Automatic livestock feeder

An automatic livestock feeder to facilitate the daily feeding of baled hay, loose hay or silage to horses or cattle in a controlled manner comprising a said square base of the invention, consisting of two skids or runners and a floor fastened to the top of said skids or runners, upon which four vertical posts are installed, one on each corner. Said vertical posts support the three moveable gate assemblies, each said gate assembly being defined as an fixed inner gate and an moveable outer feed gate that is able to move vertically utilizing guided rollers, an air-lift ram and a cable arrangement. In addition, said gate assemblies are sheathed with expanded metal mesh or sheet metal and are hinged to said vertical posts on one end, in order for them to swing open;

• and latched to said vertical posts on the other. Said vertical posts also support the roof structure. Said roof structure being defined as the rafters, gables, purloins, tin roofing, solar panel mast and panels and feed light. In addition, said vertical posts support the rear wall. Said rear wall extends from one vertical post to the other across the rear of the unit and also supports the control box. Said control box is defined as a rectangular enclosure which houses the battery, timer, inverter, battery charger, solar panel voltage controller, relays, 110 VAC/12 VDC relay, fuses, master switches, compressor, air dryer, dump valve and manual switch, pressure switch, check valve, pressure gauge, bleed-off valve, and relief valve, as per Drawings FIG. 2, 3, 9, and 10.