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US 2023/0180710 A1Published application
Feed dispenser
OwnerFerdinand LEIBETSEDERinventor
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The invention relates to a feed dispenser for horses which comprises a main housing (1), having a loading opening (2) and a discharge opening (3), and an actuation element (7) for a horse, wherein an endless screw (4) rotatable in a drive direction about its longitudinal axis is provided in the main housing (1) and is drive-connected via a driver (5), which runs freely counter to the drive direction, to the actuation element, which is movable counter to the force of a return spring (6) between an idle position and an actuation position. In order to design a feed dispenser of the described kind so that chunky animal feed can be used, regardless of its shape or size, without having to be pre-processed in advance, it is proposed that the endless screw (4) has a peripheral screw blade (20) forming cutting faces (19) for comminuting chunky material, and/or that the main housing (1) has an auxiliary cutter.
A feed dispenser for horses comprising a housing having an intake port and an output port and an actuating element for a horse, an auger rotatable in the housing about its longitudinal axis and drivingly connected to the actuating element that can be displaced opposite the force of a return spring between a rest position and an actuated position via a coupling that freewheels in a drive direction, wherein the auger has a rotating blade and the housing has an auxiliary edge, the blade and/or the cutting edge forming cutting edges for comminuting feed.
A feed dispenser comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.