Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device – Fountains and troughs
Patent
1989-03-29
1990-09-11
Hirsch, Paul J.
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
Fountains and troughs
47 281, 119 61, A01K 700
Patent
active
049553224
ABSTRACT:
A float guard for a float controlled watering trough includes a rigid rectangular frame covered by a steel wire mesh to prevent livestock from damaging the float control valve of a watering trough and wasting precious water. In a first embodiment, the guard is perpendicularly secured to a pair of spaced ground insertion spikes adapted to be driven into the ground adjacent a side wall portion of a watering trough. A pair of clamps are vertically adjustable along the spikes and each include a threaded jaw for frictionally engaging a side wall portion of a watering trough. In a second embodiment of the invention, the guard is pivotally secured by a hinge on a mounting bar which is vertically adjustable along the ground insertion spikes to enable usage with a variety of different sizes of watering troughs.
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Hirsch Paul J.
Kearns Jerry T.
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