Automatic pet feeder

An automatic pet feeder which comprises:

• a) a cabinet to sit upon a flat supporting surface so a bowl can be placed adjacent thereto;
• b) a hopper built into said cabinet for storing solid food therein;
• c) means for dispensing some of the solid food from said hopper directing into said bowl, so that a pet can feed from said bowl;
• comprising a vertical pipe suspended from the top of said cabinet to extend through the center of said hopper in which a bottom end of said vertical pipe is spaced above the bottom of said hopper;
• an auger rotatively positioned through said vertical pipe to the bottom of said hopper;
• an electric motor having a drive shaft, said motor mounted onto the top of said cabinet, with said drive shaft coupled to said auger;
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• an outlet feed tube extending at an angle downwardly from a top end of said vertical pipe and outwardly from one side of said cabinet to a location adjacent the level of the flat supporting surface.sub.d so that when said motor is activated the drive shaft will rotate said auger to lift some of the solid food up through said vertical pipe and into said outlet feed tube so that the solid food falls down said outlet feed tube into said bowl;
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• d) means for programming said dispensing means to control the frequency of delivery of the solid food into said bowl.