A. J. E. PRUEFERT.
POULTRY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
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APPLICATION man on. 21. 1914.
1,226,594.
Patented May 15, 1917.
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AUGUST J. E. PRUEFERT, OF EAST AURORA, NEW YORK.
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POULTRY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.
Speci?cation of Letters meat.
1,226,594.
Application ?led October 27, 1914.
. To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, AUGUST J. E. Piece
rear‘, a citizen of the United States, resid
ing at East Aurora in the county'of' Erie
and State of New York, have invented new
Patented May 15,1917.
Serial No. 868,883.
the concavity, is secured to the wall of the
said projection and is spaced above the level
of the bottom of the tray, so as to be out
of the way when the device is in use. The so >
diameter of the tray considerably exceeds
and useful Improvements in Poultry Dri_nk-_ that of the lower end of the reservoir. The
ing-Fountains, of which the following 1s a tray is also provided with a collar '11, which
speci?cation.
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This invention is an improved drinking
fountain especially adapted for use for
watering poultry, the object of the inven
tion being to provide an improved device
is arranged concentrically with it, the wall
"of which inclines inwardly and upwardly
-to cause it to ?t in the lower end offthe
reservoir when the latter is placed on the
of this character wherein the water flows tray. The collar is provided in opposite
‘on the barometric principle, and which is sides with bayonet joint elements produced
made oftwo parts detachably connected by by cutting openings 12 in its lower edge
bayonet joints, their ‘slots forming the pas and pressing lugs 13 inward from one end
sageway for the water when the parts are of the metal strips left above the openings.
connected andthe device stands in working These lugs are preferably \I-shaped and
position.
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A further object is to provide a device of
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and the diameter of the collar'is such as
slightly larger than the lugs 3. v
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In the use of this device, the parts are
this character which is strong and durar disconnected and reversed from the posi
ble, is cheap and simple, keeps the water tion shown in Fig. 1, and the desired quan
from becoming contaminated by the poul-_ tity of water poured into the reservoir,
try, which automatically supplies water as - which may now he stood on a level surface so
needed and which prevents water from be because its‘top 2 is ?at and the handle bar
3 does not project. The base is next brought
ingwvasted.
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he invention
consists in the construc
tion, combination and arrangement of de
vices hereinafter described and claimed.
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In the accompanying drawings :— 1 . '
Figure l is a perspective view of a poul
over the now open upper end of the reser
voir and moved downwardly‘ so that the
collar 11 enters and may be pushed into
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- said end, to make a close connection'there
with at a time when the upper extremity
try drinking fountain constructed in ‘ac of the reservoir does not quite touch the '
annular (portion- of ‘the pan. The‘ lugs "3
cordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the have now been passed through the lugs 13, 9o and by rotating the parts on each other
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Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tray slightly, the lugs 3 are caused to move lon
for the base of the fountain.
V gitudinally within the slots 12, as usual
In accordance with my inventionI pro with bayonet joint connections so ‘that the
vide a reservoir I which is here shown as parts are detachably connected by what is 95
of frusto-conical form and as provided with substantially a ground joint, which mini-‘
a top 2.v The reservoir is open at‘ the lower mizes the escape of water and the possi
end and is provided at its lower end and bility that the parts will become acciden
at opposite sides, with inwardly extending tally disconnected. Now the complete de 100
lugs 3 which are struck up therefrom, are vice can be carried about by the handle 10,
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When the fountain has been brought to
substantially so in cross\~\section. The top
of the reservoir is ?at except for a depressed, the point of use, it is only necessary to in
central portion 4 across which, and level vert it and stand ‘it on the ?at bottom of
the pan, and this can be done because the 105
with the top, extends a handle bar 5.
handle
10 does not project. At this time
The base of the fountain is formed by a
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tray 6 comprising an upwardly and out and afterward, ‘the device can be moved by
wardly inclined outer wall 7 , and a bottom the handle 5. In this position, (which 15
8 which includes a ?at annulus and a con that shown in Figs. 1 and 2), the lower
cave-convex central projection 9, struck up portions of the openings 12, which are not 110
55 integrally therefrom. A curved handle bar covered by the lower end of the reservoir
10 is arranged across the recess .formed by body, constitute outlets to permit water
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from the reservoir to flow out to the tray an upstanding frusto-conical collar having
‘ and keep the latter supplied.
The reser
at intervals one element of a bayonet joint
-, voir having been initially ?lled, is ?rst at consisting of a- horizontal slot through the
Itached to the tray, in inverted position.‘ ' collar at, its‘ lower edge and a lug pressed
When the reservoir is arranged “for use, radially inward from one end of the strip
with the tray lowermost and serving as a above said slot; ‘combined with a frusto
support, the column of water "is held in; conical reservoir whose upper end is closed
the reservoir by air pressure and from time and Whose lower end is open and of an
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to the tray, thereby automatically keeping
the tray supplied with water and keeping
internal diameter to ?t closely around said
collar when its lower edge stands slightly
above the bottom of the tray, thereby leav
ing said slots partly open for pamage of
the water in the tray at a certain level as
long as there is a supply in the reservoir.‘
elements consisting of lugs pressed inward
to time as water is consumed by the fowls
the reservoir permits the ?ow of more water
water, and complementary bayonet joint
The upwardly extending o?'set portion 9 from the metal of the reservoir at points
of the tray by displacing Water keeps the to register with those in said strips and
outstanding portion of the tray supplied of a size to permit‘ themto be passed there
when the water gets low in the reservoir. throughsand then moved within the slotsas
In practice my improved drinking foun the reservoir isturned with respect to the
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collar.
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In testimony whereof I a?ix my signa
' other suitable material and may be of any
suitable. size and the parts ‘thereof may be ture in presence of two witnesses.
proportloned as required.
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AUGUST J, E. PRUEFERCI.
Having thus described _my invention, I
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claim v:——
lVitnesses;
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In a barometric drinking fountain, a tray '
including a bottom, a peripheral‘ wall, and
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MAE Donn RUST,
HENRY REALING. '
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