US1017960A - Nest. - Google Patents

Description

A. M. FISCHER.

NEST.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912. 1,017,960. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ANNA M. FISCHER, OF ONAGA, KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 618,584.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA M. FISCHER, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at Onaga, in the county of Pottawatomie, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nests; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in hens nests.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will receive the egg and deposit the same in a receptacle which is arranged below and spaced from the nest proper.

lVith the above and other objects in View the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the nest. Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the nest with the support for the hen removed. Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the concaved member which forms a support for the hen.

In the drawings, 10 designates a base plate which is provided with a flange 11 which is embraced by the base port-ion of the cylindrical member 12. The cylindrical member 12 has its meeting end portions secured together by means of a pin 12, thus permitting the base plate to be removed for cleaning. This cylindrical member is provided with the square aperture 12 on either side of which is secured the vertical guides 13 and 14 to receive the opposite vertical edges of a sliding door 15 which is formed of a metallic frame having a covering of wire gauze and provided with a suitable handle 16. A curved guideway or track 17 is secured to the inner walls of the cylindrical casing, said track being concaved and provided with a suitable padding such for instance as duck. This track is continued to a point adjacent the sliding door 15. Arranged within the the cylindrical member and on the base plate 10 at a point slightly off its center is a plate 18 which is supported by the coil spring 19, said plate being concaved and so positioned that when weight is applied to the same it will tilt toward the track 17. A supporting member 19 is adapted to rest on the upper edge of the cylindrical member, said supporting member being provided with a surrounding flange adapted to embrace the edge portion of the cylindrical member. The supporting member is concaved and is formed of a metallic frame having a central portion formed of wire gauze which is covered with duck or other suitable padding, said gauze being provided with the centrally arranged opening 20 which is reinforced by the member 21.

The supporting member 19 is adapted to form the nest proper and the egg which is laid passes through the aperture 20, falls upon the plate 18, the weight of the egg tilting the plate so that the same will be deposited on the track or guideway. The egg then rolls down to the base portion 10, the cylindrical casing being provided with a suitable buffer of duck 21 which will prevent the breaking of the egg as the same reaches the base member. It will be noted that the base member may be viewed through said door. The base member is provided with a shield 22 which extends from the base portion of the coil sprin to the edge of the plate, thus preventing t e eggs from rolling beneath the curved track. If desired, a nest egg 23 may also be employed and held in position in a depression in the member by a strap 24, adjacent to the opening 20.

The many advantages of nests constructed in this manner will be clearly apparent as it will be noted that the supporting portion of the nest which the hen occupies may be at all times kept clean, the eggs being deposited in the lower section from which they may be conveniently removed.

Attention is called to the peculiar construction of the member which receives the egg and deposits the same in the track or guideway. It will also be noted that a nest of this character may be easily and economically manufactured and the various parts readily and conveniently assembled. It will be seen that the same may also be kept in a perfectly sanitary condition, the supporting base plate, a cylindrical metallic casing, the base portion of which embraces a flange carried by said base plate, said cylindrical casing being provided with an opening, guides carried by said casing adjacent said opening, a door slidably arranged between said guides, a curved track arranged within said casing and supported by the same, said track being concaved, its concaved face being provided with a. suitable padding, a coiled spring supported by said base member, a concaved plate arranged on said coiled spring and a concaved supporting member, said member being provided with a depending flange adapted to embrace the upper edge of said cylindrical member.

2. A hens nest consisting of a metallic casing, abase-plate, said base plate being provided with a flange around which the lower edge of said casing extends, a removable concaved supporting member, said member being provided with a flange adapted to extend around the upper edge of said casing, a spirally arranged track secured to the inner wall of said casing, a plate and a coiled spring resiliently supporting said plate adjacent one edge thereof at a point above said track, said plate being adapted to discharge an egg onto the track under its weight.

' In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ANNA M. FISCHER. WVitnesses:

ELMER E. HINES, A. B. MAOI-IIELS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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