Squeeze chute
OwnerWilliam Dean Priefertinventor
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Abstract
An animal squeeze chute having a side panel tiltable toward an opposing side panel for restraining an animal in the chute. The tiltable panel is moved by an operator-actuated handle and includes a lock which is automatically released when the handle is being operated to tilt the panel toward the opposing panel but locks and prevents movement of the tiltable side panel when the operator releases the handle. The lock is released by movement of the handle in the opposite direction to allow the handle to be operated to return the tiltable side panel to its position away from the opposing side panel and thereby release the animal.
Claims8
In an animal squeeze chute having a head gate, a first, tiltable side panel and a second, opposing side panel, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a squeeze handle mounted on the squeeze chute for movement between an animal restraining position and an animal release position;
- (b) a linkage interconnecting the squeeze handle and the tiltable side panel for tilting the side panel toward the opposing side panel into an animal restraining position as the squeeze handle is moved to the animal restraining position;
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- (c) a lock operated by movement of the squeeze handle which permits free motion of the tiltable side panel toward the opposing side panel when the squeeze handle is being moved toward the animal restraining position and locks to prevent movement of the tiltable side panel away from the opposing side panel when the squeeze handle is released.
In an animal squeeze chute having a head gate, a first, opening side panel and a second, opposing side panel, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a latch release handle mounted on the squeeze chute for movement between an opening side panel locked position and an opening side panel unlocked position;
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- (b) a latch operated by movement of the latch release handle which releases for opening movement the opening side panel when the lock release handle is moved to the opening side panel unlocked position and locks to prevent opening of the opening side panel when the lock release handle is released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.