US1181204A - Sanitary chicken-house. - Google Patents

Description

N. M. ANDERSON.

SANITARY CHICKEN HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1915.

1,181,204. Patented May2, 1916.

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SANITARY CHICKEN HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY]. 1915 1 1 81 ,204. Patented May 2, 1916.

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NIELS M. ANDERSON, F DASSEL, MINNESOTA.

SANITARY CHICKEN-HOUSE.

Application filed May 1, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NIELS M. ANnERsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dassel, in the county of Meeker and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Chicken- Houses; 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.

My invention has for its object to provide a sanitary chicken house; and, to this end, it consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indic'ate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the sanitary chicken house in transverse vertical section; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts located in the vicinity of the line 00 m of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line a) m of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, some parts being broken away; Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line m :0 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in transverse vertical section taken on line a a: of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the nest boxes and one of the wall brackets; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the fatten ing coop: and Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the fattening coop and one of the wall brackets, some parts being broken away, and

some of the exposed parts being shown in section.

The numeral 1 indicates a chicken house having a window 2 in the front wall thereof. Permanently secured to the back wall of the chicken house 1 are two or more laterally spaced Wall brackets 3, located above the floor and having upper and lower horizontal supporting surfaces 4 and 5, respectively. These supporting surfaces 1 and 5 of each bracket 3 are located, the latter forward of the former, and they are connected by a vertical portion 6. The free or inner ends of the supporting surfaces 4 are bent upward and secured by bolts, or other suitable means, to the rear wall of the chicken house 1, and the free or outer ends of the supporting surfaces 5 are bent upward to afford retaining Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Serial No. 25,173.

lugs 7, the purpose of which will presently appear.

Oblique flexible connections 8, such as chains, are provided for supporting the outer portion of the brackets 3, to prevent their sagging. The upper end portions of the chains 8 are secured to the rear wall of the chicken house 1 above the brackets 3, and their lower ends are secured to the brackets 3 at the junction of the supporting surfaces 4 with the vertical portions 6.

A deck 9 is removably supported on the supporting surfaces 4 of the brackets 3, and is provided at its longitudinal edges with downturned flanges 10, which support said deck slightly above the brackets 3.

An endless traveling dropping board or apron 11 is mounted to run over horizontal rollers 12 and 13, journaled in bearing lugs 14, secured to and projecting above the supporting surfaces l of the brackets 3. These rollers 12 and 13 are located in the plane of the deck, 9, so that the upper run of the board 11 travels over the upper surface of said deck and its lower run travels below the deck 9, between its flanges 10, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 1. Traveling movement is imparted to the board 11 by a hand crank 15 secured to one of the trunnions of the roller 12.

The upper edge of the inclined trough 16 is arranged to scrape the board 11 at a point where the same passes over the roller 12. This trough 16 is rigidly secured to a receiving receptacle 17 removably mounted on the top of a chest of drawers 18 for receiving feed or other supplies.

Roost supporting bars 19 are supported above each wall bracket 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The inner ends of these bars 19 are bent upward and permanently secured by bolts, or other suitable means, to the rear wall of the chicken house 1, and their outer ends are supported by the chains 8. Roosts 20 extend longitudinally of the board 11 and are removably supported on the bars 19. Any suitable means may be provided for securing the roost 20 to the bars 19, such as twisted wires, or short bolts passed through alined perforations in the bars 19 and roosts 20.

A drop curtain 21, of sheeting or other suitable material, is suspended from the ceiling of the chicken house 1, directly over the vertical portions of the wall brackets 3, so that when the curtain is let down the same structure 47.

will inclose the roosts 20. A rod 22 is secured to the lower edge of the drop curtain 21 for holding the curtain in position, on which rod the curtain is wound. Any suitable means may be provided for rolling and unrolling the curtain 21 on the rod 22.

A multiplicity of connected laterally spaced nest boxes are removably mounted on the supporting surfaces 5 of the wall brackets 3. These nest boxes 23 comprise a front board 2- a rear board 25, end boards 26, an oblique cover board 27, having a hinged section 28, partition boards 29, and a bottom board 30, having an extension af fording a running board 31. All of the parts comprising the nest boxes 23, with the exception of the bottom board 30, are per manently connected, one with the other, so that they may be lifted as an entirety from the wall brackets The running board 31 extends under the deck 9 toward the rear wall of the chicken house 1, and it is notched at 32 to receive the vertical portions 6 of the wall brackets 3, as best shown in Fig. 6. Chickens enter and leave the nest boxes 23 through an opening 33, formed between the front board 25 and cover board 27. Access may also be had to the nest boxes 23, for the the action of gravity.

Secured to the front wall of the chicken house 1, under the window 2, is a multi plicity of laterally spaced fattening coops 34. These coops 34 are removably mounted on two or more metallic brackets 35, hinged at 35" to said front wall for vertically swinging movement. The outer ends of the brackets are extended to form vertical and horizontal extensions 36 and 37, respectively. Flexible connections 39, such as chains, support the brackets 35 in operative positions. The upper ends of these chains 39 are permanently secured to the front wall of the chicken house 1, below the window 2, and their lower ends are detachably connected by hooks 40 to the upper ends t nests placed therein.

leaving the bottom board and nests in origibracket extension 36 and extends onto the bracket extensions 37 to afford a feed-sup porting board or shelf 49. The slats of the bottom structure t? are loosely seated under the partition boards l6 and the shelf 49 is removably supported in notches 50, as well as said slats, formed in the brackets which notches hold the slats and shelf 49 properly spaced.

Chickens are placed in and removed from the fattening coop through the hinged section 45 of the cover board M, which hinged section is held closed under the action of gravity. 7

From the foregoing description, it is evident that the sanitary chicken house may be very easily and quickly cleaned. In actual usage, sand or sawdust will be placed on the upper run of the dropping board. rotating the hand-crank 15 in the proper direction, the dropping board 9 will be caused to travel against the trough 16, which acts as a scraper to thoroughly clean the dropping board.

In cleaning the nest boxes L3, they may be lifted bodily from the wall brackets 9 nal position. The old nests may be removed purpose of removing the eggs, through the t-from the bottom board and said bottom hinged section 28 of the cover board 27,} ,board thoroughly cleaned before the nest which hinged section 28 is held closed under r" ioxes are again placed thereon, and new of the bracket extensions 36. These fattening coops 34 comprise a front wall structure 41, a back board 42, end boards 43, an ob lique cover board let, having a hinged section 45, partition boards -l6, and a bottom All of the parts comprising the fastening coops 34, with the exception of the bottom structure 47, are permanently connected and may be lifted as an entirety from the supporting brackets 35. As best shown in Fig. 7, the front wall structure of the fattening coops 34 is made up of vertically extended slats connected at their upper and lower ends to horizontal slats. The bottom structure is made up of a multiplicity of edge-wise spaced slats and a wide board, which is notched at 48 to receive the The fattening coop may be cleaned while the chickens are held therein, simply by withdrawing one of the bottom slats at a time.

Vhat I claim is:

1. In a chicken house, the combination with a roost, of a dropping board mounted below the roost and located close to one of the walls of the chicken house, a plurality of nest boxes mounted below the dropping board, at one side thereof and facing the wall to which the dropping board is closely located, said nest boxes having a displaceable cover, and a running board extending in front of the nest boxes and located under the dropping board.

2-. In a chicken house, the combination with a pair of wall brackets having upper and lower supporting surfaces located, the latter at one side of the former, a dropping board mounted on the upper supporting surfaces of the wall brackets, a roost supported above the dropping board, a plurality of nest boxes mounted on the lower supporting surfaces of the wall brackets, and a running board extending in front of the nest boxes and located under the dropping.

board.

3. In a chicken house, the combination with a pair of wall brackets, of a deck mounted on the wall brackets and havin depending side flanges supporting the doc above the wall bracket, 2. pair of rollers journaled on the Wall brackets, an endless traveling dropping board mounted on the rollers, With its upper run arranged to travel over the deck, and with its lower run arranged to travel under the deck between its side flanges, means for imparting the traveling movement t1 the dropping board. and a roost supported over the dropping board.

4. In a chicken house, the combination with a pair of wall brackets having upper and lower supporting surfaces located, the latter in front of the former, of an endless traveling dropping board mounted on the upper sup 'iorting surfaces of the wall brackets, a plurality of nest boxes mounted on the lower supporting surfaces of the wall brackets, and having a running board extending under the dropping board, and a roost supported above the dropping board.

5. In a chicken house, the combination with a pair of wall brackets having upper and lower supporting surfaces located, the latter in front of the former, of an endless traveling dropping board mounted on the upper supporting surfaces of the wall brackets, a plurality of nest boxes mounted on the lower supporting surfaces of the wall brackets and having entrance passages facing the dropping board and also having a running board in front of the entrance passages and under the dropping board, and a roost supported above the dropping board.

6. In a chicken house, the combination with a pair of wall brackets having upper and lower supporting surfaces located, the latter in front of the former, of an endless traveling dropping board mounted on the upper supporting surfaces of the Wall brackets, a plurality of nest boxes mounted on the lower supporting surfaces of the Wall brackets and having entrance passages facing the dropping board and also having a running board in front of the entrance passages and under the dropping board, a roost supported above the dropping board, and a drop curtain supported from the ceiling of the chicken house in front of the dropping board over the nest boxes.

7. In a chicken house, the combination with a pair of wall brackets having upper and lower supporting surfaces located, the latter in front of the former, of an endless traveling dropping board mounted on the upper supporting surfaces of the wall brackets, a plurality of nest boxes mounted on the lower supporting surfaces of the wall brackets and having entrance passages facing the dropping board and also having a running board in front of the entrance passages and under the dropping board, said nest boxes also having a hinged cover section, and a roost supported above the drop ping board.

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

NIELS M. ANDERSON.

Witnesses LAMBERT ANDERs, G. B. MCDANIEL.

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

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