USRE14013E - Combined rwcttbatob - Google Patents

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A. A. SKINNER, DECD & F. B. SKINNER.

COMBINED INCUBATOR AND BRUODER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- e. 191:.

Reissued Nov. 16, 1915. 1 4,01 3;

4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

lorrre gn A. A. SKLNNER, DECD & F. B SKINNER. COMBINED INCUBATOR AND BROODER- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. I91! Reissued Nov. 16. 191.5. 14,01 3.

D sTATEs Patna ASSIGNORS, BY, MESNE than A. SKINNER. nncnassn, AND e. ASSIGNMENTS, ro "a r HEISSUED CUMBINED INCUBATGR AN?) 3331863331 3.

Original 'No. 944,383, dated December 28, 1909. Serial No. 4,7

' Serial Ito. GEM-hi5.

To /1U whom it may cancer-n .c it known that we, ALBA A. SKINNER, deceased, formerly residing at Greene, in the county of Chena'ngo and State of New a York, and FRED B. Sumner, residing at Greene, in the county of Chenango and State of Ncw York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Incubators and Broode'rs, of which the folio, lowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an. efficient apparatus for continuously lfatcl iing and brooding chickens and other fowls.

1-5,. In carrying out our invention we provide a. suitably heated building having runs for the young fowls and within which our oombined incubator and brooder is located. The incubator is preferably divided into 2,6. sections containing removable egg trays and has. separately controlled heating appliances, while the broodcr is heated by a separately controlled system of heating pipes'operating in connection with an adustable brooding platform and :1 hover be low the incubator. In the lower portion of the incubator there is a nursery having floor-which can be conveniently lowered so that the young fowls at the proper time can -be conveyed to the brooder.

The heating apparatus is so organized that the brooder is heated by a primary hot water circulation, the temp rature of which is automaticaily controlled y the automatic opening and closing of the draft dampers, of the heater, while the incubator is heatedbyv a secondary Water circulation drawn from the primary C11'C11l1'-1ng. system. and

controlled by automaticall acting thermostats whereby the temperature of the incu-' bator is controlled independently of the prinlary'heatin system, 1

The detaii s of construction are hereinafter fully described and the subject-matter deemed novel is set forth in/the claims.- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our combined iricubator" and brooder. Fig. 2 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section of a part of the combined incubator and brooder. Fig. 3 shows a transverse Section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a de tail view on an enlarged scale pertly in ele a tank B in the usual ano Specification of Reissued Letters Patent.

ration and l3 vir: c for auto cldation i s e: that passihouse in i brooder i l in (lot o. i caliy the ar two heating" We preforabiy arra cubator d 1i ever not imports of this generai the runs for the and it is iZP-PL at hereinafter expial.

We preferably bride brooder into sectio .s and tions of the incu ator opened and. cios and thereof may be separateiy In Fig; 1 We have sl heater B of any suitab the hind commonly used n class to which our inve the upper part of th s i 1 pipe C hzwing a contro the heater and which through the iower port and is connected by b 'anch pipe i) with a with the-pipe C provii connected by pipes the lower portion of in" he); iation of hot water may be in .i this way through the pipes U, The boiier is supplied with provided with a smoke damper e, and. the HS-Hui c damper B is provided heater.

In order to heat house combined incubator and We provide pipes G, G a i the otherconnected by i pipe 9 at one end, one i vided with a valveg" which is connected by a veri with the pipe C or with the heat return pipe G iscoaneernr'fi pipes are Fig 3. u pipes h may he oercer T116118 construction it will cost or other retain heat mete-- the feeds, h the hov O with another rod 0 attached tothe check draft or dre'ft' damper B. Preferably We employ an adjustable connection at U between the rods and O and the damper b is connected with the rod in such man nor that when the check damper B is raised,

the damper b is opened, and when the dam per 13 is closed, the damper Z) is also closed. The erran ement is such that the lever O is operated by the expansion and contraction of the pipe C, that is to say, when the heat rises the pipe G expands or lengthens and gives a corresponding movement to the lever O which, through the connections before described, operates the dampers. When the pipe 0 contracts or shortens, a reverse i'novexiient is given to the lever 01 and through the connections specified to the dampers. In this Way the temperature in the primary heating system can be automath celly controlled and the mechanism may be adjusted at the adjustable connection 0*. The temperature in the incubating sections is independently controlled both positively and automatically in the manner hereinafter described.

The incubator P is preferably divided into sections inclosed by packed walls, as illustrated, and having removable egg trays Q. The incubator sections have doors Q which are preferably glazed and the trays are so supported that Wei-1n air can. circulate about them and they can he conveniently removed and 'eplaced when desired. The heating pipes H are arranged above the the return. pipes of the system preferably being on a lower level than the other set of pipes as illustrated in Fig. 3. V

The parts niche pipe H in each incubator section 3 1 56 connected to the pipes U, E, of the prim-(rife circulating system by means oi? the vertical pipes I having the valves 2', "above referred to and preferably the pipes I extend through the packed side-wells of the incnhat r sections/es illustrated in Fig. 2. Qne of the pipes l'in each incubator section, that is the one connected Withthe pipe {3, provided with the automatic valve 5, be fore referred to and which is illustated on an enlarged scale in Fig. at. This valve is contained in e T coopling which connects the pipe with the pipes'H and with a vent pipe J through which air can escape. The valve J is preferably ofthe shape illustrated so that the opening-j in the valve seat may he gradually closed or opened" There is e valve J in a pipe 1 iii eaehincubator section and each of these valves is connected by means of a link 1% with elever R pivoted at r to a standard 51- and carrying an adjustable weight Eech lever R carries an adjustg; screw 2" connected in the manner shown tie a thermostat T of Well known con strum tion commonly used in incubators, and which is so operated that when the beet rises to too great an extent, the valve J is closed or partially closed, but when the heat falls, the valve J is opened by means of the counter-balancing weight R By ad usting the screw 1' the valve may be made to operate to maintain any desired temperature in the circulating system of each incubator section.

Each incubator section has a space S in front of and below the egg trays where the young fowls after they are hatched accumulate, and there is also a space below the egg trays below which there is a hinged floor U normally held raised by fastening devices 11. \Vhen the fowls are hatched, the floor U may be lowered to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the cover N may be removed allowing the young fowls to pass into the brooder. Preferably a wire netting partition V is arranged in the rear part of the apparatus extending from the hover frame M upwardly and rearwardly to the hinges u of the floor U. After the cigcr lating pipes are filled with water and the temperature has been raised to, the desired extent, the controlling devices are adjusted and the trays with the eggs are placed in the incubator section. The temperature in the incubator may be for a-time watched and the screws r may be suitably adjusted, but after that the desired temperature will be automatically maintained. The eggs are turned from time to time in the usual way and after the incubating period has elapsed,

the young fowls will drop to the spaces S and find their way onto the hinged floors U, then the covers may be removed and the floor U lowered so that the fowls can pass into the brooder. They will use the hover in the customary way and can readily pass to the runs L and find their way back to the hover when they so desires The platforms K beneath the hover can be lowered and raised from time to time either separately or simultaneously. In Fig. Qwe have shown the turn buttons K as all being carried on I a rod K which may be operated by a handle K. When the young fowls have been thus transferred to the brooder, trays with a new supply of eggs may be placed in the incubator so that while fowls are being I nursed in the brooder, eggs may be undergoing the process of incubating or hatching in the incubator and it is also possible to make the process continuous by starting the incubation at different times indifferent sections of the incubator and correspondingly using the brooder sections.

We claim as our invention: 1

1. In an apparatus of thecharacter described, in combination witha plurality of incubator compartments, compartment circulating systems, a main circulating system with which the compartment systems communicate for the passage of the heating fluid, but through which the fluid is free to flow without passing through the compartment systems, heating means for said fluid, and separate automatic devices for regulating the flow of the heating fluid through each compartment system independently of each other and of the main system.

' 2. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination with a plurality of incubator compartments, compartment circulating systems, a main circulating system with which the compartment systems communicate for the passage of the heating fluid, but through which the fluid is free to flow without passing through the compartment systems, heating means for said fluid, separate automatic devices for regulating the flow of the heating fluid through each compartment system independently of each other and of the main system, and automatic meansfor regulating the temperature of a heating fluid in the main system.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a plurality of compartments, a hot water heater, a main circulating system through which the water circulates to and from the heater, compartment circulating systems communicating with the main circulating system, separate devices for controlling the fiow of the water through the compartment systems independently of each other, and means for automatically controlling the temperature of the water in the main circulating system independently of the means for controlling the flow of the water through the compartment system.

4. An incubator comprising, in combina tion, a plurality of compartments arranged horizontally, a main circulating system for the heating fluid coniprising an outgoing conductor and a return. conductor having at all times free communication with the outgoing conductor, compartment circulating systems each communicating at its respective termini with the outgoing and return conductors, means for automatically controlling the temperature of the heating fluid in the main circulating system, and means for automatically and independently controlling the circulation of the heating fluid 115 through each of the compartment circulat-' ing systems.

FRED B. SKINNER.

Witnesses CHAS. E. KINGSLEY, TnoMAs F. LEARE.

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