Fowl feeder
AssigneeTecnica e Innovationes Ganaderas, S. A.
InventorsAntonio R. Badia, Jose F. Tarazaga
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Abstract
A fowl feeder has a plurality of sleeve members mounted on a central tubular body member hanging vertically from a feed conveyor tube. An upper sleeve member supports a spider ring member which supports a suspended plate member. The plate member is capable, upon rotation about the central tubular body member, of exposing a plurality of lateral apertures in the central tubular body member to dispense feed therethrough. A lower sleeve member is vertically movable on the centrals tubular body member relative to the suspended plate member to regulate dispensing of feed through the bottom of the central tubular body member. A pivotal pawl is attached to the lower sleeve member to control positioning of the plate member relative to the lower end of the central tubular body member.
Claims5
A fowl feeder comprising a central tubular body member having a first end adapted to be attached to a suspension member so that said body member will hang vertically therefrom, said body member having a second, open end;
- a plate member including a projection portion;
- means supporting said plate member on said central tubular body member with said projecting portion extending adjacent said second open end of said body member to control dispensing of feed through said second open end;
- said plate member including a rim;
- said means supporting said plate member comprising a first ring member attached to said rim, a second ring member surrounding the exterior of a portion of said central tubular member and a plurality of arms extending between and connecting said first and second ring members with said supporting means being rotatable relative to said central tubular member;
- a sleeve member rotatably mounted about a portion of said body member;
- said sleeve member and said body member each having lateral apertures disposed so that said apertures may be moved into and out of alignment by relative rotation between said sleeve member and said body member to control dispensing of feed through said apertures to said plate member;
- said sleeve member having a flared portion adjacent said aperture thereof to prevent access of the fowl to said aperture;
- said central tubular body member having resilient tooth means and said sleeve having a slit cooperating with said tooth means;
- said sleeve member having a circumferential shoulder;
- said second ring member including a double shoulder portion and said one end of said body member having a shoulder on which said circumferential shoulder and shoulder portion are supported;
- said sleeve member having a protrusion engaging said second ring member to prevent relative rotation therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.