Patent · US Expired

Valve for self-maintaining poultry waterer

US4254794A · kind A · utility

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12References
2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 2, 1979
Grant dateMar 10, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 2, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7485
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a poultry watering system having a float-controlled valve for maintaining a desired water level in a trough, leakage through the valve from an overhead supply line, which may occur when the water supply is cut off is effectively prevented without reducing sensitivity of the float by the provision of spring means located within the interior of a valve housing and acting on the end of the float stem.

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