IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG KENNELS
Year: 1885

page_text: I LEWIS QUAYLE KERMODE of No 2 Priory Buildings Cheltenham'in the County
of Gloucester Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG KENNELS" to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object so to construct and arrange the parts of dog
kennels as to secure as far as possible the conditions necessary to the health and
comfort of the dogs occupying them and also to facilitate the transit of kennels
either singly or combined from place to place as for example to and from
exhibitions.
In constructing a kennel according to my invention I make the kennel of the
same general figure as an ordinary kennel but with the additions and modifications
hereinafter. described. I insert a window at one end of the kennel. On each of
the inclined sides of the roof of the kennel and near the summit of the roof I make
a row of holes and provide each of the said rows of holes with a slide having similar
holes. By operating the said slides their holes may be made coincident or non
coincident with those in the roof and communication between the interior of the
kennel and the atmosphere opened and closed at pleasure. In the end of the
kennel and near the top of the end a circular series of holes is made provided with
a circular disc having a similar series of holes and capable of turning upon a centre
pin. The holes in the end together with those in the roof provide for a complete
ventilation of the kennel. In order to screen the holes in the roof from wet and
to protect the holes for ventilation when travelling a flat strip of wood or a coping
extends all along the crest of the roof and overhangs the rows of holes in the roof.
One of the longer sides of the kennel is hinged at top to the framing of the
kennel and is capable of being raised so as to throw open the side of the kennel,
This hinged side of the kennel has an opening in it near one end through which
opening the dog can pass.
Over the hinged side described is a second hinged side or cover. This second
hinged side has flaps at its end which when the cover is raised screen the side of
the kennel to a considerable extent from the weather. This second hinged side or
cover has quadrant guides at its ends which guides pass through slots in the first
mentioned hinged side and work in staples on the inner sides of the ends of the
kennel. By notches in the guides engaging with the staples the said cover can
be fixed in a horizontal position and in that position serves as a platform for the

page_text: dog to bask on in hot weather. The working of the quadrants applies both to the
moveable or binged side and the hinged cover. The floor of the kennel is divided
longitudinally into two halves slightly inclined downwards towards the middle.
The inner edges of the two parts of the floor nearly touch each other and rest upon
a metallic rib having channels on each side. A pipe from these channels drains
the floor of the kennel into a trough underneath. The inner edges of the halves
of the floor are notched on their under edges to prevent the clogging of the passages
to the channels.
The kennel is supported on three wheels two at the sides and one at the end.
The end wheel is carried by a fork the vertical stalk of which takes into a vertical
tubular socket on the end of the kennel. When it is wished to connect two or
more kennels together for transit the end wheels are removed and connectors
inserted in the sockets. These connectors consist of a bar of iron or steel bent
twice at right angles so as to resemble three sides of a square. The parallel
branches are inserted in the sockets and fixed by cotters. The kennels are thereby
connected securely together and are supported in a horizontal position although
capable of turning when travelling in a curve. The side wheels may also be
unshipped and the kennel supported on feet at its four corners when not travelling
and required for yard use.
Instead of the cover and quadrants hereinbefore described in connection with
one of the longer sides of the kennel a hole and like cover and quadrants may be
used at the end of the kennel opposite that in which the window is fixed.

page_text: I LEWIS QUAYLE KERMODE of number 2 Priory Buildings Cheltenham in the
County of Gloucester Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG KENNELS and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
My invention has for its object so to construct and arrange the parts of dog
kennels so to secure as far as possible the conditions necessary to the health and
comfort of the dogs occupying them and also to facilitate the transit of kennels
either singly or combined from place to place as for example to and from
exhibitions.
In constructing a kennel according to my invention I make the kennel of the
same general figure as an ordinary kennel but with the additions and modifications
hereinafter described.
I insert a window A at one end of the kennel. On each of the inclined sides of
the roof of the kennel and near the summit of the roof I make a row of holes B
and provide each of the said rows of holes with a slide having similar holes. By
operating the said slides their holes may be made coincident or non-coincident with
those in the roof and communication between the interior of the kennel and the
atmosphere opened and closed at pleasure. In the end of the kennel and near the
top of the end a circular series of holes is made provided with a circular disc having
a similar series of holes and capable of turning upon a centre pin. The holes in the
end together with those in the roof provide for a complete ventilation of the
kennel. In order to screen the holes in the roof from wet and to protect the holes
for ventilation when travelling a flat slip of wood C or a coping extends all along
the crest of the roof and overhangs the rows of holes in the roof.
One of the longer slides D of the kennel is hinged at top to the framing of the
kennel and is capable of being raised so as to throw open the side of the kennel.
This hinged side of the kennel has an opening in it E near one end through which
the dog can pass.
Over the hinged side described is a second hinged side F or cover. This second
hinged side has flaps at its end which when the cover is raised screen the side of
the kennel to a considerable extent from the weather. This second hinged side or
cover has quadrant guides J at its ends which guides pass through slots in the first
mentioned hinged side and work in staples on the inner sides of the ends of the
kennel. By notches in the guides engaging with the staples the said cover can be
fixed in a horizontal position and in that position serves as a platform for the dog
to bask on in hot weather. The working of the quadrants applies both to the
moveable or hinged side and to the hinged cover. The floor of the kennel is
divided longitudinally into two halves H slightly inclined downwards towards the
middle.
The inner edges of the two parts of the floor nearly touch each other and
rest upon a metallic rib K having channels on each side. A pipe M from these
channels drains the floor of the kennel into a trough N.underneath,
.

page_text: The inner edges of the halves of the floor are noched on their under edges to
prevent the clogging of the passages to the channels.
The kennel is supported on three wheels two at the sides and one at the end.
The end wheel is carried by a fork P the vertical stalk of which takes into
a vertical tubular socket S on the end of the kennel.
When it is wished to connect two or more kennels together for transit the end
wheels are removed and connectors T inserted in the sockets.
These connectors consist of a bar of iron or steel bent twice at right angles so as
to resemble three sides of a square. The parallel branches are inserted in the
sockets and fixed by cotters.
The kennels are thereby connected securely together and are supported in
a horizontal position although capable of turning when travelling in a curve.
The side wheels may also be unshipped and the kennel supported on feet at its
four corners when not travelling and required for yard use.
Instead of the cover and quadrants hereinbefore described in connection with one
of the longer sides of the kennel a hole and a like cover and quadrants may be
used at the end of the kennel opposite that in which the window is fixed.
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
I. Sanitary improvements in dog kennels.
II. Improved provision for transit of dogs and dog kennels.
III. Improved provision for the safe keeping and isolation of dogs.