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Louden Calf Pen with Individual Mangers — Fig. 1022 



Specifications 



Sizes of Tubing. The top and bottom rails, comer 

 posts and gate posts and the arch-rail are I ^^ O. D. steel 

 tubing. The vertical fillers and stanchion bars are I yj O. D. 

 steel tubing. 



Lengths of Tubing. The comer posts are 52 and 

 the gate posts are 81 inches long. The fillers and stanchion 

 bars are 36 inches long. The standard height of panel is 

 46 inches above the floor. 



The Connections. The top and bottom rails are con- 

 nected to the corner post by the Louden Corner Couplings. 

 The fillers are set 4 ' 2 inches apart on centers and are con- 

 nected to the top and bottom rails by Louden Grip Clamps. 



The Construction. The pens are built in panel 

 sections extending from one corner post to another and from 

 the corner posts to the gate posts. The fillers in the stan- 

 chion section are spaced to suit the stanchion bars. All 

 the fillers are adjustable on the top and bottom rails. 



The Stanchion Section. The standard width be- 

 tween the Stanchions is 2 feet. A section 8 feet long will 

 have 4 stanchions: a 10-foot section. 5 stanchions, etc. The 

 stanchion bars are hinged to the bottom rail and their upper 

 ends have malleable castings which extend above and slide 

 on the top-rail. 



The Shift Bar. The upper ends of stanchion slide 

 castings are connected to a Steel Shift Bar i^xl inch, and 

 long enough to take in the row of stanchions. Near one 

 end it is provided with a shift lever, which is pivoted to a 

 casting on the top-rail so that by rocking the lever back 

 and forth the shift bar will be moved and will open and 

 close the stanchion bars. 



Drop Pins. Each slide casting is fitted with a Drop 

 Pin which drops in an adjacent notch in the shift bars and 

 thus connects the slide casting to the shift bar. By lifting 

 the drop pin the stanchion bar may be moved independently. 



Manger Construction. The Manger, comprising the 

 outside, the ends and the divisions are made of No. 18 gal- 

 vanized sheet steel. The outside is reinforced at the top, 

 and the ends and the divisions, are joined to the outside by 

 IxlxJs steel angles. The lower edge of the outside and 

 the upper and lower and inner edges of the ends and divi- 

 sions are reinforced by j^xl inch spot-welded steel strips. 

 The standard dimensions of Manger are 23 inches out from 

 panel at top, 16 inches out at bottom, 18 inches high and 

 2 feet wide. 



The Stationary Shields are made of No. 18-gauge 

 sheet steel, reinforced with i^&\\ inch spot-welded steel strips. 

 They are 24 inches long and 20 inches wide at bottom. 



Weights. Plain panels, per lineal foot. 1 3 lbs. Stan- 

 chion panels, per lineal foot, 16 lbs. Gate with hin-jes. 58 lbs. 

 Arch-rail and gate posts above panel, 38' 2 lbs. Manger, two 

 compartments in section, 87 ' 2 lbs; three compartments in 

 section, 124 lbs. ; four in section, 15432 lbs.: five in section, 

 181 lbs,; Stationary Shields with clamps, each II lbs. 



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