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US 6,637,370 B1Granted
Valve device for automatic sluicing of domestic animals
AssigneeHanne Korsgaard Nielsen
InventorRoland Thorsen
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AssigneeHanne Korsgaard Nielsen
InventorRoland Thorsen
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A valve device for self-watering of livestock has a valve with a valve housing located in frost-free surroundings, a subterranean well. The valve device has a sliding valve body arranged to open by actuation of an animal for discharging water through an outlet opening provided in a delivery tube. Water is discharged into a drinking bowl or nozzle disposed at a level above ground convenient for the animal. The valve body is arranged to close for water discharge through the outlet opening under subjection of water pressure in an inlet opening. The valve body may be controlled remotely from the drinking bowl or the nozzle. The valve body is arranged such that the delivery tube and the valve housing are automatically emptied of water when the valve is closed, for example, when only the valve body is subjected to water pressure.
A valve device for self-watering of livestock and comprising a valve with a valve housing located in frost-free surroundings, and comprising a sliding valve body arranged to open by actuation of an animal for discharging water through an outlet opening which is provided with a delivery tube discharging into a drinking bowl or nozzle disposed at a level convenient for the animal above the ground, wherein said valve body is arranged to close for discharge of water through said outlet opening under subjection of a water pressure in an inlet opening, wherein said valve body is arranged to be remote controlled from said drinking bowl or nozzle, and wherein said valve is so arranged that the delivery tube and the valve housing are automatically emptied of water when the valve is closed.
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