Livestock water heater with a controlled composition dispenser and related method
OwnerMatthew Chamberlain, Christopher Alan Cole +1inventors
InventorsMatthew Chamberlain, Christopher Alan Cole, Zachary Louis Beatty
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Abstract
A portable submersible livestock water quality dispensing device and design for a livestock drinking station is provided. The portable submersible livestock water quality dispensing device has a heating element and a variable pressure pump with internal compartments or inserts for accommodating biocides, minerals, vitamins and medicaments and preferably a rotatable circulation device and method for their controlled release and dosing.
Claims20
An energy saving livestock water heater device to control the quality of livestock water comprising:
- (a) a self contained portable housing having a top portion, a bottom portion, an internal cavity with a water tight compartment a water intake and a discharge port;
- (b) a heating element with its electrical contacts disposed in the water tight compartment in the internal cavity of the housing;
- (c) a water permeable biocide, vitamin, mineral nutrient or medicament compartment or area disposed in the internal cavity;
- (d) a single variable pressure pump having a variable output at least partially disposed in the water tight compartment in the internal cavity of the housing;
- (e) a circulation opening in or on the housing to enable the single variable pressure pump to circulate water from the single variable pressure pump to an animal water trough and back to the single variable pressure pump;
- (f) a control system to save energy by first varying the speed or pressure output of the single variable pressure pump and then activating the heating element only when required to prevent freezing of water;
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- (g) a communications system connecting a farmer or rancher to provide precise control over the steps of varying the single variable pressure liquid pump pressure and adding heat when necessary to prevent liquid freezing.
A method of dispensing a liquid to animals comprising:
- (a) utilizing a water circulation device that includes a housing and a single variable pressure liquid pump and a heater;
- (b) varying the single variable pressure liquid pump pressure and water circulation without spraying to increase liquid flow rate to prevent liquid freezing;
- (c) adding heat when necessary to prevent liquid freezing;
- (d) supplying a biocide, algicide, nutrient, mineral, vitamin or medicament to the liquid;
- (e) using a computer program to control the pressure of the single variable pressure liquid pump and if necessary increase temperature to prevent freezing and provide a circulation of water to provide a controlled release of the biocide, algicide, nutrient, mineral, vitamin or medicament;
- (f) having a communications system connecting a farmer or rancher to provide precise control over the steps of varying the single variable pressure liquid pump pressure and adding heat when necessary to prevent liquid freezing.
An energy saving apparatus for dispensing a liquid in a remote water reservoir comprising:
- (a) a submersible housing having a liquid intake, a discharge port, a water tight compartment and a water permeable compartment;
- (b) a single variable pressure pump and a variable temperature heating element disposed in the water tight compartment;
- (c) a processor to vary a variable pump pressure of the variable pressure pump and the variable heating element in response to a water quality variable in the remote water reservoir;
- (d) a software program to first vary the single variable pressure pump and then add heat when required to save energy and prevent water freezing or assist in the controlled release of vitamins, minerals or therapeutic agents;
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- (e) a sensor to sense how long each animal drinks from the remote water reservoir and a device to prevent an animal from taking more water from the remote water reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.