Automatic Livestock Feeder
AssigneeTimothy Donald Blevins
InventorTimothy Donald Blevins
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Abstract
An automated livestock feeder consists of a feeder body, a plurality of supports, an actuating mechanism, a control system, and a power source. The feeder body has an internal feed reservoir, a dispenser aperture, a dispenser door, a fill aperture, and a fill door. The actuating mechanism is engaged with the dispenser door to open and close the dispenser door over the dispenser aperture in order to dispense livestock feed from the feed reservoir into a trough. The control system can be programmed to automatically dispense feed at pre-programmed times or intervals.
Claims15
An automated livestock feeder comprises:
- a feeder body;
- a plurality of supports;
- an actuating mechanism;
- a control system;
- a power source;
- the feeder body comprises a feed reservoir, a dispenser aperture, a dispenser door, a fill aperture, and a fill door;
- the feed reservoir being positioned within the feeder body;
- the fill aperture traversing through the feeder body into the feed reservoir;
- the fill door being connected to the feeder body over the fill aperture;
- the dispenser aperture traversing through the feeder body into the feed reservoir;
- the actuating mechanism being operatively connected between the feeder body and the dispenser door, wherein the actuating mechanism is configured to open and shut the dispenser door in order to control dispensing of livestock feed from the feed reservoir;
- the plurality of supports being connected to an underside of the feeder body, wherein the feeder body is suspended by the plurality of supports;
- the plurality of supports being distributed around the feeder body;
- the control system being electronically connected to the actuating mechanism;
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- the power source being electrically connected to the actuating mechanism and the control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.