Programmed mix and delivery system
OwnerDonald D. Zamzow, George L. Gorskiinventors
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Abstract
A feed delivery system for individualized rations for specific livestock includes a programmable controller responsive to status of the livestock. Individual elements of a feed ration are combined to meet the requirements of a specific animal and delivered only to that animal. Plural delivery containers may each be loaded with different rations for different animals. The inventive concept may also be used for delivery of food to hospital patients having different dietary requirements, for delivery of different components to various worksites in a manufacturing process, or for delivery of chemicals to a chemical process.
Claims20
Feeding apparatus for providing feed rations to livestock comprising:
- feed combining means;
- feed delivering means;
- programmable control means outputting first signals for controlling said feed combining means to provide a specified mix of feed elements in accordance with identification data for specific livestock;
- said feed combining means connected to receive said first signals from said programmable control means and operable responsively thereto for combining selected quantities of selected feed elements to form said specified mix and for providing said specified mix to said feed delivering means;
- said programmable control means outputting second signals for controlling said feed delivering means to deliver said specified mix to the specific livestock;
- said programmable control means including storage means for storing data correlating specific livestock identification and specified feed mixes.
Apparatus for providing a specified ration to a specific stall comprising:
- delivering means;
- programmable control means programmed for outputting signals for controlling said delivering means to deliver said specified ration to the specific stall;
- said delivering means including:
- container means for receiving said specified ration and movable among a plurality of stalls for delivering said specified ration only to said specific stall,
- motive means connected for receiving said signals from said programmable control means and for moving said container means to a first location to receive said specified ration and to a second location including the stalls, and
- discharge control means responsive to said signals from said programmable control means for discharging said container means of said specified ration only at said specific stall.
Apparatus for providing individually specified total mix rations to respective specific stalls comprising:
- delivering means;
- programmable control means programmed for outputting signals for controlling said delivering means to deliver said specified rations to the respective stalls;
- said delivering means including:
- a plurality of container means each operable for receiving one of said specified rations and movable among the stalls for delivering said one specified ration only to the respective stall,
- motive means connected for receiving said signals from said programmable control means and for moving each of said container means to a first location to receive said respective individually specified rations and to a second location including the stalls, and
- discharge control means responsive to said signals from said programmable control means for discharging said respective individually specified rations from said container means only at said respective specific stalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.