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US 5,179,912 AGranted
Waste-receiving plate for chicken cages
OwnerChuan-Chin Wuinventor
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Abstract
A waste-receiving plate for chicken cages comprising a plate member and four feet supporting the plate member high above the ground, the plate member having many net-like holes, four receptacles for fitting with the feet to secure the feet with the plate member, and two large notches at both ends of a side to contact an inclined post of a chicken cage to secure the plate member on the feet, and many crossing ribs extending downward to reinforce the plate member to endure weight of any chicken wastes.
Claims3
A waste-receiving plate in combination with chicken cages comprising;
- a plate member having a plurality of small holes formed as net holes, a plurality of straight parallel ribs extending downward in lengthwise and lateral direction, two large notches at both ends of a side, and four receptacles respectively having two opposite projections on an inner peripheral surface spaced apart;
- four feet fitting into the receptacles of the plate member to support the plate member above the ground, and respectively having two opposite L-shaped slots in an upper peripheral edge for the projections of the receptacle in the plate member to engage therein;
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- said feet being rotated to let the projections of the receptacles in said plate member move in left halves of a horizontal portions of the L-shaped slots in said feet so that said feet are kept secured in position, and said notches in the plate member contacting a predetermined point of an inclined post of the chicken cages to secure said plate member in a horizontal position supported by said feet, and said plate member being located between chicken cages and the ground to receive chicken wastes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.