Improved Pens for Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Cats, Cavies, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, and other Live Stock Exhibits.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Pens for Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Cats, Cavies, Ducks,
Geese, Turkeys, and other Live Stock Exhibits.
We, JOHN WILLIAM CRICK, of 1 Westfield Terrace, Bradford, in the County
of York, Commission Agent, JOHN EDWARD HOLDSWORTH, of 4 Cunliffe
Terrace, Manningham, near Bradford, aforesaid, Stuff Merchant, and DAVID
BENTLEY, of 6 Belmont Street, Bradford, aforesaid, Plumber, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide improved pens for poultry, pigeons,
rabbits, cats, cavies, ducks, geese, turkeys, and other live stock exhibits."
According to our invention the pens are constructed so as to be collapsible and
reversible so as to admit of their being changed or reversed as required either for
right or left hand positions.
The pens are provided with large or suitable doors for facilitating the penning
and unpenning of the exhibits.
The sides of the pens are so constructed as to act as draught preventers or
excluders which may be carried out by constructing the lower parts of the sides of
sheet, metal, zinc or other material thereby preventing the draught blowing on to
the exhibits.
Preferably at the front or front side of each pen we provide means for holding
the exhibition ticket or prize card and for preventing the exhibit destroying the
same.
Dated this 20th day of January 1891.
JOHN WILLIAM CRICK.
JOHN EDWARD HOLDSWORTH.
DAVID BENTLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Pens for Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Cats, Cavies, Ducks,
Geese, Turkeys, and other Live Stock Exhibits.
We, JOHN WILLIAM CRICK, of 1, Westfield Terrace, Bradford in the County
of York, Commission Agent, JOHN EDWARD HOLDSWORTH, of 4, Cunliffe
Terrace Manningham near Bradford aforesaid, Stuff Merchant, and DAVID
BENTLEY of 6, Belmont Street, Bradford aforesaid, Plumber, 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 improvements in pens for confining poultry, pigeons,
rabbits, cats, cavies, ducks, geese, turkeys and other live stock during exhibition
and its object is to provide light and collapsable pens for this purpose.
To fully describe our invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this Specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a plan view of a pen with three compartments constructed
in accordance with our invention in which the doors are shown open.
Figure 2, is a similar view showing the pen in its collapsed form.
Figure 3, is an end view of the pen opened out.

page_text: Figure 4, is a similar view with the door shut and the top turned over to the
front preparatory to collapsing the pen into the form shown in Figure 2.
Figure 5, is a view on a larger scale of the exhibition ticket or prize card
holder or clip with a guard for preventing the exhibit destroying such card or
ticket.
The ends a and divisional partitions a¹ are hinged to the back band front c and
the top d is also hinged to the top edge of the front. This arrangement enables
the top to be lifted as shown by the dotted representation Figure 3 and be turned
down to the front (Figures 2 and 4) then the back and front may be brought
together with the ends and divisional partitions inclined across between them as
shown in Figure 2 thus reducing the pen to a very compact and portable form.
The bottom of the pen may be hinged, in a similar manner to the top, to the bottom
edge of the back but we prefer the bottom entirely separate so as to facilitate
cleaning.
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The back ends and divisional portions are preferably formed of or covered with
sheet zinc e or other suitable material up to a suitable height so to exclude draughts
and prevent communication between the exhibits. The doors y made a convenient
size are preferably provided with duplicate bolts o in case one should be accidentally
unfastened.
The ticket or card clip is secured to the front of each compartment in the usual
manner but we secure a sheet metal guard j behind it to prevent the exhibits getting
at the card to damage it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare what we
.claim is :
1. A collapsable exhibition pen for live stock, substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. An exhibition pen for live stock, having the ends and divisional partitions
hinged to the front and back and the top hinged along one edge, substantially as
herein shown and described, and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination with a collapsable exhibition pen of sides and back wholly
or partially formed of sheet metal and a sheet metal guard for the exhibition ticket
or card, substantially as herein shown and described and illustrated in the accom
panying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of October 1891.
DRACUT & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.