ES1294729U - Bird feeder for cages (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Bird feeder for cages, which being of the type made up of a hopper (2) intended to receive food for birds within it, hopper (2) that includes on the lower part of its internal face a hole in which establishes an access (3) to the interior of the hopper through which the bird introduces its head to access the food, characterized in that the hopper (2) is linked to the cage through a fork (6) U-shaped, whose lateral branches (7) are linked to the body of the hopper (2) through respective articulated joints (8) including the lower branch of the fork means of coupling (9) to the bars of the cage, with the particularity that the length of the branches (7) of the fork (6) is greater than the distance between its articulation point (8) and the cage, defining a gap between the hopper and the cage that makes the fork tend to tilt. hopper (2) by gravity until its lower end comes into contact with the external wall of the cage, having foreseen that below the access (3) of the bird to the hopper, a perpendicular and elongated appendage (4) is established that defines the perching area of the bird when accessing the food, acting as a tilting lever of the cage. hopper. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Bird feeder for cages

TECHNICAL SECTOR

The present invention relates to a feeder specially designed for feeding small birds in cages, such as goldfinches, canaries, Gouldian finches, etc. It is a hopper for the dispensing of feed type food.

The object of the invention is to provide a device with a structure that prevents the food from caking and remaining immobilized within the hopper, so that it can be consumed entirely by the bird.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the field of practical application of the invention, that of bird feeders, certain fodder-type foods have an oily and morbid composition that causes them to stick to the walls of the hopper that participates in the feeder.

The bird eats through a hole in the lower part of the hopper so that, theoretically, when eating, it generates a space that should be filled automatically with the feed located below by simple gravity.

The reality is that in most hopper-type feeders, the feed is caked on the walls and does not go down to the hole where the bird eats, with the danger that the bird will be left without access to food.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The recommended bird feeder fully satisfactorily resolves the aforementioned problems based on a simple but highly effective solution.

For this, the feeder of the invention, based on the conventional structuring of this type of device, in which a hopper to be filled with feed or the bird food in question participates, which includes an access opening on its lower face to the food for the bird, it has the particularity that it is not linked to the cage in a static way, but in a tilting way, through a mechanism in which the bird itself, when trying to eat, is forced to perch on the innkeeper of the feeder .

When the bird lands, the feeder undergoes a small pendular movement, which is limited when hitting its upper extremity against the cage, as well as when the bird leaves the feeder, causing the opposite pendular movement, in which said feeder will hit against the cage for his lower extremity.

These small blows are transmitted to the food stored inside the feeder, loosening it and causing it to flow downwards until it fills the hole emptied by the bird when eating.

In this way, and given that the birds perch on the feeder many times at the end of the day, these constant vibrations are sufficient to ensure a correct distribution and homogenization of the food within the feeder.

To achieve this simple, but extremely effective effect, it is enough not to link the feeder hopper directly to the cage, but to do so through a U-shaped fork, whose side branches are linked to the body of the hopper through respective joints. articulated, so that the lower branch of said fork includes coupling means to the bars of the cage.

The length of the branches of the fork will be slightly greater than the distance between its point of articulation with respect to the hopper and the wall or bars of the cage, so that a clearance is defined between the hopper and the cage that tends to tilt the the hopper by gravity until its lower end comes into contact with the outer wall of the cage.

The mouth of access to the food that the hopper presents will include a perpendicular and elongated appendage that defines the perching area of the bird when accessing the food.

Well, this appendage acts as a lever, so that when the bird perches, the bird's own weight unbalances the system, causing the feeder or hopper to tilt with respect to the fork, until its upper extremity hits the external face of the cage.

In this way, it is achieved that each time the bird accesses the feeder, two small knocks are produced on it, one when perching, and another when taking flight, which ensures that the food stored in its breast is properly distributed without caking.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is going to be made below and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of its practical embodiment, a set of plans is attached as an integral part of said description. where, by way of illustration and not limitation, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of a bird feeder made according to the object of the present invention.

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view of the feeder of the invention duly installed in a cage, in its rest position.

Figure 3.- Shows a view similar to that of figure 2, but in which it can be seen how when the bird perches on the feeder, it changes its angular position slightly, until its upper extremity hits the cage, hit that allows the food contained inside the hopper to be loosened.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the figures outlined, it can be seen how the feeder (1) of the invention is constituted from a hopper (2) intended to receive the poultry feed, hopper (2) that includes on the lower area on its internal face there is a hole in which an access (3) to the interior of the hopper is established through which the bird introduces its head to access the food.

Well, according to the invention, as has been said previously, one of the main characteristics of the trough of the invention is that the hopper (2) is not linked directly to the bird's cage, but which does so through a U-shaped fork (6), whose lateral branches (7) are linked to the body of the hopper (2) through respective articulated joints (8) including the lower branch of the fork means of coupling (9) to the bars of the cage.

As can be seen in figures 2 and 3, the length of the branches (7) of the fork (6) will be slightly greater than the distance between its articulation point (8) and the cage, defining a clearance between the hopper and a cage that tends to tilt the hopper (2) by gravity until its lower end comes into contact with the external wall of the cage, as shown in figure 2.

In correspondence with the access (3) of the bird to the hopper, specifically under said access, a perpendicular and elongated appendix (4) is established that defines the perching area of the bird when accessing the food.

Based on this structure, and as can be seen in figure 3, the appendage (4) acts as a lever, so that when the bird lands on it, it causes an imbalance that causes the hopper (2 ) tilt, tilting that is limited by hitting its upper end (5) against the bars of the cage.

In this position, the system is perfectly stabilized while the bird eats, destabilizing again once it leaves the appendix (4), which will cause a new tilting of the hopper (2) to the position shown in figure 2, receiving said hopper a new small blow that loosens the food contained in its breast.

Finally, it only remains to point out that the device of the invention can be designed for a more versatile use, that is, to be able to store other types of food that do not present this problem, such as seeds, so that displacement and hitting are not necessary. of the hopper at each use of the hopper, which could scare certain types of birds.

To this end, it has been planned that the appendix (4) be included in a part that can be attached and detachable from the access (3), having also provided an accessory part (10) that defines a new access to the hopper, without appendix (4), of so that from the middle branch of the fork (6) another appendix (4') emerges, totally stable, as it is associated with the fixing means (9) of the fork to the cage, so that with this solution the hopper never tilt during use, which is not strictly necessary depending on what type of food is introduced into it.

Claims (2)

1a.- Bird feeder for cages, which being of the type constituted from a hopper (2) destined to receive food for birds, hopper (2) that includes a hole on the lower part of its internal face in which an access (3) is established inside the hopper through which the bird introduces its head to access the food, characterized in that the hopper (2) is linked to the cage through a fork (6 ) U-shaped, whose lateral branches (7) are linked to the body of the hopper (2) through respective articulated joints (8) including the lower branch of the fork means of coupling (9) to the bars of the cage , with the particularity that the length of the branches (7) of the fork (6) is greater than the distance between its articulation point (8) and the cage, defining a clearance between the hopper and the cage that makes it tend to tilt the hopper (2) by gravity until its lower end comes into contact with the external wall of the to the cage, having foreseen that below the access (3) of the bird to the hopper, an appendix (4) perpendicular and elongated is established that defines the perching area of the bird when accessing the food, acting as a tilting lever of the hopper. 2a.- Bird feeder for cages, according to claim 1, characterized in that the appendix (4) is included in a piece that can be attached and detachable from the access (3), having also provided that the feeder is complemented with an accessory piece (10) additional one that defines an access to the hopper devoid of support means for the bird, so that another appendage (4') emerges from the middle branch of the fork (6) determining the perching means for the bird.