US1051784A - Brooder. - Google Patents

Description

M. TREWHITT.

BROODER.

APPLIOATION FILED $13.10, 1912.

1,051,784, Patented M128, 1913.

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MARTIN TIBEWHITT, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BROODEB.

Specioltion o! Lettersv Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

Application led February 16, 1912. Serial No. 678,059.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARTIN TREWHITT, a subject of the Kin of Great Britain, and resident of Cyrvllle Road, Hurdmans Bridge, city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooders, .and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artv to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in brooders and the objects are to provide a simple and sanitary form of brooder that will be light, clean and provided with plenty of fresh air, that may be easily transported from one place to another, and which will require no lamp or other attachments likely to require careful attention, and which will on the interior present no corners or other recesses likely to collect dirt. These and other objects are accomplished by the improved construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the brooder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a cross section. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail through the stand for supporting the heating bricks. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of one of the interior corners.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the walls ofthe brooder made of suitable light stiff material such as l inch lumber, suitably stayed on the interior, and lined wilth a warm durable substance such as linofe t.

B represents the top which is made in two sections 10 and 11, the section 10 being hinged to one wall of the brooder while the section 11 is hinged to the section 10. The section 11 is designed to cover the brood chamber C while the part 10 covers the run chamber D, the interior of the brooder be- 'ing divided into these two lchambers by means of a partition E which has an aperture 12 for vthe passage of the chickens adapted to be controlled by a door 13 which swings down into the run chamber.

To prevent injury 4from crowding, and also to facilitate cleaning of the cornersv of the brood chamber the said corners are rounded inwardly by means of strips of outer surfaoesfas shown. The run chamber is provided on the side with a Ventilating opening 15 adapted to be closed b a hinged i window 16 which is retained in a justed position by means of a chain 17 leading from the window to a hook 18 on the side Wall. The window 16 is formed with a glass portion 19, and a cheese-cloth portion 20 thus giving both light and ventilation.

A door 21 is provided on the run chamber adapted to swing downwardly and form a run-way, either into an open field or into a wire run as may be deemed desirable.

The heating of the chamber is effected through novel means which I have devised, and which comprise a plurality of bricks 22 adapted to be heated and placed on a stand F which may be placed within the run chamber, this stand comprising suitable legs 23 and a perforated top 24 preferably of metal, such as galvanized iron. The lower part of this stand is formed with means to warm the 'chicks and keep drafts away from the same. These means comprise strips of fiexible heat absorbing material such iaslannelette strips 25, which are supported from the stand by wires 26.

The stand F is adapted to be lifted into `and out of the brood chamber so that for cleaning purposes the brood chamber may be left absolutely open and the stand may be hung uip in the sun and wind to purify. In using t e heating arrangement the bricks are made hot and placed on the stand in the brood chamber just before'the chickens go to roost. The bricks will 've ofi' a certain amount of heat to the chickens until they really get settled down for the night after which the animal heat given ofi" by the animals themselves will keep them comfortably warm for the remainder of the night and the flannelette dropping to their backs and being of a heat absorbing character will take the place of the mother hen.

It will be seen that the use of an excessive amount of artificial heat is avoided in the present invention. The use of too much artificial heat lowers the vitality of the chickens and makes them more susceptible to disease. The bricks being heated will be very dry and will consequently absorb all moisture from the breathing of the chickens and also that given off from their bodies. Suitable Ventilating 'openings 27 may be provided in the ends of the endwalls.

In order to enable the brooder to be easily moved about and thus give the chickens a change of ground, and to enable this to be made without much labor I provide the following means, namely: a caster wheel28 having a stock adapted to be inserted intov a suitable socket 29 on the end of the brooder and a transverse axle 30 having wheels 31, the said transverse axle being adapted to fit in bearing recesses'32 on the side walls of the broeder, said bearing recesses being normally closed by gravity slides 33 operating in guideways 34, said slides being adapted to ie d upwardly when the shafts ,are inserted eneath them.

When it is desired to move the broode the end is lifted up and the axle forced along with the foot until it comes into position beneath the bearing slots into which it will drop. The caster wheel is then placed in position when the brooder may move to wherever it is desired, and twisted and turned into any position.

It 4will be seen that as the wheels and axles are detachable a single set of axles and -wheels. would vserve for a number of broeders. It will also be seen that the brooder may be cleaned by lifting the top.,

. other heat absorbing and radiating material of a similar character to brick might be used in place of the brlck and the term heat absorbmg or radiating element is intended to denote any lsubstances which will absorb a uantity of heat, which it will afterward ra iatewhen placed in the broeder. As many changes could be made inthe aboveconstruction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the' claims, constructed Without departing from the spirit' or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying speci-v on the top of the stand, means spaced from lsaid top and below the same for receiving protecting means to contact with the chickens, and retain their animal heat.

In witness whereof I have hereunto .set

my hand in the presence of two witnesses. MARTIN TREWHITT.

Witnesses:

RUSSEL S. SMART, PEARLE M. GARROW.

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