Single sow hog feeder
OwnerS. Bellmont Murphreyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hog feeder for one sow. The sow hog feeder comprises a circular trough that includes an agitating star wheel rotatably mounted in the bottom of the trough. A feeding tube is supported on a frame structure that extends upwardly from the round trough and receives and holds a feeding tube in an offset relationship with respect to the center of the round trough. The relationship of the offset feeding tube with respect to the agitating star wheel and round trough assures that hog feed is not wasted or caked around the sides of the container.
Claims9
A single hog feeder designed to feed one hog at a time comprising:
- a) a round trough having a flat bottom and a round circular side wall;
- b) an agitating star wheel centrally mounted within the round trough for rotation therein;
- c) a pivot pin mounted in the center of the bottom of the trough and having the agitating star wheel rotatably mounted therearound such that the star wheel may rotate about the pivot pin;
- d) the agitating star wheel including a plurality of radially extending fingers that terminate just short of the round circular wall such that the fingers tend to break up caked feed as the wheel is rotated by a hog;
- e) an offset vertical feeding tube mounted between the vertical axis of the pivot pin and the circular wall of the trough such that the feeding tube dispenses feed to an area of the trough radially spaced from the pivot pin and adjacent the circular wall of the trough;
- f) a frame structure fixed to the trough and extending upwardly therefrom for receiving and supporting the feeding tube;
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- g) means for vertically adjusting the height of the vertical feeding tube with respect to the bottom of the trough and the agitating star wheel.
The single hog feeder of claim wherein the feeder tube includes a lower terminal end wherein the vertical adjustment means maintains the lower terminal end of the feed tube spaced above the agitating star wheel and bottom of the trough such that only a limited quantity of feed can be dispensed into the trough at any one time thereby requiring that the hog consume a quantity of feed before additional feed is dispensed into the trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.