Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1993-11-24
1995-04-18
Manahan, Todd E.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 574, 119903, A01K 39012
Patent
active
054069076
ABSTRACT:
An animal pan feeder system, particularly for raising domestic birds and animals, and particularly for controlling the level of the feed in the pan, includes a pan assembly which has an adjustable skirt that determines the level of the feed, such skirt being adjustable by two structures. The first structure is an intermediate member between the drop tube and the skirt which is adjustable on the drop tube for adjusting the vertical position of the skirt. The second structure is the adjustment of a skirt by an anti-roost wire tied to the skirt by ties. The anti-roost wire is movable along the elongated feed conveyor, such movement asserts a pull on the ties which raises the skirt to adjust the level of the feed in the pan. Another feature of the invention is a cone-shaped deflector member mounted on the central axis of the drop tube for deflecting both the fines and coarse particles of the feed outwardly towards the outer periphery of the pan to eliminate the fines from accumulation in the central area of the pan. This deflector member is adjustable for shutting off the flow of feed through the drop tube.
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