US1501200A - Hen-marking device - Google Patents

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Ju 15. 1924. J. CAMPION HEN MARKING DEVICE Filed July 11.

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BY fibm TTORNEY Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES JANE CAMPION, or emco, CALlEOBNIA.

HEN-MARKING DEVICE.

Application filed July '11, 1923.

To all whom it may conewt: V

Be it known that I, JA E CAMPION, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chico, county of Butte, State of California, have i nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hen-Marking Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in hen marking devices su'ch as are used to mark laying liens, which are those having a propensity for entering a nest, thereby enabling such hens to be readily ,Classified by the owner from the remainder.

The .principal object of my invention is to provide a device of this character having a dipper or spoon normally immersed in a marking or olori'ng fluid automatically maintained at a constant depth, which dipper is' automatically caused to tip up and drop a certain amount of the fluidon the back of a hen as she enters the nest, the spoon then automatically returning to its normal position to be again immersed in the fluid.

Another object is to provide means for enabling two or more coloring fluids to be used with the one dipper, by merely adjusting or shifting the latter somewhat.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specificaton and claims( In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device with the top cut away.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a frame adapted to be set in the entrance to a nest.

A certain distance from the lower end of the frame is a horizontal platform 2 on which are relatively shallow trays 3 in which rest inverted bottles or similar fluid containers Serial No. 650398.

The trays have adjacently disposed side eX- tensions 5 open on top, each tray and its'extension containing some of the fluid from its respective bottle. V. A

The liquid will remain in the bottl'es at a level higher than that in the tray 'byreason of the air-lock or tendency to vacuumformed in the upper and enclosed end of the bottle, to which air cannot enter and allow the fluid to escape, as long as there is fluid inthfe surrounding tray, which thus is maintained at a constant level. u V

Extending alongside the trays ashortdstance thereabove is a horizontal rod ;formed with vertical arms 7 at its V ends slidable through and guided by the platform 2 and by eyes or slee-ves 8 lower down, these arms being adjacent the sides of` the frame 1 so as 'not to obstruct the opening therethrough and under the platform 2, this opening being that through which a hen must pass on her way to the nest. e a a i The lower ends of hearms ?support a foot board 9 on which the hen must step,

- this board being held clear of the bottom of the frame l by springs 10 suitably located and of course sensitive enough to give, and thus cause the foot board and rod 6 to be 'lowered, with the weight .of a hen on' the board.

'Threaded or otherwise adjustably and turnably mounted on the rod'6 is a troughshaped scoop or dipper 11, open at its outer ends, and rests intermediate its ends on the front edge of one of the tray extensions or cups 5. The supporting edge of the tray is so disposed relative to the normal level of the rod 6 on which the outer end of the di per is mounted, that the latter will then ave a downward tilt into the fluid in the adjacent cup 5.

When however a hen steps on the board 9, the rod 6 is lowered to a level below that of the cup-edge, and hence the tilt of the dipper is instantly reversed. This of course, causes the inner end of the dipper to raise out of the fluid, taking with it a certain amount of said fluid, which then runs down to the outer end of the dipper and drops onto the back of a hen passing thereunder. i

Should it be desired to change the color, or should one bottle be emptied, it is but the work of a few seconds to Shift the dipper along the rod from one cup to the other,

these cup being so close together that the transverse alinement of the scoop is aitered but s1ight1y From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein While this specificaton sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined `by the appended '(laims.

Having thus described my invention What Iclaim as new and useful and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is: i

- 1. A hen marking device including a plurality of independent trays mounted a common distance from the ground, independent fluid containing vessels supported in inverted'po'sitions in' said trays, open cups formed With the trays and projecting beyond the side edges of the Vesse1s,a dipper arranged to be moved into position for partial immersion 'into one at a time of the cups, and means aotuated by the Weight of a hen for causing the dipper to be moved to deposit a certain' amount of the fluid onto the hen.

2. "A hen marking device including a plurality of liquid-containing cups supported a common' distance above the ground, a horizontally adjustable dipper arranged to be positioned for partial immersion in any one 1,5o1,2oo

at a time of the cups, and means actuated by the Weight of the hen for causing the dipper to be moved to deposit a certain amount of the fluid onto the hen.

3: A hen marking device including a piu rality of liquid-containing cups supported a common distance above the grounch a horizontal vertically movable member in front of the cups, a dipper mounted on said mem ber for adjustment longitudinally thereon and adapted to be positioned for partial immersion in any one at a time of the oups, and means actuated by the Weight of a hen for causing the dipper to be moved to deposit a certain amount of the fluid onto the hen.

4. A hen marking device including a plurality of liquid-oontaining cups supported a common distance above the ground, a horizontal and verticaily mova ble member in front of the cups, and a dipper pivoted at one end on said member and arranged for adjustment longitudinally thereon Whereby it may be immersed in any one at a time of the oups; the dipper resting intermediate its ends on the front edge of the cup, said edge thus forming the fulcrum of the dipper, means for holding the dipper in either posi'- tion on said horizontal member, and means actuated by the Weight of a hen for 'causing the dipper to be moved to deposit a certain amount of the fluid onto the hen.

In testimony Whereof I afiix my signature.

JANE CAMPION.

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