Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Timer-controlled
Patent
1998-05-18
2000-07-04
Poon, Peter M.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Timer-controlled
119 521, A01K 502
Patent
active
060823003
ABSTRACT:
A game feeder for suspending from a tree limb or other support and automatically feeding corn or other particulate feed from a hopper to the ground silently and at timed intervals to simulate the falling of nuts such as acorns from the tree. In a preferred embodiment a feed bowl is hingedly attached to the bottom of the hopper and contains a feeding mechanism suspended from the bottom of the hopper and characterized by a rotating wheel driven by a timing mechanism and mounted in a feeder housing. Particulate food such as corn is dispensed from the hopper through an opening in the hopper feed bowl by operation of the wheel and sound-insulating material is provided in the feeder housing and the hopper feed bowl for noise abatement. The timing mechanism thus dispenses the feed from the hopper to the ground at selected operational intervals with a minimum of noise.
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Abbott Yvonne R.
Harrison John M.
Poon Peter M.
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