Anthony B Siciliano, 9028777 Alden St, Madison Heights, MI 48071

4419962, Dec 13, 1983

Mar 29, 1982

6/362602

Anthony J. Siciliano - South Lyon MI

Diamond Automations, Inc. - Farmington MI

A01K 3110

119 17

A cage door construction, useful for poultry cages and the like which are stacked one above another, has a door opening framed in a wall of the cage by vertical and horizontal wires. The vertical wires extend beyond the upper horizontal wire of the door frame and are bent over to become part of the top of the cage where they serve as guide wires for sliding movement of the cage door. The case door is formed of a single piece of wire bent into a U-shaped with lateral arms extending outward from the open end therof. Each laterally extending arm is provided at its end with an eye which slidably engages one of the guide wires. Indentations, formed in the legs of the U-shaped door, can lock into place under the upper horizontal wire. When closed, a portion of the U-shaped door slides in front of and is then bent under a wire disposed below the door frame; it thus travels downward, being engaged in an entrapment below the door to restrict its sideward movement.

4489675, Dec 25, 1984

Jan 18, 1982

6/339866

Anthony J. Siciliano - South Lyon MI

Diamond Automations, Inc. - Farmington MI

A01K 3104
B65G 2504

119 22

A manure scraper assembly for removal of manure from collecting sheets used in association with poultry cage systems. The scraper assembly includes a blade member which is angularly disposed with respect to the manure collecting sheets and which has the lower portion of each end thereof raised sufficiently to facilitate sliding across the overlapped edges of the manure collecting sheets. The scraper assembly is pivotally movable with respect to the manure collecting sheets so that the leading and trailing ends of the scraper blade are functionally interchanged when the direction of movement of the scraper assembly is reversed upon reaching the end of the length of manure collecting sheets.

4195592, Apr 1, 1980

Jan 25, 1978

5/872036

Anthony J. Siciliano - South Lyon MI

Diamond International Corporation - New York NY

A01K 3106

119 17

An easily assembled poultry cage system wherein the framework for the system includes a plurality of spaced A-frame members all of which are adapted to be assembled without the use of conventional fasteners. Protrusions and complementary receptacles are utilized for joining, connecting and interconnecting parts of the system. Once assembled into the appropriate receptacle, the protruding member is deformed in a manner to securely fasten the respective members together. The cages are supported between A-frame members by means of wire supports secured to the A-frames, by interconnection of the cages and by means of the feed trough. The feed trough is supported by a clip member in which it is secured by a snap-fit to the spaced A-frame members.

4841909, Jun 27, 1989

Jun 22, 1987

7/065266

Anthony J. Siciliano - South Lyon MI

Big Dutchman - New Holland PA

A01K 3100

119 17

An enclosure for poultry is described which has a feeding floor with openings to allow the feeding of the poultry housed therein. The enclosure is provided with a partition which is used to change the effective size of the openings through which the birds gain entry to the feed trough. Smaller openings, suitable for small birds and large openings, suitable for larger birds, are thus provided. When not in use, the partition is pivoted to a vertical position, away from the cage floor so that it does not interfere with the movement of the birds.

4195594, Apr 1, 1980

Jan 25, 1978

5/872055

Anthony J. Siciliano - South Lyon MI
Serge Artamonoff - Northville MI

Diamond International Corporation - New York NY

A01K 502

119 52B

In a feed supply system in which feed from a hopper is directed into down spouts by means of augers, agitators, gravity feed or the like, the down spouts terminating at a feed trough, a sensor capable of sensing a build up of feed is disposed at the end of the down spout and supplies a signal to terminate dispensing when excess feed is sensed.