US1205232A - Stock drinking-fountain. - Google Patents

Description

J. J. McCOURT.

STOCK DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 19:3.

1,205,232, PatenteglHElfm 21, 1916.

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STOCK DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED 8.5.1913,

1,205,232. Patented NOV..21, 1916.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR I p cm W JOHN J'. MCCOURT, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEBRASKA.

STOCK DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed April 5, 1913. Serial No. 759,146.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MGOOURT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Knox and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock Drinking- Fountains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for supplying drinking water to stock and poultry, and has for its primary object the provision of a sanitary drinking fountain, which is provided with means for preventing the water maintained in the drinking trough from freezing during cold weather.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device of this nature which is strong and durable, and by means of which a considerable quantity of water may be maintained at a temperature above freezing during cold weather at a reasonably small cost and little labor,

A still further object of this invention is to provide an improved drinking fountain which will maintain a uniform level of water in the drinln'ng trough; to surround the drinking trough with a vacuum or dead air chamber, which will aid in preventing the freezing of the water and to provide a novel and efficient heating plant for the same.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of the various parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved drinking fountain; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view throughthe center thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and showing the heating apparatus removed from the fountain proper; and Fig. 4 is a side elevational view showing parts of the improved fountain in a position different from that shown in the other views, and also showing parts in cross section.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 designates the outer casing of the drinking fountain which is cylindrical in shape, being constructed of any desirable sheet metal or other material, and having its upper end closed by a closure 2 which is secured to the same in any suitable manner. The closure 2 has centrally located therein a depending portion 3 which is provided with an internal screw-threaded aperture extending therethrough. A cap or closure 4, which is practically a combination funnel and cap, has depending members 5 and 6 secured to its opposite ends, the depending member 5 being provided with external screw threads which engage the internal screw threads of the member 3 when the body portion 1 of the drinking fountain has a sufficient amount of water therein. The member 5 is secured to a cross bar 7 which is attached to the inner surface of the sides of the member 4, and passes diagonally across the member. The end 8 of the member 4, which has the depending member 6 secured thereto, is curved outwardly, as is clearly shown by the drawings. A filtering screen 9 is mounted in the depending member 6 and tends to keep all foreign particles which may be in the water out of the tank, which is formed by-the outer casing 1, when the water is being poured into the same. When it is de-- sired to pour" water into the tank, the member 4 is inverted, and the depending member 6 is inserted into the member 3, and water being poured into the open end of the member 4 will pass through the opening in the depending member 6, through the screen 9 and into the tank, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. When the member 4 is placed upon the closure 2 in the manner, as is illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, an airtight joint is formed between the two, and tends to create a vacuum in the interior of the tank, after the same has been filled with water.

A compartment 10 is centrally located within the tank and secured to the bottom of the same, and having communication with the exterior of the tank through the opening 11 in the outer casing 1, which opening is closed by a sliding door 12. The door 12 is slidably mounted in guideways 13, which are secured to the outer surface of the casing 1, and has a transparent member 14 mounted near the upper end of the same. portion of the door 12 is provided with a cut-out portion 15, which has a protector 16 formed of a piece of sheet metal bent thereabout, and secured to the door, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This cut-out portion 15 forms a'means for ventilating the interior of the compartment 10, and for supplying the necessary amount of oxygen to keep the fire, which is ensuing from the heater or fire-box17, burning.

The fire-box 17 may be of any suitable type, but it is herein shown as consisting of a body portion or pan 18, having a handle 19 secured to one end thereof, and an opening 20 in'its upper surface, through which oil, such as kerosene or gasolene, may be poured. A wick-supporting member 21 extends upwardly from the upper side of the pan 18, and is substantially centrally located thereon. The heater 17 is inserted into the compartment 10 through the door 12, and the transparent member 14 forms a means for determining whether the blaze of the wick has been extinguished or not, with out necessitating the opening of the door. A ventilating pipe 22 is connected to one end of the casing of the compartment 10, and extends vertically through the tank passing through the closure 2, and has a hood 23 mounted upon its upper end. A pipe 24:, which has an opening in one end communicating with the interior of the tank, passes through the compartment 10, directly above the wick-supporting member 21, so that the heat generated by the flames of the wick will be absorbed by the same. A short distance from the opposite end of the compartment 10, through which the pipe 24 enters, the same is bent downwardly so as to extend vertically within the compartment until the same reaches a point near the bottom of the compartment, where it is again bent outwardly so as to extend laterally in the compartment and passes outwardly through one end of the compartment communicating with the drinking trough 25. The drinking trough 25 is securely connected to the lower end of the casing 1, and is surrounded by a vacuum or dead-air chamber 26. An opening 27, which has a short piece of pipe 28 mounted therein, communicates with the drinking trough 25,and forms a second inlet for the trough from the tank.

When it is desired to fill the tank with water, plugs (not shown), of any suitable type are inserted into the pipe 28, and into the opening in the pipe 24 which communicates with the drinking tank. The member 4 is then inverted, as is shown in Fig. 4: of

the drawings, having the depending mem ber 6 inserted within the member 3. Water The lower 4 is poured into the member at and passes through the same into the tank. When the tank is filled to the desired height, the member 1 is again inverted, having the external screw threads upon the member 5 in engagement with the internal screw threads of the member 3, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. This forms an air-tight closure for the opening within the member 3 and createsa vacuum within the interior of the casing 1. This creating of the vacuum within the easing 1 will cause the water, when the plugs are removed from the ends of the pipe 24 and 28, to assume a definite level within the drinking trough 25 and remain constantly at this level. The vacuum chamber which surrounds the drinking trough 25 is provided because of the fact that there being absolutely no air within this chamber, the cold air of the atmosphere will be preventedfrom contacting directly with the sides of the drinking trough: which contains the water, and thus greatly aid in preventing the water from freezing within the trough.

In practical fields, certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled, provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a stock drinking fountain the combination with an outer casing forming a tank, of a heating compartment secured to the bottom of said tank and having one end thereof communicating with the exterior of the tank, means for heating said compart- 'ment disposed therein, a pipe disposed within said compartment extending, directly over said heating means, one end of said pipe communicating with said tank, a trough the other end of said pipe, said pipe communicating with said trough, a second pipe communicating with said compartment and extending through said tank terminated exteriorly thereof, a pipe mounted in an opening in said casing and extending within said trough for the purpose setforth.

2. In a stock drinking fountain the combination with an outer casing forming a tank, of a heating compartment secured to the bottom of said tank, one end of said compartment terminating exterior of said tank, the other end of said compartment terminating midway the center and opposite side of said tank, heating means disposed within said compartment, a trough, a pipe disposed within said compartment, and extending directly over said heating means, one end of said pipe communicating with said tank, the other end of said pipe terminating exteriorly ofsaid compartment and said tank and communicating with said trough, a second pipe communicating with In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN J. MCCOURT.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. DAHL, THOMAS H. MCGRATH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D, G.

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