Patent ID: 7201113
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A01K,C02F

Abstract:
1. An animal drinking water apparatus for providing controlled addition of a first aqueous solution having a first concentration of a chemical species at a first flow rate to a second aqueous solution having a second flow rate to provide a diluted first solution of a desired selected concentration of said chemical species as said drinking water, said apparatus comprising first solution sensing means to obtain data on the temperature of said first solution; second solution sensing means to obtain data on said second solution selected from said second flow rate and the temperature of said second solution; positive displacement injection pump means to effect addition of said first solution to said second solution to provide said diluted first solution; and CPU means (i) to receive said data selected from said second flow rate data and temperature data from said second solution sensing means; (a) means for providing a first water flow; (b) means for providing said second solution at said second flow rate; (c) mixing means for effecting the dissolution of said chemical species into said first water flow to produce said first aqueous solution having said first concentration of said chemical species at a pre-selected temperature; (d) heating means for heating said first aqueous solution; and (e) wherein said CPU means further comprises means to effect algorithmic treatment of said temperature data of said first solution; and temperature control means to control said heating means in consequence of said temperature data to provide said pre-determined temperature.