Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1997-08-29
1998-12-22
Carone, Michael J.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 535, A01K 500
Patent
active
058508058
ABSTRACT:
A clog resistant animal feeder for providing an animal feeder, especially for pigs, which is clog resistant and which is adjustable for allowing only a specified amount of feed to be dispensed at a time. The inventive device includes a storage bin having slanted side walls, a first tube within a lower portion of the bin, and a support member horizontally positioned within the bin, an elongated frame adjustably attached to the support member projecting downwardly through the side walls about the first tube, and a second tube pivotally attached to the elongated frame about the first tube. A pair of chains are preferably connected to the second tube for allowing an animal to engage the chain with their nose portion for manipulating the second tube where after any clogged feed within the first tube is jarred loose where it is dispensed out from the second tube. The vertical position of the elongated frame determines the amount of feed dispensed because of the distance between the second tube and a floor of the feeder.
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Abbott Yvonne
Carone Michael J.
Neustel Michael S.
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