Watering valve

Claim 1

A device for supplying water for mixture with dry feed contained in an animal feeding trough having an elongated horizontally disposed receiver for the dry feed and an upwardly projecting back panel adapted to be mounted in an animal pen at an elevation affording access of the animal to the receiver for consumption of the feed therefrom, said device comprising an open-ended generally tubular body member having means at one open end thereof for securing it to a source of water supply and a passage extending axially therethrough to serve as a conduit for flow of water from said source into said trough, a valve for opening and closing said passage including a valve seat formed interiorly of said body member spaced axially from said one open end thereof and a valve member operatively associated with said valve seat having a stem extending axially through a central opening in said valve seat toward the opposite remote end of said body member, said valve stem terminating in an enlarged actuating head for the valve slidably confined in and having a portion projecting outwardly from a bore or socket provided therefor in said remote end of said body member in axial registry with said passage, said head being so proportioned relatively to its confining bore or socket as to render it incapable when pressed inwardly by the snout of the animal of being freely grasped by the animal''s mouth independently of said body member, sealing means to prevent flow of water outwardly of said remote end of said body member when said valve is opened, and water discharge outlet means provided in an underside wall portion of said body member in communication with said passage for discharge of water from said device in the form of a curtain having a relatively broad area of spread extending transversely thereof, said water discharge outlet means being located at a point closely adjacent the downstream side of said valve seat and at such distance from said enlarged head of the valve stem as to preclude the animal feeding from the trough to drink water discharged from said outlet means simultaneously as its nose engages said enlarged head to press the same into valve-opening position.

Claim 2

A device for supplying water for mixture with dry feed contained in an animal feeding trough having an elongated horizontally disposed receiver for the dry feed and an upwardly projecting back panel adapted to be mounted in an animal pen at an elevation affording access of the animal to the receiver for consumption of the feed therefrom, said device comprising an open-ended generally tubular body member having means at one open end thereof for securing it to a source of water supply and a passage extending axially therethrough to serve as a conduit for flow of water from said source into said trough, a valve for opening and closing said passage including a valve seat formed interiorly of said body member spaced axially from said one open end thereof and a valve member operatively associated with said valve seat having a stem extending axially through a central opening in said valve seat toward the opposite remote end of said body member, said valve stem terminating in an enlarged actuating head for the valve slidably confined in and having a portion projecting outwardly from a bore or socket provided therefor in said remote end of said body member in axial registry with said passage, said head being so proportioned relatively to its confining bore or socket as to render it incapable when pressed inwardly by the snout of the animal of being freely grasped by the animal''s mouth independently of said body member, sealing means to prevent flow of water outwardly of said remote end of said body member when said valve is opened, and water discharge outlet means provided in an underside wall portion of said body member in communication with said passage for discharge of water from said device in the form of a curtain having a relatively broad area of spread extending transversely thereof, said water discharge outlet means being located at a point closely adjacent the downstream side of said valve seat and at such distance from said enlarged head of the valve stem as to preclude the animal feeding from the trough to drink water discharged from said outlet means simultaneously as its nose engages said enlarged head to press the same into valve-opening position.