US1652629A - Brooder coop - Google Patents

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Dec. 13, 1927.

G.. T. MARKEY BROODER QOOPA Filed May 14J 1923 IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE THOMAS MARKEY, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 JAMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

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Application ined may 14, 1923. serial No. 638,700.

My invention relates to improvements in brooder coops.

Objects of this invent-ion are to provide means for improved sanitation and ventilation of brooder coopsg-to provide such a coop with double sliding doors which may be manipulated either to rele-ase the small chicks while retaining the mother hen, or to release all of the chickens including the mother hem-to provide improved quick detachable connections between the housing portion and the bottom of the coop adapted to be manipulated either for Ventilating purposes, or to facilitate the complete separation of thehousing portion from the bottom, or a partial separation in which all portions 0f the interior may be exposed to the sun;- and to provide a coop having a sheet metal roof with a non-heat conducting lining so are ranged and combined with a hollow ridge member as to promote a rapid circulation of air in the upper portion of the coop and prevent overheating.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view'of a brooder coop embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view drawn on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevation showing the housing portion as it appears lwhen swung away from the bottom to expose the bottom and the interior of the housing to sunlight.

Figure 5 is a longitudinall sectional view of the roof showing a modified form of construction.

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a portion of the front wall of the coopand its doors drawn to a plane intersecting the doorway and doors, the latter being closed and adjusted to permit ventilation.

Like parts are identified by the same refence characters throughout the several views. y The bottom or fioor 1 is formed of sheet metal having down-turned marginal iianges 2, the bases of which are preferably rolled cylindrically to form supporting beads 3.

@The side walls 4. and 5 are each formed yintegrally with the roof sections 6 and 7 respectively. The end walls 8 and 9 have marginal flanges 10 which lap over the end margins of the side walls, and other flanges 11 which lap over the ends of the roof portions 6 and 7. These marginal flanges are secured yto the side wallsand roof respectively by bolts or rivets 13. The lower margins of the several walls are cylindrically rolled to form beads 16 which rest upon the floor beads 3 when the housing portion is in its normally assembled relation to the fioor.

The housing portion is normally secured to the floor by wire fastenings 17 having elbowed portions 18 in hinged connection with the portions 19 of the fioor bead and provided at their opposite ends with inwardly inclined portions 20 and half elbowed extremities 20 which pass through suitable apertures 21 in the side walls 4 and 5. At the rear end of the coop, additional apertures 22 and 23 are provided to receive the extremities 20 of the wire fasteners whereby this end of the coop may be raised from the bottom and supported in an elevated position as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 to promote ventilation.` When the wires are engaged in the apertures 23, the young chicks may freely pass out at the rear end of the coop. When `the wires are engaged in the apertures 22 ventilation will be permitted but the young chicks will be retained. When the wiresare engaged in the apertures 21 the housing portion of the coop will be held to the fioor on all sides, as shown in Figure 1.

The roof portions 6 and 7 have their upper margins 25 curved upwardly and outwardly to receive the correspondingly inwardly curved marginal portions 26 of a cylindrically rolled ridge member 27, which is also composed of sheet metal and which forms a tubular passage extending longitudinally of the coop and beyond the ends thereof, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2. The upper marginal portions of the roof members 6 and 7 are slightly separated to allow free passage of air from beneath said roof members into the ridge member 27. The exterior under side of each of the root` members 6 and 7. Wooden sheetings 3l may be interposed as shown in Figure 3 or, if desired, wooden strips 32 may be employed as spacers between the insulating sheets 30 and the roof members 6 and 7 respectively, as shown in Figure 5. In the construction shown in Figure 5, it is obvious that when the roof' is subjected to the heat ot the sun, the air in the passages 33 between the strips 32 will become heated and pass upwardly through the space or passage 29 into the ridge, there-v by not only accelerating the ventilation, but more eifectively insulating the interior of thev coop from the heat of the roof.

At the front of the coop a large opening 35 is'provided in the wall 3. This opening may be closed in whole or in part by a sliding 'door 36 having Ventilating apertures 37 and also preferably provided with a larger aperture 38 through which small chicks may pass. This door is supported at top and bottom by having its upper and lower margins engaged in suitable runways 39. and 40 respectively. u

A similar co-operatiug sliding door 43, also provided with apertures 44 and having its upper and lower margins engaged in runways 45 and 46 respectively, is adapted to be moved along the outer surface of theV door 36 to progressively cover it to any desired extent. yThe apertures 37 and 44 in the respective doors are arranged in vertical v rows spaced at equal 'distances from each other. It is, therefore, obvious that the outer door may serve as a valve for the ventilating apertures in the inner door. FVhen the apertures 37 and 44 are in registry, free ventilation through the apertures will be possible. When both doors areclosed across the large opening 35 and the outer door 43 adjusted to close the apertures 37 in the inner door, air circulation through the doors will be cut oli and the opening 38 may also be closed. Be tween these two extremes the outer door may also be adjusted for partial registry ot the openings 44 with the openings 37, thus giving partial ventilation while protecting the interior from being chilled during inclement weather.

' The doors may be locked by a wire pin or key 4S, or by any other suitable means. The key 48V is an elbowed'piece of wire which is adapted to be inserted through a hole 49 in the upper slideway of the doors, said 'doors being provided with corresponding apertures through which this wire key may pass to hold the doors in either a closed or partially open position.l Vhen the doors are adjusted,

vas illustrated in Figure l, the inner door 36 is locked by this wire key with the opening 35 partially exposed for ventilation and with the key holding the door so that the mother hen cannot push itvopen suiiciently to escape.

It will be observed that my improved broeder coop maybe formed wholly of sheet metal except for the heat insulating portions and the wire fastenings. It will also be observed in Figure 4 that the housingy portion can be swungl backwardly when the front tastenings 17 are released, thereby exposing the interior of the housing as well as the floor for thorough sunlight sanitation. When in thisvposition, the interior and the iioor may be additionally cleansed by a stream of water from a hose. Sanitation is further promoted by the very adequate and easily regulated means for ventilation, atording an lunusually wide range of adjustmentfwhereby the ventilation can be made almost as complete as if the housing were wholly removed, or reduced during inclement weather to a point where .ventilation occurs only through the hollow ridge. The double sliding doors provide unusually convenient means for not only regulating air circulation, but for controlling egress and ingress of the chicks or of the mother hen at will. It will also be observed that the floor flanges 2 support the floor 1 above the ground, thejintervening air space preventing the oor from being chilled by contact with damp earth. f'

I claim l. Ina broeder coop, the combination with a bottom comprising an inverted pan having outwardly rolled margins, of a housing open at its lower margin to receive said bottom, said lower margin being rolled outwardly and adapted to rest upon the rolled margin of said bottom, and astenings, each comprising a wire extending longitudinally through one of the rolled margins on said bottom and having its ends extending vertically above the last mentioned margin and toward said housing, said housing having an aperture in each of itsvwalls adjacent the extended ends of said wire, each aperture being adapted to receive a corresponding end ot said wire, whereby to secure said bottom and housing together.

2. In a broeder coop, the combination with a bottom comprising an inverted pan having outwardly rolled margins, of a housing open at its Vlower margin vto receive said bottom, said lower margin being rolledv outwardly and adapted to rest upon the rolled margin of said bottom, and fastenings. each compris ing a wire extending longitudinally through c one of the rolled margins on said bottom and having its ends extending verticallyv aboye the last mentioned margin and toward said housing, said housing having a. plurality of vertically spaced apertures in each of its walls adjacent the extended ends of said wire, each aperture being adapted to receive a. corresponding1v end of said wire, whereby to secure said bottom and lhousingin any one of a plurality of relative angular positions.

3. A brooder coop having in combination a sheet metal floor provided with depending flanges adapted to support it abovel the ground, a housing portion adapted to enclose the floor and provided with apertures and wire fastening members in hinged connection with the floor and provided with end portions adapted to enter said apertures to lock the housing portion to the floor, said housing portion having a plurality of apertures at differing elevations to receive some 0f said fastenings, whereby the housing portion may be partially supported in a raised position above the fioor for Ventilating purposes.

4. A brooder coop having one wall provided with a doorway through which the fowls may pass, a sliding door provided with Ventilating apertures and a doorway for small chickens, and a co-operating sliding door provided with Ventilating apertures and adapted to be moved to bring said apertures into and out of registry with those of the first mentioned door and to cover said doorway for small chickens, both of said doors being also adjustable to wholly or partially cover the doorway of the housing.

5. In a brooder coop, a set of roof walls spaced apart along their upper margins, in combination with a hollow ridge in interlocking relation toy said margins and open to the exterior atmosphere at its respective ends to permit the' escape of air from underneath the roof, and heat insulating sheeting secured to the under surface of said roof members and spaced therefrom to permit air circulation between such sheeting and the roof upwardly into said hollow ridge member, and means for supporting the side walls, roof and hollow ridge in an endwise tilted position to permit air to enter at the bottom and facilitate its delivery through said hollow ridge.

6. A brooder coop having in combination a floor, a detachable housing adapted for vertical adjustment angularly with reference to the floor to permit passage of air between the housing and Vthe floor, said housing having a ridge ventilator.

7.- In a brooder coop, the combination with a set of side walls and a sct of inclined roof walls providing therewith a chamber having an upper portion open to the atmospliere, of an insulating wall spaced below cach of the roof walls and adapted to separate from the remainder of the chamber that with said housin portion immediately beneath the roof and open to the atmosphere as aforesaid, said insulating wall being formed to afford communication between the portions of said chamber thereabove and therebeneath, whereby air heated beneath said roof walls may find egress from said chamber without heating the lower portion thereof, and, in finding egress may induce a circulation of air in sald lower chamber portion, and means for supporting one end of the coop in a raised position with reference to the bottom and with an outlet portion of the roof chamber elevated above the other portion to facilitate air delivery therethrough.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination with a housing structure of a floor separable from said housing structure and including beaded marginal portions having a wire extending through one of said portions and provided with upturned ends adapted detachably for engagement structure.

9. In a 'bro'o er coop, the combination with a set of side walls and an upwardly inclined roof wall, of an insulating wall spaced downwardly from said roof wall to provide an air space therebeneath, said air space being in communication adjacent an upper portion of said roof wall with the exterior atmosphere at one end of the coop to permit the escape of air heated above said insulating wall and beneath said roof wall, and means for supporting the side walls at one end of the coop in a raised position to admit air through the lower portion of the coop, and facilitate its delivery along the correspondingly tilted upper marginal portion of the roof wall.

10. A brooder coop provided with a doorway, and a pair of doors supported and guided from the coop and adapted to slide' upon each other across said doorway, each door having Ventilating apertures so located as to be simultaneously and progressively closed during movement of one door upon the other to closing position and to be substantially wholly closed when both doors are in doorway covering position, the quantity of air passing through the doors being regulated by the capacity of the apertures as determined by the degree of registry of the apertures in one door with those in the other door without change in the distribution or number of such Ventilating openings.

GEORGE THOMAS MARKEY.

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