ES1066397U - Box nest cork for birds (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Cork nesting box for birds characterized because it is made up of a cork board that acts as a base and that can be of different geometric shapes, by one or several lateral plates that make up the body of the box, and by an iron that makes of cover, joined by nailing, either with metal or wooden nails or sewn with various materials. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Cork nest box for birds.

The present invention relates to the realization of cork nest boxes for birds of different shapes and sizes.

Cork is a noble, natural and ecological, so the promotion of its use is in tune with the sustainable development goals intended by the actual society. In addition to being a natural product, cork has other properties such as malleability, flexibility, little density, thermal, acoustic, water and light insulation and very weather resistant without the need for artificial treatments such as paints, varnishes, etc. also for its rustic and natural look integrates perfectly in the middle ambient. All this makes it an ideal material for the manufacture of nest boxes for birds, so that their location is facilitated or recovery in certain territories, and even for the investigation of their habits, given the state of deterioration in which usually our natural environment.

Currently most of the nest boxes for existing birds in the market they are usually made of wood, cement, ceramic, plastic, etc., being in each case little insulating, little integrable in the natural environment, heavy, in need of chemical treatments, etc., however, the cork nest boxes exceed all these requirements in a positive way.

The cork nest boxes for birds can be of various shapes (square, rectangular, cylindrical, etc.), as well as of different sizes, and can be to put on trees, electric poles, roofs, walls, etc.

These nest boxes can be made in any type of cork from the manufacturing process, well from plates of 1 to 3 cm. approximately thick or cylinders taken directly from the cork oak. In both cases the joints of the pieces will be made by nailing, with nail metallic or wooden, or by sewing with various materials (wire, ropes, etc.), resulting in a box closed in any of the ways indicated above and that it will carry an entrance for the bird that can be of different forms and sizes, and optionally a folding cover in any of the plans of the nest box for easy cleaning or observation.

Depending on the place where it will be placed It will have the corresponding supports or fixing hooks.

To better understand the purpose of this invention is attached to this report a sheet of drawings, by title an illustrative and non-limiting example of a case study practice cork nest box for birds, according to the principles of The claims.

So in the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cork nest box for insectivores adapted to hang of a tree branch, according to the principles of invention.

The present invention is further illustrated. by the following example, which does not pretend to be limiting of its reach.

Example Cork nest box for insectivores

It starts from a cork base approximately 1.5 cm thick on which they are joined by nailed the sides (2) formed of two cork sheets of similar thickness to the base. They are then joined by nails (5) the previous piece (7) and the back piece (8). It gets, also by nailing, the roof cover (1) to which previously a hook system has been placed to hang from the branches (6). Then we made a hole of about 2.5 cm. from diameter for the entrance of the bird (3), under which a small platform for the bird's perch (4).

Claims (3)

1. Cork nest box for birds characterized in that it is composed of a cork iron that acts as a base and can be of various geometric shapes, by one or several lateral plates that make up the body of the box, and by an iron that makes cover, joined by nailing, either with metal or wooden nails or sewn with various materials. 2. Cork nest box for birds according to the preceding claim characterized by having an entrance for the bird, of any shape or size, optionally a folding cover in any of its planes, an outer platform for bird perching, as well as a system of hooks and / or support points depending on the place of placement. 3. Cork nest box according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that it can be made in any type of cork, in any of the shapes and sizes indicated above in the description.