Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1980-10-29
1982-05-25
Mancene, Gene
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 51R, A01K 3901
Patent
active
043311040
ABSTRACT:
A birdfeeder comprising a body extending along a vertical axis, the body having an outer shell, a wall inside the shell, the shell and the wall defining a reservoir, the shell and the wall further defining a restricted chute, and a feed tray inside the shell, the chute communicating between the reservoir and the tray to provide gravity feed of seed, and a fly-in access opening in the shell, the access opening communicating between the exterior of the shell and the tray and being large enough to allow birds to fly into the shell, the extent of the shell between the opening and the upper end of the body being large enough to prevent squirrels resting on the end from reaching into the opening.
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Clarke Products Co., Inc.
Mancene Gene
Swiatek Robert P.
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