US3696966A - Device for handling baby chicks and the like - Google Patents
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- ABSTRACT A device for handling baby chicks and the like consist ing of two parts cooperable together to form a container serving to receive a multiplicity of baby chicks at the hatchery and to contain the chicks for unitary handling during transportation from the hatchery to the chicken house and subsequent positioning in supported relation on the floor of the chicken house, the top part being removable from the bottom part after the cooperating parts are positioned in the chicken house to liberate the chicks in supported relation on the bottom part, the latter providing means for receiving feed for sustaining the growth of the chicks for an initial period within the chicken house, the parts in cooperating relation providing stacking means for stably supporting a plurality of like cooperating parts in stacked relation during transportation, each part being freely nestable within like parts for convenient storage and return transportatio N 5 Clains, 5 Drawing figures loooooooooooo 9 O O O O O O 0 5 511: L 2 jjjl fg
- An object of the present invention is to provide a device for handling baby chicks which minimizes handling manipulations necessary, minimizes the severity of the handling operations necessary, while at the same time providing a favorable economy in the handling procedure.
- This objective is obtained in accordance with the principles of the present invention by providing a device of two-part construction made of molded plastic material so as to be relatively inexpensive to manufacture and yet durable in operation and readily machine cleaned.
- the two parts are cooperable together to provide a container for receiving a multiplicity of baby chicks at the hatchery and safely containing the multiplicity of baby chicks supplied therein during trans portation from the hatchery to the chicken house and during the positioning of the chicks into supported relation in the floor of the chicken house.
- the device minimizes the handling manipulations required by providing for the loading of the chicks into the container while the parts thereof are disposed in cooperating relation and the unloading or liberation of the chicks at the chicken house simply by removing the top part of the device from the bottom part.
- the device provides for efficient handling of the chicks while contained therein by including means for facilitating the stacking of a plurality of containers in stably stacked relation during transportation, the stacking means insuring adequate ventilation during transportation as well as favorable ride characteristics to the chicks.
- Each part of the device is constructed so as to freely nest within like parts, thus achieving economy of space in terms of both storage and return transportation when empty.
- Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device for handling baby chicks which is simple in construction and operation, and economical to manufacture and maintain.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view, with parts broken away, of two devices embodying the principles of the present invention, the parts of the device being shown in assembled cooperating relation and the devices being shown in stacked relation;
- FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the bottom part of the device
- FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the top part of the device
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 44 of FIG. 2, illustrating two bottom parts of the device disposed in nested relation;
- FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 taken along the line 5-5 of FIG. 3.
- both parts 12 and 14 are molded of one-piece construction by conventional molding techniques and practices utilizing a suitable rnoldable plastic material. Any of the well known plastic materials may be utilized, a preferred material being polyethylene.
- the bottom part 12 includes a generally rectangularly shaped bottom wall portion 16 having four integrally joined side wall portions 18 integrally connected with the periphery thereof and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom. As shown, the side wall portions terminate in a peripheral free edge structure, indicated at 20
- the bottom wall portion 16 is disposed generally in a horizontal plane and has an annular barrier or partition 22 extending upwardly from the central area thereof. As shown, the annular partition is of elliptical configuration in plan having an inverted U-shaped cross-sectional configuration with the legs of the U diverging downwardly.
- the vertical extent of the partition is slightly less than the vertical extent of the side wall portions 18, the partition providing multiple functions in the operation of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.
- the bottom part 12 is constructed so as to freely nest within like bottom parts for the purpose of convenient storage and return transportation.
- the inclined disposition of the side wall portions, as well as the construction of the annular partition 22, permits such nesting relation.
- the bottom part is provided with vertically spaced nesting stop surface means facing vertically in opposite directions.
- One of these surface means is provided by the upwardly facing annular surface, indicated at 24, of the annular partition 22.
- the downwardly facing nesting stop surface means is provided by the lower horizontally surfaces 26 of a plurality of annularly spaced vertically extending ribs 28 formed in the upper interior of the annular partition 22.
- the preferred embodiment of the top part 14 includes a top wall portion 30 of generally rectangular configuration in plan having four integrally interconnected side wall portions 32 integrally interconnected with the periphery of the top wall portion and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom.
- the side wall portions terminate in a peripheral edge structure 34 which is of generally inverted U-shaped cross-sectional configuration.
- This peripheral free edge structure is complementary with the peripheral free edge structure 20 of the bottom part, enabling the two parts to be assembled together in cooperating relation, with the peripheral free edge structure 20 of the bottom part engaging within the peripheral edge structure 34 of the top part 14.
- the top wall portion 30 of the top part is provided with a pair of spaced chick loading openings 36 formed in the central area thereof. These openings are of a size to permit the passage of a plurality of baby chicks through each opening vertically downwardly therethrough into the interior of the container.
- the vertical dimension of the interior of the container is such that the baby chicks can not escape vertically upwardly through the openings 36 when contained within the cooperating parts.
- the openings 36 provide for the passage of air into and out of the interior of the container.
- the side wall portions 34 and the peripheral area of the top wall portion of the top part 14 are formed with a plurality of vent openings 38. While these vent openings may take any desired form, as shown, each vent openings is circular in configuration.
- the vent openings 38 are grouped in staggered rows.
- the device is provided with means for stably supporting a plurality of devices in vertically stacked relation as, for example, during transportation.
- the stacking means includes upper and lower stacking elements 40 and 42 formed respectively on the top and bottom parts 14 and 12.
- the essential characteristics of the stacking elements are that when a plurality of devices 10 are disposed in stacked relation, the upper stacking elements of each device will cooperatively interengage the lower stacking elements of each device disposed thereabove so as to prevent relative horizontal movement between the devices in the stack and to maintain the top wall portion 30 of each device in vertically spaced relation to the bottom wall portion 16 of the device disposed thereabove to thereby insure passage and circulation of air through the loading openings and vent openings in the top wall portion of each device in the stack.
- the upper stacking elements 40 comist of upstanding projections in the form of elongated ribbed flanges extending along the corners of opposite sides of the top wall portion 30 of the top part 14.
- the lower stacking elements consist of sockets or recesses formed in the juncture between the bottom wall portion 16 and side wall portions 18 of the bottom part 12 at positions thereon corresponding to the position of the upper stacking elements.
- the vertical dimension of the upper stacking elements 40 is greater than the vertical dimension of the lower stacking element 42 to insure a vertically spaced relation between the top wall portion of each device in the stack and the bottom wall portion of each device disposed thereabove.
- the projection-socket relationship between the cooperating stacking elements provides interengaging vertical surfaces preventing relative horizontal movement between adjacent devices in a stack, thus insuring that the stack is stable during transportation as well as sufficiently ventilated.
- the top part 14 like the bottom part 12, is constructed so as to be freely nestable within a like top part for convenient storage and return transportation.
- the inclined disposition of the side wall portions of the top part permits such a nesting relation.
- the top part is likewise provided with vertically spaced nesting stop surface means facing vertically in opposite directions.
- One of these surface means is provided by the upwardly facing surfaces, indicated at 44, provided by the upper stacking elements 40.
- the other stop surface means is provided by the downwardly facing surfaces, indicated at 46, of the top wall portion at positions disposed directly below the upper stacking elements 40.
- the stacking elements perform the multiple functions of (l) stabilizing a stack of devices, (2) maintaining the devices in the stacks in vertically spaced relation to insure proper ventilation, and (3) by virtue of their location at the corners of the device, provide the bottom wall portions of the devices with a desirable flexibility or resilience which materially enhances the ride characteristics during transportation.
- the annular partition 22 provides a degree of rigidity to the bottom wall enabling the same to be formed with a wall thickness which otherwise would provide excessive flexibility, thus minimizing material.
- the annular partition 22 functions during transportation to segregate the baby chicks within the interior of the device into separate groups preventing excessive crowding of all the chicks which may lead to suffocation.
- the device 10 of the present invention provides distinct advantages, both in the loading of baby chicks therein at the hatchery and in the transportation of the baby chicks from the hatchery to the chicken house.
- the device 10 of the present invention is particularly advantageous in the handling of the chicks once they have been transported to the chicken house and in the subsequent storage and return transportation of the parts of the device from the chicken house to the hatchery.
- the entire device is then positioned on the floor of the chicken house. The operator then simply lifts the top part from the bottom part and the latter provides a station for sustaining the growth of the baby chicks for an initial period within the chicken house.
- the annular partition 22 serves as an effective feed ring to receive feed for sustaining the growth of the baby chicks. During this growth a certain amount of the feed will be displaced from the annular partition but the peripheral side wall portions provide a secondary barrier against the loss of feed onto the floor of the chicken house.
- the top parts removed from the bottom parts as aforesaid would then be nested together and transported back to the hatchery for re-use.
- the device of the present invention would be marketed in sets including one top part and several bottom parts, as for example, five.
- the bottom parts are removed from the floor of the chicken house, nested together and transported back to the hatchery where they are run through mechanical cleaning equipment. ln this regard it will be noted that the construction of the bottom parts is such as to facilitate cleaning with mechanical equipment.
- a device for handling baby chicks or the like comprising a bottom part molded of plastic material of generally rectangular configuration in plan, said bottom part including a generally horizontally extending bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion extending generally upwardly and outwardly from the periphery of said bottom wall to permit a plurality of similar bottom parts to be nested one within the other, said bottom part including vertically spaced upwardly and downwardly facing nesting stop surface means operable when said bottom part is disposed in nested relation with similar bottom parts to engage the downwardly and upwardly facing nesting stop surface means of the similar bottom parts disposed respectively above and below said bottom part to thereby insure a free nesting relationship, a cooperating top part molded of plastic material of generally corresponding rectangular configuration in plan, said top part including a horizontally extending top wall portion and a peripheral wall portion extending generally downwardly and outwardly from the periphery of said top wall portion to permit a plurality of similar top parts to be nested one within the other, said top part including vertically spaced
- the stacking elements of said top part comprise projections extending upwardly from said top wall portion adjacent the corners of two opposite sides thereof, said projections having upwardly facing surfaces constituting the upwardly facing nesting stop surface means of said top part, the downwardly facing nesting stop surface means of said top part including the interior surface areas of said top wall portion disposed vertically below said projections.
- said bottom part includes an annular partition formed in the central area of said bottom wall portion, said partition being of generally inverted U-shaped cross-sectional configuration with the downwardly diverging legs.
- annular partition is of elliptical configuration in plan.
- annular partition includes a plurality of annular spaced vertical ribs formed on the interior thereof, said ribs providing downwardly facing surfaces spaced above said bottom wall portion constituting the downwardly facing nesting stop surface means of said bottom part, said annular partition including an upper annular surface constituting the upwardly facing surface means of said bottom part.
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US4037750A (en) * | 1975-04-10 | 1977-07-26 | Box Theodor | Transport-display case |
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