Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device
Patent
1992-04-22
1994-02-08
Mancene, Gene
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
251146, A01K 3902
Patent
active
052841103
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a bracket connector for a water supply system having a ballast pipe supporting a conduit with a plurality of dispenser valves. The three piece bracket connector includes a bottom or saddle receiving portion attached on the conduit and keyed to a vertical wall of the conduit saddle, a middle or ballast receiving portion having arms for receiving and holding the ballast pipe, and a top portion for fitting between the arms whereby the three portions form a bracket connector body having a substantially continuous external surface for minimizing the accumulation of particulate. By keying the saddle receiving portion on the wall of the conduit saddle, the dispenser valves are maintained in a perpendicular alignment with the ground. The bottom and middle portions are interconnected by a tongue and slot arrangement which extends across substantially all of the width of the bracket connector, thus distributing the weight of the conduit across the tongue and slot interconnection. Also, a nub of the middle portion clicks into a recess of the bottom portion and latches the tongue in the slot. The single piece bracket connector includes two arms which flex outwardly to receive the ballast pipe and water conduit. Fingers at the lower ends of the arms are keyed to the wall of the saddle portion and thereby align the bracket connector vertically with the saddles and the ground.
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Patent Application Serial No. 07/747/599; filed Aug. 21, 1991, Connector for a Watering System.
Avtron Inc.
Mancene Gene
Price Thomas
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