Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Timer-controlled
Patent
1984-04-13
1986-08-12
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Timer-controlled
119 515, A01K 502
Patent
active
046049703
ABSTRACT:
An animal feeding apparatus includes fodder supply means for supplying amounts of dry feed or fodder to one or more animal feeding places. The fodder supply means may be driven by a hydraulic motor, such as a double-acting hydraulic cylinder to which water or another aqueous liquid is supplied under superatmospheric pressure as driving medium. The aqueous liquid discharged from the hydraulic motor is distributed to the various feeding places, whereby the hydraulic motor is used as a metering device.
The fodder supply means may comprise a number of supply ducts each having a lower outlet end located above and closely spaced from an opposite fodder supporting wall, and a reciprocatable fodder pushing means arranged therebetween. The fodder pushing means has leading edge portions defining a concave shape and a through-going relief passage extending between the bottom of the concave shape and the trailing edge portions of the pushing means. Consecutive amounts of feed may be discharged from the fodder supply duct to the associated feeding place by imparting a reciprocating movement to the pushing means.
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