Animal husbandry – Feeding device – With watering devices
Patent
1985-04-15
1987-03-24
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
With watering devices
A01K 500, A01K 700
Patent
active
046516794
ABSTRACT:
A combined animal feeder and waterer including a hopper (20) that stores a quantity of pelletized material and is partially closed at the bottom by a restricting plate (40). The restricting plate has an orifice (38) extending therethrough and offset from the center of the hopper (20). The orifice (38) extends downwardly and rearwardly into an agitation chamber (32) wherein a rotor (34) is disposed for agitating the pelletized material and disposing it outward through an orifice into a feeding bowl (16). A water reservoir (66) is included in the base and integral therewith and communicates with a drinking well (17) through an orifice (70). The orifice (70) is disposed in the lower portion of the interface between the reservoir (66) and the drinking well (17). A breathing hole (72) allows the water in the reservoir (66) to seek the same level as the water in the drinking well (17) by a gravity feed distribution system. The size of the drinking well (17) is small relative to the size of the reservoir (66). This significantly reduces evaporation and temperature variations in the water and the reservoir (66) while minimizing the entry of contaminants into the reservoir (66).
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Chamblee Hugh R.
Howison Gregory M.
Mills Jerry W.
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