Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1997-03-26
1998-11-03
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 53, A01K 3901
Patent
active
058293833
ABSTRACT:
A bird feeder includes a cylindrical body having an open top and an open bottom for holding a supply of birdseed and a cap covering the open top. A feeding platform is disposed below the open bottom and has a diameter sufficiently large to permit birds to perch thereon and feed as if ground feeding. The platform defines with the open bottom a peripheral opening for the delivery of birdseed to the platform. The platform is also vertically adjustable with respect to the open bottom of the cylindrical body for varying the height of the peripheral opening to regulate birdseed flow therethrough. A conical member is centrally positioned on an upper surface of the platform and affixed thereto. The base of the conical member has a diameter marginally smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical body and the cone member projects vertically into the open bottom for directing the birdseed from the interior of the body to the peripheral opening.
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