Automatic chick waterer

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC WATERER COMPRISING A SHALLOW HORIZONTAL PAN HAVING A FLAT BOTTOM AND AN UPSTANDING PERIPHERAL RIM, AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING COVER INWARDLY TAPERED TO AN UPPER APEX AND HAVING A BASE SEATED WITHIN THE RIM OF THE PAN AND RETAINED BY A BEAD WITH APERTURES AT SAID BASE PERMITTING WATER TO PASS THERETHROUGH FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE OF THE COVER, THE APEX HAVING A VERTICALLYEXTENDING PIPE THEREIN, A RIGID WATER SUPPLY CONDUIT ADJUSTABLY CONTAINED IN SAID PIPE AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DOWN THROUGH THE COVER APEX TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE COVER ADJACENT THE PAN AND HAVING AN OPEN LOWER END, AND A WATER THROTTLING AND SHUT-OFF VALVE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID CONDUIT; SAID VALVE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT MEMBER PIVOTALLY ATTACHED AT ONE SIDE OF AND SPACED SLIGHTLY BELOW AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONDUIT LOWER END, A RESILIENT VALVE SEAT ON SAID MEMBER DIRECTLY BELOW SAID OPEN LOWER END OF THE CONDUIT, AND A FLOAT ON THE END OF SAID MEMBER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONDUIT FROM THE PIVOTAL ATTACHMENT.