Improvements in Combined Coops or Pens and Feeders for Rearing or Caging Poultry, Birds, or Animals.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL STECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Coops or Pens and Feeders for Rearing
or Caging Poultry, Birds, or Animals.
I THOMAS DOWLER GREEN of Holywell House Claverdon in the County of
Warwick Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the construction and combination of parts constituting
coops or pens and feeders, particularly for rearing young poultry, but which may
also be used for caging such poultry, or for the caging or rearing of other birds or
animals.
It consists, first, of a coop or pen so constructed that there are no loose parts,
the eaves project all round so as to throw off any wet and allow it to drop dry, its
top being covered with sheet lead, or other material to ensure a perfectly weather
proof roof.
Two doors are provided in the front of the coop one to open from inside to
outside, to give ingress and egress to the mother, the other being a sliding door
running in a groove which when open admits free egress and ingress to the young
birds through bars of wood, iron, or other material, fixed permanently in the said
half front of the coop, these bars being so arranged as to give free way to the
young birds, but to prevent the mother from going out.
In order to prevent the groove in which the aforesaid sliding door runs, from
being choked with dirt &c., a small projection is fitted to the front edge of the
door, fitting in the groove, so that each time the door is closed it clears the groove
and forces any accumulation through an opening in the side of the coop.
During the day time, or at any time when the young birds are allowed outside
the coop, the sliding door is pushed back in front of the other door, but when it is
desired to shut up both the mother and the young birds, the sliding door is drawn
before the bars and effectually closes the coop. Bolts are provided on each door to
ensure their being safely closed. Ventilation is obtained, when both doors are
shut, by an opening at the top of the mother's door, which opening is protected by
a small grating which admits air freely, but would prevent a rat or stoat, &c.
from entering
All parts of the coop having contact with the ground or floor are protected,
preferably by sheet metal and angle iron. The coop may also be mounted on
wheels or rollers if required.
The feeder is made the length of the front of the coop, to which it may be
temporaly fastened if desired, and is protected from the incursions of other large
birds, by a detachable wire or other frame of small mesh, so that the food provided
for the young birds cannot be reached by full grown birds.
At one end of the feeder apertures are provided to allow the young birds free
way into the open, but when desired, these apertures can be closed with a door, and
they can only have access from the coop to the feeder. The parts of the feeder
that touch the ground or floor are also protected with metal, preferably sheet or
angle iron. The coop may be used with or without the feeder, or the feeder
without the coop. A similar arrangement differing slightly in detail may be used
for small animals such as dogs, rabbits, &c.
Dated this 28th der of Jule 1890
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Coops or Pens and Feeders for Rearing
or Caging Poultry, Birds, or Animals.
I THOMAS DOWLER GREEN, of Holywell House, Claverdon, in the County of
Warwick, Farmer, 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 the construction and combination of parts constituting
coops or pens and feeders, particularly for rearing young poultry, but which may
also be used for caging such poultry, or for the caging or rearing of other birds
or animals, and consists as follows:-
And, in order to explain more fully the nature, and carrying out of this my
invention, I have appended hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which
are figures and numbers of reference, similar numbers referring throughout the
several views to the same thing or part, & in which :-
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of the coop, as separated from the feeder, and
permitting the entrance & exit of the chickens or other small birds through the
bars.
Fig. 2, is a front elevation of the coop showing the whole closed up.
Fig. 3, is a sectional elevation of the coop on line A-B, showing the sliding
door & bars &c.
Fig. 4, is an end elevation of the coop..
Fig. 5, is a front elevation of the combined coop, feeder, and food protector.
Fig. 6, is an end elevation of the combined coop, feeder, and food protector.
Fig. 7, is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 8, is a sectional plan view of Fig. 6, on line C-D.
Fig. 9, is a detached sectional elevation of the feeder on line E-F in the
direction of the arrow.
Fig. 10, is a side elevation of the feeder complete, as seen when removed from
the coop (in the direction of the arrow shown upon Fig. 9).
Fig. 11, is a detached end view, &
Fig. 12, a side view of the food protector.
1, is the coop or pen, the eaves 2, of which project all round so as to throw off
any wet and allow it to drop dry, its top being covered with sheet lead 3, or other
material to ensure a perfectly weather proof roof. Two doors 4 & 5, are provided
in the front of the coop, the one 4, being hinged at 6, to open from inside to outside,
.to give ingress and egress to the mother, the other 5, being a sliding door running
in a groove 7, which when open, permits free egress and ingress to the young
through bars 8, of wood, iron, or other material, fixed permanently in the said half
front of the coop as seen in Figs. 1, 3 & 8, these bars being so arranged as to give
free way to the young birds, but to prevent the mother from going out.
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birds
In order to prevent the groove 7; in which the aforesaid sliding door runs, from
being choked with dirt &c., a small projection 9, is fitted to the front edge of the
door 5, fitting in the groove 7, so that each time the door is closed it clears the
groove and forces any accumulation through the opening 10, on the side of
the coop, see Fig. 1.
During the day time, or at any time when the young birds are allowed outside
the coop, the sliding door 5, is pushed back in front of the other door as seen
in Fig. 1, but when it is desired to shut up both the mother and the young birds,
the sliding door 4, is drawn before the bars, as seen in Fig. 2, and effectually
closes the coop. Bolts are provided at 11
12, on each door to ensure their being
safely secured.
Ventilation is obtained, when both doors are shut, by an opening 13, at the top
of the mother's door 4, which opening is protected by a small grating which admits
air freely, but would prevent a rat or stoat &c., from entering.

page_text: All parts of the coop having contact with the ground or floor are protected,
preferably by sheet metal 14, and angle iron 15. The coop may also be mounted
on wheels or rollers if required.
16, is the feeder, which is made the same length as the front of the coop 1, and
to which it may be temporarily fastened if desired, or detached at will, but generally,
by reason of its weight, it is sufficient that it be only placed there. At the one
end of this feeder apertures 17, 17, are provided for the young birds to pass out
and in, and for bad weather, or when otherwise desirable, a door 18, is provided
which may be closed in front of these openings, as seen in Fig. 8, (dotted lines
showing its position when the apertures are opened, which effectually confine them
to the coop and the feeder. The top of the feeder is open and receives the
protector 19, which is capable of being simply lifted off, the pegs or feet 20,
passing into the four corners of the opening or into holes prepared to receive
them. This wire guard completely prevents any intrusion of older birds.
By placing the food near the far end of the feeder from the apertures, no long
necked large birds, such as ducks, geese, &c. are able to reach it through the
opening 17, 17, in the end of the feeder. The parts of the feeder that touch
the ground are also protected with sheet or angle iron similarly to the coop.
A similar arrangement differing only slightly in detail may be used for small
animals, such as dogs, rabbits &c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination in a coop for birds or small animals, of the coop 1, having
a metallic protected roof, and bars 8, and door 4, with the sliding door 5,
working in the groove 7, substantially as described and shown, and for the purposes
specified.
2. The combination in a coop having bars 8, doors 4 and 5, the latter having
a clearing piece 10, working in the groove 7, and hole 10, substantially as
described and shown and for the purposes specified.
3. The combination with the coop 1, and its accessary parts, of the feeder 16,
having apertures 17, 17, with door 18, substantially as described and shown.
4. The combination with the feeder 16, and its accessary parts, of the removable
protector 19, substantially as described and shown, and for the purposes specified.
5. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting this my
invention of an improved coop, feeder and protector, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated upon the drawings.
Dated this 29th day of April 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.