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AssigneeLely Enterprises A.G., a Swiss Limited Liability Company
InventorsAlexander van der Lely, Karel van den Berg, Howard Sie, Lucien Eliza Niels Voogd
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A device for supplying feed to animals, such as cows. The device is provided with a feeding trough (6) which is accessible to an animal, with a bottom (5) having a floor portion (8) on which an animal can stand, and with identification means (7) for identifying an individual animal. The distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) is adjustable. The distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) is automatically adjustable with the aid of data from the identification means (7). An assembly of a device for supplying feed to animals, such as cows, said device being provided with a feeding trough (6) which is accessible to an animal, and with identification means (7) for identifying an individual animal, and with a bottom (5) having a floor portion (8) on which an animal can stand for making use of the device, the distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) being adjustable. The floor portion (8) is provided with means (28) for adjusting the orientation of the floor portion (8) relative to the bottom (5), and with means for locking the floor portion (8) in an adjusted position.
A device for supplying feed to animals, such as cows, said device being provided with a feeding trough (6) which is accessible to an animal, with a bottom (5) having a floor portion (8) on which an animal can stand, and with identification means (7) for identifying an individual animal, the distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) being adjustable, characterized in that the distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) is automatically adjustable with the aid of data from the identification means (7).
A device for supplying feed to animals, such as cows, said device being provided with a feeding trough (6) which is accessible to an animal, with a bottom (5) having a floor portion (8) on which an animal can stand, and with identification means (7) for identifying an individual animal, the distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) being adjustable, characterized in that the device is provided with adjusting means (28) for adjusting the orientation of the floor portion (8) relative to the bottom (5), and with means for locking the floor portion (8) in an adjusted position.
A device for supplying feed to animals, such as cows, said device being provided with a feeding trough (6) which is accessible to an animal, with a bottom (5) having a floor portion (8) on which an animal can stand, and with identification means (7) for identifying an individual animal, the distance between the feeding trough (6) and the floor portion (8) being adjustable, characterized in that the device is provided with a measuring means (29) for measuring the height of an animal.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with a hopper (9, 10) for containing a stock of feed, and with conveying means (3, 3′;
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device comprises a plurality of hoppers (9, 10), said hoppers (9, 10) being disposed on a framework (1) which is located around a central axis (2).
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with a plurality of feeding troughs (6) disposed on a framework (1) which is located around a central axis (2).
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with at least one partition frame (14) extending from a feeding trough (6) over a distance that equals at least approximately half of the average length of an animal.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the feeding trough (6) has an entrance opening for the head of an animal, the feeding trough (6) having a shape that widens from the entrance opening.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with a lighting disposed behind a feeding trough (6).
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with means for combating vermin.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with means for preventing the formation of condensation in the device.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with means for cooling an animal.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is provided with means for giving the animal a signal, in particular a signal indicating that the animal is expected at a milking robot.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottom (5) slopes downwards in a direction away from the device.
A device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottom (5) has a raised portion (8) on which the animal can stand.
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