Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Timer-controlled
Patent
1982-08-25
1984-02-07
Mancene, Gene
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Timer-controlled
119 56R, 222334, A01K 500
Patent
active
044296606
ABSTRACT:
A fish feeder assembly having at least one water receiving container eccentrically mounted on a rotatable shaft for oscillating the shaft as the container is sequentially filled with water and emptied when the container and shaft are pivoted by the weight of the water. The assembly includes a frame having an interior portion defining a longitudinal opening, a feed bin having at its lower portion a passageway communicating with the longitudinal opening for passage of fish feed, a metering rotor securedly affixed to the shaft and essentially filling a transverse sectional area of the passageway for rotation whereupon metered portions of fish feed are dispensed from the hopper through the longitudinal opening in the frame. A wing strucuture has a bushing for receiving the shaft in fixed relation thereto and for mounting said at least one water container, the wing structure including a stop pin disposed in general parallel relation to the axis of the shaft and cooperating with an adjustment stop for limiting arcuate movement of the shaft and consequently control the amount of fish food metered by the rotor. The metering rotor may have a set of grooves for metering different amounts of fish feed for a given arcuate displacement.
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Anon, Fish Feeder, Sep. 1975, Published by Elektor.
Olson Edward F.
Olson Robert F.
Jacobson Harvey B.
Mancene Gene
Schulze Kris R.
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