US894453A - Stock-waterer. - Google Patents

Description

WILLIAM H. AMORRIS AND STEVE DAVIS, WINSIDE, NEBRASKA.

STOCK-WATEREE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed September 10, 1907. Serial No. 392,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. MORRIS and STEVE DAVIS, 4citizens of the United States, residing at Winside, in the county of Wayne, State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Stock-VVaterers; and we do ereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the' invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same..

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stock waterers and it has more particular reference to a stock waterer comprising a trough provided with an automatlc valve and a housing constructed about the trough to prevent thewater from freezing.

The invention aims as a primary object to provide a stock Waterer embodying a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, the details of which will appear in the course of the following description in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication, like characters of reference designating similar partsthroughout the several views, wherein z Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stock waterer constructed in accordance with the resent invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view t ereof, Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof, and, Fig. 4 is a -detailed view illustrating the connection between a float comprehended in the invention and the automatic valve above referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 5 designates the housing which comprises side walls 6, having extensions 7, an

end wall 8, a vertical mid-wall 9 terminating short of the ground and forming the end wall for the extensions 7 and a to wall 10. The walls 6 are formed at their ont ends with registering enlarged o enings 11, which are designed to be closed by doors or panels 12, slidable through openings 13 formed in the top wall 10 and having their side edge portions engaged in confronting vertical grooves 14 and 15 rovided in the respective walls 8 and 9. T e extensions 7 are likewise provided adjacent their upper edges with o posed horizontal grooves 16 to receive t e side edge ortions of a displaceable top section 17. Said. extensions are also connected by a horizontal cross brace 18.

The housing 5, constructed as above described is employed in conjunction with a trough 19 of rectangular boxlike form and including a transverse mid-wall 20 dividing said trough into a float chamber 21 and a drinking chamber 22, the wall 2() being formed adjacent the floor of the trough with a plurality of apertures 23 affording communication between the chambers 21 and 22.

Thev chamber 22 is located between the walls 6 and access is had thereto by animals through openings 11 when the doors or panels 12 are removed. It is to be noted that the wall 9 has an extension 24 of reduced width which fits between the side walls of the trough 19 and has a shoulder 25 bearing upon the upper face of the Wall 20.

Projecting through the rear end wall of the trough 19 is a pipe 26 connected by a vunion 27 with a pipe 28 leading from a tank or other suitable source of water supply. The end of the pi e 26 is constructed as a seat for a valve 29 aving a rubber facing 30 and carried upon the end of a stem 31 which projects through the pipe 19 and into the chamber 2,1. The stem 31 has an angular end portion -32 which is engaged through the eye 33 of an eye-bolt 34 depending from a iioat 35, the angular end portion 32 carrying a nut 36 to revent disassemblage of the parts. rI he oat 35 has an extension 37 which is formed to surround a rod 38 mounted transversely between the side walls of the trough at the rear end of the chamber 21, the rod 38 thus serving as a pivotal mounting for said float. The chamber 21 is closed by a lid 39 hinged as at 40 to the rear end wall of the trough.

It will be apparent that when the water in the trough attains a proper level, the float 35 will be raised on its pivot and will operate to close the valve 29 upon its seat to shut off the sup ly of water and that when the water falls be ow the determined level, the float will be lowered to'move the valve 29 from its seat.

The housing 10 may have its walls of any suitable construction to resist low temperature, all joints and seams being preferably packed. The space inclosed by the walls 6, 8, 9 and 10 serves as a dead air chamber to prevent the water in the chamber 22 from freezing.

What is claimed, is-

A stock waterer of the class described comprising a casing having front and rear separated chambers, the front chamber forming a front chamber -to perrnit access thereto, a

Water trough in its lower portion, the rear chamber forming a lloat chamber in its loWer portion, said Water trough and float chamber having communication With each other, vertically sli'dable doors at opposite sides of the the float chamber, and a hinged door vfor said float chamber.

ln testinionT whereof, We a'l'lix our signai tures, in presence of two Witnesses.

XILLIAM ll. MORRIS. STEVE DAVlS.

Water supply pipe leading to said lloat chainber, a pivotal lioat in the l'loat chamber, a cut off Valve actuated by the float to control the Water Supply from said supply pipe to litnesses ARTHUR L. TUCKER, W'. E, JENKINS.

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