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venient air compressor or to any other source
of supply. If so desired a branch pipe may
be provided in the feed pipe 15 so as to per-
mit the supply of a disinfectant or deodor-
izer to the said pipe in order to disinfect
the tower and remove all obnoxious odors
therefrom.
In one side of the tower a small door 16
is provided in order that any young bats
that might fall from the roost or any of the
shelves and drop into the hopper may be
returned to the shelves from which they will
be carried upward to the roof by their
mothers.
The fact that the lower end of the tower
is at a considerable height from the ground
permits a wagon to be driven under the hop-
per so as to easily be loaded with the con-
tents of the hopper, and also maintains the
bats out of the reach of snakes or other of
their natural enemies.
Having thus described my invention, what
I claim is:
1. In a structure for the purpose set
forth, the combination of an inclosed ele-vated tower having a narrow window in one
side and without openings in all its other
sides, vertical series of parallel shelves with-
in the tower, the said shelves on the oppo-
site sides of the window converging down- 30
ward toward the plane of the window and
having their lower edges in alinement with
the window, and a hopper depending from
the bottom of the tower and arranged be-
low the edges of the shelves. 35
2. A structure for the purpose set forth
comprising an inclosed tower having a nar-
row window in one . side, slats disposed
across the said window, and shelves ar-
ranged within the tower and having their 40
edges disposed in alinement with the said
window.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing
as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa-
ture in the presence of two witnesses.
CHAS. A. R. CAMPBELL.
Witnesses:
JULIUS SR. NORTON,
C. L. MCGILL.5
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Campbell, Charles A. R. Bat Roost, patent, March 1, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510893/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.