US662990A - Stock-waterer. - Google Patents

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No. 662,990. Patented nec. 4, |900.

J. H. 'rHonNBunaH- STOCK wA-TEREB.

(Application led Sept. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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NTTn STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN H. THORNBRGH, OF KNIGHTSTOWN, INDIANA.

STOCKf-WATERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 662,990, dated December 4, 19O.

Application filed September 22, 1900I Serial No. 30,810. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. THORNBURGH, a citizen of the United States, residingat Knightstown, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Stock-Waterer, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stock-waterers.`

One object of the present invention is to` improve the construction of stock-waterers andv to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to supply water automatically as it is consumed and capable of` preventing the water from being fouled in the drinking cup or receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having cut-offsl arranged at the supply and discharge open-` ings adapted to open and close alternately, so that the discharge-opening will be closed while the reservoir is being filled and will be opened when the filling-opening is closed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. t

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View ofastock-waterer constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the removable mat or false bottom of the drinking-receptacle.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a reservoir designed to contain water and consisting of a sheet-metal tank; but it will be readily apparent that a barrel or any other receptacle may be employed for this purpose, and the said reservoir is provided atits top with a filling-opening 2, and it has a discharge-opening 3 near its bottom and is connected at that point with a drinking receptacle or cup 4. The drinking receptacle or cup 4, which may be of any desired form, is connected with the reservoir by a short pipe 5, extending through the opening 3 and through the rear wall of the cup or receptacle 4: and located at a point below the upper edges of the drinking cup or receptacle, so that its outer ends will be submerged by the water within the said cup or receptacle, whereby the water will be automatically fed as it is consumed by the stock. The device works by pneu matic action, the pressure of the air on the surface of the water within the drinking cup or receptacle operating to prevent or cut off the iow of water through the discharge pipe or tube 5 when the outer end of the latter is submerged; but as soon as the water within the drinking-cup is consumed sufficiently to expose the outer end of the discharge tube or pipe the pressure will be removed therefrom andthe water will flow until the discharge pipe or tube is again submerged. The action is purely automatic, the water owing whenever the outer end of the discharge-tube is relieved of the pressure of the air. The ends of the short pipe may be threaded, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, and the inner end of the pipe may be secured by a nut; but any `other means may be employed for connecting the pipe to the reservoir and the drinking cup or receptacle.

The reservoir is provided with upper and lower cut-offs 6 and 7 located, respectively, at the supply and discharge openings and connected by a rod 8, whereby when one of the cut-offs is opened the other will be closed, and vice versa, and when the upper cut-o is closed air will be excluded from the reservoir at the top thereof to permit the automatic and pneumatic action before explained. The upper cut-0E 6, which is hinged at 8', is arranged on the upper face of the top of the reservoir and is provided with a suitable grip or handle 9, and it is located within a funnel 10. The funnel 10 consists of a flaring ange or ring surrounding the filling-opening and enabling water to be readily poured into the receptacle. The upper cut-off is provided with a centrally-arranged projection or ear 11, having a perforation and linked into an eye of the upper end of the rod, which has its lower end engaged in a perforation of a projection or ear 13 of the lower cutoff. The perforation or ear 13 extends inward toward the center of the reservoir, and the lower cutoff, which is arranged in an upright position, is hinged at its bottom at 14 and is arranged to close the discharge-opening when the up- IOO per cut-off is opened. By this construction the discharge-opening Will be automatically closed when the upper cut-off is opened and will be similarly opened when the upper cutoff is closed after the reservoir has been supplied with water. This construction prevents any leakage while the device is being filled.

The drinking cup or receptacle, which is preferably cylindrical,is provided with a false bottom or mat l5, consisting of adisk of metal or other suitable material, provided at its upper faceA with a series of spurs 16, adapted to prevent a hog from rubbing its nose over the bottom of the drinking-cup and fouling the water therein. This mat or false bottom will also prevent a fowl or other animal from standing in the cup or receptacle, and it may be readily removed, and it is adapted to collect any dirt or other accumulation and will facilitate its ready removal.

It will be seen that the stock-waterer is eX- ceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that the lower cut-off is automatically operated by the upper one to prevent leakage when the reservoir is filled and to arrange the parts for operation after the water has been supplied, and that the mat or false bottom forms a shield to prevent the-water from being fouled and also serves as a tray for catching anyaccumulation and for enabling the same to be readily removed.

What is claimed is- 1. Adevice of the class described compris-v whereby the cut-off at the discharge-opening is positively opened and closed by the other cut-off, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir having discharge and filling openings, a drinking-receptacle connected with the discharge-opening, an upper hinged cut-off arranged over the filling-opening, a lower hinged cut-off located within the tank adjacent to the discharge-opening, and a rod connecting the cut-offs and arranged to close the lower cut-od automatically when the upper one is opened 5 subst-an tially as described.

3. A device of the class described compris- Ving a reservoir provided with discharge and filling openings, a drinking-receptacle connected with-the reservoir at the dischargeopening, a iiaring flange or ring surrounding the filling-opening, a hinged cut-off located Within the flange or ring and arranged over the filling-opening, alower cut-off arranged to cover the discharge-opening, and means for connecting the cut-offs,whereby the lower one will be operated by the 4upper one, substantially as described.

4. A device ofthe class described comprising a reservoir, a drinking-receptacle.connected with the same, means for controlling the flow of water, and a removable mat arranged within the drinking-receptacle and provided with spurs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. THORNBURGH. Witnesses:

LEONIDAS P. NEWBY, TILGHMAN FISH.

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