Animal watering device
AssigneeRadio Systems Corporation
InventorSean Rowe
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Abstract
Disclosed is a watering device for animals and a method of producing the same, including a base unit defining a bowl portion, a housing portion disposed in the base unit and including an inlet port and an outlet port in fluid communication with the bowl portion, a dispensing unit proximate the outlet port to dispense water from the housing portion to the bowl portion via the outlet port such that water flows around the bowl portion to the housing portion via the inlet port, and a filtering unit interposed between the outlet port and the inlet port to filter the water flowing from the bowl portion to the housing portion via the inlet port.
Claims18
A watering device for animals, comprising:
- a base unit defining a wall and an interior bowl portion for containing a volume of water;
- a housing portion disposed in the base unit and extending into the interior bowl portion, the housing portion comprising an inlet port and an outlet port, wherein the inlet and outlet ports are in fluid communication with the interior bowl portion and are disposed on opposing sides of the housing portion;
- a dispensing unit communicating with the outlet port to dispense water from the housing portion into the bowl portion via the outlet port proximate the wall, such that water continuously circulates around the housing portion within the bowl portion to the inlet port in a radial pattern;
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- a filtering unit disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port to filter the water flowing from the interior bowl portion back to the housing portion via the inlet port.
A method of delivering water to animals, comprising the steps of:
- providing an animal watering device, the device comprising:
- a base unit defining a wall and an interior bowl;
- a housing portion in the base unit and extending into the interior bowl portion, wherein the housing portion comprises an inlet port and an outlet port, and wherein the inlet and outlet ports are in fluid communication with the interior bowl portion and are disposed on opposing sides of the housing portion;
- a dispensing unit communicating with the outlet port to dispense water from the housing portion into the interior bowl portion via the outlet port;
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- a filtering unit disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port;
- placing a volume of water into the base unit;
- activating the dispensing unit to cause the volume of water to circulate continuously from the outlet port, around the housing portion within the interior bowl portion, and to the inlet port in a radial pattern, and then through the filtering unit;
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- delivering the filtered water back into the interior bowl portion via the outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.