Withers bar for cattle stalls and cattle housing installations comprising at least one such withers bar

Abstract

TITLE. Withers bar for cattle stall and installation for housing cattle comprising at least one such withers bar. The invention relates to a withers bar (6) for a cattle stall (3), said withers bar (6) being designed to extend over two half-stalls (5; 5') comprising two juxtaposed stalls (3) and comprising, on the one hand, a first portion (7) of withers bar (6) which is configured to extend over a first half-stall (5) comprising a first stall (3), on the other hand, a second portion (8) of withers bar (6) which is configured to extend over a second half-stall (5') comprising a second stall (3) and, on the other hand, a connecting portion (9), on either side of which the first portion (7) of withers bar (6) and the second portion (8) of withers bar (6) extend, and which is defined to be fixed on a side wall (4), that the two half-rooms (5;5') include, which is common to the two half-cells (5; 5'), and which delimits the two half-cells (5; 5'). Figure for the abbreviation: Fig. 1;

Description

Title of the invention: Withers bar for cattle stall and installation for housing cattle comprising at least one such withers bar

[0001] The present invention relates to a withers bar for a cattle stall. This invention also relates to an assembly comprising at least two withers bars and a cattle housing installation comprising at least one such withers bar.

[0002] This invention relates to the field of manufacturing equipment for use in agricultural operations, more particularly equipment used in the composition of a facility for housing cattle.

[0003] More particularly, this invention relates to a withers bar, which is intended to be part of a cattle housing installation, and which is configured to prevent a bovine from moving too far into a cubicle included in such an installation, when this bovine comes to settle into such a cubicle.

[0004] Classically, these withers bars take the form of a straight bar, more particularly made up of a straight tube.

[0005] However, in recent years, alternative versions to these straight bars have appeared. Thus, withers bars have been made of materials other than steel (flexible cable, plastic, movable bars with vertical movement) and / or feature new shapes such as curved bars.

[0006] All these solutions aim to improve the comfort of cattle when they arrive in the stalls and especially when they stand up. Indeed, it is common for poorly positioned withers bars (particularly those that are too low or too far back) to be struck by cattle when they stand up. Conversely, a withers bar that is too far forward will allow the animal to lie down too far forward in the stall, so that its excrement may fall back into the stall instead of into the gutter that generally extends behind these stalls.

[0007] In short, such a bar at the withers must serve as a limit on the advancement of the bovine in the cubicle, but must not hinder the movements of this bovine when it gets up.

[0008] In fact, these curved withers bars have, more particularly, an inverted "U" shape, an inverted "V" shape or a shape which varies from the inverted "V" to a more "U" shape which allows more height of movement for the animal and therefore more comfort.

[0009] Today, many manufacturers of cubicles offer curved withers bars, with some particular features.

[0010] Most manufacturers offer curved withers bars designed to fit at least two stalls. These curved withers bars have a series of at least two bends (this series can have up to eight bends) allowing them to be fitted to at least two stalls. Such withers bars have the advantage of making installation easier and faster (less adjustment during installation) as well as more economical manufacturing (only one bending machine cycle to make two stalls). However, with such curved bars made in multiples of stalls, it is impossible to adjust the individual width of each stall.

[0011] However, during the course of their career or operation, a farmer may need to modify the width of their cubicles. Indeed, even if farmers generally predetermine a certain width for their cubicles (adapted to the size of their animals, their age, etc.), it may happen that, for reasons of improving animal comfort or due to a change in the size of the animals housed in the building (change of breed, change of age, etc.), the farmer needs to modify the width of their cubicles.

[0012] With straight withers bars, this is not a problem. Simply loosen the fixings that link the side panels to the withers bar, reposition these side panels to give the stalls the desired width by sliding the withers bar, and then tighten the fixings.

[0013] In contrast, the curved withers bars currently available on the market have fixed dimensions, determined so that the curved portion is centered. Therefore, it is impossible to reduce or widen the width of the stall. At best, for the first stall in a series of adjacent stalls, this will slightly shift the withers bar, but in subsequent stalls, this shift will quickly become more pronounced. The farmer will then have no other option than to purchase new curved withers bars with a center-to-center spacing corresponding to the new width chosen for their stalls.

[0014] Furthermore, there are known "floating" cubicles which are specifically designed to be adjustable in width. In these cubicles, each partition wall is not individually fixed to a post, but mounted on horizontal bars which are themselves fixed to the posts. To increase or decrease the width of the cubicle, it is simply a matter of loosening the fixings and sliding the partition walls along the horizontal bars. Curved withers bars of fixed width (such as those mentioned above) cannot therefore be used with this type of floating cubicle since, due to this fixed width, the withers bars would have to be changed whenever the farmer wants to change the width of the cubicles.

[0015] In a cattle housing installation, there are usually a plurality of withers bars that follow one another and are linked together by connecting means. These connecting means may take the form of a male-female type interlocking which comprises, on the one hand, a housing in a tube that constitutes the curved withers bar, this at the level of one end of this tube and, on the other hand, a constriction, which comprises the tube of the curved withers bar this at the level of the other end of this tube, and which is configured to cooperate with a housing in the tube of another curved withers bar.

[0016] Another embodiment consists in these connecting means comprising a sleeve, which adopts the form of a fixing / clamping flange, which has an internal diameter greater than that of the tube of the withers bars, and in which the ends of these withers bars come to be housed, more particularly to fit together.

[0017] In this regard, it should be noted that, in this case, the joint between the two withers bars is most often located directly above the side wall, at the level of the fastening / clamping bracket. In such a design, the curved withers bars are not permanently connected to each other. That is to say, if a bovine, individually housed in its stall, pushes on the curved part of a withers bar, it will be able to quite easily rotate this withers bar within the fastening / clamping brackets and misalign it, due to the leverage created by the curved portion of such a withers bar. The curved portion of this withers bar is then no longer at the same height as the curved portion of the withers bars of the adjacent stalls, because the bovine has raised this withers bar at that point.

[0018] To prevent this, the fastening / clamping brackets at the level of the side rails may include through-locking screws that prevent the withers bars from rotating. Such a design requires drilling through the withers bars to allow the locking screws to pass through them. The interaction between such a locking screw, the fastening / clamping bracket, and the withers bar prevents height adjustment of the curved portion of this withers bar unless the locking screw is removed, the withers bar is rotated to achieve the correct height of the curved portion, the brackets are tightened, and a new hole is drilled through the withers bar to allow the locking screw to rotate again.These operations result in a local weakening of this bar at the withers, or even the creation of oblong holes which no longer ensure a real locking of the bar at the withers against rotation in the said fixing / tightening straps.

[0019] The present invention aims to remedy the disadvantages of withers bars and cattle housing installations of the prior art.

[0020] Furthermore, an objective of the present invention is to provide a withers bar and a cattle housing installation that is capable of allowing a modification of the size of the cubicles, this in an easy and quick manner while retaining such a withers bar as well as the integrity and functionality of such a withers bar.

[0021] To this end, the invention relates to a withers bar for a cattle stall, said withers bar being designed to extend over two half-stalls comprising two juxtaposed stalls and comprising, on the one hand, a first portion of withers bar, which has two curves, and which is configured to extend over a first half-stall comprising a first stall, on the other hand, a second portion of withers bar, which has two curves, and which is configured to extend over a second half-stall comprising a second stall and, on the other hand, a connecting portion, on either side of which the first portion of withers bar and the second portion of withers bar extend, and which is defined to be fixed on a partition wall, which the two half-stalls comprise, which is common to the two half-stalls, and which delimits the two half-stalls.

[0022] The invention also relates to an installation for housing cattle, said installation comprising, on the one hand, a first stall and a second stall, each comprising a first half-stall and a second half-stall, on the other hand, at least one partition wall, which delimits the first half-stall of the first stall in relation to the second half-stall of the second stall, and which is common to the first half-stall of the first stall and to the second half-stall of the second stall, and, on the other hand, a withers bar, which has the characteristics described above, which comprises the first portion of the withers bar which extends over the first half-stall of the first stall as well as the second portion of the withers bar which extends over the second half-stall of the second stall, and, on the other hand, fixing means which are configured to fix the junction portion of the withers bar to the partition wall.

[0023] The invention also relates to an assembly which comprises, on the one hand, a first withers bar and a second withers bar, these withers bars having the characteristics described above and, on the other hand, connecting means which are configured to ensure the connection between a first portion of withers bar which comprises the first withers bar and a second portion of withers bar which comprises the second withers bar.

[0024] Finally, the invention relates to a cattle housing installation, said installation comprising, on the one hand, at least one stall having a first partition wall and a second partition wall between which a bovine can position itself, on the other hand, an assembly having the characteristics described above, and on the other hand, a first fastening means configured to fix the connecting portion of the first withers bar to the first partition wall, and part, also, a second means of attachment which is configured to fix the junction portion which includes the second bar at the withers on the second side rail while the connecting means which ensure the connection between the two bars at the withers extend over said cubicle.

[0025] Thus, the invention relates to a withers bar comprising two withers bar portions and a connecting portion that joins these two withers bar portions and is intended to be fixed to a side rail. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising two withers bars, each having the characteristics described above, as well as means for connecting a first withers bar portion of the first withers bar to a second withers bar portion of the second withers bar.

[0026] These connecting means advantageously allow the first portion of the withers bar to be positioned at a determined and adjusted distance from the second portion of the withers bar, and thus allow the junction portion of the first withers bar to be positioned relative to the junction portion of the second withers bar, at a determined and adjusted distance which corresponds to the distance between the two side walls of a stall.These connecting means then advantageously allow adjustment of the distance between these two connecting sections relative to the distance between these two side walls (particularly during the installation of such a withers bar within the facility, as it is not uncommon for the cubicles not to strictly adhere to the planned width at the time of installation of the withers bars), but also, during the operation of the facility, to modify this distance to adapt to a widening or narrowing of these two side walls, notably due to a change in the size of the cattle housed in this facility or the welfare of these cattle. Thus, while non-adjustable curved withers bars of the prior art hardly tolerate these variations in cubicle width, the withers bar according to the invention allows them to be easily compensated for.

[0027] It will also be noted that, most commonly, these stalls have a width between 1150 and 1250 mm. Advantageously, a single model of withers bar according to the invention can cover all these widths, whereas prior art solutions require several models of different lengths. In this regard, these known curved withers bars are usually offered in lengths distinguished by a 50 mm increment (generally 3 models: 1150, 1200 and 1250 mm).

[0028] Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent during the following description relating to embodiments which are given only by way of indicative and non-limiting examples.

[0029] Understanding this description will be facilitated by referring to the drawings attached in the appendix, in which:

[0030] [Fig-1] represents a schematic and perspective view of a cattle housing installation, which is in accordance with the invention, and which includes withers bars in accordance with the invention.

[0031] [Fig.2] represents a schematic and perspective view of a withers bar, which conforms to the invention, and comprises the installation illustrated [Fig.1].

[0032] [Fig.3] represents a schematic and perspective view of an assembly, which is in accordance with the invention, which includes two withers bars (which are in accordance with the invention and are illustrated [Fig.2]) as well as means for connecting these two withers bars, and which includes the installation illustrated [Fig.1].

[0033] [Fig.4] represents a schematic, perspective and exploded view of the fixing of a withers bar conforming to the invention on a side rail of an installation illustrated [Fig.1].

[0034] With reference to the figures in the attached drawings, the present invention relates to the field of manufacturing equipment for use in agricultural operations, more particularly equipment used in the composition of a facility for housing cattle.

[0035] Such an installation 1 for housing cattle comprises a floor 2 and at least one cubicle 3 which is intended to accommodate a bovine.

[0036] Such a cubicle 3 comprises, on one side of such cubicle 3, a first partition 4 and, on the other side of such cubicle 3, a second partition 4'. These two partitions (4; 4') delimit such cubicle 3. It is, more particularly, between these two partitions (4; 4') that a bovine comes to position itself.

[0037] Such a cell 3 has, on the one hand, a first half-cell 5 which extends from the first side rail 4 and towards the second side rail 4', more particularly to a median plane of such a cell 3 (such a median plane being located halfway between the side rails 4; 4' which delimit on either side such a cell 3) and, on the other hand, a second half-cell 5' which extends from the second side rail 4' and towards the first side rail 4, more particularly to the median plane of such a cell 3.

[0038] The invention relates, then, to a withers bar 6 for such a cattle stall 3.

[0039] Such a withers bar 6 is designed to extend over two half-stalls (5; 5'), notably over two half-cellets (5; 5'), which comprise two juxtaposed 3-cellets.

[0040] Such a withers bar 6 comprises, on the one hand, a first portion 7 of the withers bar 6, which has two curves (more particularly, which have a curvature opposite to each other), and which is configured to extend over (more particularly over) the first half-cell 5 which comprises a first cell 3.

[0041] On the other hand, such a withers bar 6 has a second portion 8 of withers bar 6, which has two curves (more particularly which have an inverse curvature with respect to each other), and which is configured to extend over (more particularly over) the second half-compartment 5' which has a second compartment 3.

[0042] On the other hand, such a withers bar 6 has a joining portion 9 on either side of which (and, in particular, from which 9) the first portion 7 of withers bar 6 and the second portion 8 of withers bar 8 extend.

[0043] Such a junction portion 9 is defined to be fixed on a side panel 4, which the two half-rooms (5; 5') comprise, which is common to the two half-rooms (5; 5'), and which delimits these two half-rooms (5; 5').

[0044] In fact, such a junction portion 9 is defined to be fixed on a single and same side panel 4, which comprises two juxtaposed half-cells (5; 5') which comprises two juxtaposed cells 3, which is common to the two juxtaposed half-cells (5; 5') which comprise the two juxtaposed cells 3, and which delimits the two juxtaposed half-cells (5; 5') which comprise the two juxtaposed cells 3.

[0045] Such a junction portion 9 has a first end 90 and a second end 91.

[0046] According to another feature, the junction portion 9 is straight.

[0047] According to another feature, the first portion 7 of the bar at the withers 6 of the withers bar 6 has a primary distal end 70 which is free, as well as a primary proximal end 71 which extends the junction portion 9, more particularly the first end 90 of the junction portion 9.

[0048] In parallel, the second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 has a secondary distal end 80 which is free, as well as a secondary proximal end 81 which extends the junction portion 9, more particularly the second end 91 of the junction portion 9.

[0049] In this regard, it will be observed that the primary distal end 70 of the first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 of such a withers bar 6 is configured to be connected to a secondary distal end 80 of a second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 which comprises a second withers bar 6 while the secondary distal end 80 of the second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 of such a withers bar 6 is configured to be connected to a primary distal end 70 of a first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 which comprises a third withers bar (6).

[0050] According to a particular embodiment, the primary distal end 70 of the first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 of such a withers bar 6 comprises a constriction which is configured to be fitted inside secondary distal end 80 of the second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of the second withers bar 6 while the secondary distal end 80 of the second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of such withers bar 6 is configured to permit fitting of a constriction which has the primary distal end 70 of the first portion 7 of withers bar 6 of the third withers bar 6.

[0051] The invention also relates to an installation 1 for housing cattle.

[0052] This installation 1 comprises, on the one hand, a first cell 3 and a second cell 3, more particularly which is juxtaposed to the first cell 3. This first cell 3 and this second cell 3 each comprise a first half-cell 5 and a second half-cell 5' which have the characteristics described above.

[0053] On the other hand, this installation 1 includes at least one side panel 4, which delimits the first half-cell 5 of the first cell 3 in relation to the second half-cell 5' of the second cell 3, and which is common to the first half-cell 5 of the first cell 3 and to the second half-cell 5' of the second cell 3.

[0054] Furthermore, the installation 1 includes a withers bar 6, which has the characteristics described above. Thus, such a withers bar 6 includes the first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 which extends over (more particularly over) the first half-stall 5 of the first stall 3 as well as the second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 which extends over (more particularly over) the second half-stall 5' of the second stall 3. This withers bar 6 also includes the connecting portion 9 mentioned above.

[0055] The installation 1 also includes fastening means 10 which are configured to fix the junction portion 9 of the bar to the withers 6 on the side panel 4.

[0056] These fastening means 10 are preferably configured to fix the connecting portion 9 of the withers bar 6 to the side panel 4, in a reversible manner. Advantageously, such fastening means 10 allow the inclination of such a withers bar 6 to be modified, particularly to adapt to the size of the cattle.

[0057] Such fastening means 10 may adopt the form of a fastening flange or the like.

[0058] The invention also relates to an assembly 11 comprising, on the one hand, a first withers bar 6 and a second withers bar 6. These withers bars 6 have the characteristics described above. Such an assembly is illustrated [Fig. 3].

[0059] This assembly 11 also comprises connecting means 12 which are configured to ensure the connection between this first withers bar 6 and this second withers bar 6, more particularly between a first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 and includes this first bar at the withers 6 and a second portion 8 of bar at the withers 6 which includes this second bar at the withers 6.

[0060] In fact, these linking means 12 are, more particularly, configured to ensure the link between the primary distal end 70 which is present in the first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 of the first withers bar 6 and the secondary distal end 80 which is present in the second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 of the second withers bar 6.

[0061] According to a particular embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, 3 and 4, the connecting means 12 comprise a sleeve which is configured to receive internally (in particular by fitting), on the one hand, the first withers bar 6 (more particularly the first portion 7 of withers bar 6 of the first withers bar 6, in particular the primary distal end 70 of the first portion 7 of withers bar 6 of the first withers bar 6) and, on the other hand, the second withers bar 6 (more particularly the second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of the second withers bar 6, in particular the secondary distal end 80 of the second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of the second withers bar 6).

[0062] According to another embodiment (not illustrated), the connecting means 12 comprise a constriction (as mentioned above), which comprises the first withers bar 6 (more particularly, which comprises the first portion 7 of withers bar 6 of this first withers bar 6, in particular, which comprises the primary distal end 70 of this first portion 7 of withers bar 6 of this first withers bar 6), and which is configured to be fitted inside the second withers bar 6 (more particularly inside the second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of this second withers bar 6, in particular inside the secondary distal end 80 of this second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of this second withers bar 6).

[0063] Yet another feature relates to the fact that the assembly 11 includes immobilization means 13 which are configured to immobilize the first withers bar 6 (more particularly the first portion 7 of withers bar 6 comprising this first withers bar 6, in particular the primary distal end 70 comprising this first portion 7 of withers bar 6 of this first withers bar 6) in relation to the second withers bar 6 (more particularly in relation to the second portion 8 of withers bar 6 comprising this second withers bar 6, in particular in relation to the secondary distal end 80 comprising this second portion 8 of withers bar 6 of this second withers bar 6).

[0064] In fact, these immobilization means 13 are, more particularly, configured to immobilize the first withers bar 6 (more particularly the first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 of this first withers bar 6) relative to the second bar at withers 6 (more particularly in relation to the second portion 8 of bar at withers 6 of this second bar at withers 6), this in a reversible manner.

[0065] These immobilization means 13 advantageously allow, on the one hand, immobilizing the two withers bars 6 in a determined position of one of the two withers bars 6 relative to the other of the two withers bars 6 (which corresponds more particularly to a determined distance between the side walls 4 of a stall 3), on the other hand, freeing the first withers bar 6 relative to the second withers bar 6, in order to adjust the position of at least one of the withers bars 6 relative to at least the other of the withers bars 6 (more particularly according to a new distance between the side walls 4 of the stall 3), and, on the other hand, immobilizing the two withers bars 6 (more particularly in a new position and / or with the new distance of one of the two withers bars 6 relative to the other of the two bars at the withers 6).

[0066] In particular, these immobilization means 13 are configured to immobilize the sleeve (which the connecting means 12 comprise) with respect to the first withers bar 6 (more particularly with respect to the first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 comprising this first withers bar 6, in particular with respect to the primary distal end 70 of this first portion 7 of the withers bar 6 of this first withers bar 6) and / or with respect to the second withers bar 6 (more particularly with respect to the second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 comprising this second withers bar 6, in particular with respect to the secondary distal end 80 of this second portion 8 of the withers bar 6 of this second withers bar 6), this in a reversible manner.

[0067] Such immobilization means 13 comprise, on the one hand, at least one thread which comprises, as the case may be, the first withers bar 6 and / or the second withers bar 6 and / or the sleeve and / or a nut (which is associated with the first withers bar 6 and / or the second withers bar 6 and / or the sleeve, in particular by being inserted between such a withers bar 6 and such a sleeve) and, on the other hand, at least one screw which cooperates with the thread as well as with the first withers bar 6 and / or with the second withers bar 6.

[0068] As mentioned above, the invention relates to an installation 1 for housing cattle.

[0069] As mentioned above, this installation 1 comprises, on the one hand, at least one cubicle 3 which includes a first partition 4 and a second partition 4' between which a bovine can come to position itself.

[0070] This installation also includes an assembly 11, which has the characteristics described above, and, on the one hand, a first fastening means 10 (which has the characteristics described above) which is configured to fasten the junction portion 9 which comprises the first withers bar 6 on the first side rail 4 of the stall 3 and, on the other hand, a second fastening means 10 (which has the characteristics described above) which is configured to fix the junction portion 9 which comprises the second withers bar 6 on the second side rail 4 of the stall 3.

[0071] In such a case, the connecting means 12 (which ensure the connection between the two bars at the withers 6) extend over said cubicle 3, more particularly over said cubicle 3.

Claims

Demands

1. Assembly (11) comprising a first withers bar (6) for a cattle stall (3) and a second withers bar (6) for a cattle stall (3), these withers bars (6) being designed to extend over two half-stalls (5; 5') comprising two adjoining stalls (3) and comprising, on the one hand, a first portion (7) of withers bar (6), which has two curves, which is configured to extend over a first half-stall (5) comprising a first stall (3), and which has a primary distal end (70) which is free as well as a primary proximal end (71), on the other hand, a second portion (8) of withers bar (6), which has two curves, which is configured to extend over a second half-stall (5') comprising a second stall (3), and which has a secondary distal end (80) which is free as well as a secondary proximal end (81) and, on the other hand, a junction portion (9),on either side of which the first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) and the second portion (8) of the withers bar (6) extend, which is prolonged by the primary proximal end (71) as well as by the secondary proximal end (81), and which is defined to be fixed on a side panel (4), which the two half-stalls (5; 5') comprise, which is common to the two half-stalls (5; 5'), and which delimits the two half-stalls (5; 5'), characterized in that it comprises connecting means (12) which are configured to ensure the connection between the first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) comprising the first withers bar (6) and the second portion (8) of the withers bar (6) comprising the second withers bar (6).

2. Assembly (11) according to claim 1, characterized in that the primary distal end (70) of the first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) of the withers bar (6) is configured to be connected to a secondary distal end (80) of a second portion (8) of the withers bar (6) comprising a second withers bar (6) while the secondary distal end (80) of the second portion (8) of the withers bar (6) of the withers bar (6) is configured to be connected to a primary distal end (70) of a first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) comprising a third withers bar (6).

3. Assembly (11) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the joining portion (9) is straight.

4. Assembly (11) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting means (12) comprise a sleeve which is configured to internally receive the first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) of the first withers bar (6) as well as the second portion (8) of the withers bar (6) of the second withers bar (6).

5. Assembly (11) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting means (12) comprise a constriction, which comprises the first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) of the first withers bar (6), and which is configured to be fitted inside the second portion (8) of the withers bar (6) of the second withers bar (6).

6. Assembly (11) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises immobilizing means (13) which are configured to immobilize, reversibly, the first portion (7) of withers bar (6) of the first withers bar (6) with respect to the second portion (8) of withers bar (6) of the second withers bar (6).

7. Installation (1) for housing cattle, said installation (1) comprising, on the one hand, a first stall (3) and a second stall (3), each comprising a first half-stall (5) and a second half-stall (5'), on the other hand, at least one partition (4) delimiting the first half-stall (5) of the first stall (3) from the second half-stall (5') of the second stall (3), and common to the first half-stall (5) of the first stall (3) and the second half-stall (5') of the second stall (3), and, on the other hand, an assembly (11)), which conforms to any one of the preceding claims, comprising the first portion (7) of the withers bar (6) extending over the first half-stall (5) of the first stall (3) and the second portion (8) of the withers bar. withers (6) which extends over the second half-stall (5') of the second stall (3) and, on the other hand,fastening means (10) which are configured to fix the joining portion (9) of the bar to the withers (6) on the side rail (4).

8. Installation (1) for housing cattle, said installation (1) comprises, on the one hand, at least one cubicle (3) which includes a first side rail (4) and a second side rail (4') between which a bovine can position itself, on the other hand, an assembly (11), which conforms to any one of claims 1 to 6, on the other hand, a first fastening means (10) which is configured to fix the junction portion (9) comprising the first withers bar (6) on the first side rail (4) and, on the other hand, also, a second fastening means (10) which is configured to fix the junction portion (9) comprising the second withers bar (6) on the second side rail (4) while the connecting means (12) which ensure the connection between the two withers bars (6) extend over said cubicle (3).

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