Rotating livestock hay feeder

Details Rotating livestock hay feeder Rotating livestock hay feeder

1998-04-30

1999-06-01

Swiatek, Robert P.

Animal husbandry

Feeding device

Timer-controlled

119 561, A01K 502

Patent

active

059080078

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus automatically dispenses measured amounts of hay on a selected schedule to livestock. A flake spool incorporates flake holders mounted radially in side-by-side pairs about a single central shaft, where each pair of flake holders is angularly spaced by 45 degrees. The flake holders are sized to each hold a single flake of hay, and have an open end farthest from the shaft. The flake spool is contained within a cylindrical outer wall and rotates on the shaft. A control circuit and a drive motor enable flake rotation. The control circuit is programmable for a desired schedule for rotation of the device for dropping the hay flakes through a dispensing door at the bottom of the outer wall whereupon they slide down on a chute for access by the farm animals.

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