US1177068A - Poultry-coop. - Google Patents

Description

. VAUGHAN.

POULTRY COOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 10. 1914.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET l.

THI; COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

J. MLVAUGHAN.

POULTRY COOP.

APPLICATION FILED nov- 10. I9I4.

1 1 77,068. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- THE COLUMBIA PLAEx'OGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, n. c.

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JAMES M. VAUGHAN, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

POULTRY-COOP.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented 2d, Mille Application filed. November 10, 1914. SeriaI No. 871,339.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known'that 1, JAMES M. VAUGHAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Owensboro, in the county of Daviess and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry- Coops, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to poultry coops and has as its object to provide a 'sheet metal coop, the parts comprising which may be readily disassembled to permit of being packed in a small space for shipment tween the said side walls, the means provided for supporting the said front and rear walls being of such nature that these walls may be readily removed after the bottom or floor has been moved from position be tween the side walls.

The invention also aims to provide the front wall of the coop with an imperforate main door and a screened auxiliary ventilating door, and a feature of the invention resides in the novel manner in which these two doors are connected for independent swinging movement. Incidentally the invention contemplates the provision of a hinge connection for the doors which will consist solely of interengaging parts integral with the doors and with the said wall of the coop, this connection being such that it will not be liable to get out of order and will, at thesame time, permit of either or both doors being removed bodily from the said wall and replaced whenever desired.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a coop, the door for the forward wall.

of which will be adapted to be swung down to form an inclined way leading from the ground to the door opening, so that small chickens may readily enter the coop.

' The invention also contemplates the provisionof a screened ventilating opening in the rear wall of the coop adapted to be closed when desired by a door hinged in the manner above briefly described. 1

Another aim of the invention is to provide means for supporting the door or bottom of the coop against sagging, which means will also, to a certain extent, prevent rain water running beneath the coop.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the coop embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, a portion of the rear door being broken away to show the screened ventilating opening. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the side walls of the coop. Fig. 5 is a detail transverse sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical front to rear sectional view through the lower portion of the front wall of the coop and the main and auxiliary doors mounted thereon, these doors being shown in closed position. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the doors open. Fig. 8 is a detail vertical front to rear sectional view through the lower rear portion of the coop.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Inthe drawings, the coop is illustrated as comprislng side walls connected at their upper edges directly to each other, a floor separably connected at its side edges with the lower edges of the said side walls, and front and rear walls which are mounted between the side walls and are supported by the saidfloor, and of these parts, the side walls are indicated by the numeral 1, the bottom or floor is indicated by the numeral 2, the front wall is indicated by the numeral 3 and the rear wall by the numeral a. Each of the side walls 1 has its upper edge portion overturned to form a bead 5 open at one side, and'by reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be observed that the beads 5 are arranged to have intcrlocl. ing engagement when the coop is set up, such engagement being secured either by sliding one head into the other or by relatively swinging the sides 1 about the beads as a center after having inserted the smaller beadinto the open side of the larger bead. The lower edge portion of each wall 1 is formed with an open sided bead 6 and the side edge portions of the floor 2 are formed with similar beads 7 and it will be apparent, by reference to the said Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, that the beads 5, 6 and 7 interlock in the set up condition of the coop. At this point it will be understood that when the side walls and floor are assembled in the manner stated, the said side walls will. be held against separation at their lower ends by the floor and the floor will be supported by the beads 6. In order to prevent sagging of the floor 2, approximately cylindrical beads 8 are riveted or otherwise secured to the underside of the said floor and extend transversely beneath the floor at the front and rear thereof and preferably substantially in the vertical plane occupied by the front and rear walls 3 and 4-. The beads & have their under sides located in a plane touching the under side of the beads 6, as will be apparent by reference to 2 and 3, so that the coop is supported at its forward and rear ends as well as at both sides and spaced above the ground surface.

The front and rear walls 3 and 1 are triangular and of dimensions to fit snugly between the side walls and floor of the coop body at the respective ends thereof and to completely close the said ends of the body, and these walls are supported in position in a manner which will now be explained. Secured to the inner side of each side wall, as for example by rivets 9, and parallel to and adjacent the forward end thereof is a suitable length of angle iron, one wing 10 of which constitutes the attaching wing through which the rivets are secured, and the other wing 11 of which projects at right angles from the wall and at the points of location of the rivets 9 clips 12 are provided, each having an attaching portion 13 through which the rivet is secured, the said attaching portions of the clips being disposed between the wings 10 of the angle strips and the inner face of the respective wall 1. The body portions of the clips 12 lie in spaced relation to the wing 11 of the angle strip and in arranging the wall 1 in position the inclined side edges of the wall are fitted between the wings 11 of the angle strips upon the said side walls and the body portions 12 of the clips, the said forward wall being in this manner supported in upright position between the said side walls with the lower edge of the forward wall resting upon the floor 2 of the coop. In a like manner, an angle strip 14iand clips 15 are secured to each side wall near the rear end thereof for the purpose of supporting the rear wall 1 of the coop in upright position.

For a purpose to be presently explained, the lower edge portion of the forward wall 3 is rolled to form a substantially cylindrical bead 16 open at its upper side adjacent the plane of the said wall 3 and this bead preferably extends the entire width of the lower edge of the said wall 3 and rests upon the floor 2. The said wall 3 is provided with a door opening 17 and a main door and an auxiliary screened door are supported for swinging movement upon the head 16 in front of the door opening 17 in a manner which will now be explained. The auxiliary door comprises an open sheet metal frame 18 which may be of any desired shape and which has its lower edge portion rolled to form a bead 19 which is rotatably fitted into the bead 16, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The opening in the frame 18 is covered by a sheet of foraminous material such for example as wire netting indicated at 20. The main door is indicated at 21 and is of sheet metal and has its lower edge portion rolled to form a bead 22 which is fitted rotata-bly in the bead 19 and this door is imperforate as will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and is of such dimensions as to completely cover the opening in the frame 18 of the auxiliary door when both doors are in closed position. It will now be observed that the main and auxiliary doors are connected hingedly with the bead 16 and that they may be moved independently upon this bead as a hinge, so that the auxiliary door may be moved to position to cover the door opening 16 and the main door 21 may be allowed to remain in lowered position, as shown in Fig. 1, or both doors may be moved to open position, in which position the auxiliary door will rest flat upon the main door and both doors will be inclined so as to provide an inclined way from the ground surface to the lower side of the opening 17. It will also be apparent that both doors may be moved to closed position, or, in other words, to position shown in Fig. 6. As a means for holding either or both of the doors closed, a latch 23 is pivoted, as at 24, upon the outer side of the forward wall 3 above the door opening 17 and may be swung into or out of latching engagement with the doors.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the doors are connected for swinging movement with the forward wall of the coop in a manner which renders it practically impossible for the hinge connection to become disarranged'and that the use of a pintle rod or wire is entirely avoided. It will also be apparent that'either. or both of the doors may be bodily removed from the coop by sliding their lower edges lengthwise in the head 16.

The auxiliary door 18, of course, provides for ventilation of the coop and in order that the coop may be readily aired whenever desired, its rear wall 4 is formed near its lower end with a ventilating opening 25 covered by a sheet of wire netting 26 and animperforate door 27 similar in con-- struction to the door 21, is hingedly connected at its lower side with a head 28 formed upon the said rear wall and corresponding to the bead 16. It will, of course, be understood that when the door27 is in closed position, the screened opening 25 will be closed and in order that the door may be held in such position, a pivoted latch 29 is mounted upon the said rear wall of the coop and corresponds in construction and function to the latch 23.

From the foregoing description of the invention, it will be seen thatthere is provided a coop, the parts comprising which may be readily assembled and disassembled without the use of tools and it will be apparent that the doors for the coop are so connected therewith that the desired ventilation may be secured and the coop left open or completely closed as may be desired and yet there is no likelihood of the hinged connections for the doors becoming disarranged or difficult to move through being battered or becoming rusty.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: 1. A coop including a wall provided with a door opening and having a portion provided with an open bead, and main and auxiliary doors provided with interfitting beads hingedly engaging the bead upon the said wall.

2. A coop including a wall provided with a door opening and having a portion provided with an open bead, and main and auxiliary doors provided with interfitting beads hingedly engaging the bead upon the said wall, the doors being independently movable.

3. A coop including a wall provided with r a door opening and having a portion pro- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the vided with an open bead, and main and auxiliary doors provided with interfitting beads hingedly engaging the bead upon the said Wall, the doors being independently movable and one of the said doors being foraminous.

4. A coop including a wall provided with a door opening and having a portion provided with an open bead extending below the door opening, and a door provided at its lower end with a bead engaging within the bead upon the said wall whereby to hingedly support the door.

5. A coop including a wall provided With a door opening and having a portion provided with an open bead, main and auxiliary doors having beads hingedly engaging the bead upon the said wall, and latch ,means for holding both or either of the doors in closed position, one of said doors being provided with ventilating means. 6. A coop including a wall provided with a door opening and having a portion provided with an open bead, main and auxiliary doors having beads hingedly engaging the bead upon the said Wall, and latch means for holding both or either of the doors in closed position, one of said doors being provided with ventilating means, the doors when in open position extending at an inclination from the lower side of the door opening.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. VAUGHAN. [n s.] Witnesses:

J. E. SWEENEY, CRoMwELL WOOD.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. C.

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