US964806A - Perch for poultry. - Google Patents

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J. R. PATTERSON. PERGH FOR POULTRYY APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1909.

Patented July 1 9, 1910.

0 m W 7W JOHN ROBERT PATTERSON, OF NEWPORT, WASHINGTON.

PERGH FOR POULTRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed June 22, 1909. Serial No. 503,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN ROBERT PAT- 'IERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Stevens and State of l/Vashington, have invented a new and useful Perch for Poultry, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in perches, and while the same is designed for use for birds and fowls generally, it is especially adapted for chickens.

It is well known that mites of all kinds, which prey on fowls during the night, invariably leave them in the morning and go to the perches. These mites, through their natural instinct of self preservation, go to the underside of the perches where they lay their eggs and propagate their young.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the class described, in which a novel construction is employed for facilitating the extermination of the vermin.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction. within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure l is a perspective View showing my improved perch supported on crossbars. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal sectional View through the perch, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View through the perch.

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to drawing, li designates a pair of spaced supporting bars of the usual construction and provided with corresponding cutout portions 5-5 for receiving a perch. The perch comprises a pair of members 66, preferably of porous Wood, although any other suitable material may be employed with equal success. The members are provided with upwardly and converging inclined or concaved bottom edges 7-7, which respectively extend the entire length of each member. Arranged between the said members, and along the bottom thereof, is a longitudinally arranged strip 8 of absorbent material, preferably felt, although other suitable material may be employed if desired. A plurality of nails 9 or other suitable fastening means, are arranged in spaced relation and adapted to secure both the members and the absorbent material in their proper relation. A plurality of spacing blocks 10, which are preferably tapered downwardly, are also arranged in a spaced relation between the said members 66 and above the absorbent material, and are each secured in place by a nail or other suitable fastening means 11, said fastening means extending through both the members and the block.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that whenever the mites leave the chickens, or other fowls, and crawl to the underside of the perch, they will necessarily move along the inclined bottom edges 77 of each of the members 66 and collect in any cracks or creases.

In practice, coal-oil or other suitable mitekilling liquid, is poured between the mem-.

bers, the oil thoroughly saturating the members of the perch and the absorbent material. The surplus oil will run down and over the said inclined bottom edges of the members, and consequently over the said mites. The mites not being able to withstand the coal-oil fumes, or the contact with such liquid, will soon perish. The fumes arising from the perch will be a deterrent to the lice in the chickens feathers the next time the chickens come to roost.

What I claim is 1. A perch or roost for fowls comprising spaced longitudinal members having upwardly converging inclined bottom edges which respectively extend the whole length of each member, a strip of absorbent material secured between and extending the whole length of the members and exposed at the converging edges of the members, a plurality of spacing blocks arranged between the members and above the absorbent material, and common fastening means for respectively securing the blocks and the material in their proper relation between the members.

2. A perch or roost for fowls comprising spaced longitudinal members, absorbent material arranged between the members and exposed at the bottom thereof, and means for securing the said members together and thereby clamping the absorbent material in as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- Elace, a space being left between the memture in the presence of two Witnesses.

ers above the said material, the bottom edges of the members being concaved or JOHN ROBERT PATTERSON 5 inclined inwardly toward the center Where Witnesses:

the absorbent material is located. BLANCHE B. SMITH,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing EFFIE M. BERRY.

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