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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FRANCIS T. PINTER, OF SOHULENBURG, TEXAS.
BIRD-CAGE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,634, dated July 6, 1880.
Application fded March 23,1880. (No model.)o ci1 eahom it may concern:
I' it known that I, F. T. PINTER, of Schu-
lecFburg, in the county of Fayette and State of
Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful
5 Improvements in Combined Bird-Cages' and
Fly-Traps; and I do hereby declare the follow-
/ ing to be a full, clear, and exact description
of the invention, such as will enable others
skilled in the art to which it pertains to make
to and use it, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings, which form part of this
specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in
.combined bird-cages and fly-traps; andit con-
15 sists in the use of wire gauze or netting, in:
stead of the wires heretofore used, so as to
keep out'flies and insects, and in making holes
through the bottom of the trap, through which
the feed-cups are inserted, and through which
20o holes the flies are admitted into the trap when
the trap is being used to catch flies.
It further consists in making holes through
the bottom of the cage and inserting the seed-
cups therein, which cups are made considera-
25 bly smaller than the openings, and are held in
position by means of springs secured to their
sides.
It further consists in placing a ring over the
tops of the seed-cups and the flanges which
30 surround the seed-caps, so as to prevent flies
or insects from getting into the trap when it
is being used as a bird-cage alone.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of my inven-
tion. Fig. 2 is an inverted view of the bottom
35 of the cage. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken
at right angles to Fig. 1.
A represents the cage, which is made of
wire netting or gauze instead of the wires
generally employed for that purpose, and which
40 netting is braced inside by means of the wires
B, and on the outer side by means of the ver-
tical braces C. This gauze is secured to a
sheet-metal top, H, at its upper edge, and to
the ring E atits bottom. This cage is secured
45 to the bottom F by means of a pin, I, which
projects out on one side of the ring E, and
catches under a hook or catch, J, formed on
one side of the bottom. Passing through
the ear L, on the opposite side of the bottom
o50 from this hook or catch and through the
ring on the bottom of the cage, is a pin, N.This bottom is formed of sheet metal, and is
provided with a foot or support, O, which
keeps the cage raised a sufficient distance
above the table to prevent the seed - cups 55
from being interfered with when they are in
position. Upon the top of this bottom are
formed the two concentric flanges P, and the
ring E on the bottom of the cage fits in be.
tween these two flanges, for the purpose of 60o
holding tile cage more securely in position and
forming a tight joint when the cage is used
for a fly-trap alone. Through this bottom are
cut two or more openings, S, and around each
of these openings is formed a flange, T. These 65
openings are considerably larger than is neces-
sary to simply admit the upper ends of the
seed-boxes U, and this extra space around the
seed-boxes serves as an ingress for flies and
other insects when the cage is being used as a 70
fly-trap.
The seed-boxes are secured in position by
means of the springs V, which are secured to
their opposite sides, and which springs have
their upper ends bent at right angles, so as to 75
catch over the edges of the top. While sup-
ported in this position it is impossible for the
boxes to be displaced by any movement of the
bird or by any jarring of the cage.
When the cage is being used as a cage 80o
alone, and it is desired to keep flies and other
insects out of the inside of the cage, a cap, W,
is placed over the top of the flange T and the
top of the seed-boxes, which caps have an
opening through their centers, so as to give 85
free access to the interior of the seed-cups.
When the seed-cups are removed from the
cage for. the purpose of being cleaned, the
openings through the bottom of the cage are
closed by means of a pivoted covering, X. 90
The perch for the bird is formed of two par-
allel wires, Y, which catch upon the inside
wires of the cage and which are joined to-
gether by the wire Z. Fastened to this perch
is the nest Q, which has a cover, MI, placed 95
above it.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim-
1. The combination of a bird-cage having
openings through its bottom for the insertion oo
of the feed - cups with the feed -cups, which
have their upper ends inserted through the
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Pinter, Francis T. Bird-Cage, patent, July 6, 1880; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170010/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.