Drinking trough for animals and water-collecting bowl for a drinking trough for animals
View Patent ↗Drinking troughs for in particular poultry feature drinking valves arranged at regular intervals along a water supply line, with each drinking valve being assigned a water-collecting bowl ( 14 ). The water-collecting bowls ( 14 ) are usually made of plastic. The water-collecting bowls ( 14 ) are cleaned with agents that contain aggressive substances, which are capable of damaging the plastic of the water-collecting bowls ( 14 ). The invention is a water-collecting bowls ( 14 ) with a respective insert ( 17 ) made of a resistant material, thus making the water-collecting bowl ( 14 ) resistant to aggressive liquids, in particular cleansing agents.
1. A drinking trough for poultry, the drinking trough having at least one drinking valve ( 13 ) and a water-collecting bowl ( 14 ) assigned to the at least one drinking valve ( 13 ), wherein
the water-collecting bowl ( 14 ) is formed from a dish part ( 16 ) and at least one insert ( 17 ), which is connected to the dish part ( 16 ), the dish part ( 16 ) being made of plastic and the insert ( 17 ) being made of a material that is more resistant to aggressive liquid than the plastic of the dish part ( 16 ),
the dish part ( 16 ) comprises an inner side and a depression ( 18 ) within the inner side of the dish part ( 16 ), the depression ( 18 ) having a contour,
the insert ( 17 ) having an inner side, an outer side, a wall thickness and being located in the depression ( 18 ), the outer side of the insert ( 17 ) being connected to the inner side of the dish part ( 16 ), and
the depression of the dish part has a lower part in the region of the insert ( 17 ), wherein a wall thickness of the dish part is reduced by an amount equal to the wall thickness of the insert ( 17 ) wherein the inner side of the insert ( 17 ) is flush with the inner side of the dish part ( 18 ) above the insert ( 17 ).
2. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) is arranged in the dish part ( 16 ) and extends only across a lower part of the dish part ( 16 ).
3. The drinking trough according to claim 2 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) extends only across a lower region of the dish part ( 16 ).
4. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the depression ( 18 ) is for accommodating a store of water and the insert ( 17 ) extends only across a lower region of the depression ( 18 ).
5. The drinking trough according to claim 4 , wherein the outer side of the insert ( 17 ) has a contour that corresponds to the contour of the depression ( 18 ).
6. The drinking trough according to claim 4 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) extends only across a lower part of the overall depth of the depression ( 18 ).
7. The drinking trough according to claim 4 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) has a wall thickness that corresponds to approximately one-fourth to one-half of the wall thickness of the depression ( 18 ).
8. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) has a wall thickness between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
9. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) is composed of steel.
10. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, aluminum and ceramic.
11. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) is composed of a chemical-resistant plastic.
12. The drinking trough according to claim 1 , wherein the outer side of the insert ( 17 ) is permanently connected over its full surface to the inner side of the dish part ( 16 ).
13. The drinking trough according to claim 4 , wherein the outer side of the insert ( 17 ) is permanently connected over its full surface to the depression ( 18 ) on the inner side of the dish part ( 16 ).
14. A water-collecting bowl for a drinking trough for animals, the drinking trough having at least one drinking valve ( 13 ), the water-collecting bowl having a dish part ( 16 ) composed of plastic that has an inner side and at least one depression ( 18 ) on the inner side for accommodating a store of liquid, wherein:
the dish part ( 16 ) comprises at least one insert ( 17 ) made of a material that is resistant to the liquid,
the water-collecting bowl ( 14 ) is connected to the dish part ( 16 ),
the insert ( 17 ) has an inner side, an outer side, and a wall thickness,
the outer side of the insert ( 17 ) is permanently connected over its full surface to the inner side of the dish part ( 16 ) within the depression, and
the depression of the dish part has a lower part in the region of the insert ( 17 ), wherein a wall thickness of the dish part is reduced by an amount equal to the wall thickness of the insert ( 17 ) wherein the inner side of the insert ( 17 ) is flush with the inner side of the dish part ( 18 ) above the insert ( 17 ).
15. The water-collecting bowl according to claim 14 , wherein the insert ( 17 ) is made of a material that is more resistant to aggressive liquid than the plastic of the dish part ( 16 ).
16. A drinking trough for poultry, the drinking trough having at least one drinking valve ( 13 ) and a water-collecting bowl ( 14 ) assigned to the at least one drinking valve ( 13 ), wherein:
the water-collecting bowl ( 14 ) is formed from a dish part ( 16 ) and at least one insert ( 17 ) connected to the dish part ( 16 ), the dish part ( 16 ) being made of plastic and the insert ( 17 ) being made of a material that is more resistant to aggressive liquid than the plastic of the dish part ( 16 );
the dish part ( 16 ) comprises an inner side and a depression ( 18 ) on the inner side of the dish part ( 16 ), the depression ( 18 ) having a contour and a lower part, the lower part having a reduced wall thickness; and
the insert ( 17 ) having an inner side, an outer side, and a contour that corresponds to the contour of the depression ( 18 ), the insert ( 17 ) being located within the lower part of the depression ( 18 ) wherein the outer side of the insert ( 17 ) is permanently connected over its full surface to the depression ( 18 ) on the inner side of the dish part ( 16 );
wherein the inner side of the insert ( 17 ) is flush with the inner side of the dish part ( 18 ) above the insert ( 17 ).