System for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house
AssigneeCTB IP, Inc.
InventorsJames Richard Kraft, Roger S. Kiphart, Timothy William Momont
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Abstract
A system for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house that has a plurality of items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house. The system includes structure for supplying feed and/or water to the feeders and/or drinkers, respectively, structure for adjusting a height of the feeders and/or drinkers relative to a floor of the livestock house, and structure for transversely moving the feeders and/or drinkers within the livestock house. Operation of the different structures of the system within the livestock house does not interfere with the items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house.
Claims20
A system for moving feeders and/or drinkers within a livestock house, the livestock house having a ceiling and items suspended from the ceiling, said system comprising:
- means for supplying feed and/or water to the feeders and/or drinkers, respectively;
- means for adjusting a height of the feeders and/or drinkers relative to a floor of the livestock house;
- and
- means for transversely moving the feeders and/or drinkers within the livestock house;
- wherein each of said supplying means, said adjusting means, and said moving means are configured such that operation of said supplying means, said adjusting means and said moving means within the livestock house does not interfere with the items suspended from the ceiling of the livestock house.
A livestock house having a floor and a ceiling, said livestock house comprising:
- at least one item suspended from the ceiling of said livestock house;
- and
- a system for moving feeders and/or drinkers within said livestock house, said system including,
- means for supplying feed and/or water to said feeders and/or drinkers, respectively,
- means for adjusting a height of said feeders and/or drinkers relative to the floor of said livestock house, and
- means for moving said feeders and/or drinkers within said livestock house,
- wherein each of said supplying means, said adjusting means, and said moving means are configured such that operation of said supplying means, said adjusting means and said moving means within said livestock house does not interfere with said at least one item suspended from the ceiling of said livestock house.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.