US1395078A

US1395078A - Segregating-nest

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Publication number: US1395078A
Application number: US422948A
Authority: US
Inventors: Nathaniel M Bain
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-11-09
Filing date: 1920-11-09
Publication date: 1921-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1938-10-25

Description

N. M. BAIN.

SEGREGATING NEST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-9.1920.

Patented OctD 25, WZL

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latch will engage the bottom ot the door so as to hold the same open (see Fig. 1). When the lever o is rocked counter clockwise the latch a is drawn back so as to release the door e, which will then fall to a closed posit-ion as it is of greater weight than the noor c (see Fig. 2).

To hold the floor c in the raised position shown in llig. 2, with the latch 15 acting as a strut..

@n one end or" the bar w is mounted a tray .fr `for receiving the egg when the nest 7c resumes its normal or inclined position, because ot the hen jumping from the nest back onto the licor c. At the other end ot the bar `fw is an adjust-able counter weight y, which normally holds the bar w in the position in whichit is shown in the full lines of Fig. 2.

When an egg rolls 0n the tray a its weight rocks the bar w counter-clockwise to the position shown by the dotted lines ot Fig. 2, throwing the latch@L at such angle. that its notch no longer will engage with the lip u of the bar w. 'lo insure that the depression of the bar fw will throw the latch t out of engagement the former has mounted on it a linger 17 which functions to push the latch od the lip u.

While passing out of the housing the hen has automatically placed upon her a drop of pigment so that she may be recognized as a layer.

F or the latter purpose l provide mechanism comprising a lever-arm 2 pivot-ally mounted upon a bracket 3 rigidly supported by the outer face of the door e. lChe inner end ot the arm 2 carries a pivoted pendant rod or dauber l; on the other end ot the arm Q, is an adjustable weight 5 tending to hold the arm as shown in Fig. 3.

A. container holding pigment 6 (see `Fig. Il) is placed in an opening in the licor c, directly beneath the dauber 1, and a hinged cover 6', normally closes the open top of the container 6. An arm 6b connecting the cover 6a with the lower end ot .the lever o, operates to remove the cover when the lever o is rocked counter-clockwise, and to replace it when the lever 0 is rocked in the opposite direction, (see Fig. 1). The lever 0 and rod 6h are located at one side of the iioor c so as to clear the latter.

A cord 7 is secured to the outer end ot the lever arm 2 and the other end of the cord is tied to the frame member a2. qWhen the door e is in the raised position, the cord 7 is slack as shown in Fig. 4l, but when the door is lowered7 the cord is taut and pulls the cuter end ot the lever-arm Qup, and thus causes the dauber 4 to dip into the pigment in the container 6. `When the door e is a ain raised, a drop of pigment will be earned by the lower end ot the dauber aready to be deposited upon the baclr ot the hen as she leaves the housing.

The dauber i carries a weight 2O tending to hold it against a cleat 21 fixed on the bottom ot the door e, and the dauber l works in a staple or guide 22.

lt-'is not desirable to have the dauber l drag pigment over the body of the hen, but only to deposit on her a drop of the pigment. To insure this effect l provide means for instantly lifting the dauber 4- upon having touched the hen, such means being` arranged as follows:

A iiap 9 is pivotally pendent from the bracket 10 which is carried by the door c. A catch 11 provided on the upper end ot' the flap 9 is adapted to engage with an arm 12, which is pivotally hung from the arm 2. @n the lower end ot the arm 12, is pivoted a latch-bar 18 one end of which engages with the catch 11 ot the liap 9; and from the other end of which is pivotally hung a. triggerbar 19.

lhus when the hen passes through the door-way her body will come in contact with the iiap 9 and she will swing that outward into its position as shown in Fig. l. l'n so doing she will cause the catch 11 oi the ilap 9 to engage with the latch-bar 18 which resists tilting by reason ot the weight of the trigger-bar 19 suspended therefrom as mentioned, and hence the pressure of the catch 11 on the latch-bar 18 will result in pulling the arm 12 downward and tilting the by releasing the arm 12 and hence permitting the weight 5 to function to tilt the arm 2 so as to litt the dauber 1.

Should it happen that the hen does/not Sti rise when 'feeling the touch of the dauber otally mounted on the member 111- and con- `trapped within the nest.

nected to the nest-arm lo? by a link 16, serves as a stop for the tray when the latter drops to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the nest is again lowered by another hen, the lever 15 will be rocked to the position shown in the full lines in Fig. 2, thus permitting the arm w carrying said tray to drop still further and let the egg roll off on the floor or into a box. The tray w is then lifted to its normal position by the counter-weight y.

I will now describe the cycle of operation of my device: Normally when not in use, the parts of my device will be positioned as shown in Fig. 1. It is to be noted that the door e is open, and a hen may freely enter through the entrance of the housing. The hen so entering, will pass under the door e, and hop onto the nest c. Her weight will then cause thel nest to tilt downward' into a horizontal position, whereupon the door-closing devices will operate to release the door e and permit it to close, and all parts will assume the positions shown in the full lines of Fig. 2. The hen is now When she is ready to leave the nest 7c, she will hop onto the floor c. It she has not laid an egg, there will be no consequent operation of the parts, and she will remain trapped, and can be released only by manually operating my device. If however, she has laid anegg, the latter will roll onto the tray a: of the bar w, depressing the latter so as to disengage the latch t, and when the hen then jumps backonto the floor c her weight will cause the latter to tilt down to a horizontal, position. The described mechanical connections between this floor and the door e, will then cause the latter to open, and thus permit the hen to walk out. However, as the hen passes through the entrance of the housing, her back will brush aga-inst the -lap 9, and thus bringing into action the dauber 4 will deposit a drop of marking liquid on the back of the hen.

I claim:

1. In a segregating nest, a housing, marking means, located in the housing, a pigment carrying impinging dauber and operating means therefor, including a one-way actuating member arranged to be operated by the hen brushing there against on walking out of said housing.

2. In a segregating nest, a housing, a door at the entrance of the housing, marking means, carried by the door, means for charging the marking mechanism with pigment, and an operative connection of such means with the door, whereby the mechanism is charged with pigment simultaneously with the closing of the door. Y

3. In a segregating nest, a housing, a door at the entrance of the housing, marking means, carried by the door, such marking means also including a pendant dauber, a pigment holder, and means operating to insert the dauber in said holder in unison with the closing of the door.

4. In a segregating nest, a housing, a depressible nest, a door at the entrance ofthe housing, means connecting the door with the nest, whereby the door is opened and shut relatively to the movement of the nest, marking means, carried by the door, means for charging the marking mechanism with pigment, and an operative connection of such means with the door, whereby the mechanism is charged with pigment simultaneously with the closing ot' the door.

,5. In a segregating nest, a housing, a depressible nest, a door at the entrance of the housing, means connecting the door with the nest, whereby the door is opened and shut relatively to the movement of4 the nest, marking means, carried by the door, such marking means also including a pendant dauber, a pigment holder, and means operating to insert the dauber in said holder in unison with the closing of the door.

6. In a segregating nest, a housing, a tiltable floor at the entrance of the housing, a door at the entrance of the housing, door operating means connected with the tiltable floor and the door, arranged to tilt the former when the latter is shut, and to open the door when the floor is placed in normal position, a nest hinged at one end, being normally inclined, and adapted for being depressed, said door operating means being operated to close the door by the depression ot the nest, a latch for locking the floor in inclined position, such latch .being placed in its active state when the floor is inclined by the closing of the door, means for releasing the latch, such means including a trayv to receive the egg rolling from the nest when resuming its normal inclined position, said means being operated by the weight of the gg. In a segregating nest, a housing, a tiltable floor at the entrance of the housing, a door vertically movable at the entrance of the housing, a connection thereof with the tiltable floor whereby the door is operated relatively to said Hoor and is opened when the floor is in its normal position, a depressible nest, means, operated by the depression of the nest,`to close the doorga means automatically locking the `ioor when in its inclined position, and door releasing means including a tray into which the egg laid in the nest is deposited, said means being operated by the weight of the egg.

8. In a segregating nest, a housing a tiltable floor at the entrance of the housing, a door vertically movable at the entrance of the housing, aconnection thereof with the ciltable floor whereby the door is operated relatively to said ioor and is opened when the floor is in its normal position, a depressible nest, means, operated by the depression of the nest, to close the door, a means automatically locking the floor when in its inclined position, a fulcrumed arm carrying a tray at one end to receive the egg deposited in the nest when the latter is inclined, a latch carried by said arm,such latch cooperating in said floor locking means and the latch being released when the traycarrying end of said arm is depressed.

9. in a segregating nest, a housing, a tiltable floor at the entrance of the housing, a door vertically movable at the entrance of the housing, a connection thereof with the tiltable floor whereby the door is operated relatively to said floor and is opened when the floor is in its normal position, a depressible nest, means, operated by the depression of the nest, to close the door, a means automatically locking the floor when in its inclined position, a fulcrumed arm carrying a tray at one end to receive the egg deposited in the nest when the latter is inclined, a weight normally so holding said arm as to place its said tray in its egg receiving position, said Weight being adapted to be over balanced by the egg laid in said tray, a latch carried by said arm, such latch coperating with said floor locking means and the latch being released when the traycarrying end of said arm is depressed.

10. In a segregating nest, a housing, a tiltable floor at the entrance of the housing, a door vertically movable at the entrance of the housing, a connection thereof with the tiltable floor whereby the door is operated relatively to said floor and is opened When the flooris in its normal position, a tiltable nest, means, operated by the tilting of the nest, to close the door, a means automatically locking the floor When in its inclined position, and door releasing means inname and pendent from vthe floor, a tulcrumed arm carrying a tray at one end to receive the egg deposited in the nest when the latter is inclined, a latch carried by said arm, such latch cooperating with said dog and the latch being released when the tray-carrying end of said arm is depressed.

12. ln a segregating nest, a housing, a door, marking-means located in the entrance ot' the housing, such means including a pendent dauber, a pigment holder, means connected with the door operating to insert the dauber in the pigment holder when the door is closed, means for holding the dauber in its active state, means for releasing the dauber and causing it to assume its inactive state, the latter means being actuated by the contact of the dauber With the hens body.v

13. In a segregating nest, a housing, a door, marking means located in the entrance of the housing, such means including a pendent, counter-weighted dauber, a pigment holder, means connected With the door operating to insert the dauber in the pigment holder when the door is closed, means for holding the dauber in its active state, means for releasing the dauber and causing it to assume its inactive state, the latter means being actuated by the contact of the dauber with the hens body. A

NATI-muren M. BAIN;