# US 2003/0140864 A1 · All weather animal drinker > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2003/0140864 A1 - Document ID: US20030140864A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 10/166,353 - Filed: 2001-11-27 - Published: 2003-07-31 - Earliest claimed: 2001-11-27 - Inventors: Thomas William Wenstrand - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20030140864A1 ## CPC - A01K 7/027: {Drinking equipment with water heaters, coolers or means for preventing freezing} - A01K 7/025: {Water tanks} - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract An all weather animal drinker for horses in stalls of a stable or outside in pasture and/or for other animals inside of a barn or outside of a structure in an unprotected environment. The all weather animal drinker is effective to be used inside a stable or barn or outside in an area subject to all types of climatic elements so as to provide potable water to any species of animal or poultry under extreme weather conditions, either extremely hot or severely cold. The all weather drinker includes a plurality of wells or reservoirs for circulation of temperature controlled water therebetween by use of a heating element along with various plumbing connections to operate at temperatures as low as minus thirty degrees Fahrenheit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An all weather animal drinker for providing a constant supply of drinking water for livestock, comprising a housing having a water well formed therein for storing said drinking water, said housing having a reservoir formed therein to supply a selected volume of said drinking water to said water well, said water well and said reservoir being connected by a top aperture and a bottom aperture providing a difference in water head pressure to induce circulation of said drinking water therebetween, a water supply connection disposed on said housing to provide water to said reservoir, and adjustable valve means disposed in said reservoir for delivering thereto said selective volume of said drinking water control from said supply connection and maintain a desired water level therein, whereby said difference in water head pressure between top and bottom portions of said reservoir permits said water to circulate through said top aperture to said water well and return through said lower aperture to said reservoir. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 1 comprising, heater element means disposed in said reservoir for at times heating and maintaining said drinking water at a preselected temperature. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 2 wherein said heater element means maintains said drinking water in said reservoir at a range of between 34 degrees and 55 degrees Fahrenheit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 1 comprising, a cylindrical column for supporting the housing at any selected location, said column including inner and outer walls, insulation disposed between said inner and outer walls so as to protect mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment located within said inner wall from climatic elements. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said housing has an opening formed therethrough disposed at an elevation lower than said bottom aperture connecting said water well with said reservoir for drainage of excess flow of said drinking water. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 1 comprising, said water well having a lower portion of a bottom surface sloping downwardly to a drain opening formed through a frontal surface of the housing for at times draining drinking water therefrom. ### Claim 7 An all weather animal drinker for providing a constant supply of drinking water for livestock, comprising a housing, a water well formed in said housing for storing said drinking water, a reservoir formed in said housing to supply a selected volume of said drinking water to said water well, said water well and said reservoir being connected by a top aperture and a bottom aperture for circulation of said drinking water therebetween, a water supply connection disposed on said housing to provide water to said reservoir, and adjustable valve means disposed in said reservoir for delivering thereto said selective volume of said drinking water control from said supply connection and maintain a desired water level therein, whereby a difference in water temperature between top and bottom portions of said reservoir permits said water to circulate through said top aperture to said water well and return through said lower aperture to said reservoir. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 7 comprising, heater element means disposed in said reservoir for at times heating and maintaining said drinking water at a preselected temperature. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 8 wherein said heater element means maintains said drinking water in said reservoir at a range of between 34 degrees and 55 degrees Fahrenheit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 7 comprising, a cylindrical column for supporting the housing at any selected location, said column including inner and outer walls, insulation disposed between said inner and outer walls so as to protect mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment located within said inner wall from climatic elements. ### Claim 11 An all weather animal drinker comprising, a housing, a left frontal surface and a right frontal surface seamlessly connected by a circularly shaped frontal surface, said left and right frontal surfaces seamlessly connected to right and left back side surfaces having disposed therebetween a concavely shaped rear back corner vertical surface, a water well formed in said housing for storing said drinking water, a reservoir formed in said housing to supply a selected volume of said drinking water to said water well, said water well and said reservoir being connected by a top aperture and a bottom aperture providing a difference in water head pressure to induce circulation of said drinking water therebetween, a water supply connection disposed on said housing to provide water to said reservoir, and adjustable valve means disposed in said reservoir for delivering thereto said selective volume of said drinking water from said supply connection and maintain a desired water level therein, whereby said difference in water head pressure between top and bottom portions of said reservoir permits said water to circulate through said top aperture to said water well and return through said lower aperture to said reservoir. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 11 comprising, heater element means disposed in said reservoir for at times heating and maintaining said drinking water at a preselected temperature. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 12 wherein said heater element means maintains said drinking water in said reservoir at a range of between 34 degrees and 55 degrees Fahrenheit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 11 comprising, a cylindrical column for supporting the housing at any selected location, said column including inner and outer walls, insulation disposed between said inner and outer walls so as to protect mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment located within said inner wall from climatic elements. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 11 comprising, a top surface of said housing being sloped forwardly and downwardly from the reservoir to said frontal surface so as to permit water to flow thereover and away from the reservoir. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 11 comprising, a plurality of outer vertical panels disposed about and spaced from each of the outer vertical surfaces of the housing, and a plurality of connecting members affixed between said outer vertical panels and the outer vertical surfaces of the housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 11 wherein said concavely shaped rear back corner vertical surface has disposed at its top side a notch to provide strain relief for a connecting cord of said heater element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 11 wherein said concavely shaped rear back corner vertical surface is operable to receive a tube-like structure in complementary association therewith so as to provide enclosure for mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment connected to the drinker. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 1 wherein said housing includes a concavely shaped back corner vertical surface operable to receive a tube-like structure in complementary association therewith so as to provide enclosure for mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment connected to the drinker. ### Claim 20 (depends on 7) An animal drinker as claimed in claim 7 wherein said housing includes a concavely shaped back corner vertical surface operable to receive a tube-like structure in complementary association therewith so as to provide enclosure for mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment connected to the drinker.