Poultry feeder with infinite adjustment

Details Poultry feeder with infinite adjustment Poultry feeder with infinite adjustment

1981-01-05

1982-09-14

Mancene, Gene

Animal husbandry

Feeding device

Hopper and trough

222549, A01K 3901, B67D 300

Patent

active

043489885

ABSTRACT:
A poultry feeder including a tubular feed drop adapted to be secured to a conveyor tube for discharging animal feed downwardly therethrough. A feed pan is spaced downwardly from the lower end of the feed drop. A hollow feed-flow control member is adjsutably mounted on the feed drop in telescopic relationship therewith and projectes downwardly therefrom. The feed-drop and control member have meshing opposed threads for supporting the control member on the feed-drop while enabling the elevation of the control member to be selectively adjusted in response to rotation thereof, whereby the feed-discharge gap between the lower end of the control member and the bottom wall of the pan can be infinitely adjusted over a selected range.

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