Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Timer-controlled
Patent
1981-03-13
1982-09-21
Hirsch, Paul J.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Timer-controlled
A01K 502
Patent
active
043501184
ABSTRACT:
Automatic animal feeding apparatus including a feeding portion, a feed supplying portion, and a feed control portion; the feeding portion including a plurality of feeding stations, the feed control portion including a light source and a plurality of spaced sensing mechanisms associated therewith at each of the feeding stations, the sensing mechanism being capable of being activated by light supplied from the light source, mechanism associated with an animal for diverting light from the light source with respect to the sensing mechanism in a predetermined pattern, the sensing mechanism being capable of transmitting signals to deciphering mechanism located closely adjacent to the sensing mechanism at each feeding station, at least two of the sensing mechanisms detecting proper orientation of the animal associated mechanism with the sensing mechanism, an odd number of the sensing mechanisms in addition to the orientation detecting sensing mechanism detecting an identification pattern of a particular animal, the deciphering mechanism of each of the feed control portions being connected electrically with deciphering mechanism of all other feeding stations and with interrogating mechanism, the interrogating mechanism sequentially searching each of the deciphering mechanisms, memory mechanism, mechanism for comparing signals from the interrogating mechanism with the memory mechanism, mechanism for selectively activating feed transfer mechanism, recording mechanism for compiling a log of feed material offered.
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Agri-Systems
Hirsch Paul J.
Swiatek Robert P.
Urban Arthur L.
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