Nipple for feeding liquids to fowl and/or small animals

Details Nipple for feeding liquids to fowl and/or small animals Nipple for feeding liquids to fowl and/or small animals

1989-09-01

1991-01-15

Swiatek, Robert P.

Animal husbandry

Watering or liquid feed device

Drop-delivering

A01K 706

Patent

active

049845373

ABSTRACT:
A nipple drinker particularly adapted for feeding liquid to fowl and/or small animals which includes a passage, a ball valve closing the passage when seated on at least one valve seat, and a ball valve actuating stem having a head and a pin, the head having a concave surface and a through bore opening therethrough, and an exterior surface of the pin having at least one water flow channel whereby both small and large fowl and/or animals can actuate the stem to unseat the ball valve in proportion to the force applied to the stem which not only provides proportional water flow but also assures automatic self-cleaning or flushing of the recess.

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