US1907349A - Poultry feeder and fountain - Google Patents

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May 2, 1933. G, p, FLANDERS 1,907,349

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3/ j J az2 U/ a f 29 i I gwumvtcm Patented May 2, 1933 UNITED STATES GEORGE D. FLANDERS, 'OF' ETJIJSWORTH, KANSAS POULTRY FEEDER AND ro NTAIN Application filed July 15, 1930. Serial No. 468,092.

' This invention aims to provide a poultry feeder and fountain, capable of dispensing either dry feed or liquid, at the will of an operator, the construction being such that 5 the. device may be manufactured at trifling expense, and be knocked down to small compass for shipping. It is within the province of thedisclosure to improve generally and to enhance the ut1l1ty of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objectsin view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the-invention herein disclosed, -within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the inven- 25 tion;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectlon;

Figure 3 is atransverse section through the base;

Figure 4 is atransverse section through the cap which is superposed onthe base;

Figure 5 is a transverse section'throughthe cap, the view illustrating one of the dampers' Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal section showing the door in the base; Y

Figure 7 is a detailed sectional view showingthe means whereby the damper is held in adjusted positions; 1

FigureS is an elevation disclosing ceptacle for dry feed; l 1

Figure 9 is a fragmental section showing a slight modification in the cap.

Figure is a vertical section modification I Figure 11 is a vertical section of the tank;

Figure 12 is a top plan.

- The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of metal throughout and includes, a tubular bo y! Th numeral 1 marks a t nk for'l qshowing a the re uid fuel,'provided at its bottom with an outstanding fiange 2 having holes 3 for the reception of securing elements 49 (Figure 1) whereby the device may be held down on a support. The tank 1 carries a burner 4, the controlling means for which is marked by the numeral 5; A metal chimney 6 is supported on the burner 4 in the usual way, and has a mica window pane 7 through which an operator can look, to ascertain how the combustion is progressing. e

The tubular body includes a cylindrical base 8 which surrounds the tank 1, and rests at 3 its lower edge on the flange 2, the base being secured to the tank 1' if desired." The base 8 has any desired number of openings 9 for promoting combustion at the burner 4.

In the upper portion of the base-8 is located a Water-pan 10 which may be supported in any preferred way. As shown, but not of necessity,the water pan 10 has an'out standing flange 11 restingr'e movablyon an inwardly inclined circumferential lip 12 at the upper end of the base 8. The base 8 has a mica window14 which "enables the operator to look into the base, and through the window-7, upon the burner 4.

There is an opening 17 in the base 8, giving access to the interior of the base. The opening 17 is closed by a 'door 15 mounted to reciprocate circumferentially of the base in horizgntal guides 16 carried 'by thebase, a finger piece 18 facilitating-the manipulation of the door 15. V Y

I The tubular body comprises a cylindrical top member 22 which rests on a circumscrib-' ing-bead 2 3 onthe base 8. The top 22 is sur mounted with a conical lid 24 which may have neck 25 extended downwardly within tions, asshown at 26 in Figure 9, and one may fasten the sections'26 togetherby bolts27, angle brackets 28 beingused. to fasten the cap24a on the upper end of the tubular .top member-22. The advantages incident to the construction shown in Figure '9 is that the lid can be takendown to'save space in shipping. The lid, however, may be of any desired form. r

In the tubular top member 22, there are the top 22. The lid 24a may be made in sec- 9 vertically elongated openings 29. Keepers 30, in the form of teeth are formed in the top member 22, at the lower end of each of the openings 29. Closures 31 slide on the outer surface of the tubular top member 22 and control the openings 29. The closures 31 have trough-shaped flanges 32 in which the constituent material of the tubular top member 22 is received, 'at one edge of the o ening 29. The construction is such that the c osures 31 may he slid horizontally to vary the size of the openings, thereby adapting the device for small chickens, as well as for" chickens of considerable size. hen theclosures 31 are adjusted horizontally, their lower edges are received inthe teeth 30. 'The closures 31 are supplied at their upper edges with notches 33 receiving the top member 22 at the upper edge of the openings 29. Clips 34 are secured by bolts 35 to the top member 22 and overlap the upper ends of the closures 31. By tightening up thebolts 35, the clips 34 maybe fasteneddown on the, closures 31 and in this way, the closures may be held in any position to which they have been adjusted, along the notches or keepers 30.

.The numeral 19 designates a water receptacle which may be a jug, closed at its upper end by a cork 20. The receptacle 19 rests removably in the removable water pan 10 and has a hole 21 in its side, near to the bottom. The water receptacle 19, having been. removed, is filled with water, the cork 20 being removed, and a plug, (not shown) being inserted in'the hole 21. After the water receptacle has been filled, the cork20 is replaced, the waterreceptacleis disposed in the pan lO, and the plug in the-hole'21 is pulled out. Water will then flow out into the pan 10 until the hole 21 iscovered, and there will always he an adequate supply of waterjin the pan 10, the water being accessible through the openings 29, so that the fowls can drink.

..If desired, the water receptacle 19 can be taken out, and in its placein the pan 10 a tubular receptacle 36, open atsboth ends, and supported on legs 37, may be used.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is so constructed that it can be used to dispense either food or drink, the material dispensed being heated, or not, at the will of an operator. The construction is such that the contents of the'device cannot be fouled or wasted. The conical lid v 24 preventsfowls from roosting on the top of the device. Thestructure is made up of a considerable number of units, any one of which may be replaced at. trifling expense, should it'become damaged, there being no occasion for buying an entirely new article when one minor part of ithas ceased to be useful. The device, as has been intimated hereinbefore, can be knockeddowjn for shipment in small space.

7 ig re l gll and. 1 parts here-i hefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suffix b.

In the place of the jug 19 of Figure 2, there is used a fiat-topped cylindrical tank 50 having a hole 51, corresponding to the hole 21. There is an opening 52 in the top of the tank 50, this opening being disposed below the opening 53 in the conical lid 245. A funnel (not shown) may be inserted through the registering openings 52 and 53, and in this way, the tank 50 can be filled without taking the device apart. The opening 53 in the lid 24?) is covered by a movable closure 54 pivoted at 55 to the lid 24b to swing laterally on the lid. The closure 54 has a finger piece 56 for the manipulation of the closure. \Vhen the closure 54 covers the opening 53 in the lid 24]), the outer end of the closure 54 engages beneath a keeper 60 on the lid 24b.

7 The device shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 12, is characterized by a novel means forholding the lid 24?) in place. In this form ofthe invention, the neck 25?) of the lid 24bis pro vided in its lower edge with notches 57 receiving tongues 58 which project upwardly and slant inwardly from the upper edge of the top 225. The tongues 58 extend along the under surface of the lid 24?). Securing elements 59 are mounted in the lid 24?) and engage the tongues 58. f

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: r V r 1. A poultry fountain, comprising a tubular body having a feeding opening, and provided at the lower end of the opening with seats, a horizontally adjustable slidable C10- sure having a portion of its lower edge adjustably, received in the seats,wthe-closure being vertically movable in the opening to enable, it to I be engaged in any one .of the seats, and means for holding material for the poultry'in the body, in accessible relation to the opening.

2. A. poultry fountain, comprising a tubular body having a feeding opening, and pro.- vided at the lower end ofthe opening with seats, a horizontally. adjustable closure having a portion of its lower end received adj ustably in the seats, the closure being vertically movable in the opening to enable it to be engaged in any one of the seats, means-mountedon the body and engaging the upper end of the closure for holding the closure in place on the body, and means for holding material for the poultry in the body, in accessible relation to the opening. v i 3. A poultry fountain, comprising a. tubular body having a feeding opening, and provided with seats at the lower end of the opening, a horizontally adjustable closure having a portion of its lower end adjustably. received in the seats, the closure being verticallymovable in the opening to enable. it to'be engaged in any one of the seats,-a trough-shaped flange on one longitudinal. edge of the closure, the

body being received in the flange along one longitudinal edge of the opening, andmeans for holding material for the poultry in the body, in accessible relation to the opening.

4. In a poultry fountain, a tubular member, a container in the tubular member, the tubular member having a side opening giving access to the container, a lid on the tubular member and having an inwardly and 19 downwardly extended neck received in the upper end of the tubular member, the neck having notches in its lower edge, the upper end of the tubular member being provided with inwardly extended tongues prolonged through the notches of the neck and upon the lower surface of the lid, and securing devices connecting the tongues with the lid.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

GEORGE D. FLANDERS.

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