US1070805A - Fireless hover. - Google Patents

Description

1 W. HBIDELBAGH.

FIRELESS HOVER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. E, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

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FREDERICK W. HEIDELBACI-I, OF COEUR DALENE, IDAHO.

FIRELESS HOVER.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented am. 19,1913.

Application led August 8,1912. Serial No. 714,044.

able others skilled in the art to which itv appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tireless hovers.

One object of the invention is to vprovide a hover of this character having an im-` proved arrangement of heating and heat retaining mechanism, and means for supporting the same in operative position whereby a uniform heat is maintained and evenly distributed and in which crowding of the chicks is obviated.

Another object is to provide a tireless hover which will be simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, eilicient and reliable in operation and which may be used with equal advantage in or out of doors.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view. of my improved hover showing the manner in which the same is arranged for very small chicks; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the lhover with the chick retaining band removed; Fig. 3 is an enlarged central vertical section of the hover as arranged in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the frame for supporting the curtain and heat retaining pillow of the hover. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section of a portion of the hover, showing the preferred construction and arrangementof the heating mechanism; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same with the heat retaining pillow removed. Fig. 7 is a detail side view of the lamp and a portion of the current conducting cord showing the knob for adjustably supporting the lamp.

In the embodiment o-f the invention I provide a supporting frame 1 comprising upper and lower inner rings 2 and 8 which are of suitable size and an outer upper ring 4 of considerably larger size than the inner rings and which is arranged around and disposed in the same horizontal plane-with the upper inner ring 2. The upper inner ring 2 is connected to the lower ring by standards 5 and G while the outer ring is secured to and spaced from the upper ring -by radially disposed rods 7 and 8. The upper ring 2 and the standard 5 and supporting rod 7 are formed from a single piece of wire which is first bent intermediate its ends to form the ring 2, said ends being twisted together and one of the same being extended laterally to form the supporting rod 7, while the other end is bent downwardly at right angles to the rod 7 and forms the standard 5. The lower end of the standard 5 is carried around and securely clenched to one side of the lower ring 3 as shown at 9. The outer end of the rod 7 is fastened in a loop 10 formed in one end of the outer ring 4 as shown. The lower ring 3 and the standard 6 and supporting rod 8 are also fo-rmed of one piece or rod, one end of which is bent around and secured to form the ring and is then bent upwardly at right angles to the ring to form the standard 6. At the upper end of the standard 6 the rod is bent or coiled around the upper ring 2 at a point diametrically opposite to the twisted portion of the upper ring as shown at 11 and the end of the wire is then bent outwardly and extends radially from the ring 2 at right angles to the standard 6 and in line with the rod 7. The end of the rod 8 is engaged with an eye or loop 12 bent in this side of the outer ring 4 and has its extremity coiled around the adjacent portion of the ring 4 as shown at 13. VJ hen formed in the manner described it will be seen that the supporting frame 1 is constructed from three pieces of wire rod bent and secured together in the manner described.

The frame 1 when constructed as described forms a support for the curtain of the hover, said curtain comprising a top section 14 in the forni of a circular piece of suitable material having therein a central opening the edges of which are secured around the inner upper ring 2 while the outer edge of the top or upper portion of the curtain is secured to the ring 4 as shown. rIhe yupper portion or top 14 of the curtain preferably sags between the rings 2 and 4 for a purpose hereinafter described. The vertical portion 15 of the curtain which forms the side walls of the hover consists of a strip of material of suitable width and having its upper end stitched to the upper portion 1i of the curtain adjacent to or just inside the ring 4 from which the portion 15 of the curtain hangs down all the way around the ring and to within a short distance of the ground or floor on which the hover rests. The portion 15 of the curtain is slitted at intervals as at 1G to facilitate the passage of the chicks through or under the same.

.Arranged in the space inclosed by the rings 2 and 3 is a hot water receptacle or container 17 which may be of any suitable construction and which is here shown and is preferably in the form of a jug or demijohn which is of suflicient height to project some distance above the upper ring 2 as shown. The jug or deinijohn 17 is adaptedl to contain hot water which is the heat generating medium of the hover. The chicks are prevented from coming into direct contact with the hot jug by a shield 18 formed of two or more thicknesses of suitable 1naterial arranged around the jug and secured at their upper edges to the inner edge of the upper portion 1li of the curtain, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Then thus arranged the shield 18 will be disposed within the rings 2 and. 3 0f the curtain supporting frame and will be supported by said frame around the jug. The shield 18 while protecting the chicks from direct Contact with the ug 17 does not interfere with the proper .radiation of the heat from the jug.

Arranged above the upper portion 14k of the curtain and over the jug 17 is a heat retaining pillow 19 which consists of a casing formed of suitable fabric iilled with any suitable heat retaining material such as liber, cotton batting' or woolen The pillow 19 may be of any suitable shape but is preferably circular and of sufficient size to engage and rest at its outer' edges on the outer ring -l of the supporting frame while the center of the pillow is engaged with and supported by the upper end or head of the jug. 1When thus arranged the heat is retained by the pillow and will be evenly distributed through the hover. then it is desired to refill the jug with hot water it is simply necessary to first remove the pillow, after which the jug may be readily lifted from the shield 1S and the cool water poured therefrom and the jug` refilled and replaced without disturbing any other parts of the hover or the chicks therein.

lt has been found by experience that it is simply necessary to rell the jug twice a day preferably in the morning and again in the evening. rllhe hea-t radiating from the hot water in the jug and retained in the hover together with the natural heat from the bodies of the chicks is sufficient to keep the latter warm during the entire interval between the changes of the water in the jug.

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sul'licient diameter t0 slip readily over and inclose the vertical portion 15 of tue curtain7 said band extending upwardly to near the top of said vertical portion of the curtain as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. lllhen thus arranged the band 2() will. prevent the kchicks. from leaving the hover and as soon as the chicks are of su'llicient size or age may be readily removed to permit the chicks to pass in and out of the hover.

It will be understood that my improved hover is to be used in a broeder or in a building or room of some kind where the saine will be protected from the weather. The upper port-ion lll of the curtain is preferablyaformed of a porous or loosely woven material and is sagged as herein shown and described to permit insect powder to be placed thereon which will sift therethrough as the chicks pass beneath said upper portion of the curtain. rlhe sag of this part of the curtain is preferably sufiicient to cause the heads of the chicks to come into engagement therewith as the chicks run back and forth beneath the saine. This engagement of the heads of the chicks with the under side of the upper portion lili of the curtain will jar the latter, causing the powder to sift down onto the heads and bodies of the chicks, thus keeping the latter free from lice.

VJhile the hover has been hereinbefoii'e described as being heated by hot *ater in a suitably arranged container, l .inav also heat the same with an equal degree of safety by means of electricity, which is preferably applied to the hover by means of an incandes cent electric lamp 21, which is suspended in the space inelosed by the shield 1S. and which has been previously described being occupied by the jug 17. The modied form of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, and by reference to these figures, it will be seen that the lamp 21 is suspended or supported in the space sun rounded by the shield 18 by means of a cross bar or strip 22 which is arranged centrally across the upper end of this space and is engaged with the upper edges of the shield or with the supporting ring 2. The bar 22 has formed in one edge a dove-tail shaped notch 23, with which the socket 0r the conducting cord or wires of the lamp are en gaged, said cord or wires having arranged thereonv a short distance above the lamp a stop 24;, which may be of any suitable construction and is here shown in the form of a knob, which is adapted to engage the upper side of the bar or strip 22 when the wire or cord of the lamp is engaged with the notch 23. lVhen thus arranged the current conducting cord or wires pass out of the hover between the pillow 19 and vthe upper portion la of the curtain, 'while the lamp is suspended in the center of t-he space surrounded by the shield, in which position the lamp will radiate suflicient heat to maintain the proper temperature in the hover.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring' a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A device of the character described comprising a wire supporting frame having upper and lower inner rings connected together and an upper' outer ring connected to and supported from the inner upper ring, a loosely woven fabric covering connecting the two upper rings and arranged to sag therefrom to provide an insect powder dispensing' means, a heat disseminating element arranged centrally in the device, a shield surrounding said element. and connected to the two inner rings, a heat retaining pillow covering the entire device and supported by the two upper rings, said pillow having on its bottom a depending annular portion to enter the sagged portion of said fabric covering to press the powder adapted to be contained therein.

2. A device of the character described comprising a wire supporting frame having upper and lower inner rings connected together' and an upper outer ring connected to and supported from said inner ring;- an upper covering comprising an annular piece of fabric having its inner and outer edges looped around said inner and outer upper rings and brought under and secured to the lower surface of said fabric, a vertically arranged shield placed within said upper and lower inner rings, comprising an outer band having its upper end bent over the looped inner edge of said upper cover and a plurality of inner bands fastened together and secured to the outer band, said bands having their lower ends fastened to said lower ring, a side wall formed by a circular stripof fabric having its upper end bent over and secured to the outer edge of said upper covering, and a heat distributing member covering the entire device and supported by said inner and outer rings.

3. A wire support for a hover composed of three pieces of wire, one piece being bent between its ends to form an upper inner cover supporting ring with ends projecting horizontally and vertically therefrom, the second piece of wire having one end bent and secured to form a lower shield sup orting ring and the opposite end thereof eX tended vertically to and horizontally from said upper ring, said vertically extending members having their opposite ends secured at diametrically opposite points on said upper and lowerl rings, whereby said rings may be held in spaced and adjusted position, the third piece of wire being bent to form an outer cover supporting ring, said ring having its end and central portion looped to form eyes adapted to receive the outer ends of said horizontally projecting members and the opposite end of said ring.

4. A device of the character described comprising a wire supporting frame having upper and lower inner rings connected together and an outer ring connected to and supported from the inner upper ring, an electric lamp and conductor cord arranged within said upper and lower inner rings, a lamp supporting bar arranged diametrically across said upper inner ring and having in the center of one edge a dovetail shaped notch, a stop bead slidably mounted on said conductor cord and adapted to be supported in said notch whereby the lamp is adjustably supported by said bar, a covering for the top and sides of the frame, a pillow extending over the ent-ire device and supported upper outer ring, and a shield arranged around and spaced from said electric lamp.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK WV. HEIDELBACH.

Vitnesses SAM WINTER, J. ROY GILEs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

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