Improved Drinking Trough for Poultry and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 23rd June, 1900
I, JOSEPH HEALY, M.R.C.V.S., of Ratcliffe Lodge, South Luffenham, Stamford,
in the County of Lincoln, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention has for its object a drinking trough for poultry and the like,
which may be attached to the neck of an inverted wine or like bottle, so that
the latter will form the receptacle for an additional supply of water as in a
fountain trough.
Such trough form of metal, or other material of oblong or other convenient
shape, and of suitable depth, and I provide it with one or more upwardly pro-
jecting lugs or portions, so shaped that it, or they, may be secured to the neck
of a wine or like bottle in such manner that the mouth of the bottle will open
in to the trough at a suitable distance below the top thereof.
The attachment of the upwardly projecting lug or lugs or the equivalent may
be effected by the aid of wire, string, or other binding, or the lug or lugs may be
in the form of spring clips, or other suitable means may be adapted for the
purpose, as found most expedient.
A wire-work frame with hook or eye, a suitably shaped stake, or other means
may be employed for suspending or supporting the whole in position.
Improved Drinking Trough for Poultry and the like.
I, JOSEPH HEALY, M.R.C.V.S., of Ratcliffe Lodge, South Luffenham, Stamford,
in the County of Rutland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
My invention has for its object a drinking trough for poultry and the like,
which may be attached to the neck of an inverted wine or like bottle, so that
the latter will form the receptacle for an additional supply of water as in a
fountain trough.
Such trough I form of metal or other material of oblong or other convenient
shape, and of suitable depth, and I provide it with one or more upwardly pro-
jecting lugs or portions, so shaped that it, or they, may be secured to the neck
of a wine or like bottle in such manner that the mouth of the botile will open
into the trough at a suitable distance below the top thereof.

page_text: The attachment of the upwardly projecting lug or lugs or the equivalent may
be effected by the aid of wire, string, or other binding, or the lug or lugs may be
in the form of spring clips, or other suitable means may be adopted for the pur-
pose, as found most expedient.
My invention will be better understood and more easily carried into effect by
reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and
Fig. 2 a side elevation of a bottle fitted with a trough according to my invention,
Figs. 3 and 4, and 5 and 6 are similar views but with modified forms of troughs,
and Figs. 7 and 8 are a side elevation and plan respectively, of the trough shown
in Figs. 1 and 2, detached, and Figs. 9 and 10, 11 and 12, are similar views of
the trough shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and 5 and 6.
As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 7 and 8, the trough a is of oblong form and one end
is formed or provided with an upwardly projecting lug of curved section. This
lug is secured to the neck of an ordinary wine or like bottle c by means of
wires passing round it and the bottle neck and through openings or slots in
flanges e on such lug, so that the mouth of the bottle opens into the trough at a
point slightly below the upper edge of the latter.
As shewn in Figs. 3, 4, 9 and 10 the trough a is provided with two lugs b
having their upper ends flanged and shaped to receive the bottle neck between
them, the whole being rendered secure when the trough has been placed in
position by a wire passing round the lugs and taking in notches in their edges.
As shewn in Figs. 5, 6, 11 and 12, the arrangement is the same as in Figs. 3,
4, 9 and 10, except that the attachment to the bottle is effected in the centre of
the trough instead of at one end thereof.
A wire-work frame f with hook or eye, a suitably shaped stake, or other means
may be employed for suspending or supporting the whole in position.
As shewn and described the troughs are made of metal, but it will be obvious
that any other suitable substance may be employed in their construction when
desired, as well as suitable means of securing them to the neck of an ordinary
bottle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is-
(1) A trough for poultry and the like provided with means whereby the same
may be secured to the neck of an inverted wine or other bottle of ordinary con-
struction in such manner that said bottle is then constituted a reservoir as in
ordinary fountain or reservoir troughs.
(2) A trough for poultry and the like provided with a lug whereby it may be
secured to the neck of an inverted wine or other bottle of ordinary construction
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 7 and 8 of the accompany-
ing drawings.
(3) A trough for poultry and the like provided with lugs shaped at their upper
ends to receive the neck of an ordinary wine or like bottle between them and by
means of which lugs said trough may be secured to the neck of an inverted bottle
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12
of the accompanying drawings.
(4) The combination of a trough shaped receptacle with a wine or like bottle
so that the whole forms a fountain and reservoir trough substantially as set forth.
Dated this 12th day of April 1900.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.