US901406A - Poultry-coop. - Google Patents

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R. L. WIDNEY'.

POULTRY COOP. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1907 Patented 001;. 20, 1908.

1 UNITED STATES PATENT orrion;

RALPH L. WIDNEY, OF LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

POULTRY-COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed August a, 1907. Serial No. 387,890.

To all whom it may concern:-

lie it known that I,.R.n.r11 L.'WIDNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at La llarpe, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Poultry-Coop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a coop for poul-l try, more especially to that type of co0psused for breeding purposes.

One object of the invention is to provide a coop made preferably of metal of cylindrical form with a removable bottomand ventilating top. The body of the coop is, by choice, madeof several sections of sheet metal oined by double lock connections which enable the With these and other objects in View the.

invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter described and efinitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved coop,. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view of the coop on a plane passingthrough the doors' Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View through one side of the coop. Fig. 4 ,is a detail Cir view illustrating the inner door. from within the coop. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the separation of the body sections. Fig. (3 is a vertical sectional viewof a portion of thewall and roof of the coop showing the ventilating space between the too of the wall and the roof.

Similar reference numerals are used for the same parts on all the figures.

entirely eliminates corners into which youn chicks are inclined to crowd and be killeri Near thebottom edge of the'coop is formed a circumferential bead 6 projecting into the coop, on which the floor 7 partly'rests. The

lower edge is .cut vertically at short distances apart into narrow fingers, each alternate finger 8 is then bent inwardly to a for the bottom 7. The remaining fingers 9 are left' standing to support the coop and .raise the bottom above the ground that a circulation o'f'air may flow through the spaces The -floor 7 is of circular shape but a'p ears irregular because of the necessity 0 enlarglng the lock connections 5 to show them clearly.

Above the body of the coop 1 isplaced a conical roof 11 the eaves of which extend some distance away from the cdop. The

the coop by means of metal strips 12.attached to the under side of the roof, bent to form hooks which catch over the edge. of

and the body for ventilating the coop. In one sectiomsa .2, of the,coop is cut an opening 13 for t e fowls to pass in and out. Pivoted on a bolt at one edge of the 0 en- -ing are,two outer doors 14 and 15 an an inner door 16, concentrically curved with the coop and with one another. The outer doors are vermin proof, one; 14, being of wire netting and the other, 15, of solid sheet metal. One or the other of these doors are closed at night to prevent the entrance 6i? mals. They are pivoted centrally on one side of the door and coop 0 )ening and have a guard 17 at the other si e so that either door can be turned on its pivot and leave the other in place. By shaping and pivot ing the doors in the manner described they Wlll, when opened, lie closeto the coop and be out of the way. Within, the coop is the third door 16 centrally pivoted atone side which enables it to be opened and closed like the outer ones. The inner door is made with a very coarse mesh, the openings being about two inches by four inches. When this door is closed and the others opened, the mother-hen will be kept Within the coop but the chicks can ass in and out through the lneshes of the door 16. The pivot pin on which the doors turn is necessarily a from a closed to an open position and vice body of the coop from the bead 6 to its horizontal position as an additional supportt-he body and leave a space between the roofloosefit so that the; curved doors may swing...

10 under the coop and keep the bottom-dry.

roof'll' is raised above the upper edge of rats, weasels, minks and other small ani- I versa. Besides, there is but a single pivot and the doors themselves will spring or yield as their ends pass by the curved side of the coop.

A coop made of sheet metal, preferably galvanized iron, may be kept thoroughly clean and sanitary; there are no corners into which dirt can collect, as the corner formed by the walls and bottom is eliminated as soon as the bottom is removed. The parts can then be thoroughly washed and disinfected.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A poultry coop comprising a circular body made entirely of sheet metal in separable sections and having a circumferential bead near the bottom edge of said body, spaced fingers extending downwardly from said bead to support the coop ground, alternating fingers bent inwardly, and a floor for said coop resting on said bead and the inwardly turned fingers.

2. A coop formed of sheet metal, and a removable floor therefor, the body of said coop having fingers on the lower edge and a horizontal bead above said fingers, said floor supported on the bead and a plurality of said fingers turned inwardly.

3. A coop formed of sheet metal having an mwardly prO ectmg bead and lnwardly above the I turned fingers near its lower end, and a removable floor supported on said head and fingers.

hooks secured to and depending from the root for detachably engaging the upper edge of the body, said hooks constituting means for spacing the roof from the body.

5. A coop comprising a circular sheet metal body, a floor detachably supported within the body, a roof, and combined spacing and supporting means depending from the roof for detachably engaging the upper edge of the body.

6. A knockdown coop comprising a circular body consisting of detachably connected sheet metal section's, a floor detachably supported and surrounded by said sections, a roof, and combined spacing and supporting devices depending from the roof and embracing and detachably engaging the upper edge of the body, said roof extending beyond the wall of the body. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RALPH L. VVIDNEY.

lVitnesses WILLIS GRANT BUsHnY, Maren: CoULsoN.

4. A coop comprising a body, a roof, and

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