Improvements in Bird Perches.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bird Perches.
GILBERT TALBOT, Bank Manager, Thame, Oxon, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
A bird perch adaptable to any cage and removable from the outside, without
opening the door or disturbing the birds.
Consists of a metal plate with a tongue at the lower edge for insertion between
the bars, pierced in the centre to hold the perch, which is secured by four small
pins. At the upper part are two movable arms with hooks at the end which clutch
the bars and secure the perch firmly in its place.
Dated this 27th day of October 1890.
GILBERT TALBUT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bird Perches.
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I, GILBERT TALBOT, of Thame, in the County of Oxford, Bank Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
My invention of Improvements in Bird Perches relates more particularly to an
improved holding or supporting device (hereinafter called a holder) to carry the
perch proper whereby the position of the same in a bird cage can be readily adjusted
from the exterior of the cage without the necessity of opening the door thereof or
otherwise disturbing the same. For this purpose the holder is suitably formed to
receive the perch or to be attached thereto, and is provided with arms adapted to
engage with the wires of the cage so as to support the holder and perch in position,
but in such a manner nevertheless that the holder can be raised or lowered to
adjust the position of the perch to suit requirement.
In the accompanying drawings
Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations at right angles to each other of an adjustable holder
with perch according to this invention, the holder being shown in Fig. 1 attached
to the wires of a bird-cage.
Figs. 34 and 5 are respectively front rear and plan views illustrating a modified
form of holder with perch, also shown attached to the wires of a cage.
The holder shown in Fig. comprises a plate A. of suitable sheet metal or
material for example brass, formed with a tongue or extension B, and a hole C to
receive one end of the perch D and provided with a pair of movable arms or
catches E that are bent or hooked at their upper extremities as shown to adapt
them to engage with two of the wires F of a cage. These arms or catches E are
preferably secured upon the plate A by means of small eyelets E¹, the lower portion
of each arm being bent into a ring through which and a corresponding hole in the
plate, an eyelet is passed and finally rivetted or clinched down so as to hold the
plate and arm securely together, and form a pivot upon which the arm can be
turned or moved relatively to the plate A.
The perch D can be secured to the plate A by means of lateral projections G
which are formed out of the plate by punching cutting or otherwise dividing a
small circular portion of the plate, corresponding in size with the end of the perch,
into four segments two of which are afterwards bent to one side of the plate, the
remaining two being bent to the other side as shown. The perch is then passed

page_text: through the hole C thus formed in the plate and is held between the said
projections G which are preferably secured to the perch by suitable means such as
nails or screws H.
In the modification shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5 the arms or catches E are
rigidly connected together, being preferably formed of a single piece of brass or
other wire bent into the form shown in plan in Figure 5, the two arms being first
passed through a hole in the plate A. A. bent portion of the wire is left at the
outer side of the plate to serve as a thumb piece by which the arms may be turned.
The arms are made of such length and are so disposed in relation to the plate that
when they are turned into the position shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 they will extend
over and hold two of the adjacent wires F of the cage firmly against the plate A.
The perch in this case is shown secured to the plate by means of fastenings such as
nails or screws H which are passed through holes in the plate and enter the
extremity of the perch D, but by preference is secured in the same manner as in
the previously described arrangement.
To apply my adjustable holder and perch to a cage, the tongue C and perch D
are passed into the cage between two of the adjacent wires F, against which the
plate A is afterwards held in the desired position and so that the tongue or
extension B bears against the inner side of one of the horizontal wires F' as shown.
The arms E are then caused to engage with two of the vertical wires F, either by
passing their hooked or bent extremities over the same as in Figs. 1 and 2, or by
turning the said arms round until they engage with the wires as in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
The holder and perch will then be held firmly in position, but so nevertheless as to
admit of the holder being readily raised or lowered to adjust the position of the
perch, the arms then sliding upon the wires F.
By releasing the arms E from the wires F the holder and perch can be readily
removed from the cage for cleaning or other purpose. In this arrangement the
extension B, may in some cases be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bird perch comprising a plate A formed with a tongue or extension B
adapted to bear against the inner side of one of the horizontal wires of a bird cage,
arms E adapted to engage with vertical wires thereof, and a rod or bar D
constituting the perch proper, secured to said plate A substantially as described.
2. A holder for a bird perch constructed substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
3. A holder for a bird perch constructed substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 3 4 and 5 whether with or without
the extension B and whether the perch proper be fastened as shewn or as in
Figs. 1 and 2.
Dated this 4th day of March 1891
GILBERT TALBOT.