Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1989-12-27
1991-04-16
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 574, A01K 3901
Patent
active
050073800
ABSTRACT:
A fowl feeder has a plurality of sleeve members mounted on a central tubular body member hanging vertically from a feed conveyor tube. An upper sleeve member supports a spider ring member which supports a suspended plate member. The plate member is capable, upon rotation about the central tubular body member, of exposing a plurality of lateral apertures in the central tubular body member to dispense feed therethrough. A lower sleeve member is vertically movable on the centrals tubular body member relative to the suspended plate member to regulate dispensing of feed through the bottom of the central tubular body member. A pivotal pawl is attached to the lower sleeve member to control positioning of the plate member relative to the lower end of the central tubular body member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4348988 (1982-09-01), Lawson
patent: 4476811 (1984-10-01), Swatendruber
patent: 4527513 (1985-07-01), Hart et al.
patent: 4552095 (1985-11-01), Segalla
Badia Antonio R.
Tarazaga Jose F.
Manahan Todd #E.
Swiatek Robert P.
Tecnica e Innovationes Ganaderas, S. A.
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