Year: 1886

page_text: JOSEPH ABRAHAMS, Naturalist, 191 & 192, St George Street East, London E. 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:
Abrahams' new seed cabinets are intended for bird cages, aviaries and bird rooms.
They are made either in wood or in metal with two, three, four or any number of
feeding holes. The accompanying drawing represents a six-hole seed cabinet.
A is the receptacle for the seeds which is either divided into two or more com-
partments as may be necessary to keep different kinds of seeds separate or the
whole receptacle is undivided by partitions for one kind of seeds only or for
several kinds in a mixed state. B is the lid moving on hinges at the back. C is
a plate of glass sliding between two narrow strips of metal or, in the case of wood,
in a groove. The glass when put into position is secured from falling out, when
the cabinet for cleaning purposes is turned upside down, by a strip of metal at the
top of the two side uprights D D or, in the case of wood, by a small strip of metal
moveable on a pin on the top of the two side uprights, the one end of the strip.
covering the edge of the glass, the other end sliding into a narrow cut in the back
of the apparatus. E', E, E, E, E and E° are the feeding holes into which the
seeds drop through a narrow opening at the lower part of the receptacle (which
opening is shown at F in the side view) which allows only so many seeds to fall
into the feeding holes as are necessary to replace those taken out by the birds.
G is the perch which the birds sit on while feeding. To this perch a strip of metal
or wood H is fastened which slants backwards and downwards. The husks and
waste seeds falling on this slant glide through the opening I (side view) into the
moveable drawer J. The back K of the apparatus is either of wood or of metal,
but in cases where it seems advisable a plate of glass is inserted and kept in
position in the same manner as that described for the glass plate at the front of
the apparatus.
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
my claim is t
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In the way feeding troughs for birds are usually arranged the birds either let
the husks fall into the trough or they drop them to the ground which makes the

page_text: cage or aviary look untidy. The seeds also which they drop either from dislike or
by accident are being scattered over the bottom of the cage or the floor of the
aviary. Here they mix with the droppings of the birds and other impurities and
if picked up and eaten by the birds they cause derangement of the digestive
organs, inflammation of the bowels and other complaints. The mice also are
attracted by the seeds which are scattered on the ground.
This waste of seeds, scattering of husks, spread of, disease, among the birds and
the house becoming infested by mice is made impossible by my invention, for the
husks and seeds which the birds. drop from their bills are caught and retained by
the drawer. Thence they may be removed occasionally, the husks separated from
the seeds and the good seeds be put again into the seed receptacle. No mice can
have access to the seed receptacle or to the drawer.