CA2390577A1 - Bowl for livestock liquid supplement system - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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Abstract
A bowl is provided for use in a liquid supplement system for feeding livestock, in particular piglets. The system includes a source of liquid supplement and supply tubing for delivering liquid supplement from the source to a plurality of feeding stations. Each feeding station includes a valve in communication with an opening in the tubing, an upwardly facing bowl surrounding the valve and an upright actuator lever located within the bowl for opening and closing the valve to fill the bowl with liquid supplement. The bowl is arranged such that at least a portion of a peripheral rim of each bowl extends upwardly substantially a height of a free end of the lever. The lever is thus not accidentally activated by livestock playing or sleeping against the rim of the bowl.
Description
BOWL FOR LIVESTOCK LIQUID SUPPLEMENT
SYSTEM
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bowl for use in a liquid supplement system for feeding livestock and more particularly to particular configuration of the bowl surrounding a liquid dispensing valve in such a system.
BACKGROUND
In the past decade, supplementing piglets with specially formulated liquid milk has become very popular in the swine industry. Feeding liquid milk can be used in addition to the sow, by isolating the feeder in a pen away from the sow, yet in reach of the piglets. This is achieved by attaching an animal watering valve to the center of the hollowed side of a cup. When the piglets are hungry, they nudge the rod on the liquid feeder with their snouts and the liquid milk flows out of the feeder housing and fills the cup. Liquid milk feeding has many benefits such as, reducing death loss, producing stronger, healthier piglets, and adding extra weight early in the piglets life. All these factors produce more pounds of pork per sow.
Most liquid milk cup feeders on the market today use a PVC end cap that has been machined to a certain height and has a straight flat surface. It also has a nipple coming out of the center of it that is approximately 1/2 an inch higher than the end cap. There are many inefficiencies with this type of feeder. Piglets can roll over and lay on the nipple. Some of them may actually sleep on it. This causes the cup to overflow and all the milk that is in the tank to be wasted into the pit. It can cause the producer considerable amounts in lost profits every time it happens.
Piglets that are smaller tend to be intimidated by bigger piglets and may not go to the cup to drink because of fear of being bullied by bigger piglets. When piglets grow older or larger, they become more active and tend to play or fight around the _ 2 _ cup. Since the piglets can actually drink anywhere around the cup and make contact with each other, they can really waste a lot of milk. When piglets spill milk it tends to run underneath the cup. Once it is underneath the cup, it can be very difficult to clean unless you unscrew the cup which is labour intensive. If it is not cleaned, it can create an area for flies or bacteria to migrate and create a bad odour. Since piglets have 40 times the smell of humans, this can keep them from drinking the supplemental milk even if they really need it.
SUMMARY
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided in a liquid supplement system for feeding livestock including a source of liquid supplement and supply tubing for delivering liquid supplement from the source to a plurality of feeding stations, each feeding station including a valve in communication with an opening in the tubing, an upwardly facing bowl surrounding the valve and an upright actuator lever located within the bowl for opening and closing the valve to fill the bowl with liquid supplement; the improvement comprising:
at least a portion of a peripheral rim of each bowl extending upwardly substantially a height of a free end of the lever.
The raised protrusions ensure that even if the piglets lay on top of the bowl, they will not be able to nudge the actuator lever and therefore no milk will be wasted because the tabs are at least as high as the lever.
The bowl can be designed so that there are only three raised projections and three recesses therebetween about the rim thereof. The piglets can only drink in the three recesses and not anywhere around the bowl. This eliminates piglets from going to the bowl and fighting for milk and as a result wasting many dollars worth of spilled milk. It also allows smaller piglets not to get intimidated because they cannot be pushed out by a bigger piglet. In some embodiments, the bowl further includes a skirt which forms a body around the bowl that is the same width as the bowl itself. In this arrangement, if any spillage of milk occurs from out of the bowl, it cannot form underneath the bowl, but instead, the milk has to go into the pit below the tubing system. Even when milk is spilled, it is easy to clean because the lower body of the skirt covers the components underneath the bowl.
At least a portion of the peripheral rim of each bowl preferably extends upwardly beyond the free end of the lever. Preferably only a portion of the peripheral rim of each bowl extends upwardly beyond the free end of the lever, and a portion of the peripheral rim lies below the free end of the lever.
The peripheral rim may include a plurality of raised protrusions at spaced positions from one another, each protrusion extending upwardly substantially a height of the free end of the lever.
The plurality of raised protrusions are preferably located at evenly circumferentially spaced positions. Ideally, there is provided three raised protrusions at evenly spaced positions.
Each protrusion preferably tapers upwardly towards a smooth rounded apex, continuous and parallel to an outer cylindrical surface of the bowl.
In one embodiment, a skirt may be provided, projecting downwardly from respective side walls of the bowl. The skirt may be cylindrical in shape, having a diameter which is substantially equal to a diameter of the bowl.
Alternatively, the skirt may taper inwardly from a top end to a bottom end thereof with an outer surface of the skirt being smooth and continuous in profile with the side walls of the bowl.
There may be provided two openings in the skirt diametrically opposed from one another for receiving the tubing therethrough.
The bowl is particularly useful in a system in which the feeding stations are supported adjacent a floor of respective livestock containing pens for providing liquid feed supplement to piglets.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a liquid supplement system illustrating first and second embodiments of a bowl according to the present invention used in the system.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the bowl.
Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the bowl of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a top plan view of the bowl according to either the first or second embodiments.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the bowl.
Figure 6 is an end elevational view of the bowl of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a side elevational view of a further embodiment of the bowl.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to the accompanying drawings, there is illustrated a livestock feed, liquid supplement system generally indicated by reference numeral 10.
The system 10 is generally arranged for feeding liquid supplement to livestock, for example specially formulated milk for growth of livestock, and in particular piglets raised in pens 12.
The system includes a supplement source 14 in the form of a tank for containing liquid feed supplement and supply tubing 16 for delivering the liquid supplement to a plurality of feeding stations 18 at spaced positions along the tubing 16 within respective pens 12 containing the livestock. Each station 18 generally includes a T-shaped junction 20 coupled in series at diametrically opposed ends with the supply tubing 16 and oriented so as to define an upright opening 22 in the supply tubing. An internally threaded collar 24 is provided in the upright opening for threadably receiving a valve 26 therein having external threads. The valve 26 includes a vertically oriented actuator lever 28 extending upwardly therefrom for opening the valve 26 when the lever is deflected from the vertical position. A
bowl 30 surrounds the valve 26 by receiving the valve and the actuator lever 28 through an opening 32 centrally located in a bottom side thereof. The bowl 30 is sealed with respect to the valve 26 which it surrounds. The bowl 30, the tubing 16 and the junctions 20 are all formed of PVC material which is permitted to be sealed with respect to one another when assembled as illustrated in Figure 1.
While three embodiments of the bowl 30 are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the common features of both embodiments will first be described herein. Each bowl 30 includes a cupped floor 34 having a generally concave inner surface 36. Cylindrical side walls 38 extend upwardly from a periphery of the floor 34 to a peripheral rim 40 of the bowl. A main portion 42 of the rim is positioned at a height which is spaced below a height of the free end 44 of the lever 28.
Extending upwardly from the main portion 42 of the rim are three raised protrusions 46 which are formed continuous and parallel with the cylindrical side walls 38 of the bowl. Each protrusion 46 formed within the peripheral rim 40 of the bowl extends upwardly in a vertical orientation, tapering towards an apex which is smooth and curved so that the protrusion is generally bell-shaped.
The apex 48 of each protrusion 46 extends sufficiently upward so as to be spaced above the free end 44 of the actuator lever centrally located within the bowl. The protrusions 46 are furthermore located at an even circumferential spacing therebetween. By providing three protrusions 46 at spaced positions, suitable spacing between adjacent protrusions is provided for permitting access by a piglet therethrough for drinking from the bowl 30.
In the first embodiment illustrated in Figures 2 through 4, the outer surface 50 follows the shape of the inner surface 36 of the bowl for surrounding the valve 26 received through the center of the bowl.
In the second embodiment of the bowl 30 illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the outer surface 60 of the bowl 30 defines a skirt 62 projecting downwardly from the cylindrical side walls 38 of the bowl to extend downwardly beyond the floor 34 of the bowl, past the valve 26 received in the floor so as to overlap and surround the supply tubing 16 and the junction 20 coupled to the valve in the bottom of the bowl.
The skirt 62 is generally cylindrical in shape, having a diameter which is equal to the cylindrical side walls of the bowl so as to extend flush and continuous with the side walls. The skirt 62 includes a hollow interior 64 for housing the junction 20 and the valve 26 therein. A pair of diametrically opposed apertures 66 are provided in the walls of the skirt 62 adjacent a bottom side thereof so as to be in alignment with the diametrically opposed openings in the T-shaped junction 20 coupled to the bowl. The apertures have an interior diameter which is substantially equal to the external diameter of the supply tubing 16 for forming a close fit about the tubing received therethrough. When viewed from above, the second embodiment appears similar to the first embodiment as illustrated in Figure 4.
The skirt 62, the protrusions 46 and the cupped floor 34 of the bowl are all molded integrally with one another from plastic material in a single operation.
In the further embodiment of Figure 7, a skirt 70 is provided which tapers downwardly and inwardly from the cylindrical side walls 38. The skirt 70 is equal in diameter to the cylindrical side walls 38 at the intersection of the outer surfaces thereof, while tapering inwardly towards a reduced diameter at a bottom end of the skirt. An outer surface of the skirt 70 is thus smooth and continuous in profile, while being flush with the cylindrical side walls 38 of the bowl 30.
The tapered 70 skirt provides room for piglets to stand closer to the bowl for easier access to contents of the bowl.
While various embodiments of the present invention have been described in the foregoing, it is to be understood that other embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention. The invention is to be considered limited solely by the scope of the appended claims.
SYSTEM
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bowl for use in a liquid supplement system for feeding livestock and more particularly to particular configuration of the bowl surrounding a liquid dispensing valve in such a system.
BACKGROUND
In the past decade, supplementing piglets with specially formulated liquid milk has become very popular in the swine industry. Feeding liquid milk can be used in addition to the sow, by isolating the feeder in a pen away from the sow, yet in reach of the piglets. This is achieved by attaching an animal watering valve to the center of the hollowed side of a cup. When the piglets are hungry, they nudge the rod on the liquid feeder with their snouts and the liquid milk flows out of the feeder housing and fills the cup. Liquid milk feeding has many benefits such as, reducing death loss, producing stronger, healthier piglets, and adding extra weight early in the piglets life. All these factors produce more pounds of pork per sow.
Most liquid milk cup feeders on the market today use a PVC end cap that has been machined to a certain height and has a straight flat surface. It also has a nipple coming out of the center of it that is approximately 1/2 an inch higher than the end cap. There are many inefficiencies with this type of feeder. Piglets can roll over and lay on the nipple. Some of them may actually sleep on it. This causes the cup to overflow and all the milk that is in the tank to be wasted into the pit. It can cause the producer considerable amounts in lost profits every time it happens.
Piglets that are smaller tend to be intimidated by bigger piglets and may not go to the cup to drink because of fear of being bullied by bigger piglets. When piglets grow older or larger, they become more active and tend to play or fight around the _ 2 _ cup. Since the piglets can actually drink anywhere around the cup and make contact with each other, they can really waste a lot of milk. When piglets spill milk it tends to run underneath the cup. Once it is underneath the cup, it can be very difficult to clean unless you unscrew the cup which is labour intensive. If it is not cleaned, it can create an area for flies or bacteria to migrate and create a bad odour. Since piglets have 40 times the smell of humans, this can keep them from drinking the supplemental milk even if they really need it.
SUMMARY
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided in a liquid supplement system for feeding livestock including a source of liquid supplement and supply tubing for delivering liquid supplement from the source to a plurality of feeding stations, each feeding station including a valve in communication with an opening in the tubing, an upwardly facing bowl surrounding the valve and an upright actuator lever located within the bowl for opening and closing the valve to fill the bowl with liquid supplement; the improvement comprising:
at least a portion of a peripheral rim of each bowl extending upwardly substantially a height of a free end of the lever.
The raised protrusions ensure that even if the piglets lay on top of the bowl, they will not be able to nudge the actuator lever and therefore no milk will be wasted because the tabs are at least as high as the lever.
The bowl can be designed so that there are only three raised projections and three recesses therebetween about the rim thereof. The piglets can only drink in the three recesses and not anywhere around the bowl. This eliminates piglets from going to the bowl and fighting for milk and as a result wasting many dollars worth of spilled milk. It also allows smaller piglets not to get intimidated because they cannot be pushed out by a bigger piglet. In some embodiments, the bowl further includes a skirt which forms a body around the bowl that is the same width as the bowl itself. In this arrangement, if any spillage of milk occurs from out of the bowl, it cannot form underneath the bowl, but instead, the milk has to go into the pit below the tubing system. Even when milk is spilled, it is easy to clean because the lower body of the skirt covers the components underneath the bowl.
At least a portion of the peripheral rim of each bowl preferably extends upwardly beyond the free end of the lever. Preferably only a portion of the peripheral rim of each bowl extends upwardly beyond the free end of the lever, and a portion of the peripheral rim lies below the free end of the lever.
The peripheral rim may include a plurality of raised protrusions at spaced positions from one another, each protrusion extending upwardly substantially a height of the free end of the lever.
The plurality of raised protrusions are preferably located at evenly circumferentially spaced positions. Ideally, there is provided three raised protrusions at evenly spaced positions.
Each protrusion preferably tapers upwardly towards a smooth rounded apex, continuous and parallel to an outer cylindrical surface of the bowl.
In one embodiment, a skirt may be provided, projecting downwardly from respective side walls of the bowl. The skirt may be cylindrical in shape, having a diameter which is substantially equal to a diameter of the bowl.
Alternatively, the skirt may taper inwardly from a top end to a bottom end thereof with an outer surface of the skirt being smooth and continuous in profile with the side walls of the bowl.
There may be provided two openings in the skirt diametrically opposed from one another for receiving the tubing therethrough.
The bowl is particularly useful in a system in which the feeding stations are supported adjacent a floor of respective livestock containing pens for providing liquid feed supplement to piglets.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a liquid supplement system illustrating first and second embodiments of a bowl according to the present invention used in the system.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the bowl.
Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the bowl of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a top plan view of the bowl according to either the first or second embodiments.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the bowl.
Figure 6 is an end elevational view of the bowl of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a side elevational view of a further embodiment of the bowl.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to the accompanying drawings, there is illustrated a livestock feed, liquid supplement system generally indicated by reference numeral 10.
The system 10 is generally arranged for feeding liquid supplement to livestock, for example specially formulated milk for growth of livestock, and in particular piglets raised in pens 12.
The system includes a supplement source 14 in the form of a tank for containing liquid feed supplement and supply tubing 16 for delivering the liquid supplement to a plurality of feeding stations 18 at spaced positions along the tubing 16 within respective pens 12 containing the livestock. Each station 18 generally includes a T-shaped junction 20 coupled in series at diametrically opposed ends with the supply tubing 16 and oriented so as to define an upright opening 22 in the supply tubing. An internally threaded collar 24 is provided in the upright opening for threadably receiving a valve 26 therein having external threads. The valve 26 includes a vertically oriented actuator lever 28 extending upwardly therefrom for opening the valve 26 when the lever is deflected from the vertical position. A
bowl 30 surrounds the valve 26 by receiving the valve and the actuator lever 28 through an opening 32 centrally located in a bottom side thereof. The bowl 30 is sealed with respect to the valve 26 which it surrounds. The bowl 30, the tubing 16 and the junctions 20 are all formed of PVC material which is permitted to be sealed with respect to one another when assembled as illustrated in Figure 1.
While three embodiments of the bowl 30 are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the common features of both embodiments will first be described herein. Each bowl 30 includes a cupped floor 34 having a generally concave inner surface 36. Cylindrical side walls 38 extend upwardly from a periphery of the floor 34 to a peripheral rim 40 of the bowl. A main portion 42 of the rim is positioned at a height which is spaced below a height of the free end 44 of the lever 28.
Extending upwardly from the main portion 42 of the rim are three raised protrusions 46 which are formed continuous and parallel with the cylindrical side walls 38 of the bowl. Each protrusion 46 formed within the peripheral rim 40 of the bowl extends upwardly in a vertical orientation, tapering towards an apex which is smooth and curved so that the protrusion is generally bell-shaped.
The apex 48 of each protrusion 46 extends sufficiently upward so as to be spaced above the free end 44 of the actuator lever centrally located within the bowl. The protrusions 46 are furthermore located at an even circumferential spacing therebetween. By providing three protrusions 46 at spaced positions, suitable spacing between adjacent protrusions is provided for permitting access by a piglet therethrough for drinking from the bowl 30.
In the first embodiment illustrated in Figures 2 through 4, the outer surface 50 follows the shape of the inner surface 36 of the bowl for surrounding the valve 26 received through the center of the bowl.
In the second embodiment of the bowl 30 illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the outer surface 60 of the bowl 30 defines a skirt 62 projecting downwardly from the cylindrical side walls 38 of the bowl to extend downwardly beyond the floor 34 of the bowl, past the valve 26 received in the floor so as to overlap and surround the supply tubing 16 and the junction 20 coupled to the valve in the bottom of the bowl.
The skirt 62 is generally cylindrical in shape, having a diameter which is equal to the cylindrical side walls of the bowl so as to extend flush and continuous with the side walls. The skirt 62 includes a hollow interior 64 for housing the junction 20 and the valve 26 therein. A pair of diametrically opposed apertures 66 are provided in the walls of the skirt 62 adjacent a bottom side thereof so as to be in alignment with the diametrically opposed openings in the T-shaped junction 20 coupled to the bowl. The apertures have an interior diameter which is substantially equal to the external diameter of the supply tubing 16 for forming a close fit about the tubing received therethrough. When viewed from above, the second embodiment appears similar to the first embodiment as illustrated in Figure 4.
The skirt 62, the protrusions 46 and the cupped floor 34 of the bowl are all molded integrally with one another from plastic material in a single operation.
In the further embodiment of Figure 7, a skirt 70 is provided which tapers downwardly and inwardly from the cylindrical side walls 38. The skirt 70 is equal in diameter to the cylindrical side walls 38 at the intersection of the outer surfaces thereof, while tapering inwardly towards a reduced diameter at a bottom end of the skirt. An outer surface of the skirt 70 is thus smooth and continuous in profile, while being flush with the cylindrical side walls 38 of the bowl 30.
The tapered 70 skirt provides room for piglets to stand closer to the bowl for easier access to contents of the bowl.
While various embodiments of the present invention have been described in the foregoing, it is to be understood that other embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention. The invention is to be considered limited solely by the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (17)
1. In a liquid supplement system for feeding livestock including a source of liquid supplement and supply tubing for delivering liquid supplement from the source to a plurality of feeding stations, each feeding station including a valve in communication with an opening in the tubing, an upwardly facing bowl surrounding the valve and an upright actuator lever located within the bowl for opening and closing the valve to fill the bowl with liquid supplement; the improvement comprising:
at least a portion of a peripheral rim of each bowl extending upwardly substantially a height of a free end of the lever.
at least a portion of a peripheral rim of each bowl extending upwardly substantially a height of a free end of the lever.
2. The system according to Claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the peripheral rim of each bowl extends upwardly beyond the free end of the lever.
3. The system according to Claim 1 wherein only a portion of the peripheral rim of each bowl extends upwardly beyond the free end of the lever, and a portion of the peripheral rim lies below the free end of the lever.
4. The system according to Claim 1 wherein the peripheral rim includes a plurality of raised protrusions at spaced positions from one another, each protrusion extending upwardly substantially a height of the free end of the lever.
5. The system according to Claim 4 wherein the plurality of raised protrusions are located at evenly circumferentially spaced positions.
6. The system according to Claim 4 wherein there is provided three raised protrusions at evenly spaced positions.
7. The system according to Claim 4 wherein each protrusion tapers upwardly towards a smooth rounded apex.
8. The system according to Claim 4 wherein each protrusion extends upwardly, continuous and parallel to an outer cylindrical surface of the bowl.
9. The system according to Claim 1 wherein there is provided a skirt projecting downwardly from respective side walls of the bowl.
10. The system according to Claim 9 wherein the skirt is cylindrical in shape.
11. The system according to Claim 10 wherein the skirt has a diameter which is substantially equal to a diameter of the bowl.
12. The system according to Claim 9 wherein the skirt includes openings therein for receiving the tubing therethrough.
13. The system according to Claim 12 wherein there is provided two openings diametrically opposed from one another for receiving the tubing therethrough.
14. The system according to Claim 9 wherein the skirt tapers inwardly from a top end to a bottom end thereof.
15. The system according to claim 9 wherein an outer surface of the skirt is smooth and continuous in profile with the side walls of the bowl.
16. The system according to Claim 1 for use in providing liquid feed supplement to piglets.
17. The system according to Claim 1 in which the feeding stations are supported adjacent a floor of respective livestock containing pens.
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