Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Timer-controlled
Patent
1975-02-18
1976-05-11
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Timer-controlled
A01K 502
Patent
active
039555372
ABSTRACT:
An animal feeder for automatically preparing a fresh food batch of mixed liquids and solids in an animal's feeding dish, at pre-set timed intervals.
The feeder is substantially a three-level structure. At the top level, a hopper compartment contains a hopper rotor rotatable about a vertical axis; the hopper rotor includes several hoppers, each containing one batch of food solid granules.
A motor compartment under the hopper compartment contains the hopper driving motor, and preferably, the timing instrumentation for controlling the feeder. At the lowest level, is a food dish compartment containing the animal's feeding dish.
A chute is provided between the hopper compartment and the feeding dish. At each feeding period, the motor rotates the hopper rotor through a few degrees of angle of rotation to place a full hopper just above the chute. The bottom of each hopper is a flap which drops when the hopper comes into position above the chute, and the food solids contents of the hopper is delivered through the chute to the animal's feeding dish.
The system includes valve control and liquid component delivery means for delivering the liquid component, usually water, in a predetermined quantity, to the animal's feeding dish to mix with the foods solids component and produce a freshly prepared food batch.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2500243 (1950-03-01), Dixon
patent: 3196835 (1965-07-01), Bergevin
patent: 3646913 (1972-03-01), Jenkins
patent: 3741162 (1973-06-01), Lopez
Chamblee Hugh R.
Shanahan Edmond F.
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