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Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage
One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146930 | Pet waterer An improved pet waterer is disclosed. The pet waterer has a tray for holding a fluid. Extending upwardly from tray is a container for dispensing fluid to the tray. The container has a base and one or more sidewalls extending from the base and having a top edge on th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137223 | Filling station for watering cans A filling station for watering cans comprises a water tank with a closable lid. A float valve mechanism is attached to the inside of the tank, and is connected to a water line or hose. In use, the filing station is placed in a garden area, with the hose running betw... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6923144 | Heated pet enclosure This invention provides a pet enclosure designed to provide comfort for a pet in the winter season. The pet enclosure provides for shelter by allowing the pet to get out of the weather and then provides a warm bed to lie upon. This warm bed is comprised of a rectang... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920842 | Feeder and methods for dispensing feed for birds and/or animals A feed dispensing apparatus for use with a conventional container. The feed dispensing apparatus may include a dispensing member attachable to the container adjacent to the bottom thereof. The dispensing member may have a perimeter with at least one access opening t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6886580 | Frost proof valve The present invention relates to a valve assembly for use in below freezing conditions which includes a valve housing with a connection to a supply of fluid, and a primary chamber, and a secondary chamber, and a flexible diaphragm, and an equalisation port, and a sa... | 05/03/2005 |
| 5908008 | Recirculating watering system A recirculating livestock watering system provides drinking water at a temperature above the freezing point during the winter and below the ambient air temperature during the summer. The reservoir, having a bottom surface, a continuous side surface, and a... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5839466 | Automatic watering device An automatic watering device for use with a stationary water reservoir includes an elongated hollow housing fixedly positioned relative to the reservoir, an elongated pipe having a first end extending into the housing and an opposite second end connected ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5582132 | Automatic pet watering device A pet watering device including a watering container having a reservoir cavity, a removable watering container lid having an opening therethrough, a water supply hose having a first and second end, and a valve for regulating the water level in the waterin... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5394899 | Pet watering bowl Apparatus for controlling the level of a fluid in a reservoir. A reservoir has a trough within which is a valve means comprising a hollow cylindrical body having inlet and outlet apertures in fluid communication with a fluid source. A valve shuttle assemb... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5099798 | Water-supply system for poultry Nipples are directly connected to a plurality of locations on the outer periphery of the bottom of a water tank. Each one of the nipples directly flows out and feeds the water in the water tank every time each one of the nipples is opened when the valve s... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4901753 | Float assembly valve A valve assembly of non-metallic construction which requires no tools for disassembly and servicing. A plunger provided with longitudinal channels is activated by a double arm yoke which is acted upon by the float arm. Dual ports provide paired inlet stre... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4829933 | Device for supplying small livestock with drinking water A water trough for emergent chicks and maturing chickens includes a float operated actuator for a drinking nozzle which can be manually activated to provide water in a drinking trough for emergent chicks, and which can be manually disabled on maturing of ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4718449 | Float operated valve assembly with weighted body A valve assembly for placement within a water receptacle such as a trough without alteration of the receptacle. A weighted body of the valve assembly retains the assembly against displacement. A float is tethered to a valve actuating arm in a yieldable ma... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4202294 | Automatic water supply system for breeding or raising animals An automatic water supply system used for raising domestic animals such as cattle, horses, poultry and so on and especially for pigs. Instead of a water flow control device such as a valve, float or the like provided in a self supply water trough, a flow ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4183176 | System for supplying liquids to potted plants There is disclosed a system for supplying liquids to potted plants through feeder conduits fluidly connecting with the lower ends of the plants and leading from a main distribution conduit to which the liquid is admitted from a water main or other pressur... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4180015 | Fail safe suspension poultry drinker A poultry drinker that may be suspended or supported on the floor. A base member includes an annular drinking trough, a water reservoir providing ballast for the drinker, and a float chamber concentric with the trough and reservoir. A float having a float... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4138967 | Water supply and control device A water supply and control device for animals in which a predetermined amount of water in a water reservoir must be removed before the reservoir is refilled. The device consists of a water reservoir having a water supply pipe extending into the reservoir ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4131082 | Animal feeding equipment The invention improvements are embodied in animal feeding apparatus including a storage tank for liquid and means for a supply of dry feed in overlying vertically spaced relation to a feed tray. The apparatus features improved controls triggered by the an... | 12/26/1978 |
| 3941094 | Waterer valve actuator-float An actuator-float for animal operation and automatically lifting and thereby closing the valve of a waterer cup, or the like, when filled to a predetermined level, and particularly adapted to animal waterer systems wherein water pressure is relied upon fo... | 03/02/1976 |
