Patents
US 9615541 B2: Devices and systems for reducing spray from nipple water valves, and related methods
- Granted
- 2017-04-11
- Filed
- 2014-03-14 application 14212035
- Type
- Utility · 11 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
According to an exemplary embodiment, an improved nipple water valve includes a nipple housing, a deflector, an annular seal, a nipple stem, a resilient element, and an orifice housing portion, assembled such that the deflector deflects water exiting the valve toward an internal surface of the nipple housing, thereby reducing spray. The deflector is also arranged to restrain movement of the nipple stem in a direction toward the deflector and to permit movement of the nipple stem away from the deflector to aid operation of the nipple water valve.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170411.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Slat, Inc. 9 patents | US company or organization | Newton Grove, NC | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thomas Herring, II | Newton Grove, NC | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy Glenn King | Coats, NC | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A01K | Animal husbandry; aviculture; apiculture; pisciculture; fishing; rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; new breeds of animals | A01K7/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B05B | Spraying apparatus; atomising apparatus; nozzles | B05B1/267 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HERRING, WILLIAM THOMAS, II signed 2014-03-13 KING, TIMOTHY GLENN signed 2014-03-13 | HOG SLAT INC. NEWTON GROVE, NC | 32442/197 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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