' D)' at the proper height
above floor C to place the tracks in line with
the heads of the stock and at a point near the
inner edges of the sides of said standards.
To that portion of each vibrating end ' of the
trough L which extends in an outward direc-
tion in respect to the side of the car is at-
tached flatwise one end of a lug 1', the other
end of which extends in a direction diagonal
to the lines of said ends a short distance be-
yond the upper edges of the ends 1'. Through
said extended end portions of each oneof the
lugs 1' in line with each other is made a trans-
verse perforation 1 . Through the series of
lugs F' and the perforation h, and extending
nearly the entire length of the car, is a verti-
cally-moving rod I, which passes through
said perforations V. Upon the outer side por-
tion of each standard D' is attached a guide
N, which consists of a flat bar, one end of
which is attached to said standards at a point
a short distance above the line of the bottom
portion 1 when at the point of its highest ele-
vation. The bar then extends outward in a
horizontal direction a short distance from
said standard, and is then bent at right angles
and extended in a downward direction a short
distance below the line of the rod 31 at the
limit of its movement in a downward direc-
tion, and is then bent inward at right angles
and fastened to the standard. To the enter
side of the border-plate H, above the rod i
and vertically in line with the standards D',
are attached a series of guides o o, which are
also horizontally in line with each other, and
in which guides is placed a sliding bar O.
To the border-plate II, below the bar O at a
point equidistant froln contiguous standards
D' D', is pivoted a trough-elevating bell-
crank lever P. To the upper end portion or
arm p of lever P is attached a hook 1)', which
extends over the bar O. The lower end por-
tion or arm p2 of the lever P is slightly longer
than arm 1), and to said end portion is piv-
otally attached at p2 one end of an adjustable
rod pi, the other end p of which rod is screw-
threaded. Around the rod 31 is looped one
end r of a link R, the other end r' of which
extends a short distance upward. In the lon-
gitudinal direction of the link R and in theend portion r' is a screw-threaded socket r',
in which socket is adjustably inserted the
screw-threaded end p'2 of the rod p'. Upon 70
the outer side of the bar 0, on both sides of
the portion or arm 1) of the bell-crank lever P',
are attached the pins o2 o2. To the border-
plate II are attached similar bell-crank le-
vers P) and links It, directly above each trough 75
L, so that the power to operate the troughs
will be equally distributed.
To the bar O, near the end of the car oppo-
site to the end having the entrance-door K,
is pivoted the lower end portion of an oper- 80
ating-lever S. To the border-plate 1, a short
distance above bar O, is attached a block s'.
Through the operating-lever S and into the
block s' is inserted a pill s, which acts as a
fuleruml for said lever. The upper end of 85
the operating-lever S extends a short distance
above the line of the roof E of the car, and to
said end portion is hinged at s" an extension
S' of said lever, which is bent downward upon
the roof E of the car after use. Upon the 90
roof E of the rar, directly above the lever S,
are attached the curved guides T T, which
extend a short distance beyond the eaves e
of the car, and between which guides extend
the upper end portion cf the lever S. 95
Upon the outer side of the standards D' D'
and above the line of the guides N is attached
in a horizontal position a hollow pipe U,which
is tapped above each one of the respective
troughs L and a small discharge-pipe at in- Too
serted. At both end portions of the pipe Ul
are attached an elbow u', in which elbow is
inserted the lower end portion of the water-
supply pipe 9;.
In theoperation of theseriesof foldingwater- r05
troughs the end portion S' of the operating-le-
ver S is raised to a vertical position and forced
in the direction of the end of the car having
the entrance K, and by this movement the
bar O is thrown in an opposite direction. The r io
pins oe upon the bar O strike the arm p) of the
trough-elevating bell-crank lever P, which vi-
brates on its pivot, whereby the lower end
portion P1) is drawn in an upward direction.
This motion of portion p)' raises the rod MI, i a
and the outer end portion of each trough con-
nected with said rod is also raised and the
other end portion falls within the car and is
sustained by the vibrating brace h, so that
at the highest point of elevation of the rod 3 12c
the troughs L are each brought into a hori-
zontal position. The troughs are then filled
with water from the tanks on the car or in
any other convenient manner. Upon the re-
versal of the movement of the lever S the I25
troughs are raised in a vertical position and
folded within the side of the car and the wa-
ter discharged therefrom. In the movement
of the rod 31 in an upward direction their
tendency to be forced away from the side 130
of the car is checked by means of the guides
N, which enforce uniformity in movement and
direction. LBoth in raising and lowering the
troughs the power required is, as seen, re-
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Lazarus, Samuel. Stock-Car, patent, December 23, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172554/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.