Poultry cage structure
AssigneeChore-Time Equipment, Inc.
InventorMark Skinner
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Abstract
Cage structure for poultry and the like comprises a number of cage rows mounted on A-frames in pyramided, stepped back, A-shaped, elevational array. Each cage row includes a bottom/back member and a top/front member joined together to form a row of cages of rectangular cross section. Each cage row is tipped forward to incline the cage bottom so as to urge eggs laid in the cages to roll forward into an egg collecting trough at the cage front. The bottom element of the bottom/back member forms at least a portion of the top of the cage row next below. A feeder trough forms a portion of each cage front.
Claims7
A cage structure for poultry and the like, comprising in combination, a plurality of cage rows mounted in steppedback, elevational array, each cage row including a plurality of cage end partitions, a separate, unitary L-shaped bottom/back member secured to the partitions and a separate, unitary L-shaped top/front member separated from the bottom/back member at the cage row top and front but secured to the end partitions to form a row of cages of rectangular cross-section, the L-shaped bottom/back member having a bottom element being extended forwardly from the cage row to define an egg collecting trough at the cage row front bottom, the L-shaped top/front member having a top element defining the forward portion only of the cage row top, the remaining portion of the cage row top being covered to prevent animal escape by the overhanging bottom/back member egg collecting trough of the cage row immediately above and to the rear, the L-shaped top/front member also having a front element defining the upper portion only of the cage row front, the cage structure further including feed trough means mounted to the cage row at the cage row lower front and defining the remaining portions of the cage row front.
A quickly-erected cage structure for poultry and the like, comprising, in combination, a plurality of cage rows in stepped-back, elevational array, each cage row including a separate but unitary prefabricated L-shaped bottom/back member and a separate but unitary prefabricated L-shaped top/front member joined together in use to form a row of cages of rectangular cross-section, the L-shaped bottom/back member bottom element being extended forwardly from the cage row to define an egg collecting trough at the cage row front/bottom, the L-shaped top/front member having a top element defining the forward portion only of the cage row top, the remaining portion of the cage row top being covered to prevent animal escape by the bottom/back member egg collecting trough of the cage row immediately above and to the rear, each cage row including a plurality of cage end partitions directly connected to said L-shaped top/front member and said L-shaped bottom/back member to form said cage rows, the cage structure further including mounting means for mounting the plurality of cage rows in said stepped elevational array with each row of rectangular cross-sectional cages tipped forward to incline the cage bottom and sides so as to urge eggs laid in the cage row to roll forward along the inclined cage row bottom and into the egg collecting means at the cage front.
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