Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Timer-controlled
Patent
1989-04-28
1991-02-05
Mancene, Gene
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Timer-controlled
222187, A01K 500
Patent
active
049895478
ABSTRACT:
A liquid and solid dispenser apparatus and method having a motor, a timer, a feed dispenser and a scent dispenser. The liquid dispenser of one embodiment utilizes suction created on the hollow motor shaft and a hollow shaft extension, extending into a scent dispenser filled with scent, once the outlets begin to spin by way of operation of the motor and the motor shaft, so that centrifugal force dispenses scent from the outlets and draws the fluid through the shaft. As a result, scent is deposited on feed which are both dispersed at the same time. Another embodiment utilizes a torus shaped ring for containing scent attached to the top of the motor shaft, thereby eliminating the shaft extension. As the torus shaped dispenser is rotated the scent is mixed and is dispersed through flow plugs. Depending on the size of the removable attachable flow plugs used, more or less scent can be disbursed by this method. This embodiment has the advantage of creating a vacuum inside the dispenser that sucks air back into it and cleans the plugs once the operating cycle is completed. A further embodiment utilizes wicks instead of flow plugs so that scent is dispensed immediately upon rotation and additionally, when not rotating, scent in small amounts is dispensed on a continuous basis.
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Mancene Gene
Price R. Thomas
Shaffer, Jr. J. Nevin
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