A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FEEDING PHEASANTS OR POULTRY
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOSEPH BAILEY, of Walton Hall, Warrington; in the County of Chester Head
Gamekeeper do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FEEDING PHEASANTS OR POULTRY" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for feeding pheasants and
poultry, and the object of my improvements is to construct an apparatus which will
prevent waste, and also protect the grain or other food from rats, or other vermin,
water-hens, wood-pigeons; and small birds.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reference
being had to the Figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1. is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3, a side sectional elevation, and
Fig. 4. a side elevation of the apparatas.
a, is the frame of the apparatus; b, the box or receptacle for grain or other food,
glazed in front at 6', and closed at the top by the hinged lid or door 62; o, is a
feeding box or trough closed by the hinged door or lid c', and supplied with grain
or other food through a narrow opening or passage communicating with the upper
box b: two levers & are pivoted at one end to the hinged lid c¹ (one at each side)
and at the other end to the levers e, pivoted at el; the levers e are connected by
levers f to arms or levers g, which carry the rocking platform h, which is balanced
so as to open the lid c', whenever an additional weight is placed on it: the arms g
are pivoted at gl to the frame a. One set of levers preferably placed near the
middle of the apparatus might be used to connect the hinged lid. c to the
platform h, instead of the two sets shown on the Drawings. I prefer to make the
footboard of the platform of perforated zinc for the sake of cleanliness, and to
prevent damp. When the apparatus is made for feeding pheasants the trough cis
preferably placed about twelve inches above the level of the platform h, but it may
be made at any height required.
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The apparatus is placed on the ground in any desirel position, and I prefer to
make a slope up to the level of the platform h. When the box 6 has been filled
with grain or other food, the pheasants or poultry to be fed are attracted by the
Dans

page_text: grain, which they see at any ordinary distance through the glass b', and when
they step on the platform it is depressed, so slightly that the pheasants or poultry
are not alarmed by the movement, the levers g, f, e, and d are moved, and the
lid c is slowly opened, thus exposing the grain in the feeding trough c, and
allowing the pheasants or poultry to feed: when the pheasants or poultry leave the
platform it rises, and the lid c¹ is immediately closed.
By the use of this improved apparatus a great saving of time and labour is
effected as the box or receptacle, which may be of any desired size, need only be
replenished when the supply of food is exhausted, the food is kept clean and dry,
it is effectually protected from water hens, wood pigeons, small birds, rats and
other vermin, and all the waste caused by throwing the food on the ground is
avoided.
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. The new or improved apparatus substantially as and for the purposes herein
shewn and described.
2. The combination with a feeding box, of a balanced platform, substantially as
and for the purposes herein set forth.
3. The combination with a feeding box of the balanced lid c¹ for the purposes
specified.
A
CH 10QA