IMPROVEMENT IN BIRD CAGES."
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Eliott Henley, of 109, Bromley Street,
Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention
"IMPROVEMENT IN BIRD CAGES."
of an
Sealed the 28th February 1873, and dated the 4th September 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Eliott Henley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 4th September 1872.
JOHN ELIOTT HENLEY, of 109, Bromley Street, Stepney, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENT IN BIRD CAGES," to be as follows:-
It is a vertical revolving bird cage. It works on an axletree, and is
turned vertically by the action of the bird moving from bar to bar ; it
has a boat or receiver suspended underneath for refuse. It is also sus-
pended by a brass wire from each end of the axletree for the purpose of
hanging it up, and contains two cups fitted on the axletree for food and
water. It is an oblong circular cage, manufactured of wire and tin, and
can be made to suit any class of bird.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Eliott Henley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 4th March 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ELLIOT HENLEY, of 109, Bromley Street, Stepney, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One, thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto he, the said John Elliot Henley, Her special licence
that he, the said John Elliot Henley, his executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as he, the said John Elliot Henley, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for the "IMPROVEMENT IN BIRD
CAGES," upon the condition (amongst others) that he, the said John Elliot
Henley, his executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
his, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Elliot Henley, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
It is a vertical revolving bird cage, and works on an axletree, and is
turned vertically by the action of the bird vaulting from bar to bar,
which are placed at equal distances from each other, thereby causing by
the weight of the bird a continual revolution, but can be stopped at
pleasure, either by the bird remaining still, or by a small catch or key
attached to the cage for that purpose. It has a boat or receiver sus-
pended underneath for sand or refuse, at each end of which thore are

page_text: flags bearing the emblems of different nationalities. It is also suspended
by a wire from each end of the axletree for the purpose of hanging it up,
and contains two cups fitted inside on the axletree, on a sliding scale, for
food and water. It is an oblong circular cage, manufactured of wire,
tin, and brass, and can be made to suit any class of bird.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Elliot Henley, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.