Feed cleaner
AssigneeU. S. Industries, Inc.
InventorDee Dexter Allen
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Abstract
A plurality of axially spaced blades are rotated by a drive shaft positioned above the feed trough. The blades rotate transversely through the upper feed layer skimming off the foreign matter which is deposited in a container alongside the trough as the blades are rotated downwardly. Preferably, the blades are rotated through scraping wires on their downward track to clean the blades prior to passing through the feed once more.
Claims17
A poultry feed cleaner for cleaning feed being conveyed along a feed trough comprising in combination:
- a drive shaft rotatably mounted in a direction generally parallel to the direction of the feed trough, a plurality of axially spaced generally aligned blades secured to said shaft and extending radially therefrom, said blades being rotated with said shaft for transverse movement through the feed being conveyed through said trough, said blades being spaced from each other sufficiently to remove foreign matter in the feed without removing any sufficient amounts of feed.
A poultry feed cleaning apparatus for positioning in cooperative association with a feed conveyor means comprising, in combination:
- a housing having side and end walls and means defining a bottom opening extending generally between said end walls, an inlet opening in one end wall and an outlet opening in the other of said end walls for communication with a feed conveyor means such that poultry feed is conveyed through said housing below said bottom opening;
- a rotatable shaft mounted in said housing between said end walls above said bottom opening said shaft extending in a direction parallel to said conveyor means;
- a plurality of axially spaced blades secured to said shaft and extending radially therefrom, said blades being rotatable with said shaft for transverse movement through feed being conveyed through said housing, said blades being sufficiently spaced to pick up foreign material and the like and deposit same in a receptacle positioned adjacent the portion of feed conveyor means being cleaned by said blades, said receptacle being partially positioned beneath said bottom opening of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.