Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device – Fountains and troughs
Patent
1988-03-01
1990-01-09
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
Fountains and troughs
119 725, A01K 3902
Patent
active
048920614
ABSTRACT:
A drinking mechanism which includes a trough, the trough having a generally upwardly opening mouth when in an in-use position, brackets for suspending the trough from a support structure in the in-use position, the trough being movable by the rotation of the brackets to a non-use position at which the mouth is no longer in the generally upwardly opening position but instead opens generally downwardly, and the bracket also holding the trough in its non-use position thereby preventing the interior of the trough from becoming filled with debris when associated with poultry or similar small animals. Preferably, the drinking mechanism is suspended by the brackets from a conventional watering system which includes a water pipe and a plurality of drinkers having nipples which can be actuated by the beaks of birds or similar animals. Through this combination, chicks having tender beaks which have just been de-beaked can drink from the trough and as the beaks heal and the chicks grow the trough can than be pivoted to its non-use position and the chicks or birds can then drink from the individual drinkers in a conventional fashion.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1037054 (1912-08-01), Rose
patent: 1610614 (1926-12-01), McCollough
patent: 3298356 (1967-11-01), Sutton
patent: 3313273 (1967-04-01), Mitchell
patent: 3983844 (1976-10-01), Hart
patent: 4221188 (1980-09-01), Hostetler
patent: 4516533 (1985-05-01), Mallinson
patent: 4527513 (1985-07-01), Hart et al.
patent: 4669422 (1987-06-01), Steudler, Jr.
patent: 4770126 (1988-09-01), Hostetler
Lucchesi Nicholas D.
Swiatek Robert P.
Val Products Inc.
LandOfFree
Drinking system for poultry, small animals and the like does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Drinking system for poultry, small animals and the like, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Drinking system for poultry, small animals and the like will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-139859