US839202A

US839202A - Watering-trough.

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Publication number: US839202A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clyde A Rickard
Original assignee: E E BRIGGS
Current assignee: E E BRIGGS
Priority date: 1905-11-20
Filing date: 1905-11-20
Publication date: 1906-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 1923-12-25

Description

No. 839,202. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. 0. A. RIOKARD;

WATER-ING THOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1905.

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CLYDE A. RIC-KARI),v OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF To 12.. E. BRIGGS, or WATsoNvILLE. CALIFORNIA.

WA'TERl NG-TROUGH.

Specification. of Letters Patent" Patented Dec. 25; .1906.

Application filed November 20,1905. Serial No. 288,289.

To all whom zitmay concern." v

Be itknown that I, CLYDE A. RIOKARD, a citizen of the United States, residing awarsonville, in the county ofSant'a Cruz and 5 State of'California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Watering-Troughs, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a trough for watering stock and'poultry. It's object is to provide a cheap, simple, practical, anddurable means for automatically filling a trough or tank or maintaining its contents at a uniform or approximately uniform level The invention consists of the parts and the construction and the combination of parts as hereinaftermore *fully describedand'claimed having reference to the accompanying drawings, in'which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stock'- watering trough 'showing the application of" my automatic filling-regulator; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the poultry-watering trough. Fig. 3 i'sa plan viewof' same.

. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section of thevalve. Fig; 5 shows a modified'form of that in Fig. 1'.

A representsa trough of considerable size, such as i's'used for-"watering stock and the like, pivoted to one side of its center, as at 2", to 'a suitable frame 31 The end-of the trough on the otherside of itscenter from pivot 2 is connected with a valve or gate controlling the fee'dofwater to thetrough from the su ply-pipe or'conduit 4, so that this end of'tl ie trough may be raised more or less to vary the difference in weight of the-wateron the two sides of pivot 2,.the openingand closing of the valve being governed by such difference inweight; As shown in this type of the apparatus, a: coil=spring 5 has one endconnectedto the endof the trough farthest removed from'the-fulcrum 2, and;theother end ofthe springc'onnects to a boltor'rturnbuckle 6. The'latter connects with a bail orstirrup 7, which lies over and embraces a short piece of hose or rubber tubing 8, which is slipped over'and'secured at oneend' to the pipe 4, Fig. 4'.

r'ated'along'the top, as at 9, to provide an outlet for the water. slipped over the pipe so as tocover the outlet-port 9, the latter being-intermediate of Pipe4 isclosed at the end, but is perfo-' The hose-section 8 is the ends of the hose, with theinner end of the hose secured tight all'aroundt'ogthepi e by meansofa'wire or otherfastening an with the opposite endof the hose-projecting more or less beyond the end of the pipe; I As the interior diameter of. the hose is a'little larger than the'exterior diameter'of theclosed end of the' pipe, it is'po'ssiblefor the water to flow throughport 9 into the trough when the hoseis not pressed down over'thehole 4.

The underside of the top of the bail has a downwardly-projecting boss arranged inline with theport, so that whenthe bail is pressed with'suflicient weight down onto the hose the port 9 will be closedand the further flow of water into the tank from ipe' 4 will be checked; Lifting the bail re eases the pressurefof the hoseoversthe hole and allows the flow of water to be resumed.

The sprin connections between the'hose' and bailare for the purpose of changing the inclinationof the trough relative to a horizontal plane, so as to afiect the diiference'in weight of the water on the two sides of the pivots'2 tovary the level at which the water in'the tank will au tomatica'lly close the valve. Thus if the turnbuckle. is operated to lift that end of the tank it will tend to equalize the quantity of water in-the twoends of the tank. Conse quently it will require the admission of more .waterinto the tank to create a suflicientand turnbuckle" or equivalent pressur'e'onthe bail to-close'the' valve, or if g the turnbuckle is turned in the opposite directionto depress that end of thetank a less quantity of waterwill be required in the tank to operate the-valve. The-purpose of thus varying the normallevelof the'water in the tank is to enable the stockmanto kee' practically only fresh water in the tank, caving only a comparatively small quantity in the tank to become heatedby the sunor to be come contaminated.

The frame which supports thetroughis mately with the length and breadth of the trough and connected direct to the supplypipe 41 The same sort of a valve is used in this device as that shown and described in connection with Fig. 1, and the flow of the water through the valve is controlled by a bail 7, connected with one end of the trough. The opposite end of the trough is pivotally supported more or less proximate to the center of the trough by a shiftable bail 11, which has its ends bent inward over the frame 3 and extends beneath the trough and is engageable in corrugations 12 on the bottom of the trough. Suitable guides 13, carried by the end of the trough opposite the feedipe, are adapted to engage the end of the i fame 3 so as to prevent longitudinal movement of the trough and to insure the bail 7 exerting pressure in the pro er manner on the hosesection 8 to contro the flow of water into the trough. The bail 11 may be shifted back and forth on the top of the frame and on the bottom of the trough to engage any one or the other of the corrugations 12 to vary the difference in weight of the water on the two sides of the pivot-support 11. If a greater pressure is needed to close the valve or if it is desired to have the trough contain a less amount of water, the bail 11 is shifted away from the feed end of the trough, and vice versa.

In both forms of the apparatus shown one end of the trough is supported by the valve and the other end has a suitable pivotal support, the principle of operation and of tie regulation of the flow of water being the same in each case.

While I have described a special form of valve which is very simple and the parts of which can be easily obtained almost anywhere, I do not wish to. be considered as lim iting myself to this special form of valve, since there is a great variety of valves capable of performing the same functions as this one.

It is possible that various other changes may be made in my invention without departing from the principle thereof, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself beyond the reasonable construction of my claims. Thus in Fig. 5 is shown a modified form of valve mechanism especially adapted for large tanks such as are used for watering stock. In this case a form of globe and angle-valve is used in which the valve 9 is normally held open by a spring 9. The bail 7 bears on the valve and supports the tank.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a trough pivot- .ally mounted between its ends, of a supplypipe having a lateral discharge-port, a compressible tube inclosing the delivery end of the supply-pipe and adapted to extend over the trough, a bail embracing the compressible tube, and means connecting the ball with the trough whereby upon the tilting of the trough the bail compresses the exterior tube over the delivery-port'of the supply-pipe.

2. The combination with a trough pivotally mounted between its ends, of a supplypipe having a lateral discharge-port, a tube of compressible material fitted over the end of the supply-pipe and having a diameter in excess of that of the end of the supply-pipe,

,said compressible tube extending over the trough,- a bail inclosing the exterior of the compressible tube, and means connecting the bail with the trough whereby as the trough is tilted the bail is operated to compress the exterior tube over the port of the discharge end of the supply-pipe.

3. The combination with a trough pivotally mounted between its ends, of a supplypipe having a lateral discharge-port, a tube extending over said port and beyond the end of the supply-piae and over said trough, a vertically-operab e valve, a bail iitting over the valve and exterior of the tube, and a spring connected with the bail, said spring connecting with the trough, and. means connecting with the spring for changing the inclination of the trough relative to a horizontal plane.

4. The combination with a trough pivotally mounted between its ends, of a supplypipe having a lateral port, a compressible tube inclosing the end of the discharge-pipe, and extending beyond said pipe, a bail substantially inclosing the compressible pipe and having a boss arranged in line above said port, and means connecting the bail to the trough whereby when the latter is tilted said boss compresses the tube over said lateral port.

5. The combination with a tilting trough and valve-controlled means for supplying water thereto, said means being controlled by the movements of the trough, of a stationary frame extending around the sides and ends of the trough, and a guide on the trough. adapted to engage an end bar of the frame to prevent longitudinal movement of the trough.

6. The combination with a trough and valve-controlled means for supplying water thereto, said means being controlled by the trough, of a frame including bars extending along the upper sides of the trough, a bail shiftable on said bars, and a rack-surface on the trough with which the bail engages to shift the fulcrum-point of said trough.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLYDE A. RICKARD. Witnesses D. B. RICHARDS, J. RAPHAEL.