Support for dispensers of liquids for watering animals
Support for liquid dispensers, which comprises a main body which can be coupled with a liquid dispenser and includes a main duct to allow a flow of liquids from the main body to the liquid dispenser, wherein the main body extends along a longitudinal axis from a rear side to a front side of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a first coupling suitable to fix the support to a tube, wherein the first coupling comprises a seat suitable to surround a portion of the tube, so that the tube can move axially but not radially in the seat.
1. A support for liquid dispensers comprising:
a main body which can be coupled with a liquid dispenser,
wherein the main body includes a main duct to allow a flow of liquids from the main body to the liquid dispenser,
wherein the main body extends along a longitudinal axis from a rear side to a front side of the main body,
wherein the main body is provided with a first coupling suitable to fix the support to a tube,
wherein the first coupling comprises a seat suitable to surround a portion of the tube, so that the tube can move axially but not radially in the seat,
wherein the main body is provided with a second coupling which is suitable to be coupled with a coupling of the liquid dispenser,
wherein the main body is joined to the second coupling through a second joint which is provided with a first fastening device coupled with a second fastening device of the second coupling,
wherein the first and second fastening devices are complementary and provide a form-fit connection,
wherein a retaining device is arranged in the second coupling or in the second joint to retain in a removable manner the coupling of the liquid dispenser,
wherein said retaining device comprises an elastic ring having a plurality of first concave portions which have an inner surface suitable to come into contact with an outer surface of the coupling of the liquid dispenser,
wherein inner edges of this inner surface of the first concave portions are rounded,
wherein the first concave portions of the elastic ring are arranged and joined between two second concave portions which are suitable to deform and expand elastically, during insertion, coupling and/or extraction of the coupling of the liquid dispenser in and/or from the second coupling of the support, so that the first concave portions can be radially and elastically displaced outwards or inwards according to the position or presence of the coupling of the liquid dispenser in the second coupling of the support.
2. The support according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the seat of the first coupling has a substantially cylindrical shape with a longitudinal axis which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main body.
3. The support according to claim 1 , wherein a plunger is arranged in the main duct and is urged by an elastic device towards an auxiliary gasket, and
wherein a portion of the plunger suitable to come into contact with the auxiliary gasket has a substantially frustoconical shape with a diametrical groove which is formed in the minor base of the conical frustum and faces the auxiliary gasket.
4. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the second coupling is provided with a collar which comprises a central cavity and a plurality of ribs protruding into the central cavity.
5. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises two main bodies connected to each other by the first coupling,
wherein the seat of the first coupling is arranged between two mouths and between two inner cavities of the first coupling, and
wherein the mouths, the inner cavities and the seat of the first coupling and the main bodies are arranged along the longitudinal axis.
6. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the main body, the main duct, the first coupling excluding the respective seat, the second coupling and/or the second joint are substantially coaxial and/or substantially symmetrical to the longitudinal axis.
7. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic ring can be in three positions: a rest position when the second coupling is not coupled with the coupling, or in a coupled position, in which the second coupling is coupled with the coupling, the elastic ring is radially outwardly expanded and the first concave portions urge against the outer surface of the coupling, or in an insertion or extraction position, in which the elastic ring is more radially outwardly expanded with respect to the coupling position and the first concave portions urge against a protuberance of the coupling of the liquid dispenser until the coupling is completely inserted or extracted.
8. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is provided with an extension which protrudes into the seat of the first coupling, so that the extension can penetrate into a radial opening of the tube and axially lock the tube in the seat.
9. The support according to claim 8 , wherein a main gasket is arranged around the extension, so that, when the tube is arranged in the seat of the first coupling, the main gasket is pressed between the main body and the tube to deform and expand into an inner cavity of the first coupling.
10. The support according to claim 9 , wherein the main gasket has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the radial section of the main gasket has a substantially rectangular shape with the longitudinal side being greater than the radial side.
11. The support according to claim 9 , wherein the main body, the main duct, the first coupling excluding the respective seat, the extension, the inner cavity and/or the main gasket are substantially coaxial and/or substantially symmetrical to the longitudinal axis.
12. The support according to claim 8 , wherein the main body, the main duct, the first coupling excluding the respective seat, and/or the extension are substantially coaxial and/or substantially symmetrical to the longitudinal axis.
13. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is joined to the first coupling through a first joint which is provided with a first fastening device coupled with a second fastening device of the first coupling, and
wherein these first and second fastening devices are complementary and provide a form-fit connection, and
wherein the first joint is arranged in a mouth of the first coupling which is provided with the second fastening device.
14. The support according to claim 13 , wherein said first fastening device comprises an outer thread of the first joint and said second fastening device comprises an inner thread of the first coupling.
15. The support according to claim 13 , wherein the first joint is made in a single piece with the main body.
16. The support according to claim 13 , wherein the main body, the main duct, the first coupling excluding the respective seat, the first joint and/or the mouth are substantially coaxial and/or substantially symmetrical to the longitudinal axis.
17. The support according to claim 1 , wherein a sleeve is arranged between the elastic ring and an auxiliary gasket arranged in the main duct of the main body or in the second joint, so that the sleeve axially locks the elastic ring and the auxiliary gasket between the main body and the second coupling.
18. The support according to claim 17 , wherein the main body, the main duct, the first coupling excluding the respective seat, the second coupling, the second joint, the elastic ring, the auxiliary gasket and/or the sleeve are substantially coaxial and/or substantially symmetrical to the longitudinal axis.
19. The support according to claim 17 , wherein the sleeve comprises a housing for the elastic ring, which housing protrudes towards the outside of the sleeve and is locked axially and/or radially between the second coupling and the second joint.
20. The support according to claim 17 , wherein the radial section of the auxiliary gasket is substantially W-shaped, with the lower part of the W facing the longitudinal axis.