US2531584A - Sanitary chicken nest - Google Patents

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1950 J. w. PETERSON SANITARY CHICKEN NEST 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 5, 1949 INVENTOR.

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A main object of the invention is to. provide an-improved multiple-tiered hen nest which is simple in construction, very easy to clean, and which can be readily installed in any desired location A further object of the invention-isto provide an improvedhen.neststructurewhich is inexpensive to manufacture, neat in appearance, durable in'construction, which is easy to assemble, and is-easyto obtain access to. for-the purpose of cleaning.

Furtherobjectsandadvantages of the invention will become apparent-from-.-the-following description and claims, and from the accompanying' drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of 'a h'en nest constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the hen nest structure of Figure 1 with the upper tier elevated for cleaning;

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken i on line 3-45 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line d4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevational view showing both tiers of the nest structure of Figure l elevated for cleaning;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the partition elements employed in the hen nest structure of Figures 1 to 5,

Referring to the drawings, H designates respective L-shaped supporting bars adapted to be secured to the wall of a building. Secured to the bars H is a wall member l2 having a vertically disposed plate 53 and a horizontal base portion l4.

Hinged to the upper marginal portion of member H2 at i5 is afir'st housing it comprising a forwardly-sloping, pointed roof member 51 forming a closed top. Spaced transverse partition wall elements [8 defining a plurality of compartments in the housing are dependingly supported from the roof member. Secured to the front vertical margins of said partition wall elements is a front wall member l9 formed with large circular apertures 29, each aperture opening into one of the aforesaid compartments. Secured to the bottom forward portions of the partition wall elements 58 is a longitudinal stiffening bar 2!. As will be seen from Figure 3, the vertical member I3 normally acts as the rear wall ofthe aforesaid compartments. The stilfening bar. 2 l. projects forwardly of front wall member Him a. substantial distance and is provided with a.vertical front flange 22; providing a perchfor poultry using the house. The forward, portionof bar 2! is braced 'to the front wall member l9 by a plurality of triangular connecting brackets 23.

lhe housing It comprises the upper tier. of the house. Designated at 24 is another housing having a. closed top: wall element 25. which is hinged to rear vertical wall it at 26 and underlies the first housing I ii, wherebyelement 25 normally serves as the floor of said first housing; Secured to wall element 25 are additional spaced transverse partition wall elements 21'; Secured to the front vertical margins of wall elements 2! is the'vertical' front wall member 28 formed with large circular apertures 29- opening into the respectivecompartments definedby the spaced wall elements Z'l. Secured to the rear lower portions of the partition wall elements 21 is the longitudinal stiffening bar 3B. Secured to the front lower portions of the wall elements 21 is the forwardlyprojecting longitudinal bar member 3| formed with the front vertical flange 32. Flange 32 also provides a perch for poultry using the house. Bar member 3| is braced to the front wall member 28 by a plurality of triangular brackets 23. As shown in Figure 3, horizontal base portion l4 normally serves as the floor of the compartments in housing 24, the vertical member 13 acting as the rear wall of said compartments.

The pointed roof ll discourages the poultry from perching thereon. The perch flanges 22 and 32 are provided for perching, said flanges being conveniently adjacent the compartment openings 20 and 29.

In order to clean out the housing I5, said housing is elevated to a raised position, such as shown in Figure 2, providing access to the compartments therein and allowing the top wall member of the lower housing 24 to be cleaned. Similarly, to clean out the lower housing 2t, said lower housing is elevated, as shown in Figure 5, providing access to the compartments of said lower housing and allowing the horizontal base portion it to be cieaned. The housings may be secured in elevated positions by respective chains detachably hooked to respective eyes 34 and 35 secured to the upper forward corner portions of the respective housings.

The various parts of the device are preferably fabricated from corrosion-resistant metal, such as galvanized sheet steel or the like.

While a specific embodiment of a multipletiered poultry house has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A multiple nest structure for poultry coinprising a vertically disposed plate, a horizontally disposed base positioned adjacent the lower end of said plate and secured thereto, a housing open at its back and bottom and including a closed top and a front wall depending from said closed top arranged upon said base member with its open back facing and abutting said plate, said housing having its top pivotally connected to said plate for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, and a plurality of vertically disposed partition plates arranged in spaced parallel relation longitudinally of said housing and dependingly secured to said top and front wall to thereby subdivide said housing into a plurality of compartments, there being a plurality of openings extending through the front wall of said housing and each in communication with one of said. compartments.

2. A multiple nest structure for poultry comprising a vertically disposed plate, a horizontally disposed base positioned adjacent the lower end of said plate and secured thereto, a housing open at its back and bottom and including a closed top and a front wall depending from said closed top arranged upon said base member with its open back facing and abutting said plate, said housing having its top pivotally connected to said plate for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, a plurality of vertically disposed partition plates arranged in spaced parallel relation longitudinally of said housing and dependingly secured to said top and front wall to thereby subdivide said housing into a plurality of compartments, there being a plurality of openings extending through the front wall of said housing and each in communication with one of said compartments, a second housing open at its back and bottom and including a closed top and a front wall depending from said closed top arranged in superimposed relation with respect to said first housing with its open back facing and abutting said vertically disposed plate, said second named housing having its top pivotally connected to said plate for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, and a plurality of vertically disposed partition plates arranged in spaced parallel relation longitudinally of said second housing and dependingly secured to said top and front Wall to thereby subdivide said second housing into a plurality of compartments, there being a plurality of openings extending through the front wall of said second housing and each in communication with one of the compartments in said second housing.

JOHN W. PETERSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 680,821 Tremere Aug. 20, 1901 1,923,980 Hultine Aug. 22, 1933 2,494,709 Keagle Jan. 1'7, 1950 OTHER REFERENCES Excerpts Popular Mechanics, Nov. 19, 1948, page 224.

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