公开(公告)号：US20060054094A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-16

申请号：US10939712

申请日：2004-09-13

申请人： James Van Epps ,  Lynn Van Epps

发明人： James Van Epps ,  Lynn Van Epps

IPC分类号： A01K7/00

CPC分类号： A01K7/04

摘要： A livestock watering tank being used for receiving water for feeding livestock, the tank includes first and second sidewalls, a top, an upper rim wall and a bottom, the tank being formed of molded plastic to prevent corrosion. The tank includes a float valve for controlling the supply of water from the tank to the drinking tray. The tank is shaped so as to be nestable with another tank and includes a first pair of nesting members formed on the first sidewall of the tank, and a second pair of nesting members formed on the second sidewall of the tank, and the first and second pairs of nesting members each having nesting surfaces on their lower edges for engaging and resting on the upper rim wall of another tank in order to allow the tank to nest within another tank and to space the tops of the tanks apart a predetermined amount. The upper rim wall of the tank has a first U-shaped channel extending between the first pair of nesting members, and a second U-shaped channel extending between the second pair of nesting members. The first and second U-shaped channels having therein first and second longitudinal support members extending between the first and second pairs of nesting members, respectively, and each being adjacent to the first and second sidewalls of the tank, respectively, in order to provide increased structural integrity and nestability of the tank when nesting two or more of the tanks with each other.

摘要翻译： 用于接收用于饲养牲畜的水的牲畜浇水箱，所述罐包括第一和第二侧壁，顶部，上边缘壁和底部，所述罐由模制塑料形成以防止腐蚀。 储罐包括一个用于控制从罐到饮用盘的水的供给的浮阀。 罐体成形为可与另一个罐组装，并且包括形成在罐的第一侧壁上的第一对嵌套部件和形成在罐的第二侧壁上的第二对嵌套部件，以及第一和第二 成对的嵌套构件各自在其下边缘上具有嵌套表面，用于接合和搁置在另一个罐的上边缘壁上，以便允许罐嵌入另一个罐中并且将罐的顶部间隔开预定量。 罐的上边缘壁具有在第一对嵌套构件之间延伸的第一U形通道和在第二对嵌套构件之间延伸的第二U形通道。 第一和第二U形通道具有分别在第一和第二对嵌套构件之间分别延伸的第一和第二纵向支撑构件，并且每个分别与罐的第一和第二侧壁相邻，以便提供增加的 当两个或多个坦克彼此嵌套时，坦克的结构完整性和可嵌套性。