Feed lift for pet feeding
AssigneeVogel Und Weber GmbH Produktion Und Vertrieb
InventorJürgen Vogel
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Abstract
A feed lift for pet food includes a platform that is configured to receive feeding bowls and can be moved in the vertical direction. A drive moves the platform along two stationary guide elements that extend vertically upward from a base. Drive forces are introduced to the platform by a toothed belt at lateral edges of the platform. The toothed belt is driven by a central motor and avoids misalignments of the platform, tilting, and uneven running. The toothed belt allows precise control of the platform and the location of the motor in the base improves stability of the feed lift.
Claims12
A feed lift for pet food, comprising:
- a base;
- a platform that is movable in a vertical direction relative to the base and is configured to receive pet feeding vessels;
- a linear guide having two stationary guide elements extending vertically upward from the base and respective movable guide elements movable along the two stationary guide elements, the movable guide elements being fastened laterally to the platform;
- a drive for moving the platform, the drive having a belt mechanism with a single circulating toothed belt, a central motor, and a drive pinion driven by the central motor, the single circulating toothed belt being driven by the central motor, and the central motor and the drive pinion being arranged in the base;
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- deflectors for the single circulating toothed belt arranged in the base and upper sides of the two stationary guide elements in such a way that, the single circulating toothed belt circulates in runs with opposite running directions along each of the two stationary guide elements, and
- wherein the platform is fastened to two of the runs of the single circulating toothed belt moving in the same direction along the two stationary guide elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.