Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device
Patent
1986-08-06
1988-06-28
Scherbel, David A.
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
119 725, 119 75, 248 58, 248 61, 248 681, A01K 700
Patent
active
047531967
ABSTRACT:
A water line, made up of joined sections of PVC pipe, may have any desired length. The pipe is suspended from drops at ten (10) foot intervals for example. The pipe is partially supported in plastic drop hangers having insulating and elastic properties. The drop hangers have an aperture at the upper end for connection to a drop, a laterally opening recess at the lower end to receive the pipe in snap-in relation, and a laterally opening recess intermediate its ends for receiving a metal conduit in snap-in relation. The metal conduit is formed as a continuous line and functions as a part of an electric circuit. Plastic support hangers have corresponding laterally opening recesses for the pipe and conduit. The support hangers are used as needed between the drop hangers to maintain the pipe in non-sagging relation relative to the conduit or to support a shocker wire. The pipe carries spaced animal operated drinker valves, which may be mounted in drinker cups. The conduit recesses of the hangers allow relative longitudinal movement of the conduit to accommodate different rates of thermal expansion of the conduit and pipe. A shocker wire is supported by the hangers above and parallel with the conduit form branches of an electrical circuit. Birds seeking to roost on the wire will complete the circuit to produce a gentle shock.
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Lack Frank
Rustin Francis R.
Agri Manufacturing Corp.
Chilcot Jr. Richard E.
Scherbel David A.
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