New or Improved Device for Transporting Young Pheasants or the like from Place to Place, or for analogous purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Device for Transporting Young Pheasants or the
like from Place to Place, or for analogous purposes.
I CHARLES WILLIAM HOPKINS, of Wychnor Park, near Burton-on-Trent,
Keeper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved device for transporting young
pheasants or the like from place to place, or for analogous purposes, and is designed
more especially for carrying young and weakly pheasants or the like to the rearing
field in safety and to keep them at a proper temperature during such transit.
According to my invention I provide a box-like receptacle or case preferably
formed of sheet iron or other metal divided into two or more compartments by
means of a vertical partition or partitions.
The bottom of the receptacle or case is in the form of a watertight compartment
or tank for containing hot water, being provided with an inlet and an outlet tube
for filling, or emptying same, these inlet and outlet tubes being also provided with
screw or other caps or stoppers.
Hinged lids are provided for closing the upper portion of the compartments,
these lids in turn having respectively a suitably shaped opening formed therein for
convenience in removing one pheasant or the like at the time, over which opening
fits a sliding panel or lid provided with a ventilating aperture, and a lug or handle
for operating such lid.
A suitable handle is provided for convenience in carrying the receptacle or case
from place to place.
Dated this 16th dex of June 1892
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Device for Transporting Young Pheasants or the
like from Place to Place, or for analogous purposes.
I CHARLES WILLIAM HOPKINS, of Wychnor Park, near Burton-on-Trent,
Keeper, 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:―
This invention relates to a new or improved device for transporting young
pheasants or the like from place to place or for analogous purposes, and is designed
more especially for carrying young and weakly pheasants or the like, to the
rearing field, in safety, and to keep them at a desirable temperature during such
transit.
According to my invention I provide a box-like receptacle or case, preferably
formed of sheet-iron or other metal, which case may be divided into two or more
compartments by means of a vertical partition or partitions.
At the bottom of this receptacle or case, I leave a space or chamber for con-
taining a lamp or other suitable heating means, while immediately above this
chamber I provide a watertight compartment or tank for containing hot water,
being provided with an. inlet and an outlet-tube for filling and emptying same,
these inlet and outlet tubes being also provided with screw or other caps or
stoppers.
Hinged lids are provided for closing the upper portion of the compartments,

page_text: these lids in turn having respectively a suitably shaped opening formed therein for
convenience in removing one pheasant or the like, at the time, over which opening
fits a sliding panel or lid provided with a ventilating aperture and a lug or handle
for operating such lid.
A suitable handle is provided for convenience in carrying the receptacle or case
from place to place.
And in order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shewn same in the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device, shewing the lids or covers raised or
open, and with parts of the box or case broken away, for convenience in shewing
the interior; Fig. 2 being a plain perspective view of the device, with the lids or
covers shut down.
A is the box or case of sheet-iron or other suitable metal or material, divided
into two compartments by a vertical partition a. If found desirable I may divide
the box or case A into a larger number of compartments, or dispense with the said
partition a altogether.
In the bottom of the case or receptacle I provide a heating chamber B wherein
a lamp or other suitable heating means may be placed. Perforations b¹ are
formed in the side or sides of this heating chamber B for the purpose of creating
combustion.
The upper portion or roof of the said heating chamber B forms the floor or
bottom of a watertight compartment C provided with an inlet c' and outlet c for
filling and emptying same. Screw or other caps or plugs c² are provided for closing
the said inlet and outlet.
D are hinged lids for covering the tops of the receptacle, having respectively
an opening & therein over which a sliding lid d fits, which in turn is provided with
a ventilating aperture d², and a lug or handle d³ for operating such lid.
E is a handle for convenience in carrying the device from place to place.
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 :
A device or receptacle for transporting young pheasants or the like from place
to place, consisting of a box or case divided into two or more compartments by
a vertical partition or partitions, and having a watertight compartment provided
with a suitable inlet and outlet, immediately above a heating chamber provided
with suitable heating means and combustion aiding perforations, the upper part
covered by sliding panels having ventilating apertures and lugs or bandles, the
whole provided with a handle for carrying purposes, substantially as herein
described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 30th day of December 1891.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.