Improvements in the Construction of Poultry Houses.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 13th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Poultry Houses.
EDWARD SHELBOURN, 3 Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Architect and Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
1. The construction of poultry houses, arranged to give access to the nests or laying
and sitting boxes, and feeding and drinking troughs from the outside, enabling the
eggs to be collected and food and water to be supplied to the poultry without having
to go inside the house, and at the same time protecting the nests, food and water from
the soil or droppings from the poultry.
2. The entire absence of internal projections as shewn by section A, whereby
cleanliness is facilitated and the health of the poultry promoted and economy of labor
in cleaning out the houses is gained.
3. The adaptation of the system with boxes or nests &c. placed inside of the house
as shewn by section B.
This invention applies equally to fixed and portable houses, which may be con-
structed of wood, metal or earthen material and may be covered with span, lean-to or
other kind of roof.
The nests or boxes may be placed in one or more heights or tiers, and if desired, the
feeding and drinking troughs may be placed underneath the nests.
Access may be given to the nests, feeding and drinking troughs by doors made to
slide horizontally or vertically or by hinged doors or other suitable arrangement, and
the doors may be either in front or top of the boxes &c. as desired.
This invention will be further particularized hereafter in the complete specification
and drawings accompanying the same.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Poultry Houses.
1, EDWARD SHELBOURN, 3 Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire,
Architect and Surveyor, 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:-
My invention relates to the construction of poultry houses, arranged to give access
to the nests or laying and sitting boxes, and feeding and drinking troughs from the
outside, so that the eggs can be collected and food and water can be supplied to the
poultry without having to go inside the house, the nests, food and water being at the
same time protected. By avoiding all internal projections, cleanliness and salubrity
are promoted and labor in cleaning out the houses is greatly economised.
The boxes or nests &c. may be arranged either inside or outside of the house and
the houses may be either fixed or portable and made of wood, metal, or other suitable
material.
The nests or boxes may be placed in one or more heights or tiers, and if desired, the
feeding and drinking troughs may be placed underneath the nests.
Access may be given to the nests, and the feeding and drinking troughs by sliding
or hinged doors either in front or above the boxes &c. as desired.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a part transverse section of a portable
poultry house according to my invention.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a part side elevation and
Fig. 3 a part plan.
The body A of the house may be of any convenient width and length with a range
of boxes B.for nests and feeding on each side, each of these boxes being accessible
from outside by a door C. The boxes, instead of being arranged as shewn in Fig. 1
outside the body A of the house, may be formed inside as shown in Fig. 4. In a
modified arrangement shewn by part transverse section Fig. 5, part internal elevation
Fig. 6 and part plan Fig. 7, the nest boxes B are arranged above a feeding run D,
which might be uninterrupted along its length, or might be divided by partitions
into separate boxes. Although I have shewn my invention applied to poultry houses
mounted on wheels, obviously similar construction and arrangement are applicable to
stationary poultry houses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I. declare that what I
claim is :-
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The construction of poultry house, substantially as herein described, with the nests
and feeding boxes or compartments separated from the main body of the house and
accessible from the outside.
Dated this 10th day of July 1890.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.