US 5,345,892 AGranted

Automatic pet feeder

OwnerOsman M. Khaninventor

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Abstract

An automatic pet feeder comprises a vertically extending tubular food reservoir, a tubular food loading port adjacent an upper end of the tubular food reservoir and at least one tubular feeding port adjacent a lower end of the tubular food reservoir. The tubular food reservoir is closed at its upper and lower ends and is provided with a means at its upper end for either non-rotatably or rotatably suspending the automatic pet feeder above the ground. The food loading port has a removable cap for sealing the loading port when food is not being loaded into the pet feeder. Each feeding port is sealed by a pivotally mounted cover plate which can be pivoted out of the way by a pet to gain access to food in the feeding port. The pet feeder can also have a support stand which has a collar that slidably receives the lower end of the tubular food reservoir to support the pet feeder on the ground or floor.

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Dependent claims

An automatic pet feeder comprising:

a vertically extending tubular food reservoir;
said vertically extending tubular food reservoir having a longitudinal centerline;
said tubular food reservoir being closed at an upper end and closed at a lower end;
said tubular food reservoir having a tubular food loading port, adjacent said upper end, extending upwardly at an acute angle to said longitudinal centerline of said vertically extending tubular food reservoir;
said tubular food loading port having a removable cap for sealing said food loading port when the food loading port is not in use;
and
said tubular food reservoir having a tubular feeding port, adjacent said lower end, extending upwardly at an acute angle to said longitudinal centerline of said vertically extending tubular food reservoir;
and
said tubular feeding port having a cover plate for sealing an otherwise open end of said feeding port;
and said cover plate being pivotally mounted on said tubular food reservoir so that a pet can pivot said cover plate out of the way to gain access to food in said feeding port of the pet feeder.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.