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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM E. SKINNER, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
DIPPING-VAT.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,474, dated May 23, 1899.
Application filed September 24, 1898, Serial No. 691,775. (No model.)To all whom zt may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM E SKINNER,
a citizen of the United States, residingat Fort
Worth, county of Tarrant, State of Texas,
5 have invented a certain new and useful Im-
provement in Dipping Vats or Tanks; and I
declare the following to be a full, clear, and
exact description of the invention, such as
will enable others skilled in the art to which
1o it pertains to make and use the same, refer-
ence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings, which form a part of this specification.
My invention has for its object the produc-
tion of a dipping-vat and accompanying ap-
15 paratus whereby cattle can be submerged in
a suitable liquid solution for the purpose of
killing the disease germs which may be in or
on the hide.
To that end it consists of a combination of
20 devices and appliances to be hereinafter
more fully described and claimed.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of
my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical section
thereof, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section
25 showing the carrier. Fig. 4 is a section on
the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.
In carrying out the invention A represents
the vat proper. This may be constructed of
any desirable material and may of course be
30 any size and proportion desired. This vat is
filled to a suitable height, preferably a height
sufficient to submerge the animal completely,
with the solution which it is desired to apply
to the animal. One end B of the vat is in-
35 lined and preferably provided with cleats b
or the like, whereby the animal can easily
mount.
C represents what may be termed the "drip-
floor." It is preferably provided with cleats
4o inclined slightly toward the center, so that
as the animal drips the liquid will be carried
to the center of the floor and back down into
the vat.
D represents suitable fences or the like
45 constituting a pen, and from this pen the
animal can be taken to the point desired.
E represents the floor of the chute leading
to the vat. It can be suitably fenced in by
the fences F.
5o In order that the animals can be handled
with sufficient rapidity to make it commer-
cially profitable to use this device, it is de-sirable that the inlet-chute should be pro-
vided with some automatic means for forcing
the animal into the vat. I have therefore 55
constructed my apparatus with the end of the
inlet-chute at considerable of an elevation
above the bottom of the tank and at an ele-
vation above the surface of the liquid in the
tank. The bottom of this inlet-chute is ar- 6o
ranged at an angle, as shown, and is prefer-
ably provided with some sort of movable car-
rier device. One form of carrier which is
practicable is shown in the drawings and is
made up of a series of slats G, connected to- 65
gether at each end to form an endless chain
and provided with antifriction - wheels G',
traveling in the tracks G2, so that when the
animal steps onto the slats its weight will
carry it down toward the tank and all efforts 70
on the part of the animal to back off will only
tend to carry the animal down farther. To
regulate the speed of the carrier, I provide
a brake-wheel G3, mounted on the shaft G4,
the latter carrying a pinion G6, which meshes 75
with the rack G6. A brake can be applied to
the wheel G3, and this regulates the speed of
the carrier.
It is obvious that the details of the con-
struction might be varied in many ways with- 8o
out departing from the spirit of the inven-
tion, which consists, essentially, in the pro-
vision of a vat, an inlet-chute, and means in
connection with the inlet-chute for precipi-
tating the animal from the chute into the vat. 85
What I claim is--
1. The combination with the tank and the
inlet-chute, of an inclined carrier device lo-
cated in said chute for precipitating the ani-
mal into the tank, said device operated by 90
the weight of the animal substantially as de-
scribed.
2. The combination with the tank and the
inlet-chute, of an endless carrier device lo-
cated in said chute for precipitating the ani- 95
mal into the tank, said device operated by
the weight of the animal substantially as de-
scribed.
In testimony whereof I sign this specifica-
tion in the presence of two witnesses.
WILLIAM E. SKINNER.
Witnesses:
WALTER H. CHAMBERLIN,
GEO. H. WELESTRIP.
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Skinner, William E. Dipping-Vat., patent, May 23, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509092/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.