Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Racks
Patent
1975-06-27
1977-01-11
Eskovitz, J.N.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Racks
214131A, 214390, 214766, A01K 500
Patent
active
040021475
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for handling and feeding large hay bales comprising the separable, cooperative, combination of a coupler unit adapted to be attached to a three-point lift hitch on a tractor, and a lift fork unit which can be readily converted into a bale feeding container by removably securing a pair of upright wall assemblies to its opposite sides. The wall assemblies have feeding spaces therein through which livestock may project their heads to reach a large hay bale supported inside the container on the lift arms of the lift fork unit. A latch device on the coupler unit is releasably engaged with coupling means on the lift fork unit in such a way that the operator of a tractor on which the coupler is mounted may actuate controls to release the latch from the tractor operator's seat. Utilizing the coupler unit on a tractor, the lift fork-feeding container assembly can be transported with a bale in it to a livestock feeding area and deposited there for feeding purposes by simply releasing the coupler latch device from the lift fork unit.
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Eskovitz J.N.
SOS Consolidated, Inc.
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