Control means for animal feeder system
OwnerDanny Adams, Perry D. Sullivaninventors
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Abstract
A feed intake control apparatus for a livestock feeding system which includes a hopper between a bulk feed storage and the livestock feeding station(s), said apparatus comprising a means for controlling the pump which supplies feed to the hopper such that the pump does not run for an extended period if feed is not supplied to the pump.
Claims7
A feed intake control apparatus for a livestock feeding system which includes a hopper, the hopper functioning as a holding vessel for feed between a bulk feed storage and a means for providing feed to at least one livestock feeding station, said apparatus comprising a means for controlling a pump which supplies feed to the hopper such that the pump does not run for an extended period of time if feed is not supplied to the pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.