US1797996A - Water trough - Google Patents

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March 24, 1931. USE 1,797,996

WATER TROUGH Filed May 25, 1927 I: Inventor 5 lfm/fe ff. Ouse,

I @QMMM Azmrney Patented Mar. 24, 1931 STATE KNU'IE M. OUSE, (3F AMBROSE, NQRTH DAKOTA wA'rnn 'rrioUGI-I Application filed May 25, 1927. Serial No. 194,125.

The present invention relates to a water trough and has for its principal object to provide means for preventing freezing of the water in the trough during freezing 6 weather. v

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a water trough having an opening with a depending flange extending downwardly therefrom to form a compartment for holding a certain amount of the upper portion of the water which will be exposed and means for forming a vacuum under any ice which may form on this portion of the water so as to prevent the complete freezing of the water in the trough.

A still further important object of the invention resides in the provision of a water trough of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly efiicient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device embodying the features of my invention, with a portion broken away in section, and

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the tank as illustrated herein by way of preference comprises a bottom 5, a cylindrical wall 6 rising therefrom and a top 7 held in place on the upper edge of the wall 6 by suitable fastening elements 8 or in any other suitable manner. The top 7 has three spaced laminations for forming vacuum compartments C. This top 7 is formed with an opening 9 at a portion of its edge. A flange 10 extends downwardly from the edge of the openin to form a compartment with a portion of the wall 6. This flange 10 is fixed in place by suitable fastening elements 11 or in any other desired manner. A bracket 12 is attached to the flange 10 and has an opening through which is slidable and rotatable a rod 14 having a handle 15 at its upper end. A pipe 16 registers with an opening in the bottom 5 and rises interiorly of the tank for a short distance and the upper end thereof'is engaged by an elbow coupling 17 from which extends the pipe section 18 on which is engaged a valve 19 with which the rod 14 is operatively connected. The purpose of this valve is to provide a slow leak in the tank so that water in the tank will be slowly receding. The water in the compartment formed by the flange 10 will be the first to freeze since it is exposed directly to the elements and the so slowly receding water will cause a vacuum under the ice formed in this compartment to prevent further freezing. The very thin layer of ice thus formed may be very easily broken by stock. It is apparent, of course, that any of the numerous well known means may be used for automatically causing the tank to be refilled after the level has receded to a predetermined extent, and manifestly refilling can take place when the film of ice alluded to is broken.

hen there is no danger of freezing, a person may obtain access to the handle 15 through the opening 9 and shut the valve 19. It is thought that the construction, operation, utility, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail 85 merely by way of example since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a stock water trough, a tank cover of spaced wall construction formed with an opening in a portion of its edge, a wall depending from the edge of said opening to a point below the predetermined normal water level of the tank, and being complementary with the adjacent portion of the tank wall to provide a water compartment separated laterally from the balance of the interior of the tank, means in the tank below the flange to provide a slow leak in the tank and thus form a vacuum under any ice formed in the compartment caused by the receding of the water, and means for regulating said first mentioned means through the opening in the tank.

2. In a stock water trough, a tank cover of spaced wall construction formed with an opening in a portion of its edge, a wall depending from the edge of said opening to a point below the predetermined normal water level of the tank, and being complementary with the adjacent portion of the tank wall to provide a water compartment separated laterally from the balance of the interior of the tank, and means for regulating the valve to provide a leak in the tank so that the water will slowly recede from the compartment whereby if ice is formed on said water in the compartment a vacuum will be formed thereunder as water recedes, said means being accessible for operation through the opening in the tank.

3. A water tank having a top wall and an opening in said wall, a continuous flange depending from the edge of said opening into the tank to form a compartment for receiving some of the water in the upper part of the tank, some of the water within said flange being exposed to the atmosphere and liable to freeze and means in the tank below said flange to provide a slow leak in the tank to bring about the formation of a vacuum under any ice formed in said compartment when the water in the tank recedes.

4. A water tank having a top wall and an opening therein, a continuous flange depending from the edge of said opening into the tank to form a compartmentfor receiving some of the upper portion of the water in the tank, a discharge conduit leading from the lower portion of the interior of the tank, a valve controlling said conduit and having a rod extending toward said flange, a bracket on said flange receiving said rod, and a handle fixed to the rod and arranged adjacent to said bracket, said handle being readily accessible through the opening adjacent to the flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

KNUTE M. OUSE.

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