Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Processes – Including centrifugal force or spattering
Patent
1991-03-26
1992-09-01
Kashnikow, Andres
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Processes
Including centrifugal force or spattering
239 70, 239 71, 239687, 119 5111, 119 5791, A01K 502, A01K 39014
Patent
active
051432897
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for automatically dispersing aggregate material, such as animal feed, is disclosed. The device includes a hopper having a spout at a bottom side thereof. A distributor is positioned underneath the spout so that feed or other material within the hopper flows out of the spout and into the distributor. the distributor is dimensioned and positioned relative to the spout so that the feed cones-up and prevents further feed from flowing out of the hopper. The distributor is further configured to have upright walls located around its periphery. The upright walls prevent unintended unloading of the distributor by wind or bumping. The distributor is attached to a shaft of an electrical motor which activates during a rotational cycle in accordance with a schedule established by a control unit. When the motor activates, the distributor rotates, and feed is broadcast from the distributor through openings within the upright walls. As feed is broadcast, additional feed flows from the hopper onto the distributor. The control unit includes the motor, a battery, and low power semiconductor counting circuits for establishing the frequency and duration of rotational cycles. In addition, the control unit includes an indicator, which signals the operational status of the control unit, and a battery extender circuit, which permits the counting circuits to successfully operate even when the battery is running down.
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Gresham William C.
Gresham William H.
Flickinger Don J.
Gresham Lowell W.
Kashnikow Andres
Merritt Karen B.
Meschkow Jordan M.
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