Improvements in Nest Boxes for Poultry.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug.,
1898
Complete Snorification Loft 6th May 1800 Accented 24th wuno 1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nest Boxes for Poultry.
I, ALEX JULIUS SILBERSTEIN, of Framingham, Middlesex County, State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide nest boxes in which fowls will lay
to a greater extent than in the open nests at present in use, and to which access
can be readily had for the purpose of cleaning etc.
The invention comprises a rectangular box, divided vertically into compart-
ments. The top of the box is made in halves hinged together. The front and
back of the box are preferably hinged to the outer edges of the top and have doors
respectively those on the front opening inwards, and those on the back opening
outwards. The doors in the front have apertures through which the nest can
be seen.
The parts being preferably all hinged, or fitted together without nails or the
like, the box can be readily folded for convenience of transport.
Dated this 6th of traust 1900
R. RAINSFORD,
Agent for Applicant.
improvements in west boxes for country.
I, ALEX JULIUS SILBERSTEIN, of Framingham, Middlesex County, State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This is an improved nest-box whereby the laying qualities of different fowls
in a poultry yard may be ascertained, and the pedigrees of the chickens known.
The invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter described, and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved nest box. Fig. 2 is an enlarged
cross vertical section of the same, taken through one of the compartments. Fig. 3
is a diagram shewing the position of the nest box in the yard.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The nest box comprises the rear wall A, front wall A' end walls A", and
top A. A bottom is not necessary, as the box is preferably set on the ground;
but one may be used, if desired. The top is divided longitudinally into a
stationary portion and the lid or cover A, which latter is hinged at a to the

page_text: top, so as to swing up and back. The front wall A¹ is provided with a number of
walls B, each hinged on the inside at the top of the front wall, and adapted by
the shape of its lower edge B1 and the corresponding portion of the wall to swing
inward only. Directly behind these doors the rear wall is provided with a corre-
sponding number of doors C, which are hinged at their tops to the outside of the
rear wall A and are adapted by their shape to swing outward only. Between the
doors transverse partitions D extend across the box, dividing it into compartments,
cach having a front and rear door-i.e., an entering and leaving door. Each front
door B is provided with an opening E, large enough to allow a hen to see the
nest within the compartment into which the door leads, and each rear door is
provided with an opening F.
In the diagram shewn in Fig. 3,- K represents a yard or roosting room, to
which K is the door. L is the pen in which the fowls are confined after laying.
P is a partition, R. a door therein, and S a door to the run. T is a roost.
A fowl in the yard or roosting room K, seeing a nest H through the opening E
in one of the doors B, pushes her head in, and thus swings up the door and enters
After laying she pushes up the rear door C in the same compartment by means
of the opening F and finds herself in the pen L, where she is. seen and the
ring on her leg examined, so that a record may be made of the fact that she laid
an egg on such a day. Thus a record may be kept of her egg laying qualities
and the pedigree of the chickens known.
As the doors B, C, drop automatically and only swing one way, the' hen cannot
retrace her steps, but can be let into the run by the doors R, S.
The eggs are removed by lifting the lid Ain
Of course as many compartments may be made in the nestbox as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is:
The herein-described nest box for poultry, consisting of the top A provided
with the lid or cover All; front wall A' provided with doors B hinged at, their
upper ends to said wall and adapted to swing inwardly only; rear wall A, pro-
vided with doors C, hinged at their upper ends to said wall, and adapted to swing
outward only; end walls A" and transverse partitions dividing the interior of
the box into compartments each furnished with an inwardly opening door and
an outwardly opening door, said doors B and C being provided with openings,
all substantially as herein before set forth.
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