Patent ID: 6938578

Claim:
Drinking trough for poultry having a drinking valve ( 21 ) assigned to a water-supply line ( 20 ), a valve pin that is moved to discharge water from the water-supply line, an actuating means, and a water-collecting bowl ( 24 , 46 ) assigned to the drinking valve ( 21 ), characterized in that: a) the actuating means is an actuating lever ( 25 ) consisting essentially of an elongated tube ( 35 ) having two ends, a top end of which is proximal to the valve pin and a lower end of which extends into a water-accommodating hollow of the water-collecting bowl ( 24 , 46 ), and the valve pin is a pivot pin ( 36 ) comprising an actuating end ( 23 ); b) the actuating lever ( 25 ) is connected to the water supply line ( 20 ) by way of a fastening part ( 39 ) comprising the pivot pin ( 36 ), which runs transversely through a longitudinal center axis of the drinking valve ( 21 ); and c) the actuating lever ( 25 ) is operatively coupled to the actuating end ( 23 ) proximal to the top end of the elongated tube ( 35 ); wherein the actuating lever ( 25 ) is assigned to the valve pin and is pivotable relative to the drinking valve ( 21 ) and pivotable around a longitudinal axis of the pivot pin ( 36 ), whereby a pivoting movement of the actuating means actuates the valve pin by moving the valve pin to a position at which water is discharged from the respective drinking valve ( 21 ), through the elongated tube ( 35 ) of the actuating lever ( 25 ), and into the water-collecting bowl ( 24 , 46 ).