Method and device for feeding animals
OwnerGunnar Wensman, Britta Wensmaninventors
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Abstract
A method and device for feeding animals, particularly fish, comprise supply of food into a conduit (3) by a food supply member (2). The food is transported in the conduit to feed locations (5) by a fluid flow. The food supply member comprises a rotor having cells adapted to be successively filled and brought into communication with the conduit (3) to be successively evacuated by the flow of fluid maintained in the conduit on rotation of the rotor.
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A method for feeding animals, particularly fish, comprising introducing food into a conduit by a movable supply member having a plurality of food cells and transporting said food through said conduit to a feed location in a flow of fluid generated by a pressurized fluid source, wherein an individual charge of food is introduced into each of the respective food cells of said movable supply member as each food cell is successively moved to a fill area, and wherein said individual charges of food are discharged from said respective food cells of said movable supply members by said flow of fluid being directed to flow into and through said food cells as each food cells is successively moved to a discharge area, thereby positively evacuating said food charges from said cells and transferring said food charges into said conduit.
A device for feeding animals, particularly fish, comprising a conduit leading to a feed location, a member for supplying food into said conduit and a pressurized fluid source to provide a flow of fluid through said conduit for transport of said food, said food supply member comprising a rotor having food cells adapted to be successively filled with individual food charges and brought into communication with said conduit for successively discharging said individual charges into said conduit, said rotor being located in a housing having inlet and outlet openings, said inlet opening communicating with a conduit portion located upstream of said housing and said outlet opening communicating with a conduit portion located downstream of said housing, said inlet and outlet openings of said housing being further disposed so as to have between them a portion of said rotor and being adapted to cause said flow of fluid generated by said pressurized fluid source to flow into and through said cells of said rotor from one end of said cells to the other end thereof as said cells are successively rotated proximate to said inlet opening so as to positively evacuate said food charges from said cells and transfer said food charges from said cells into said conduit through the outlet opening.
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