US1103887A - Brooder. - Google Patents

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J'. F. MMKAY. BROODBR. l APPLIUATIOH FILED JUNE 17, 1913.

,Patented July 14, 1914,

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Applice'on filed June hopper B, the discharge opening or which, 9, ie adapted to constitute e sealy for a. valve or demper 1G. The hopper El, the upper portion of which ieree beyond the stove body, ia provided with e top pleite 'il having an opening covered by e lid l2 which is loca ,eil directly above the discharge opening D ol' the hopper. The lid l2 is epertureol for the passage of the Stein 13 that extends up- \warrlly from the valve or demper 10. l

To olla/150m# muy concern:

Be il. known tliet l?, Jonio F. MACKAY, a.y crimen of the United Series, residing et lrenoin in the county of rlercerencl Siete olf New Jersey, lieve invenec. new enel use ful llnprovenens in Br'Oo'lerS, of which the 'following speciiieal-ion.

This invention, relates lto moeders', for raising; incubator heleboel chicks, and. che

principal object of the invention is to prol The ilu-ee e simple and elicient colony broeder iop plate-has an opening lllfivlilclris locateol Suitable for use either in floors or 1n the at one side lliereol substantially in vertical open and which will accoininoclzite and safely cere for a large number of chicks.

@ne object olf elle invention is to simplify and improve the lieeing apparatus7 e cool or lieuter being employed.

fr further object or `alie invenion is lo simplify end improve the rneans whereby ille nearl` ia reguleled.

A urzllier object the invention is to demper le whereby said opening may be obstructed .is hinged adjacent to 'the outer edge of the opening,v said demper being provided with an outwardly extending erin 16 A liuc 1,7 for carrying ollhe products of." combustion is mounted. ou the top 'plate lll.

Fulcrunied on e support 18 which rises from the top plate 1l is e .lever 19, one erm of which is connected with ehe valve stein 13 and with one end of a {iexilele element 205 which latter is connected at its lower enwith-olie damper 8 and intermediate its ends with the erin 16; the other erin of the lever 19 carries a counterweiglit 21 for approximately balancing the d 8.

pereua to which lfuel muy be 'feel 'from the 'top without dieter-hing the loroocler.

With these and other ends in View which will readily appeara5 the nature of the invention is better understood, the earne con- Sists iu the improved Construction and novel arrangement mul combination oi' parli which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims".

ln the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred 'liorin of the invention, it being, however, undereteocl that .noliniitalion is necessarily [nude to the precise structural details therein exliibierl, but. llial: changes, alterations and modilicelions within the eoope of the Claims' may be roeored to when ileeiretl.

ln the (lr-avvio@ -lfigure l. iS'a Side elevation? partly in ser ion7 of a device constructofl in accor-lance willi lie'invention. Fig. ie a top pla-n view of the saine. K.

,orrespouliug; parte in the several ligures' are denoted by like elixir-erstere of reir/rence.

The liearer or *die iinprowd lu'ooder con- .eisteorf a ierover or vflu-nace A or' which 5 l lo and a connecting designates the iii-e box, o, tlio ri-ale, and 7, l and connecting member 'being inlroduuecl` elle ash pit for whichv a (haii. door ie pro- 'lor ulie purpoee of incre-using the movement li'irlerh Said door beine hinged ai', its; upper orf tile lever 19 relatively to that of' rthe rod oder. zu; showin so that; il; will naturally 22%, thereby rendering the operatior'iv of the :Iram'ae to a closed porsllioir The Stove (levice more elllwtive. lieeu shown as tagan-ing upllio (op plaie holly@ which liz' u n u \\'a11 ll v, ie provided et ils upper end. with a flaring hood D Wlilcli valves 10, an The parte are arranged that when the door or valve 8 is wide open, the valve 15 will be seated, and the valve 10 will, like wise, lie ivirle open Yto permit products of combustion to pass from the lire looX to the exit line 17 As the valves 8 and l() move in the direction of their respective seats the 'check valve or damper 'l5 will gradually be unse-ated.

A thermostat 2,1 supported onabracket Q2 extending jfrom die stove body, seid lzlierinoetat including a. rod 23 which is `ruiflerl tl'irougli a n aperture 24 in a portion of the top plate .ll uf'liieli overhaugs the stove lioiljyn The rofl is Connected with eounteruuziglit 2l. by means of an intermediate lever 2G 'lulorurned on the upright .member Q8, Said lever for convenience' may ll supports a downwardly alineinent with the draft door S; e valve or the arm or' the' lever l) that carries 'the y lilo ' ing 'ing solid fuel, provided With niemeer' es Ato free froln'the surface on Whieh the 'heater rests and forming a broeder chamber surrounding the same.

The combination. or a heater for burning solid fuel having e feed opening through its top, Ineens lcarried by the heater for supporting a broeder hood, and a suspended hood supported by the said means so as to he free from the surface on which the heater reste and forming broeder chamber surrounding the heater, the top of the hood being open so as to leave 'exposed thetopof the heater, thereby permitting access to the luel feed opening therein Without disturbthe hood.

7. The combination of a heater for burn a top perforated. to permit r'uel to he vfed through it to the lire chamber of the heatenthe top ex tending laterally beyond the'heater, anda .and a damper hood supported from the edge of the top and forming e broeder chamber entirely surrounding the heater.

' '8. The combination of a heater adapted to burn solid fuel, havnge top perforated to permit fuel to be fed through it to the re chamber, and perforated also to form e check draft opening, a, hood supported by the heater and extending downward, from the said top to enclose a broeder chamber,

for the seid check draft opening by which may be controlled.

l In testimony whereof I-aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN r. MACKAY.

Witnessesr Y BAmoN T. Frm, EDWARD B, DUBnL,

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