Watering device for poultry

A nipple assembly for receiving water from a tube member in a watering line system and for providing the received water to poultry, said nipple assembly comprising:

• a housing which is configured to receive water from the tube member;
• a valve assembly provided within said housing;
• a trigger pin which is partially positioned within said housing and which is partially extended out of said housing;
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• a disc member which is secured to said trigger in outside of said housing, said disc member having a plurality individual compartments which are each formed in a substantially concave manner;
• whereby movement of said disc member or said trigger pin causes said trigger pin to actuate said valve assembly within said housing such that water within said housing flows around said valve assembly, out of said housing, and into said individual compartments of said disc member to be retained therein,
• wherein said disc member further comprises a rim portion and a plurality of separators generally extending from proximate a center of said disc member to said rim portion such that said plurality of individual compartments are bordered between said separators and said rim portion,
• wherein said rim portion curves upwardly and downwardly in an alternating convex and concave manner, said rim portion curves in a convex manner along each of said separators, said rim portion curves in a concave manner along each of said individual compartments.

A watering line assembly for providing water to poultry, said watering line assembly comprising:

• tube means for delivering the water from a source;
• at least one nipple assembly having a housing configured to receive water from said tube means, a valve assembly provided within said housing, a trigger pin which is partially positioned within said housing and which is partially extended out of said housing, and a disc member which is secured to said trigger pin outside of said housing, said disc member having a plurality of individual compartments which are each formed in a substantially concave manner;
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• a catch cup assembly having at least one catch cup and means for positioning said at least one catch cup below said at least one nipple assembly,
• whereby movement of said disc member or said trigger pin causes said trigger pin to actuate said valve assembly such that water within said housing flows around said valve assembly, out of said housing, and into said individual compartments of said disc member to be retained therein, said catch cup assembly configured to receive and retain water that flowed out of said housing but that was not retained in said individual compartments of said disc member,
• wherein said disc member further comprises a rim portion and a plurality of separators generally extending from proximate a center of said disc member to said rim portion such that said plurality of individual compartments are bordered between said separators and said rim portion,
• wherein said rim portion curves upwardly and downwardly in an alternating convex and concave manner, said rim portion curves in a convex manner along each of said separators, said rim portion curves in a concave manner along each of said individual compartments.