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US 2016/0095300 A1Published application
Poultry feeder storage system
AssigneeValco Companies, Inc.
InventorsFrederick W. Steudler, JR., Philip E. Risser, Daniel B. Truong, Amos Glen Fowler
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Abstract
A poultry feed system is provided having a plurality of feeders that may be fully charged with feed while located on the floor of the feed house, but are capable of being stored near to their location when feeding has ceased.
Claims19
A poultry feeder storage system comprising:
- a feed conveyor tube;
- and
- at least one feeder including a pan rotatingly assembled to a radially resilient bin, said bin including a plurality of latches located in circumferentially spaced relation to one another on an edge of said bin;
- at least two receiver collars fastened in longitudinally spaced-apart relation to one another around said feed conveyor tube such that said radially resilient bin may be (i) deformed radially inwardly so that at least two opposing latches are arranged so as to be releaseably coupled to said receiver collars, and (ii) released so as to spring outwardly thereby causing said latches to engage said receiver collars.
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A poultry feeder storage system comprising:
- a feed conveyor tube;
- and
- at least one feeder including a pan assembled to a bin wherein said bin and said pan have a figure eight cross-sectional profile so as to define a central waist, and two latch-locks located in circumferentially spaced relation to one another on an edge of said central waist of said bin, each of said latch-locks comprising a key hole;
- at least two receiver collars fastened in longitudinally spaced-apart relation to one another around said feed conveyor tube and each including of a key projecting upwardly relative to said feed conveyor tube such that said bin may be (i) positioned atop said at least two receiver collars so that said key is located within said key hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.