US653682A - Sanitary washable bucket for stock. - Google Patents

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N0. 653,682. Patented July I7, |900. 0. J. LITTLE &. C. T. VAN SICKLE.

SANITARY WASHABLE BUCKET FOR STCK.

{Applicabiun filed Dec. 21, 1899.)

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OWEN J. LITTLE AND CLARENCE T. VAN SICKLE, OF DEGKERTW, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Patent No. 653,682, dated July 1v, 1960.

Application led December 21,1899. Serial No. 741,096. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it Netty concern.:

Be it known that we, OWEN J. LITTLE and CLARENCE T. VAN SICKLE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Deckertown, in the county of Sussex and State of New .Iersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Washable Buckets for Stock, of which the followingisa speci- Iication.

Our invention relates to improvements in watering-buckets for stock in the barn.

The objects of our invention are, first, to supply a cheap and simple device by means of which with the minimum of labor a supply of water may be always within reach of the stock; second, to so arrange the source of supply7 to said buckets that it can be easily set up and the various parts needing attention be conveniently accessible, and, third, to so arrange the various parts that the buckets may always be easily kept in aperfectlysanitary condition and all collection of deleterious sediment at the bottom of the buckets be avoided.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section through the center' of the inlet and outlet tubes; Fig. 2, a front view, partly cut away. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the inlet-valve cover, and Fig. 4. is a form of discharge-cock that may be employed when the extra expense is no object.

Similar letters refer to similar1 parts iu the Y various figures.

Referring to the drawings, A is the front and sides, and B the back, of the bucket, which are adapted to be iitted in position by screws or other similar means.

C is a half-circular depression cast in the back of the bucket and adapted for holding the inlet-pipe D, so that it may not interfere with the bucket being set fairly against that board or partition that supports it. This inlet-pipe D is reamed out, so that the ball or other automatic valve E may rest therein when the bucket is sufficiently filled, closing the same, and in coperation with the sawteeth f', made in the circumference of the halfround cover F, prevent the refuse hay, feed, and dirt from iiowing back and stopping up the inlet-pipe D.

f is the back piece of the removable half round cover F, which holds the same in place by the aid of the angular projections G G.

The bottom B of the bucket is best made sloping to the center, sothat the sediment of the water and the impurities introduced into the bucket by thel stock may fiow toward the cleaning-out hole H, formed by a depression I in the bottom B', closed by the screw-cap K, made Itight by the washer J. This dirtcollecting hole H would be somewhat more depressed than is shown inthe drawings and so arranged that whatever dirt collected in the .bottom of the bucket could be brushed into the dirt--hole and from there lifted out or swashed out through a pipe leading therei from. In some cases where the expense is not minded we apply the brass stop-cock K', Fig. 4; but this is simply a matter of convenience.

The advantage of using watering-buckets that keep a constant supply of fresh Water Within reach of the stock instead of watering them periodically is shown in the case of cows. These in the former case will give one quart more milk each per day than when watered periodically, and the advantage of keeping the water in a perfectly-sanitary condition is obvious.

In some of the buckets with which we are acquainted there has been a pipe projecting upward through the bottom into the bucket and provided with alock-nut; but this interferes with the stock drinking, is constantly getting loose and leaking, and new leather lwashers are continually needed to make them tight. Besides when it becomes necessary to clean the bucket the water must be dipped out and the bucket cleaned from the top. There are other buckets in use which have their inlet and outlet wholly or partially in common. Aside from the trouble incident to the refuse clogging up the pipes there is another and worse element connected with them. The outlet must be at or near the lowest part of the bucket, and Whatever sediment and refuse there is will settle there. When the fresh Water is admitted, this sediment is disturbed. and being carried upward pollutes the whole bucket of Water. This is a decided disad vantage as compared With ourimprovement, which can be kept in a perfectly-sanitary condition by the minimum of care and labor. In our bucket,o11 the other hand, the fresh Water enters at the top from the side, the pressure of the Water automatically closes the ball-valve, the serrated cover keeps the iioating,r refuse away from the valve of the inletpipe, and the sediment settles to the bottom most-lyin the sediment-hole on account of the bottom sloping from the sides to the center. When the Water is let oli", the sediment that may remain is easily brushed or slushed out through the sediment-hole into the pail placed beneath. We also prefer to have each bucket empty by itself, since if turned into a common discharge-pipe the refuse will tend to clog the pipe and the trap. Our buckets are made tok hold about a water-pail full, and the cleaning is done into a pail set under the sediment-pipe. Thus the sediment does not interfere with any pipe or valve, and the cleanest possible supply of Water is assured. This in cases where large numbers of stock are to be watered and the Water kept in a sanitary condition is a matter of prime importance. Moreover, our automatic ball-valve, with its removable strainer-cover, insures always a clean and unclogged supply of fresh Water.

Having thus fully described and illustrated our invention, what We claim is- 1. In an im provedsanitary stock-Watering bucket, the combination of an inlet-pipe traversing a recess in the back of said bucket, an automatic valve closing the inlet-pipe, an adjustable cover for said pipe and valve, the cover having saw-teeth on its lower edge, and a sediment-box recessed in the bottom of the bucket, as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. In a watering-bucket for stock, the combination of a back plate having.,r a recess for receiving the inlet-pipe, an inlet-pipe closed by an automatic valve, and an adjustable cover having a serrated bottom, substantially as set fort-h.

Signed at Deckertown, in the county of Sussex and State of New Jersey, this 11th day of December, A. D. 1899.

OWEN J. LITTLE. CLARENCE T. VAN SICKLE.

Witnesses:

D. B. VAN SICKLE, MosEs GREEN.

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