Patent ID: 7051676

Claim:
A water feeder for delivering water upon user activation, said feeder comprising: (a) a reservoir having an intake port and a discharge port therebelow; (b) a tube attached to the discharge port of the reservoir and having a free end, said tube having a passage extending therethrough; (c) single flow control valve located in the tube proximate to the discharge port, said flow control valve having a diaphragm flow control surface and a slit extends through said diaphragm flow control surface; wherein said slit defines a normally closed flow blocking position and an open flow position; (d) an actuator movably contained within said passage, said actuator having an engaging pin thereon positioned adjacent to the valve diaphragm flow control surface; (e) a retention tip located at the free end of the tube and having an opening therein; and (f) a discharge control member movably received in the retention tip and extending into the opening therein, the movement of the discharge control member causing the actuator to contact the valve diaphragm flow control surface and thereby moving said normally closed flow blocking position to said open flow position whereby fluid passes across the valve and enters the passage and exits at the retention tip.