General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

livestock waterer

Patents

N/A

General Description

Predominantly metal construction, save moulded synthetic nose pad: waterer casing has blue powder coated finish; nose pad mounting arm is white; black nose pad.; selected silver metal fittings. Round metal culvert lid painted black.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

74.5 cm

Width

63.5 cm

Height

64.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Animal husbandry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Frostfree

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

City

Rimbey

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

This type of waterer has been mfd. since 2002. This example has never been used.

Canada

Jim Anderson began experimenting with the design of a frost-free livestock waterer in 1999. He tested the prototypes with his beef herd on his ranch near Rimbey, AB, and worked with the Alberta Research Council to improve the operating mechanism. The pump has been in full production since 2002. [Ref. 1]

Function

To provide constant source of clean water for livestock.

Technical

Pasture pumps have existed since the 1920s but the early design was prone to freeze-up making it of little use where there was limited access across open snow-covered pasture to that the pump. The Frostfree Nose pump works exactly like a traditional well pump except the arm-powered handle has been replaced by a nose-operated lever. The water the cow has pumped flows into a small reservoir below the pump lever, placing it immediately at hand. Each rotation of the lever brings 1/2L of water into the reservoir, which is about the same quantity as a cow can consume in one gulp/swallow. This serves to both eliminate the possibility of sitting water causing the mechanism to freeze up and not work as well as means there's no unconsumed water to contaminate the water source. A drain hole in the pipe about 5 feet below the surface returns any excess water left in the line after about 2 minutes to the well. [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" logo with text " FROSTFREE/ NOSEPUMPS ™/ LTD./ www.frostfreenosepumps.com/ US PATENT #6,776,121/ CND PATENT #2,356,397" printed on both side of device casing.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Predominantly metal construction, save moulded synthetic nose pad: waterer casing has blue powder coated finish; nose pad mounting arm is white; black nose pad.; selected silver metal fittings. Round metal culvert lid painted black.

Decoration

Company logo incorporates cow's head above stylized waves, all within triangular border.