Animal food dispensing apparatus
OwnerKarl Thore Sternerinventor
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Abstract
An animal food dispensing apparatus comprising a container with a bottom opening and an insert suspended in the opening. The insert is in the form of a sleeve open at its upper and lower ends. A vibrator is mounted within the sleeve and has a vibrating portion extending through the lower sleeve opening. The vibrating portion is attached to a food dispensing plate which extends across the lower sleeve opening and is spaced below it. When the vibrator is energized, food will fall from the edge of the plate.
Claims17
An apparatus for dispensing animal food in powder, granular or lump form comprising:
- a container having a top, a side wall, and a bottom, and an opening in the bottom thereof, an insert detachably arranged and suspended in said opening and extending therebelow, said insert having an opening in the bottom thereof communicating with the food in the container, said insert including a sleeve, a vibrator within and at least partially surrounded by said sleeve, said sleeve defining an upper sleeve opening and a lower sleeve opening, a vibrating portion fixedly mounted to said vibrator, a food dispensing plate mounted to said vibrating portion, said food dispensing plate being located at a predetermined distance beneath said lower sleeve opening, the area of said plate exceeding the area of said lower sleeve opening, so that the food on the plate will be dispensed over the peripheral edge thereof only when said vibrator is activated.
An apparatus for dispensing animal food in powder, granular or lump form comprising;
- a container having a side wall and a bottom, and an opening in the bottom, a vibrator within said container, a vibrating portion fixedly mounted to said vibrator, a food dispensing plate mounted to said vibrating portion, said food dispensing plate being located at a predetermined distance beneath said opening, the area of said plate exceeding the area of said opening, so that the food on the plate will be dispensed over the peripheral edge thereof only when said vibrator is activated, a manually actuatable setting means adjacent the vibrator and engaging said vibrating portion so that the vibratory movement thereof can be adjusted in order to control the amount of food to be dispensed per unit of time over the peripheral edge of said plate.
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