Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Powered
Patent
1995-08-22
1997-02-25
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Powered
119 571, 119 572, 198834, A01K 502, B65G 1904
Patent
active
056051131
ABSTRACT:
A feed conveyor for delivering feed to poultry cages, floor animals or the like includes a continuous trough member for holding the feed; a continuous spring element which is disposed within and throughout the trough member, and a driving mechanism which moves the spring element along the trough member to move the feed through the trough member to deliver the feed to the poultry cages, floor animals or the like. The spring element is a substantially planar, tortuous member, which is made of a suitable material such as high tensile steel, and which is disposed in a lower portion of the trough member. Preferably, the spring element lays along the bottom of a generally flat-bottomed trough member. The driving mechanism, which may take the form of a mechanically driven sprocket, moves the spring element along the bottom of and through the trough member to move the feed through the trough member to the various poultry cages, floor animals or the like.
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CTB Inc.
Shaw Elizabeth
Swiatek Robert P.
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