US1326778A

US1326778A - Stock-waterer

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Publication number: US1326778A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1936-12-30

Description

P, PAULSEN.

STOCK WATERER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. l9l9.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

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STOCK WATERER.

APPLICATION FIL-ED SEPT. 4 1919.

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PETER PAULsEN, or SCHLESWIG, IOWA.

STOCK-WATERER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1919. Serial No. 321,517.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER PAULSEN, a citizen of the Unitedl States, residing in Schleswig, in the county of Crawford and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Waterers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stock waterers in which a rotary reservoir or tank is mounted to turn about a horizontal axis within a casing which is heated to prevent water. in the reservoir from freezing during freezing weather, and which delivers to a drinking trough in the lower part of the casing towhich access is had through suitable openings in the sides of the casing.

The object of the invention is to; provide. a stock waterer of this class in which the reservoir may be filled without providing a special filling opening in the cover and without entirely removing the cover or lifting it to a vertical position.

A further .object of the invention is to to construct a stock waterer of this class in such manner that the reservoir maybe easily turned from feeding to filling position and vice versa without detaching the hoods or shields usually employed to protect the openings in the sides .of the casing through which access is had to the drinking trough. Other features of my invention will be hereinafter described.

In my U. S. Patent No. 1,312,350 of Aug. 5, 1919, I have shown a stock waterer of the general kind above referred to. My present invention, however, contains a somewhat different organization of parts of the apparatus.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stock waterer embodying my invention.

Fig. 2shows a vertical section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 shows a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, the reservoir being in feeding position.

Figa shows a vertical section of the waterer with the reservoir in filling position.

The casing A of the waterer has a lower portion a which is of general rectangular shape, and an upper portion b which 1s conveX or semi-cylindrical. The upper portion of the casing is, however, a continuation of the lower portion and is not a separate element. It has no movement relatively thereto, the sides of the upper and lower parts being formed of continuous pieces ofmetal. The upper part is, however, provided with a sliding door C which operates in guides c. The door is provided with a handle D by which it may be operated. Lamps E are placed in the lower part of the casing and these lamps may be inserted or removed. through a door F provided with a latch G indicates a drinking trough in the lower part ofthe casing, and H indicates an opening through which access may be had by l animals to the trough.

L indicates a cylindrical water receptacle or reservoir mounted to turn about a horizontal yaXis. The shaft Z of the reservoir is supported by braces M which are preferably made of angle iron and which are attached to the sides of the casing in themanner indicated. These braces cross each other and the shaft Z rests at the angle formed between the braces, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3` and 4 so that while the reservoir is properly supported and may be turned it can be readily lifted out of the casing or replaced therein when desired. The lower ends of the cross braces M rest on horizontal braces N which also serve to support the drinking trough.

The reservoir L is filled and emptied through an opening 10 in its periphery.`

This opening is surrounded by a hood 1l, which is divided into two chambers by a partition or diaphragm 12. The inner chamber communicates directly with the reservoir through the opening 10. The partition 12 is provided with an opening 14: which when the reservoir is in illing position allows water, supplied to the outer chamber to pass to the inner chamber, and thence to the reservoir. The other opening is provided with a short pipe 15 which extends through the partition into the inner chamber and into the outer portion of the outer chamber. This pipe serves to transmit air passing from the reservoir outward through the opening 10. It will beobserved that the outer end of the pipe 15 is above any water level which might be produced in the outer chamber so that air will at all times freely pass through it. The hood is closed, as clearly indicated in the drawing, and the outer wall of the hood is spaced from the periphery of the reservoir in such manner that it does not come into contact with the Patented Dee. 3o, 1919.

hood or shield H when the reservoir is being turned from feeding to filling posi# tion or vice versa. The construction just described is similar to that shown in my patent before mentioned. The reservoir is held in the filling position shown in Fig. 4

by a hook P, supported by a horizontal rod Q Which is attached by nuts or burs tothe sides of the casing, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The hook P engages a loop R attached to the hood 1l. When the reservoir is filled the hook may be disengaged, and then the reservoir may be allowed to turn to the position shown in Fig. 3.

Further description of the construction and operation of the apparatus is unnecessary in view of the fact that many of the parts are similar to those shown in my patent above mentioned, but it should be observed that in this case there is no hinged lid for the casing, a curved sliding door being employed to open and close the casing. It will be observed that the shaft of the reservoir is supported by brace rods within the casing which not only serves to support the reservoir but also to stiffen and strengthen the casing. It will also be observed that the device for holding the reservoir in filling position is Within convenient reach of the attendant and may be easily operated.

I claim as my invention z l. A stock Waterer, comprising a casing having a closed back portion and side portions extending from bottom to top of the casing and having curved upper ends, a curved sliding door for closing the casing at the top and at the front of the upper portion, a reservoir Within the casing having its upper portion above the lower end `of the door, a hook-supporting rod extending across' the casing in rear of the front portion of the door, and a hook supported by the rod for holding the reservoir in filling position.

2. A, stock Waterer, comprising a casing having a curved top, acurved sliding door in the top of the casing, a trough, horizontally arranged brace bars supporting the trough and crossed brace bars connected with said horizontal bars and extending to the upper portion of the casing, a cylindrical reservoir, and a shaft for the reservoir supported by the crossed braces`- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

PETER PALsEN.