A Collapsable Poultry House, fitted with Collapsable Egg or Nest Box.
Year: 1898

page_text: A Collapsable Poultry House, fitted with Collapsable Egg or Nest Box.
VISCOUNT DEERHURST, Woolstone, Cheltenham, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An apex poultry house made of weather boards fitted with reversable hinges on
the top, to enable the sides to fold back. The front & back are fitted with hinges
so as to fold inwards. The nest or egg box, is fitted with hinges so as to allow
it to fold flat on the back. The perches are made of long rods projecting at each
end by which means the house is moved when in use.
Dated this Second day of February 1898.
I, VISCOUNT DEERHURST, of Birlingham, Pershore, late of Woolstone, Chelten-
ham, Gentleman, 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:-
In the drawings annexed I have shewn various views of a collapsable poultry
house constructed according to my invention.
Figure 1 is an end view, Figure 2 a side view and Figure 3 a vertical section
of the house when erected for use.
Figure 4 is a section of the nest when folded.
Figure 5 is a plan view and Figure 6 an edge view of the house when folded
up and out of use.
A A are two side pieces hinged together at the top by reversible hinges B which
allow of one side piece being turned back so as to bring its outer face against the
outer face of the other side. CD are the front and back end pieces connected by
hinges E to bars F fixed to the inner faces of one of the sides A. The hinges E
allow of these end pieces being folded inwards to lie one over the other against
the inner face of this side. The front end piece C has the ordinary opening
through it to allow fowls to pass in and out-this opening can be closed when
desired by a slide G. The back end piece D has an opening formed through it for
the fowls to pass into the nest or egg box. The parts of this nest or egg box are
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hinged one to another so as to allow of their being folded flat on to the exterior
of the back end piece. The bottom piece H of the nest is hinged at H' to the
lower part of the end piece D. The greater, part of the back I of the nest is hinged
at I to the outer part of the bottom piece H. The two end portions J J of the
nest are hinged to blocks K which stand up from the bottom piece H. In this
way the back piece I can be turned down on to the bottom piece H and the end
piece can be turned down onto the top of the back piece I and then the bottom
piece can be turned upwards so as to be parallel with the outer face of the end
piece whilst the parts I, J, K, pass into the opening formed through the end piece.
The top or roof L can then be turned down on hinge joints L' so as to shut in all
the parts.
MM are the perches made of rods of sufficient length to project through the front
and back end pieces and serve as handles by which the house can be carried about
after it has been erected.for.usc.
N N are catches by which one side piece A can be locked to the end pieces C, D.
In the drawing I have shewn the house as being maile of weather boards but
it may be made equally well of match boarding.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A collapsable poultry house consisting of two sloping side pieces hinged
together at the top by reversible hinges and triangular end pieces hinged to bars
projecting from the inner face of one or other of the side pieces so that the parts
may be folded up one on to the other substantially as described.
2. A collapsable poultry house consisting of two sloping side pieces hinged
together at the top by reversible hinges and triangular end pieces hinged to hars
projecting from the inner face of one or other of the side pieces and the back end
piece carrying a nest or egg box the parts of which are hinged one to another so
that they may be folded up with the parts lying parallel with the back end piece
and some of them lying within the opening in this end piece substantially as
described.
3. Collapsable poultry houses constructed substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the drawing annexed.
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1000