Watering system for fowl and small animals

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention relates to a watering system for fowl and small animals and particularly to the watering system for use in connection with and accessible at the various cages or compartments in which fowl and small animals are reared, and/or cages in which hens and other fowl are retained so that eggs produced by them may be retained and collected.
Prior constructions of valve units of watering systems of this general type intended for providing fresh water have entailed or utilized constructions in which a housing of vertical tubular character, usually provided with a valve, is clamped or secured to a horizontal supply conduit at an opening through which water from the conduit may be discharged.
The constructions of the valves of prior devices have utilized plastic bodies and metal parts, such as valve members, which parts have commonly been formed by usual machining methods but have been subject to the formation of ribs or projections thereon which, in repeated use for a period of time have caused wear of the plastic body, as by a sawing action.
Progressive wear progressively increases the rate of flow of liquid which is discharged incident to any given operation of the valve member, and the flow rate can become excessive and cause discharge of water in an amount in excess of the amount which the fowl or animal, and particularly a small chicken, can ingest.
Also, the discharge of an excess amount of water incident to a given opening actuation of the valve can cause wetting of the fowl or animal within the cage and wetting of the litter within the cage with the result that the health of the occupant is endangered.
This and other characteristics of prior devices have detracted from successful use and have required either frequent replacement of the watering device or removal thereof.
The present device is designed and constructed to eliminate the aforementioned and other deficiencies of prior devices and has for its principal object the successful elimination of the aforementioned and other limitations and disadvantages