Controlled animal feed intake apparatus

Details Controlled animal feed intake apparatus Controlled animal feed intake apparatus

1999-01-25

2000-05-30

Price, Thomas

Animal husbandry

Feeding device

Hopper and trough

A01K 502

Patent

active

060679336

ABSTRACT:
A feed intake apparatus for a livestock feeding system is disclosed having a hopper with a feed inlet which receives feed from a feed supply source and a feed outlet, hopper having upper and lower switches regulating the amount of feed in hopper; a housing connected to the bottom of hopper having a feed inlet which receives feed from hopper and a feed outlet, housing having a body which generally converges downwardly and inwardly from said feed inlet toward feed outlet; a feed conveyor attached to housing, feed conveyor comprising a conveyor tube with a feed auger housed therein, feed auger having a multiplicity of substantially equally spaced flights and being driven within conveyor for conveying feed through conveyor tube; and an agitation device within housing.

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