Animal husbandry – Watering or liquid feed device – Fountains and troughs
Patent
1998-09-29
1999-12-14
Carone, Michael J.
Animal husbandry
Watering or liquid feed device
Fountains and troughs
119 74, 119 725, A01K 706
Patent
active
060003634
ABSTRACT:
An animal drinking cup or bowl is provided which is constructed so that water being dispensed from a nipple drinker mounted by the cup or bowl will move to a location remote from the drinker actuator, encouraging the animal to drink from a remote pool of water, and thereby reducing water waste and spillage. A metal cup or bowl body mounts the nipple drinker so that the pin actuator is at a first location, and the cup or bowl body has a slanted bottom portion adjacent the first location and leading to a pool-defining portion at a second location remote from the first location. The second location is preferably sufficiently remote from the first location so that an animal (such as a piglet) using the drinking cup or bowl substantially cannot activate the pin when simultaneously drinking out of the pool-defining portion. The slanted bottom portion may make a substantially uniform angle of about 4-10.degree. with respect to the horizontal, and the pool-defining portion can be at the far front of the drinker, at one side, or at both sides with a center portion from which two bottom portions slant downwardly.
REFERENCES:
Echberg Feeding Systems brochure (admitted prior art).
Suevia "The Best Waters" in the World brochure (admitted prior art).
"Drik-O-Mat" brochure of Egebjerg, admitted prior art.
Rotecna Drink brochure, Equipment Management LLC, admitted prior art.
Brochure "Specialty Nipple Drinkers", Monoflo International, Inc., admitted prior art.
Carone Michael J.
Monoflo International, Inc.
Nguyen Son T.
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