Poultry feeders
OwnerCharles WATSON, Alex WORTHINGTON +3inventors
InventorsCharles WATSON, Alex WORTHINGTON, Tom BEADLE, Daniel WARD-THOMAS, Finlay ROSE
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Abstract
A poultry feeder 100 comprising: a store for feed, said store comprising a feeding port for enabling poultry to access feed provided in said store, and a door 102 moveable between a first position where said feeding port is open and a second position where the feeding port is closed by the door. The feeder further comprises a motor 124 that is coupled to said door, and a control system 110 operable to control the motor to move the door between said first and second positions to open and close the feeding port in the store.
Claims20
A poultry feeder comprising:
- a store for feed, said store comprising a feeding port for enabling poultry to access feed provided in said store, and a door moveable between a first position where said feeding port is open and a second position where the feeding port is closed by the door, the feeder further comprising a motor that is coupled to said door, and a control system operable to control the motor to move the door between said first and second positions to open and close the feeding port in the store.
A poultry feeder comprising:
- a store for feed, said store comprising a plurality of feeding ports for enabling poultry to access feed provided in said store, and a plurality of doors, each said door being moveable between a first position where a said feeding port with which said door is associated is open and a second position where the feeding port with which said door is associated is closed by the door, the feeder further comprising a motor, an elevator linkage assembly that couples the motor to the doors, and a control system operable to control the motor to move the elevator linkage assembly to substantially simultaneously move the plurality of doors between said first and second positions to open and close the feeding ports in the store.
A poultry feeder comprising:
- a store for feed, said store comprising a plurality of feeding ports for enabling poultry to access feed provided in said store, and
- a plurality of doors, each said door being pivotable between a first position where a said feeding port with which said door is associated is open and a second position where the feeding port with which said door is associated is closed by the door,
- the feeder further comprising:
- a motor,
- an elevator linkage assembly configured to couple the motor to the doors, and
- a control system operable to control the motor to move the elevator linkage assembly to substantially simultaneously move the plurality of doors between said first and second positions to open and close the feeding ports in the store, said control system comprising:
- a processor that is configured to execute software to control operation of the feeder, and
- a light sensor operable to generate light level signals representative of ambient light levels at the feeder's location, said processor being operable to automatically control the motor to open the doors of the feeder at a desired ambient light level and to close the doors at a desired ambient light level in response to the light level signals received from the light sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.