Feed wagon
AssigneeLely Patent N.V.
InventorsKarel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Howard Sie, Arie Huyzer, Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg
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Abstract
A livestock feed wagon includes a moving frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame for accommodating animal feed, in particular provided with feed mixer, and a movable arm construction having an operable gripper fitted thereto for grabbing an amount of animal feed. The arm construction is configured in such a way that the arm construction can pivot the gripper only in one plane from a first position for grabbing animal feed next to the livestock feed wagon to a second position for releasing the animal feed above the feed container. This makes it possible to provide a very simple and compact construction.
Claims20
A livestock feed wagon, comprising:
- a movable frame;
- a feed container fitted on the frame for accommodating animal feed;
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- a movable arm construction having an operable gripper fitted thereto for grabbing an amount of animal feed,
- wherein the arm construction is configured in such a way that the arm construction can only pivot the gripper in one, substantially vertical, plane from a first position for grabbing animal feed next to the livestock feed wagon to a second position for releasing the animal feed above the feed container,
- wherein the gripper comprises a gripper-displacement device configured to move the gripper at right angles to at least one arm of the arm construction, and
- wherein the gripper-displacement device comprises a movable trolley which can run on a rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.