Improvements. in Detachable Nest Boxes for Use with Portable Poultry Houses.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements. in Detachable Nest Boxes for Use with Portable
Poultry Houses.
HENRY JOHN Fox Rose Eaton Bray Bedfordshire Poultry House Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1
My invention consists of an improved method of constructing and attaching the
nest boxes, on the outside of portable poultry houses, so that the boxes can be
instantly detached and removed from the house for the purpose of fumigation, and
the thorough destruction of vermiu, with which they become so infested in a short
time that the hens do not care to use them; when detached, the old nests can be
emptied on the ground, a handful of sulphur thrown on the straw, and when set on
fire the boxes can be passed through the fumes a few times, thoroughly destroying
all insects without the slightest danger of injuring either the boxes or the house;
this object I attain in the following manner.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar
parts.
Fig. 1. shews parts marked A which represent the parts of the frame and side
of the house, B is the row of nest boxes in position, C is the centre one of the
division boards forming the nest boxes, and rests against the centre post A,' it, and
the boards forming each end of the box (which are similar in shape to C) are
fastened near their tops to the posts A. A. À. by the hooks and eyes D. D. E is a
weather strip to shed the wet, and to which the roof F is attached by hinges;
(here shewn raised up to give access to the boxes form the outside) the roof F
when closed is secured by padlock in a staple fixed in the division board C, and
passing through a slot in the roof F.
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Fig. 2. is an inside view of the nest boxes, shewing all the, division boards C with
their ends projecting beyond, the, floor, except the centre one, the projecting ends
rest on the top of a rail of the frame of the house when in position, while the
floor presses up to the side of the same rail, the ends and centre division board
resting against the posts, and being secured by the hooks D, thus making it
impossible to remove them from the outside when the roof is locked down, but
when the roof is raised are instantly detached by releasing the hooks D.
Fig. 3 shews the side of the house when the nest boxes are removed, the roof F
closing down and completing the side of the house, being secured in position by a
staple fixed in the post, passing through the same slot in the roof F that secures it
when the nest boxes are in position, and locked by the same lock.
November 20th 1894.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Detachable Nest Boxes for Use with Portable
Poultry Houses.
I, HENRY JOHN FOX ROSE Eaton Bray near Dunstable Beds, Poultry
Appliance Manı:facturer 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 :-
My invention consists of an improved method of constructing and attaching the
nest boxes to the outside of portable poultry houses so that they can be instantly
removed for cleaning out or for fumigation, and as readily replaced; this object
I attain in the following manner.
Referring to the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification in which
similar letters refer to similar parts
Fig. 1 shews parts marked A which represent parts of the frame and side of the
house, B is the row of nest boxes in position, C is the centre one of the division
boards forming the nest boxes, and rests against the centre post A, it and the boards
forming each end of the box (which are the same shape as the division board C)
are fastened near their tops to the posts A. A. A. by the hooks and eyes D. D.
E is a weather strip to shed the wet and to which the roof F is attached by hinges,
(here shewn raised up to give access to the boxes from the outside) the roof F
when closed is secured by a lock to the nest box by any suitable fastening.
Fig. 2. is an inside view of the nest boxes shewing all the division boards C except
the centre one, with their ends projecting beyond the floor, the projecting ends rest
on the top of a rail of the frame of the house when in position, while the floor
presses up to the side of the same rail, the ends and centre division boards
resting against the posts and being secured by the hooks and eyes marked D, thus
making it impossible to remove them from the outside when the roof is locked
down, but when the roof is raised are instantly detached by releasing the
hooks D.
Fig. 3. shews the side of the house when the nest boxes are removed, the roof F
closing down and completing the side of the house, being secured by lock and
suitable fastening.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The arrangement and construction of the nest boxes in such a manner that
they can be readily detached as herein before described.
2. The combination of the projecting division boards C, the end boards and centre
division boards with the hooks D as set forth and described.
3. The construction of the boxes B and the roof F in such a manner that when
the boxes are removed the roof F closes down and completes the side of the house,
all substantially as described.
Dated this 20th