An Improved Drinking Trough for Cattle and Dogs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Drinking Trough for Cattle and Dogs.
I, JOHN BIGG, of Roydon, in the County of Essex, Smith and Farrier, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved drinking trough for cattle and dogs, which
consists of a trough from which are connected by tubes a number of vessels with
lips, each of these said vessels holding sufficient water to quench the thirst of an
animal. When an animal has consumed or partially consumed the water in one
of the vessels, fresh water flows in and drives out at the lip any froth or other
matter left floating by the said animal.
To
This invention is constructed with a trough having an open cover or screen.
one side of the trough I connect a number of tubes and to each tube I fix a vessel
with a lip, the said vessel or vessels being fixed to a frame with supports. The
vessel near the lip is partly covered in and the said lip is placed beneath a part of
the frame. A gulley is placed beneath the lips of the vessels to carry the waste
water away
into a drain or sewer.
The object of my invention is to provide clean water for each animal, and to
prevent cattle and dogs contracting contagious diseases, as they do at present from
the common trough now in use.
The invention may be constructed of any metallic substance, or from any other
suitable material.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration and that
the shapes materials and parts may be varied in many ways within the scope of my
invention.
Dated this 5th day of April 1892.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Drinking Trough for Cattle and Dogs.
I, JOHN BIGG, of Roydon, in the County of Essex, Smith and Farrier, 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 relates to an improved drinking trough for cattle and dogs, which
consists of a trough from which are connected by tubes a number of vessels with
lips, each of these said vessels holding sufficient water to quench the thirst of an
animal. When an animal has consumed or partially consumed the water in one of
the vessels, fresh water from the trough flows in through a pipe connected to the said
trough (continuously) and drives out at the top or lip any froth or other matter left
floating by the said animal.
In the accompanying drawing

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Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.
This invention is constructed with a trough a having an open cover or screen g.
To one side of the trough I connect a tube c or a number of tubes c and to each
tube I fix a vessel 6 with a lip e, the said vessel b or vessels being fixed to a frame f
with supports. The vessel 6 near the lip is partly covered in and the said lip e is
placed beneath a part of the frame d. A gulley is placed beneath the lips of the
vessels or in any convenient position to carry the waste water away into a drain or
sewer.
In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, one vessel b is shown, but it is distinctly to be understood
that any number of vessels may be connected in a suitable manner to the trough a
or any other like cistern.
If preferable a circular vessel i, h or with a lip in any desirable number may be
fixed or connected to any existing cistern or supply, or to the said trough a for the
herein described purpose or for washing or otherwise.
The object of my invention is to provide clean water for each animal, and to
prevent cattle and dogs contracting contagious diseases, as they do at present from
the common trough now in use.
This invention may be constructed of any metallic substance, or from any other
suitable material.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration and that
the shapes, materials, vessels, troughs and other parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
#claim is :-
1. In a drinking trough for cattle and dogs, the combination of the trough a
vessel tube e frames d and f, with lipe and screen g, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a drinking trough for cattle and dogs, the combination of the trough a with
any number of vessels b, i, h or j, connected by pipes or tubes c, substantially as
herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
3. The combination of a washing or drinking vessel b, i, h or j, connected by
tubes c to any cistern or water supply, substantially as herein described and for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 22nd day of December 19
1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.