Fail safe suspension poultry drinker
OwnerCarl B. Dawson, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A poultry drinker that may be suspended or supported on the floor. A base member includes an annular drinking trough, a water reservoir providing ballast for the drinker, and a float chamber concentric with the trough and reservoir. A float having a float rod extending upwardly therefrom is mounted in the float chamber, and a valve connected to a source of water is mounted above the float chamber. Water flows from the valve into the reservoir and then spills over into the float chamber until the level of water in the float chamber is sufficient so that the float rod closes the valve. Communication is provided between the float chamber and the trough so that the water level in the float chamber is directly proportional to the water level in the trough.
Claims12
A suspension or floor supported poultry drinker comprising a base member including an annular drinking trough around the periphery thereof,
- said base member comprising means providing ballast to minimize movement of the drinker, said ballast providing means defining a water reservoir and said base member further comprising means defining a float chamber, said float chamber concentric with said annular trough, and said reservoir generally concentric with said float chamber and said trough;
- a valve,
- means for connecting said valve to a source of water,
- means for supporting said valve so that said valve is in water communication with said reservoir;
- a float disposed in said float chamber,
- a float rod operatively connected to said float and extending from said float upwardly toward said valve,
- means for providing communication between a top portion of said reservoir and said float chamber so that after water from said valve reaches a predetermined level in said reservoir it will overflow into said float chamber, and
- means for providing water communication between said float chamber and said trough so that the water level in said float chamber is directly proportional to the water level in said trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.