US1522815A - Bird house - Google Patents

Description

Jan. 13, 1925- 1,522,815

Q. C. GEORGE BIRD HOUSE Filed Feb. 25 1924 Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

OLLIE C. GEORGE, OF CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS.

BIRD HOUSE.

Application filed February 25, 1924.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLLIE C. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crystal Lake, in the county of McI-Ienry and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Bird Houses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bird house and while it is particularly designed as a martin house it is to be understood that the same can be used for housing other birds.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a house of this character made of detachably connected units adapted to be superposed and fastened together detachably whereby the various compartments in each unit can be reached readily for the purpose of cleaning them.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in 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 being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the structure, parts being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of a corner portion of the top unit.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A and B designate superposed units of like construction it being understood that any desired number of these units can be employed, the top unit B being adapted to support the upper or roof unit C. Each of the units consists of a floor 1 on which are secured upstanding walls 2 spaced inwardly from the edges of the floor to provide a balcony extending around the walled portion. Removable partitions 3 are seated at their ends in grooves 4 formed in opposed walls and these partitions, in turn, are provided with grooves 5 adapted to receive edges of other partitions 6 projecting into grooves suitably located in the walls. Thus the interior of the structure enclosed by the Walls 2 is provided into separate compartments 7 and opening into each of these com- Serial No. 695,060.

partments through one of the walls 2 is a window or a door such as shown at E. The walls and partitions are all of the same height, so that when two units .A, and B are superposed the floor 1 of the upper unit will rest upon the walls and partitions of the lower unit. The top or roof section C can be of any desired configuration, the bottom or floor portion 9 thereof projecting outwardly so as to be preferably flush with the edges of the floors 1. The interior of the top or roof section is divided in any suitable manner into separate compartments having window or door openings 10. The bottom or floor board 9 has its central portion cut away to pro ide a rectangular opening 11 substantially of the same area as the walled portions o the units thereunder. Detachably fitted within this opening 11 is a removable floor board 12 constituting the major portion of the floor of each of the compartments in the top or roof section 0. When the units A, B and C are assembled the removable floor sections 12 rest upon the partitions in the unit B and, if large enough, can also rest upon the walls 2 of said units. Thus the removable floor section 12 will be held in the recesses 11.

Interposed between the corner portions of the floors 1 and 9 of the units A, B and (l are supporting blocks 13 having openings 14 extending therethrough and registering with similar openings 15 in the floors 1 and 9. Tie rods 16 are extended through the openings 14 and 15 and have collars 17 or the like adapted to thrust against the bottom surface of the floor 1 of unit A while the upper end of each rod is threaded as shown. at 18 for engagement by a nut 19 or the like. Thus the tie rods can be securely tightened within the blocks 13 and the floors 9 and 1 so as to bind them together as shown in Fig. 1 and hold the units fixed relative to each other. By using longer tie rods additional units can be added-to the units A, B and G, these added units corresponding with the units A and B. By removing the tie rods the superposed units can be lifted one from the other, thereby exposing the compartments in the different units so that they can be cleaned readily. The compartments in the top or roof unit C are reached for cleaning by removing the floor section 12.

It is to be understood, of course, that the construction and arrangement shown is only one of many that can be utilized Without departing from the present invention as claimed.

What is claimed is 1. A structure of the-class described including separate interchangeable units each comprising a floor, a Walled structure secured to the floor and divided into separate compartments, each comp'ar'tmenthaving an outlet through one of the Walls of the structure, the floor of one unit constituting' -a-closure for the-tops of'the' compartments in the next unit thereunder when the units are superposed, and tie devices extendingthrough the floor portions of the superposed units for detachably holding said units a'ss'embled.

2. A structure'of the class'clescribed including interchangeable superposed units each comprising a floor, a Walled structure secured 'to the floor, thefloor of one unit constituting a closure for the next adjoining unit, said floors pro-jectingbeyond the Wall structures, spacing means interposed between the projecting portions of the floors, and tie devices extending through the floors and the spacing means for binding them together detachably.

3. A structure of the class described includingsuperposed units'each including a floor, and a Walled structure secured to the floor, each-walled structure having compartments thereinprovided With outlets through the Walls, a removable floor section in the floor of the top unit supported by the Walled floor of thetop unit supported by the Walled structure of the next unit thereunder, spacing means interposed between the floors of the units, and tie devices extending through thespacing unitsandfloors for binding them together and holding the units fixed in superposed relation.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, IlliLVG hereto affixed my signature in "the presence of two Witnesses.

OLLIE C. GEORGE; Witnesses:

L.WINIFRED' QUERHAMMER, v

FRANK S. TALEE.

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