Diet delivery system

Details Diet delivery system Diet delivery system

1987-10-05

1989-05-30

Peshock, Robert

Animal husbandry

Milkers

With signals, indicators, registers, and timers

119 51FS, A01K 3100

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048348015

ABSTRACT:
A diet delivery system for the controlled delivery of food to an animal particularly adapted to facilitate intake monitoring and maintain biocontainment capabilities while in microgravity is provided. The system includes a cage insert for an animal enclosure module having a diet servicing compartment adjacent an animal enclosing compartment. A diet housing unit is removably received in the diet receiving compartment and is held in place by a cover. The diet housing includes a housing aperture through which the animal feeds. A first barrier device is selectively movable to block the housing aperture or to allow feeding. A removable diet cassette is inserted in the diet housing and includes an aperture through which the animal feeds and a second barrier device selectively movable for blocking the cassette aperture or for allowing feeding. A diet container in which the food is stored is also provided together with a holding mechanism for releasably holding the diet container in the cassette.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2026334 (1935-12-01), Wilkinson
patent: 3156214 (1964-11-01), Denney et al.
patent: 3738329 (1973-06-01), Schweitzer
patent: 4384547 (1983-05-01), Mattox

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