Apparatus for preventing an animal from kicking in a cattle chute
AssigneeMoly Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorJon Davis Mollhagen
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Abstract
Kick bar assemblies mounted to an opposite side walls of a squeeze chute structure each include an upright shaft that is rotatably mounted to the squeeze chute wall. Each kick bar assembly connects at one end to an actuator for rotating the shaft and at the other end to a kick bar which may be pivoted by the actuator between a first retracted position, a second normal extended position in which the kick bar is generally normal to the wall of the squeeze chute and a third forward position in which the kick bar is rotated forward of the normal position and defines an acute angle with the squeeze chute wall. The actuators controlling the motion of the kick bars are capable of being simultaneously remotely controlled to act in unison.
Claims5
A kick bar apparatus for use with a squeeze chute, comprising:
- a pair of opposite, symmetric kick bar assemblies, each of which is mounted on one side wall of a cattle squeeze chute, each kick bar assembly including a kick bar that is at least indirectly mounted to one of the side walls of the squeeze chute for rotation between a first retracted position in which the kick bar is generally retracted, a second normal extended position in which the kick bar is generally normal to the wall of the squeeze chute and a third forward position in which the kick bar is rotated forward of the normal position and defines an acute angle with the squeeze chute wall, the actuators controlling the motion of each kick bar capable of being simultaneously controlled to act in unison.
A kick bar apparatus for use with a cattle squeeze chute structure, comprising:
- a pair of opposite, symmetric kick bar assemblies, each of which is mounted on one side wall of a cattle squeeze chute, each kick bar assembly including an upright shaft that is rotatably mounted to the squeeze chute wall, the upright shaft connecting at one end to an actuator for rotating the shaft and connecting at the other end to a kick bar, the kick bar, upon rotation of the upright shaft by the actuator, pivoting between a first retracted position in which the kick bar assembly is generally retracted, a second normal extended position in which the kick bar is generally normal to the wall of the squeeze chute and a third forward position in which the kick bar is rotated forward of the normal position and defines an acute angle with the squeeze chute wall, the actuators controlling the motion of the kick bar assemblies capable of being simultaneously controlled to act in unison.
The kick bar apparatus of claim 5, wherein;
- the actuator of each kick bar assembly is a hydraulic cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.