Watering system for fowl and small animals
AssigneeZiggity Systems, Inc.
InventorEldon Hostetler
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Abstract
A valved discharge member for use with the water supply system for use with cages of fowl and small animals, wherein a valve element in the member engages two spaced valve seats and is unseated by movement laterally and upwardly of a pin extending through a discharge opening and projecting below the housing.
Claims9
In a watering system for fowl and small animals including a water supply conduit having a downwardly extending tubular discharge outlet, comprising a tubular body having a sealed connection with said discharge outlet and defining a chamber having a restricted bottom outlet, resilient means in said chamber defining a pair of spaced concentric valve seats including an upper thin resilient circular sleeve, a valve member in said chamber normally seating on both valve seats, and a pin extending through said restricted bottom outlet with clearance and having a head within said chamber adjacent said valve member, said pin projecting below said body and shiftable vertically or laterally to unseat said valve member from said valve seats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.