US 12,219,918 B2
Evaporative cooling system for an animal barn
Ted A. Gribble, Reno, TX (US); and Donald L. Gribble, Reno, TX (US)
Filed by Ted A. Gribble, Reno, TX (US); and Donald L. Gribble, Reno, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,011.
Application 17/558,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/198,647, filed on Nov. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,202,439.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/590,103, filed on Nov. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361437 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0052 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0082 (2013.01); A01K 1/0058 (2013.01); A01K 1/007 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An evaporative cooling system for installation to a structure configured to hold livestock, wherein the structure includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and two sides opposite one another, the two sides extending between the first end and the second end, the structure further including a roof above the ends and sides, and wherein the ends, sides, and roof include therewithin at least one region for the livestock, the system configured to provide an airflow to the structure, the system comprising:
a. at least one evaporation zone configured to be positioned adjacent the first end of the structure, the evaporation zone including a wall configured to separate in part the evaporation zone from the first end of the structure, the evaporation zone further including an opening adjacent the wall, the opening configured to allow the airflow to pass from the evaporation zone into the region for livestock in the structure;
b. at least one exhaust fan configured to be positioned adjacent the second end of the structure with an inlet side facing the region for the livestock, the exhaust fan further configured to draw the airflow through the structure to the inlet side and out through the exhaust fan and further comprising a plurality of exhaust fans and wherein at least one exhaust fan is located on the second end of the structure and at least one exhaust fan is located on one of the sides of the structure.