Nova Patents
US2575252A

Device for scaring birds

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US2575252A, drawing sheet 1
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Term

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Expired 13 November 1968, 57.9 years ago.

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  4. Today

2 claims: 2 independent, 0 dependent

  1. 1
    Having thus described my' invention, what I claim is:1. A device simulating a bird Of· prey for scaring birds, comprising' a1 housing, wings pivotally: connected with the housing and adaptedto -swing horizontally frorii closed -to open positions, -an Oscfflatirig shaft-mounted within^the- housing, <a «55 «0 cross member, mounted upon1 the 'oscillating'shaft, rigid’linksi.pivotaTly connecting the cross-member with-the wings, a second cross-member-disposed above the first named cross member «and mounted upon the «oscillating shaft, a «yoke-connected -with <•66 the«: second named ecross member - f or · oscillation therewith ««arid «projecting above the -housing, «a head disposed Above the housing and connected with the «yoke, said cross -members being provided -With «adjustment «openings -whereby the extension ««62, to rigidly secure the-disc-<67 ?and <70 links sand'yoke may be1 adjusted on-said cross «Mounted upon the disc 6 7« is: a. vertical yoke: includingiside arm:63iin place -upon the « rock;shaft. members to vary the degree of motion of said legs 71 -and;a central vertical shaft «72, the side legs having«reduced end «.extensions ;to enter ia pair-of .diametrically topposite«.Openingss68. ?TKe '76 •Wings «and said · head, · arid means including «an electric «motor - disposed -within«the - housing ( for driving thetoscillAting' shaft. device simulating »a -bird -of >rey for
  2. 2
    2,575,252 scaring birds, comprising a base, a housing mounted upon the base and having side openings, wings pivotally mounted upon the exterior of the housing and adapted to swing horizontally, an an oscillating vertical shaft mounted within 5 the housing, a gear mounted upon the oscillating shaft, a cross member mounted upon the oscillating shaft, rigid links each pivotally connected at one end with the cross member and at the other end with a wing and extending through the side 10 openings and adapted to move horizontally therein, a second cross member disposed above the first named cross member and mounted upon the oscillating shaft, a yoke connected with the second named cross member and projecting above the 15 same, a head disposed above the housing and connected with the yoke, a motor mounted within the housing and including an armature shaft, a gear mounted upon the armature shaft, speed reduction gears rotatably mounted within the 20 housing and driven by the armature shaft gear, an eccentric cam driven by the speed reduction gears, and a rack connected with the eccentric cam and reciprocated thereby and meshed with the gear on the oscillating shaft to drive the same for causing the wings to swing horizontally and the head to turn. HAYS L. BERGER. REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 262,686 Myers-------------Aug. 15,1882 1,275,327 Uttz_______________Aug. 13,1918 1,928,573 Saeder____________Sept. 26,1933 1,975,287 Polatty______________Oct. 2,1934 2,013,709 Boissoneau________Sept. 10,1935 2,169,380 Barrett____________Aug. 15,1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 24,160 Austria____________May 10, 1906
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