IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIRD AND OTHER CAGES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS are APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Davies, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Wire Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BIRD AND OTHER CAGES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS are
APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Davies at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th April 1880.
JOSEPH DAVIES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Wire Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIRD AND OTHER CAGES, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.”
My improvements consist in constructing bird and other cages, whether of wood,
wire, or other material or metal, of two, three, or more parts or divisions of a
circular, square, or other suitable form, each part or division being made slightly
smaller than the other, permitting them to be closed telescopically one within the
other, thereby reducing the space occupied by such articles when required to be
packed for export or otherwise.
In carrying my Invention into effect I arrange the sliding or telescopic divisions
with suitable pillars or supports that they slide one within the other, and when
the cage is extended and placed on a table it may be held in that position by
turning outwards one or more of the wires of the cage with projections or their
equivalents formed on them, which rest or lodge on the horizontal bands or other
parts of the cage. When suspended the weight of the cage will always extend the
telescopic divisions to their full limit.
These improvements are also applicable to meat safes and other such like
receptacles where desirable that they should be reduced to the smallst capacity
for exportation or transit.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Davies in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
October 1880.
JOSEPH DAVIES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Wire Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIRD AND OTHER CAGES, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
My improvements in bird and other cages, meat safes, and other such like
receptacles consists in forming them of two, three, or more parts or divisions of a
circular, square, or other suitable form, and in so arranging these said parts or
divisions that each one is slightly smaller than the next in succession, permitting
them to be closed telescopically one within the other, thereby greatly reducing the
space occupied by such articles when required to be packed for export or otherwise.
These improvements are applicable to all cages or like receptacles, whether formed
of wood, iron, or other material.
In carrying my Invention into effect as applicable to ordinary birdcages I
arrange the sliding or telescopic divisions with suitable pillars or supports or their
equivalents that they slide one within the other, and when the cage is extended it
can be held in that position by turning outwards one or more wire hooks or their
equivalents secured to the wires of the cage with projections or their equivalents
formed on them, which rest or lodge on the horizontal bars or other parts of the
cage, so that it can be placed on a table in an extended condition. When suspended
the weight of the cage will always extend the telescopic divisions to their full
limit.
It will be readily understood that my improvements can be suitably modified,
so as to render them applicable to ineat safes and other such like receptacles when
it is desirable that they should be reduced to the smallest capacity for exportation
or transit.
Having thus described my improvements, and the manner of giving effect to tho
same, I wish it understood that I claim under these my Letters Patent,-
The construction of bird cages, meat safes, and other such like receptacles in
telescopic divisions or parts, permitting them to close one within the other, whereby
less space is occupied for packing such goods for transit or otherwise.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Davies, bave hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Nineteenth day of October, One thousand eight hundred
end eighty
Witness,
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,
Draughtsman, Patent Agent, &c.,
11, Cannon Street,
Biriningham.
"
· JOSEPH DAVIES. (L.S.)