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US 2019/0159425 A1Published application
Head Gate for a Cattle Containment Chute
OwnerAlain Comteinventor
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Abstract
In a cattle chute including a head gate at the head end with gates movable from a closed position in a common plane to an open position facing the incoming animals there is provided a transverse abutment member across the top of vertical bars of the gates and a pull cord operable by a worker at the rear end of the chute to push the vertical bars into the closed position.
Claims14
A head gate assembly operable by a worker for holding an animal's head, the assembly comprising:
- a support frame arranged to be mounted in a position for operating on incoming animals;
- a pair of head gate doors;
- each door having a vertical bar for cooperating with the vertical bar of the other of the doors to trap the neck of the animal therebetween;
- each door being mounted on a hinge support member carried on the support frame for pivotal movement of the door and its vertical bar about a respective pivot axis generally parallel to the first vertical post member and spaced outwardly toward a respective side of the support frame;
- the doors being movable from a closed position in which the vertical bars lie in a common plane including the pivot axes to an open position in which the vertical bars are positioned on a side of the common plane facing the incoming animals to allow the head of the animal to enter;
- a transverse abutment member extending across the vertical bars in the open position adjacent a top of the vertical bars;
- and an operating device movable by a worker for moving the transverse abutment member toward the common plane to push the vertical bars into the closed position.
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An animal confinement apparatus comprising:
- a generally channel shaped frame structure having a head end for receiving a head of an animal to be confined, two sides each for extending along a respective side of the animal to be confined, a tail end remote from the head end;
- a head gate assembly at the head end operable to move from an open position to a closed position in which the neck of the animal is grasped for confinement thereof;
- the head gate assembly comprising:
- a support frame arranged to be mounted on the frame structure at the head end;
- a pair of head gate doors;
- each door having a vertical bar for cooperating with the vertical bar of the other of the doors to trap the neck of the animal therebetween;
- each door being mounted on a hinge support member carried on the support frame for pivotal movement of the door and its vertical bar about a respective pivot axis generally parallel to the first vertical post member and spaced outwardly toward a respective side of the support frame;
- the doors being movable from a closed position in which the vertical bars lie in a common plane including the pivot axes to an open position in which the vertical bars are positioned on a side of the common plane facing the tail end to allow the head of the animal to enter;
- an operating device movable by a worker for engaging and pushing the vertical bars into the closed position;
- wherein the operating device includes an elongate manually operable member extending from the head gate doors to a position adjacent the tail end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.