Curtain system for domestic animal shelter
OwnerLuke G. SENSENIGinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a curtain system for a side of a shelter for domestic animals, wherein the side is open except for an animal restraining grid and the curtain system. The system includes an elongated tube horizontally mounted outside the grid. The tube carries a shaft about which an elongated curtain is wound. A horizontally extending end of the curtain protrudes through a slot of the tube. A drive raises and lowers the tube relative to the grid and winds and unwinds the curtain to raise and lower the curtain relative to the grid. The raising and lowering of the tube are independent of the winding and unwinding of the curtain. A fixed cable keeps the tube and curtain proximate the grid.
Claims20
A curtain system for a side of a shelter for domestic farm animals, wherein the side is generally open except for (a) a restraining grid for the animals, (b) the curtain system and (c) a facing arrangement that holds the grid, the curtain system comprising a tube having an elongated axis, the tube adapted to be horizontally mounted outside the restraining grid, the tube having an elongated slot extending in the same direction as the elongated axis of the tube, the tube carrying a shaft extending in the same direction as the elongated axis of the tube and about which an elongated curtain is wound, the curtain having a horizontally extending end protruding through the slot, and a drive arrangement for raising and lowering the tube relative to the open side of the shelter and for winding and unwinding the curtain about the shaft so that the winding and unwinding of the curtain cause the curtain to be raised and lowered relative to the open side of the shelter, the drive arrangement being such that the raising and lowering of the tube and the winding and unwinding of the curtain are independent of each other, and a restraining structure for causing the tube and curtain to be between the restraining structure and the grid and proximate the grid.
In combination, a shelter for domestic farm animals, the shelter including a side that is generally open except for (a) a restraining grid for the animals, (b) a curtain system, and (c) a facing arrangement that holds the grid, the curtain system comprising a tube having an elongated axis, the tube being horizontally mounted outside the restraining grid, the tube having an elongated slot extending in the same direction as the elongated axis of the tube, the tube carrying a shaft extending in the same direction as the elongated axis of the tube and about which an elongated curtain is wound, the curtain having a horizontally extending end protruding through the slot, and a drive arrangement for raising and lowering the tube relative to the open side of the shelter and for winding and unwinding the curtain about the shaft so that the winding and unwinding of the curtain cause the curtain to be raised and lowered relative to the open side of the shelter, the drive arrangement being such that the raising and lowering of the tube and the winding and unwinding of the curtain are independent of each other, and a restraining structure for causing the tube and curtain to be between the restraining structure and the grid and proximate the grid.
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