Patent References 1843455 2230085 2584301 2677350 3170439 3631840 Animal watering apparatus Livestock watering device Patent #: 4655171 InventorApplicationNo. 486286 filed on 02/28/1990US Classes:119/51.11, Timer-controlled119/61.52, With heating or cooling means119/73, Temperature-controlling219/438With vesselExaminersPrimary: Swiatek, Robert P.Assistant: Manahan, Todd E. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA01K 007/00AbstractAn apparatus including a pet watering dish including an upper cavity and a lower cavity wherein the lower cavity receives in a complementary manner a plate warmer therewithin. The plate warmer includes a plurality of heating coils operative in concert or individually for selective heating of the upper bowl cavity. A modification of the instant invention includes an exterior bowl wall positioned exteriorly of an interior bowl wall to define an internal fluid containing cavity therebetween with an exterior fluid moat defined between the exterior wall and the interior wall to prevent crawling insects from contamination of the interior bowl cavity. A heating element is positioned underlying the floor of the bowl. | |