Feed dispenser

A horse-feed dispenser comprising

• a housing having an intake port and an output port,
• an actuating element for a horse,
• a return spring braced between the housing and the actuating element,
• an auger extending along and rotatable in the housing about a longitudinal axis and drivingly connected to the actuating element that is displaceable opposite the force of the return spring between a rest position and an actuated position via a coupling that freewheels in a drive direction,
• a rotating blade on the auger and having a blade edge,
• an auxiliary edge on the housing, the edges serving for comminuting feed, the housing having a discharge section and a loading section rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the auger relative to the discharge section between a use position and a loading position, and
• a storage container for the feed being releasably attached to the loading section.

A feed dispenser comprising:

• an elongated tubular housing extending along an axis and having an intake end formed with a radially open intake port having an auxiliary edge and an output end having a radially open output port;
• an auger rotatable in a direction in the housing about the axis and extending between the intake and outlet ports and having a helical blade with a blade edge;
• an actuating element shiftable transversely of the axis outside the housing between a rest position and an actuated position;
• a spring urging the element into one of the positions;
• and
• a rotary freewheel coupling connecting the element to the auger so as to load the spring on movement of the actuating element from the one position and the other position and to rotate the auger in the direction on movement of the actuating member by the spring from the other position into the one position.