Improvements in Aviaries, Bird Cages, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th June, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Aviaries, Bird Cages, and the like.
I, ARTHUR BAIRSTOW, of Buttershaw, near Bradford, in the County of York,
Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to appliances or apparatus, to be employed for the purpose
of feeding birds and similar animals, in cages or aviaries. The object of the
invention is to provide means whereby the aviary or cage may be replenished with
seed, or other food, and water, without disturbing or frightening the birds or other
animals, and with greater ease than heretofore; to facilitate cleaning of the parts ;
to prevent the seed or other food being scattered about outside the cage or aviary;
and to ensure proper attention being given to the feeding and watering of such
birds or other animals.
The cage or aviary, according to my invention, contains the usual false bottom
or tray capable of being drawn out through one side for cleaning. At one part of
this false bottom, adjacent to and extending transversely of one side or end of the
cage or aviary, construct a series of two or more boxes or carriers, to contain,
and into which are placed, the glasses or receptacles which hold the seed or other
food and the water, and which may be of any usual or ordinary form or construction.
Supposing three of such boxes or carriers were thus arranged-then the first glass
or receptacle might contain, say, seed, the second green food or some delicacy, and
the third water. A wall of wood or other material, preferably matching the lower
part or bottom sides of the cage or aviary, is raised against the end of the false
bottom, in proximity to these boxes or carriers, and is so made as to lie flush with
the other bottom sides of the cage or aviary, when the false bottom and its
appurtenances are in their normal position, a portion of this particular bottom side
being omitted so as to receive such wall. Or this wall may be hinged to the cage
itself. The remaining portion of the false bottom is as usual. A transversely
extending framework or mantle, of wood, zinc, or other suitable material is so
arranged, inside and made fast to or swung in the cage or aviary, as to enclose or
partly enclose the series of boxes or carriers, excepting at certain parts, necessary
for the bird or other animal getting at the contents of the glasses or receptacles.
Only sufficient opening is left at the lower portion of this framework or mantle to
allow of the false bottom sliding easily thereunder, so as to prevent the liability of
the animal escaping when such false bottom is drawn out for the purpose of
cleansing the same and its appurtenances.
By the adoption of my invention the feeding products, and whatever else the
boxes or carriers may contain, as well as the false bottom, may be inspected, as a
whole, at a glance, and may be carried away into the kitchen or other place and
there cleansed and the glasses or receptacles replenished; it being impossible for
an absent-minded or forgetful person to omit, say the water or the seed, when
refilling, as all the glasses or receptacles are before the eye at once. On account of
the simplicity of the arrangement, all liability to breakage of the glasses or
receptacles is hereby obviated, when taking in and out; a great advantage over
many of the present complicated appliances.
Dated this 12th day of September 1892
ARTHUR BAIRSTOW,
Buttershaw, near Bradford, Yorkshire, Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Aviaries, Bird Cages, and the like.
I, ARTHUR BAIRSTOW, of Buttershaw, near Bradford, in the County of York
Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to appliances or apparatus, to be employed for the purpose
of feeding birds and similar animals, in cages or aviaries. The object of the
invention is to provide means whereby the aviary or cage may be replenished with
seed, or other food, and water, without disturbing or frightening the birds or other
animals, and with greater ease than heretofore; to facilitate cleaning of the parts;
to prevent the seed or other food being scattered about outside the cage or aviary;
and to ensure proper attention being given to the feeding and watering of such
birds or other animals.
The cage or aviary, according to my invention, contains the usual false bottom or
tray capable of being drawn out through one side for cleaning. At one part of
this false bottom, adjacent to and extending transversely of one side or end of the
cage or aviary, I construct a series of two or more boxes or carriers, to contain,
and into which are placed, the glasses or receptacles which hold the seed or other
food and the water, and which may be of any usual or ordinary form or construction.
Supposing three of such boxes or carriers were thus arranged, then the first glass
or receptacle might contain, say, seed, the second green food or some delicacy, and
the third water. A wall of wood or other material, preferably matching the lower
part or bottom sides of the cage or aviary, is raised against the end of the false
bottom, in proximity to these boxes or carriers, and is so made as to lie flush with
the other bottom sides of the cage or aviary, when the false bottom and its
appurtenances are in their normal position, a portion of this particular bottom side
being omitted so as to receive such wall. Or this wall may be hinged to the cage
itself. The remaining portion of the false bottom is as usual. A transversely
extending framework or mantle, of wood, zinc, or other suitable, material is so
arranged, inside and made fast to or swung in the cage or aviary, as to enclose or
partly enclose the series of boxes or carriers, excepting at certain parts, necessary
for the bird or other animal getting at the contents of the glasses or receptacles.
Only sufficient opening is left at the lower portion of this framework or mantle to
allow of the false bottom sliding easily thereunder, so as to prevent the liability of
the animal escaping when such false bottom is drawn out for the purpose of cleaning
the same and its appurtenances.
In the drawings accompanying this Specification-
Fig. 1 is a front view of a bird cage, constructed with my improvements adapted
thereto;
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on the line x, y, in Fig. 1, and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the false bottom or tray and its appurtenances.
A is the usual false bottom or tray, capable of being drawn out through one side
or end of the cage; in Fig. 1 the false bottom is drawn out at one end. A series
of two or more boxes or carriers is situated at one side of the tray or false
bottom A; three of these boxes or carriers are shown in Fig. 3, at B, B1, B2, and
these boxes or carriers and the false bottom or tray A may be constructed of wood,
as shown, or of any other suitable material, or of sheet metal. The sides of these
boxes or carriers are preferably low, to facilitate cleaning, as shown on the
drawings, although they may be made of any convenient height. C, C', C², are
three glasses or receptacles, which may be of any ordinary construction, and these
are deposited in the boxes or carriers B, B1, B. These glasses or receptacles are
to contain the food and water for consumption by the birds or other animals. Dis
an upright or wall, attached to or against the end of the tray A, in this case also

page_text: of wood, to match the wooden bottom portion or sides of the cage, but metal or
other material may be used in the construction of this wall D. This said wall or
upright D might be hinged to the cage instead of forming part of the tray A, and
in either case it is made to lie flush with the side or end of the cage, an opening
being made in that side or end to receive it. E is a mantle or covering, of wood,.
zinc, or other suitable material, arranged inside and made fast to the cage, so as to
enclose or partly enclose the series of boxes or carriers B, B1, B2; as many small
openings being left at the top of such mantle or cover as there are glasses or
receptacles C, C, C'; such small openings being for the purpose of allowing the
bird or other animal to reach the contents of the said glasses or receptacles. The
false bottom or tray A is made to slide in and out under the mantle or cover E,.
such mantle or cover extending downwards close to the false bottom or tray;
opening left when such false bottom or tray is withdrawn being insufficient to allow
the bird or other animal to escape. Instead of the mantle or cover E being made
fast to the cage, it may be arranged to swing on hinges or pivots so as to drop
down when the false bottom or tray is removed, and thus dispense with an opening
thereunder, and preclude all possibility of egress of the bird or other animal.
Fig. 1 the false bottom or tray A is shown partly drawn out, a drop thumb piece d
(or a knob might be employed) being provided to facilitate the withdrawal of such.
false bottom or tray.
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By the adoption of my invention the feeding products, and whatever else the
boxes or carriers may contain, as well as the false bottom, may be inspected, as a.
whole, at a glance, and may be carried away into the kitchen or other place and
there cleansed and the glasses or receptacles replenished; it being impossible for
an absent-minded or forgetful person to omit, say the water or the seed, when
refilling, as all the glasses or receptacles are before the eye at once. On account
of the simplicity of the arrangement, all liability to breakage of the glasses or
receptacles is hereby obviated, when taking in and out; a great advantage over
many of the present complicated appliances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved construction of aviaries bird cages and the like substantially as
described and shown whereby the feeding appliances are capable of being
withdrawn with the tray or false bottom as a whole from the aviary cage or
the like.
Dated this 11th day of June 1894.
ARTHUR BAIRSTOW,
Buttershaw, Yorks, Butcher.